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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at a rally Friday night for Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle at the Orleans.
By Karoun Demirjian (contact) 
Monday, Nov. 1, 2010 | 2 a.m.
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Sen. John McCain isn’t the first Arizona Republican to cross into the Silver State to stump for Sharron Angle. But for McCain, who strutted his Johnny-come-lately Tea Party stripes campaigning for the U.S. Senate challenger this weekend, the swing may not have just been about helping Republicans take the majority in Washington.
Even if Republicans fall short in the Senate, as expected, McCain has a quiet interest in keeping Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid from winning: Reid is the only obstacle between McCain and his energy platform, which relies on construction of a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.
Over the years, Reid and McCain have been classic congressional “frenemies” around many issues, but Yucca Mountain has long divided them.
The senators go back a long way — to 1982, when they both were elected to the House, and 1986, when each was elected to the Senate — and so does their discord over this issue.
Reid and McCain cast their first vote on Yucca as freshman senators in 1987, over the 1988 omnibus spending measure that came to be known as the “Screw Nevada” bill because it designated Yucca Mountain as the only site for nuclear waste deposits. Reid voted against it.
The division reflects their diverging views on energy policy.
Reid has rested much of his hope for a legacy on the green jobs revolution, and much of his plan for Nevada’s slow climb out of recession on the back of high-paying jobs that solar, wind and energy projects have begun to create around Nevada.
Arizona barely has a renewable energy industry, which may be why McCain has voted against renewable subsidies as he’s supported them for nuclear development. Arizona’s only power plant at Palo Verde is the largest of the country’s 100-plus active nuclear energy facilities.
The last time Yucca came up for a vote, in 2009, the Senate, led by Reid, passed an energy spending bill that included scrapping Yucca Mountain as a dump site, by a vote of 85-9.
While McCain appeared to soften on the issue during his presidential campaign, given Obama’s strong opposition to it, he had flipped back by the July vote: He was one of the nine senators to oppose it.
Many lawmakers have suspected that Obama’s opposition to Yucca might waiver free of Reid’s influence. McCain told reporters during Congress’ last work period that Reid’s stubborn refusal to budge on Yucca Mountain was chiefly to blame for keeping the country’s nuclear industry in check.
Enter Angle, who wants to put Yucca back on the map as a reprocessing facility for nuclear waste.
McCain has not trumpeted his support for the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada, where the idea of waste dumping tends to turn off voters. But during McCain’s Friday night appearance in front of Angle’s Tea Partyers from Nevada, local issues like Yucca were not on the agenda.
Not that that issue would necessarily be a candidacy-killer in that crowd — attendees cheered a video shown during the event that depicted green jobs as a “scam.”
For McCain and Angle to share the same stage would have been unthinkable a year ago. Since his loss in the 2008 presidential race, McCain has been on a bender to solidify his conservative roots for his 2010 re-election bid.
Despite his timing, his route from “maverick” to not-maverick didn’t go through the Tea Party at first, which initially backed his primary opponent, J.D. Hayworth. But by the time McCain won his Aug. 25 primary, he had secured — with the help of his former running mate Sarah Palin — the Tea Party’s stamp of approval.
Yucca Mountain, and energy policy generally, isn’t the only place McCain could stand to gain without Reid in his way.
McCain has been campaigning against his colleagues in Nevada and California, where Barbara Boxer is facing former McCain campaign adviser Carly Fiorina.
Boxer has backed Reid in his anti-Yucca position. But were both to lose, it’s not just Yucca that gets opened for renegotiation.
McCain is taking aim at two of the Senate’s biggest and most senior backers of renewable energy and high-speed transportation, and two potential competitors for water resources.
California and Nevada have long been in discussions over renewable energy development: California has got the demand, and Nevada has got the space and resources to produce it. They also are talking transportation: the country’s first dedicated high-speed rail system is slated to be built between each state’s largest population center, Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
But those projects rely on federal loan guarantees, many of which are set to expire by year’s end, meaning Congress has to pass legislation soon to keep those fledgling industries going.
And then there’s the Colorado River.
On the campaign trail in 2008, McCain called for a renegotiation of the Colorado River Compact of 1922, in which the seven states on the river’s route agreed to divide the river’s resources, to ensure no one state kept others downstream from being able to count on a steady water supply.
