Print edition for September 11, 2007

Here they go again, the only folks who can make Harry Reid look restrained...: By Jon Ralston; Here they go again, the only folks who can make Harry Reid look restrained. MoveOn.org, the geniuses who helped squelch that Fox News debate here, have made even Reid blush with an ad in Monday's New York Times that portrayed Gen. David Petraeus as a traitor. General Betray Us. Aren't they clever? The Republicans jumped all over it and even the locals parroted the national talking points with an attack on ... Reid. Chairwoman Sue Lowden said Reid, who has assailed the top brass, should apologize and denounce MoveOn.org. His pal John Ensign said all Democrats should return MoveOn contributions ...

The shifting prism of war: Just before Army Gen. David Petraeus testified Monday on the troop surge in Iraq, Nevada Rep. Jon Porter slipped into one of the audience seats. Rep. Dean Heller watched from an office TV. They have joined with other Republicans, saying they might reconsider their support for the war after hearing from Petraeus.

Gibbons stokes coal-fired plants: By Phoebe Sweet; The state's Environmental Protection Division has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, but environmentalists say pressure from Gov. Jim Gibbons to permit three coal-fired power plants before year-end will preempt it from weighing in.

Letter: Why we need to do whatever it takes: Not to belittle any of the victims of 9/11, but here we have more victims. Are we, as a conscientious society, to walk away and say that the dead and wounded, who far outnumber those from the World Trade Center, have wasted their efforts and that their lives have no meaning?

Good news, bad news: New school buses breaking down: By Emily Richmond; ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS MORRIS

Whatever Petraeus says today, Biden sees a failed war: By J. Patrick Coolican; No matter what Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker say at the long-awaited Senate hearing today on Iraq policy, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee has deemed their strategy a failure.

Letter: Special interests are thoroughly in control: I agree with both of them. With their "guidance," we have been duped into believing one or the other, and both are truly sorry representatives of what is in the best interest of Americans. Today the Great Society that we once were is owned and operated by special interest groups such as the oil, pharmaceutical, insurance, real estate and tobacco industries. Whoever contributes substantially enough to a candidate owns his vote when laws are passed.

Editorial: Errors linger on watch list: A report released last week by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine says the Terrorist Screening Center, an agency run by the FBI that is in charge of the list, is "unable to ensure that consistent, accurate and complete terrorist information" is given to the nation's screening agents when and where they need it. The result, Fine said, is that even known terrorists could enter the United States undetected by authorities at borders or, astonishingly, be issued government visas.

Editorial: Remembering 9/11: On a day we should be honoring the dead with our strong fight against terrorism, Americans are deeply rooted in a war that has little to do with the fight. And the Bush administration is telling the country we should stay the course.

Letter: Mayor's remarks not helping Vegas at all: The reason the mayor didn't like it? Because Herbert quoted him out of context and neglected to add that Goodman told him that the idea was not on the table because Las Vegas residents "weren't ready for it yet." And, for this egregious omission, Goodman stated, in true "ex-mob lawyer" fashion, "If he comes to town, I'll crack his head with a baseball bat!"

LOOKING IN ON: ENTERTAINMENT: Slide guitarist Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings headline the Station Casino s' blues series this week.

This is a stickup: Give me your Web site or else ...: Call it a modern interpretation of a classic hustle: Rather than stick up someone in a dark alley for his wallet, David Scali threatened strangers via e-mail for their Web sites.

Editorial: Another perspective: In September 2004, while he was driving the lead Humvee on a mission against insurgents in Iraq's Al Anbar province, an explosive nearly took his life.

This is partying like a rock star? You want significance? How about this: in the fifth stuttering year of an unpopular war, as ice caps melt and millions of children go without ponies of their very ow: On the Palms casino floor on Sunday afternoon, under a sign for Fort Knox slots, were a bunch of beery drunks. This was as close as they were going to get to the wild, debauched glamour they thought waited beyond the ropes and security guards of the MTV Music Video Awards. But they were still making the scene and hitting on all the hot looking women walking by. You ever seen so many?

looking in on: suburbs: By Mike Trask; Ruth Bryant White calls herself a presidential candidate from Henderson.

Letter: When our war's enemies become the victims: The war on terrorism, much like the war on drugs, is a thorn in the side of law-abiding citizens of the world . Both situations have been a negative component for centuries, but it took a couple of speech writers along the way to give names to the problems.