The river’s levels have been receding. But that doesn’t mean everybody’s jazzed about redrafting the compromise. In Nevada, state officials have warned against renegotiation, because Nevada could stand to see its cut of the river’s resources reduced if the whole deal is reworked.
That possibility inches closer toward likelihood without the clout of someone like Reid to balance out McCain.
Senator McCain, as of November 2010 and many years prior in office, does not introduce or lead on big legislation initiatives in Congress. Maybe if Frank Keating or one of the five were to become involved in Yucca, you could make a case. But, that's not the case, so there is no case to make.
John goes with the flow. If here were on Mars, he would be green. It's in the history books, once elected Senator in Nevada there is a good chance you can hang around a long, long time.
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I don't care if you are Republican or Democrat..as a resident of the state of Nevada for over 36 years I care if the country's nuclear waste is dumped 65 miles north of the city I live in! It would be different if we got the benefit of the nuclear energy produced...perhaps then there wouldn't be a monopoly by Nevada Power..oh yea, sorry, now NV Energy...same smell..and my summer electric bill wouldn't be half my mortgage payment, but we do NOT get the benefits of lower energy costs when the nuclear plant is in South Carolina!!! So why do we get their toxic waste??? Do you people not understand that those states wanting to dump their crap in our state have to traverse numerous state highways to get it here??? Has anyone checked with the DOT lately to see if the trucks are in prime working condition??? My husband works for Freightliner who repairs big rigs, trailers, buses, etc., and he tells me he is afraid to travel our highways along side those same trucks that will be transporting huge amounts of nuclear waste across our country! Wake up Nevadans....this is some serious business. Nevada has a multitude of earthquake faults running up and down, sideways...and several intersect with Yucca Mountain. When one shakes our state, the potential for nuclear waste leakage is probable...that means the underground water system is contaminated...opps! The will be the final death toll for Las Vegas and potentially for hundreds of thousands of people....are we that complacent? That stupid??? Many years ago I protested with Carl Sagan and his wife against the construction of the Yucca Mountain project...they did not live in Nevada...had no say in its politics..what they did was because it was the RIGHT THING TO DO....what happened to all the "hippie" types who said they believe...they wanted change...they wanted to do the right things in life? I love my home..but if people like McCain, who DO NOT EVEN LIVE HERE are allowed to reinstate Yucca as a toxic dump...I fear for all of LV, its' people, children and its future....
Has the LV Sun no shame for publishing junk like this.
John McCain is know as "The Songbird of Hanoi" for making 32 videos condemning the Vietnam War while a prisoner in Hanoi.
This claim was made by Ron Paul, Texas Republican Congressman and Robert K. Dornan, a far right wing California Congressman who wrote the book "Shut Up Fag". (You can find this book at Amazon. Clearly, Dornan is no bleeding heart liberal).
John McCain's arms were broken when he failed to pull them in close while ejecting from his airplane. His main line in Hanoi was "Treat Me Good, My Daddy is an Admiral", as he was. McCain got very good treatment compared with other prisoners.
On his return from Vietnam, he divorced his wife because she walked funny due to a traffic accident in which she was severely injured.
John McCain can be counted upon to take care of himself and look for the wealthiest blond he can find. It was his wealthy wife that put him into politics with money from her beer distributorship because McCain had nothing to say or do for anyone.
This article is pure BS and has no accuracy base at all! It's just more hype and rhetoric to scare people into voting for Reid.... Pure BS and the Sun knows it! There is NO WAY Yucca Mountain project is coming back no matter WHO gets into office. The scientists and engineers who worked on it have moved and will not come back. The DOE office in charge of the project has DISSOLVED! The project will move to Carlsbad, New Mexico and our nuclear waste storage will be built in the salt formations there (as low level waste is already). The DOE office there embraces these projects already and the town loves the money it brings in.
So, fear not Nevadans as the project is DEAD DEAD DEAD, and DO NOT buy into this hype! Bad Las Vegas Sun..... BAD NEWSPAPER! http://aBadReid.com
There is a bright side to this. If Mrs. Angle wins Nevada gets to store nuclear (as the shrub would say "nucular) waste and Mrs. Angle can say that she brought some jobs to Nevada when here reelection campaign begins.
If Reid loses, it's "Hello Yucca!"
John McCain has lost much credibility as a US Senator with the majority of America citizens. John McCain would do us all best by staying at home, I mean at his own home, his house, and not come out or speak at all.
Turrialba...
I respect your opinion, but John McCain has lost a ton of respect over the past few years, unfortunately, and he's earned that all by himself.
Personally, I have always admired Senator McCain; even considered voting for him early in his Presidential bid against President Obama. However, ANYONE who could foist Gramma Palin on the American voting populace has completely lost his/her marbles.
*and NO! We do NOT WANT YUCCA MTN. as the toilet for the countries NUKES.
Thank GOD for Harry Reid's help in getting it shut down PERMANENTLY.
Johnnie loves him some nuclear waste just so long as the lethal material is loaded onto trucks and moved some place besides his beloved state.
Now that doesn't mean Johnnie approves of having the stuff shipped through Arizona from out-of-state and onto Nevada. No, Johnnie wants no part of that -- way too dangerous for Arizona residents.
Hmmm ...
Yucca Mountain is not shut down permanently. It is waiting in the wings. The nuclear by-products are currently being stored in various locations which are not as secure as an underground central storage facility with high security would be. The current sites of temporary storage could be targets for terrorist strikes. It's just a matter of time until we will choose a central, secure repository. Where will it be? Yucca Mountain was chosen as the best site. So, if not there, where? Many of us love our state very much! But, we must face reality. Yucca Mt. remains viable.
I am all for bringing waste to Yucca mountain if all the interests that want to store their waste here pay dearly for it. Every person in the state of Nevada should benefit from it. We should have the best damn roads and highways in the nation, high speed rail ways to various southwestern states, backup water sources pumping water into Lake Mead from states up north, we should not have to pay a single dime in property tax, or any new taxes in the future either, and the cost to register vehicles should drop to $20 a vehicle like they do back southeast. If they are to open Yucca Mountain and start hauling other states' and power company's waste here, they damn better make it worth it and make it work for us first.
The simple fact of the matter is that Senator Reid, during his whole time as Senator, has fought against Yucca Mountain Project (YMP). It is a bad idea, still is a bad idea and when it was first implemented, it was flung at Nevada when we were weak politically and we had no say in the matter.
Now, we do. We don't want it.
Senator Reid will continue to fight against it.
Sharron Angle, if elected as our next Senator, will fight to make it happen, to try to achieve a cheap political victory...at the expense of the livelihood and welfare of every southern Nevada. And she will gladly reap money from it. She will sell out to the devil. As well as selling out all of our souls here in Las Vegas. For only a handful of money, but a lifetime of burden, suffering and misery.
I STILL say this mid term Senate race tomorrow is based on local issues.
My vote goes for Senator Reid. I prefer sanity over plain old tea.
I thought Harry took credit for killing Yucca about three or four times. Isn't dead Harry?
Take another victory lap.
To aBadReid. Yucca Mountain is not dead! The DOE office in charge of the project has not "dissolved"! There are still DOE and Contractor employees in Las Vegas that are working on Yucca Mountain. The contract issued to URS to operate Yucca Mountain is still in effect. The Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has yet to issue their determination on the license application for Yucca Mountain. All it will take for Yucca Mountain to start up again is for Congress to provide funds and since the Republicans will control Congress, not a problem. All the scientists and engineers can be rehired and will move back especially considering their relocation costs are paid by the project.
Who cares what that loser thinks? Only in the corrupt GOP could McCain still be a US Senator after being exposed as a crooked accomplice in the Charles Keating saving and loan scandal during the 1980s.
Not only still a senator, but also having won the last GOP presidential nomination.
Republican hypocrisy and idiocy is limitless. LOL
go home McCain - stay under your bed.
Why would people listen to a dude that lost? McCain is a loser. LOL
The result as achieved by the democrats in Nevada".
The Worst Expected 2010 State Budget Gaps
1. Nevada
Highest Estimate FY 2010 Gap: $1.200 billion
Percent of General Fund: 32%
Highest Estimate FY 2009 Gap: $337.0 million*
Percent of General Fund: 10.5%
2007 Total Tax Revenue: $14.183 billion
Debt at end of FY 2007: $4.143 billion
Chunky says:
Bringing in McCain is like bringing in a 1964 Oldsmobile to help you win the Indy 500 in 2010.
Chunky respects him for his service and sacrifice to America and most of his conservative values but Mr. McCain is still living in 1964 in more ways than one. He's just way too out of touch with real world anything.
Chunky was even more saddened that McCain was the best the Republican party could vet two years ago.
As the New York Times wrote (paraphrased) a few days ago "Nevada Hold Your Nose and Cast Your Vote!"
Uhgggg!
That's what Chunky thinks!
McCain is a has-been that never was.
Think about it: Crazy Angle has brought in who to campaign for her? A loser who was stomped in the last presidential election.
Question: Where is George Bush? You remember, that guy who lived in the White House for eight years beginning in 2001? Why isn't Bush campaigning for his fellow-Republicans?
Well, we know why W isn't welcomed on the campaign trail by GOPers. Right-wing candidates don't want voters to be reminded of the miserable failure that they produced when given the chance to lead.
Bush is a political leper for good reason and McCain should be as well.
1) McCain benefits from a depression era monopoly concept for liquor distributing. His wife's beer distributorship is a government monopoly. I thought he believed in the "private sector."
2) He wants to ban sports betting particularly for college games.
3) He wants to eliminate the deduction for gambling loses against winnings.
4) He is a paid stooge for the nuclear industry, like former Nevada Governor List.
5) Did he hit the dice table???
6) He dumped his first wife because she, a former bikini model, was disfigured in a car wreck. His new one had more money as well.
7) What's that word you called your wife?
A vote for Senator Reid, is a vote for illegal aliens
If illegal's, liberals and unions could produce jobs".?...Nevada would be rocking,,,,,,
Sen. McCain's a war hero, great representative (FOR HIS STATE) and an outstanding American. He has my respect, though he didn't earn my vote in '08. Now... Sen. McCain... get back on the other side of the border and mind your own state's business. The folks that love you that much here can move there if they like to support you.
A vote for Senator Reid, is a vote for illegal aliens
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Then it would be safe to say that "A vote for Angle, is a vote for the Aryan Brotherhood"?
Forget about Yucca mountain"
Nevada is 'Running Out Of Water'"!...
But not to worry"..
The liberals and unions will live on the 'blood'
sucked from Nevada"
RanchoJuan- you're full of it. I am surely no Aryan, what does being an illegal alien have to do with race? NOTHING, If my grandmother was an illegal alien I would be saying the same thing, the problem with the illegal alien thing is that Hispanics in particular view it as" these people are like me", so they should get a free pass into the United States". RanchoJuan - you think like an ancor baby. We will take this country back whether you, or illegal aliens think so or not. Sinister Reid needs to move to Mexico.
RanchoJuan- you're full of it. I am surely no Aryan, what does being an illegal alien have to do with race? NOTHING, If my grandmother was an illegal alien I would be saying the same thing, the problem with the illegal alien thing is that Hispanics in particular view it as" these people are like me", so they should get a free pass into the United States". RanchoJuan - you think like an ancor baby. We will take this country back whether you, or illegal aliens think so or not. Sinister Reid needs to move to Mexico.
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to Pmontg53:
If you follow Angle's comments, race has everything to do with it. Also, Anchor Baby is a racist term used by the Aryan Brotherhood. Look it up. Things have gotten so out of hand, that I'm begining to see a new form of a civil rights movement.
Just another piece of "Yellow Journalism" from the LV SUN.
If the LV SUN can not print anything positive about Harry Reid, they will print something negative about Sharron Angle..
RanchoJuan- I have fought on the front lines of the Civil Rights struggle every since I was 5 years old. I am not a racist against anyone. The term ancor baby means to me. A Child born in the United States, and the Childs Parents are illegal aliens, the ancor( uses the 14th amendment) to root the child into citizenship. The 14 amendment was for my ancestors who were former slaves, the 15th amendment gave blacks the right to vote. The 14 gave us the right to citizenship. An YES you will see a new Civil Rights Movement in the United States, NO Ancor baby should have the right to vote, if their parent(S) were here, and had the Child while here in this country illegally. You are correct' things have gotten so out of hand". America is turning into one corrupt nation. Just because Sharron Angle is white, and disagree with illegal aliens invading OUR country don't mean that she's racist. You are racist if you think that America should be okay with illegal aliens invading this country- you think like an ancor baby. Even if you have parents that are illegal, it's not your fault, but we need to get a grip on this condition, I don't hate anyone or any race. To me it's simple, Senator Reid needs to move to Mexico.
John Mcain is basically a RINO who gets easily
confused at time. His lackluster politica and refusal to take a stand cost the Republican party a chance in the last election. Prior to his picking Sarah Pahlin he was falling faster than his
parachut did in Nam. While I respect his time in the military and the fact that he was a POW it
does not exuse his lackluster performance in Congress. If he is representing his voters then all is good but if he is not following the Constution of the United States and the will of the people then it is time for him to go home. He will cause more harm to Sharron Angles bid to dispose Harry the Liberal from office.
RanchoJuan- I have fought on the front lines of the Civil Rights struggle every since I was 5 years old. I am not a racist against anyone. The term ancor baby means to me. A Child born in the United States, and the Childs Parents are illegal aliens, the ancor( uses the 14th amendment) to root the child into citizenship. The 14 amendment was for my ancestors who were former slaves, the 15th amendment gave blacks the right to vote. The 14 gave us the right to citizenship. An YES you will see a new Civil Rights Movement in the United States, NO Ancor baby should have the right to vote, if their parent(S) were here, and had the Child while here in this country illegally. You are correct' things have gotten so out of hand". America is turning into one corrupt nation. Just because Sharron Angle is white, and disagree with illegal aliens invading OUR country don't mean that she's racist. You are racist if you think that America should be okay with illegal aliens invading this country- you think like an ancor baby. Even if you have parents that are illegal, it's not your fault, but we need to get a grip on this condition, I don't hate anyone or any race. To me it's simple, Senator Reid needs to move to Mexico.
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I'm not saying that because Sharon Angle doesnt agree with illegal immigration or because she's white that she's racist. I'm saying she is POSSIBLY a racist because of her comments. As for my parents, my mom became a U.S. citizen as did my father. I was born here while they where in the process of obtaining citizenship. Does that make me an illegal also? Do you know how much residency renewals are these days? Yeah, it's easy to come to this country, but legally it's very very hard. I'm not saying EVERYONE should come here illegaly, I'm just saying they should review the residency fees. They are just insane!
I find few reasons to vote for Angle in this election but her stance on Yucca Mountain is an excellent one. I really tire of hearing Reid's, and others, misguided comments about Yucca mountain as a bad idea. I live in France much of the year and enjoy nuclear (80%) power's many benefits. We have electric high speed rail, reliable CO2 free energy at home and take comfort in the knowledge that the "waste" is not waste at all but valuable fuel that just needs to be reformed to be used yet again. A high technology nuclear fuel reprocessing center at Yucca Mountain would create many high level jobs and be, like our other renewable energy programs, a great draw for Nevada.
A vote for Senator Reid, is a vote for illegal aliens.
Harry Reid and friends have refused to enforce our immigration laws for years. The results of this failure is easy to see...
RanchoJuan- Senator Reid Said that any Hispanic who votes for Sharron Angle is out of his,or her mind, do you find that Racist, Bryan Sandavol is Hispanic.(2). Senator Reid said " Obama is a light skinned black man, who don't talk with a NEGRO dialet, he would be electable". Do you find that statement racist? To compare voting for Sharron Angle to an Arian is down right dishonest. Senator Reid will pay for that at the polls, The United States, or it's Citizens owes illgeal aliens, NOTHING- I don't care if they came from MY Motherland AFRICA
McCain wouldn't care one bit if plutonium dust were belowing around in our front yards!
He is a typical representative of the outside interests that are trying to SCREW NEVADA BY ELECTING ANGLE. DON"T LET OUTSIDE INTERESTS SCREW NEVADA...RE-ELECT HARRY REID!
Boo green energy initiatives.
Cheer the dumping of nuclear waste a few miles from your home.
Wow.
It's astonishing how fools relish the opportunity to carry water for those that wish to destroy them.
I would suggest that John McCain find a mountain in Arizona and let the entire country dump their radioactive waste there. The people of Nevada dont want Yuca Mountain!!!
Right now the issue is not about Yucca Mountain, this article is just another deversion from the real issue. National Security is primary, and Senator Reid does not have one bone in his senile frame of mind, or body that cares about national security. Lets get serious about National Security. Close the borders, take a firm stand AGAINST illegal immigration- Vote for Sharron Angle
Don't let the LV SUN divert your attention away from the real issues.
HARRY REID NEEDS TO GO!!!
LarryVegas- I said deversion, I meant diversion- I'm from the old south; still learning to speak English, If; however it was up to Sinister Reid- Spanish would be the language of the day. Senator Reid have lost his way. Why don't someone address all these illegal aliens hanging out on out streets supposedely wanting to work, why in he hell don't Mexico, or Japan, or Africa, or whereever they came from provide jobs for their Citizens? When the Republicans take control. we will need to address the employers who are hiring these criminals, they stand on the side of the road like they have the right to overrun our Country, and then call those who oppose them RACIST. If these Criminals demanded Civil Rights in MEXICO; they would be killed. We will take America BACK! One way or the other. You can take that to the bank, and the Demwits bailed them out.
VOTE FOR ANGLE!!
McCain is a disgrace to his country.Cheating on first wife while wearing a military uniform, can't get much lower than that.
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"McCain is a disgrace to his country.
Cheating on first wife while wearing a military uniform, can't get much lower than that."
Really?
Bill Clinton cheated on his wife but I would not consider him a disgrace to his country.
Al Gore cheated on his wife but I would not consider him a disgrace to his country.
John Edwards cheated on his wife but I would not consider him a disgrace to his country.
Teddy Kennedy cheated on his wife but I would not consider him a disgrace to his country.
John F. Kennedy cheated on his wife but I would not consider him a disgrace to his country.
Want More???
Again it shows how the Republican party wants a bunch of puppets (Angle and etc) so they (Republicans) can be the puppet masters and point the blame to their Puppets. Why doesn't McCain put the nucular waste in Arizona??? Watch out Nevada the wolves are at the door and Wacko Sharron will let them in.
Someone posted the otherday, the reason for the Hoover Dam brige was built for trucks to bring in nuclear waste. Really think they built it for quicker access to/from NV/AZ? Although the project it's said to be "dead", I easilly see it being re-started. I'm not big on conspiracy therys (spelling bad). Yucca Mtn could still happen, the powers that be probally knew things were going to play out the way things are now, and it's just a matter of time till they open it. I'm not sure how I would feel about the site.
Last time I checked McCain wasn't on the ballot here in Nevada.
This is all idle and empty speculation and lousy journalism. Why not pick a Senator from any other state with a nuke plant and say the same thing when they turn up in Vegas for a campaign swing.
McCain thinks he can use the Obtuse One like a puppet to foist unwanted Nuclear Development on Nevadans. Just another example of what "Take Our Contry Back" really means: Putting our country back in the hands of wealthy special interests.
Don't be fooled, Nation! Vote Reid!
"McCain thinks he can use the Obtuse One..."
I am confused...
Why does McCain think he can use Harry Reid to foist unwanted Nuclear Development on Nevadans?
Is John McCain running for an office in this state?
What is this article relevant to?
Couldn't the author find anything else to pump up Harry Reid a little more???
Listen up TeaBaggers! Frank Rich's opinion piece in yesterday's NY Times (search "The Grand Old Plot Against the Tea Party") cynically exposes how you have been useful idiots for the Republicant establishment.
A sample: "For sure, the Republican elites found the Tea Party invaluable on the way to this Election Day. And not merely, as Huckabee has it, because they wanted its foot soldiers. What made the Tea Party most useful was that its loud populist message gave the G.O.P. just the cover it needed both to camouflage its corporate patrons and to rebrand itself as a party miraculously antithetical to the despised G.O.P. that gave us George W. Bush and record deficits only yesterday."
But then, Mr. Rich does a 180 degree turn, concluding in his final paragraph: "But those Americans, like all the others on the short end of the 2008 crash, have reason to be mad as hell. And their numbers will surely grow once the Republican establishment's panacea of tax cuts proves as ineffectual at creating jobs, saving homes and cutting deficits as the half-measures of the Obama White House and the Democratic Congress. The tempest, however, will not be contained within the tiny Tea Party but will instead overrun the Republican Party itself, where Palin, with Murdoch and Beck at her back, waits in the wings to "take back America" not just from Obama but from the G.O.P. country club elites now mocking her. By then -- after another two years of political gridlock and economic sclerosis -- the equally disillusioned right and left may have a showdown that makes this election year look as benign as Woodstock."
Will the Tea Party live on after Election Day 2010, "overrun the Republican Party", and be the dominant force in 2012?
You're not allowed to do any significant mining in Nevada any more so, rather than be just another exit ramp for Senior Citizens, why not take advantage of what God gave Nevada, incredible SUN and SPACE.
BUILD THE NUKE ENERGY plants. GET the MONEY to be earned selling ENERGY to OTHER States not as well provisioned.
BUILD THE SOLAR ENERGY farms. Free energy and jobs for 'SENOR CITIZENS', legals who'll keep the dust off the cells.
Use Yucca Mountain. Don't be a ideology jerk.
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Frank Rich? Who in their right mind would waste their time with New York Times pundit Frank Rich?
Frank Rich is just another political hack for the Liberal Democrats...
Republican Tea-party Sharon Asks where are the jobs??????????????????
JOHN McCAIN on American JOB DESTRUCTION voted in Senate to allow Outsource American jobs OFFSHORE
No Job= No Money
No Money = No Casino
Republican Tea-party Sharon Asks where are the jobs??????????????????
Republican JOHN McCain on American JOB DESTRUCTION Helped Outsource 2,300,000. Million American Jobs To China
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/20...
No Job= No Money
No Money = No House
Republican Tea-party Sharon Asks where are the jobs??????????????????
Republican Bush on American JOB DESTRUCTION Seem to think American Jobs Outsourcing, it Actually """""""" sustains American jobs """""""""
Americans were better off importing it than producing product. Feb-23-2004
No Job= No Money
No money = No Food
Republican Tea-party Sharon Asks where are the jobs??????????????????
Republican Bush's on American JOB DESTRUCTION Treasury Secretary JOHN SNOW praised the exporting of U.S. jobs as BENEFICIAL for the American Economy
No JOB = No Money
No Money = No Construction JOBS
Republican Tea-party Sharon Asks where are the jobs??????????????????
Republican Jeb Bush on American JOB DESTRUCTION agreed to award Coke $3,000 in tax credits for each of the 570 American jobs Outsourced.
Coke surpassed its quota of jobs, and was promised another $600,000 in tax credits to cover an additional 200 hires. As of this month, the company has collected about $1.7-million of $2.3-million in promised incentives.
Republican Jeb Bush on American JOB DESTRUCTION agreed to award Coke $3,000 in tax credits for each of the 570 American jobs Outsourced.
No JOBS = Why not?
Republicans Tea-Party = Outsource Offshore Jobs Bush 8 years, are shipping now too
LarryVegas...you probably think the RJ and FOX news are better sources of info..correct?
LarryVegas is the same well-known character on this blog who has mysteriously disappeared and reappeared over and over.
He's the same character as Lady gogo/pjoke/etc.
Different screen name, same idiotic Reid-hater rants.
I think that bridge is closed to haz-mat or it should be.
Is Palo Verde Arizona's only power plant? I thought they had one at Fort Mojave and Tucson.
John McCain thinking Yucca Mountain in Las Vegas visit? Jon- in this article you said that the issue of yucca was not on the agenda, so why bring up the subject? OH got it, anything for Reid. Sharron Angles wins by 8 points.
Yucca Mountain as a hazardous waste dump site? I've heard both Sharron Angle and John McCain say things that make me think they support such a plan.
In that context, I wanted to point out that in 2010 the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (CDTSC) recently approved a property owner removing 40 double tractor trailer loads of depleted uranium contaminated soil from a property in Los Angeles County.
The trucks were headed for a nuclear dump site in Utah.
The unmarked double tractor trailer trucks drove right through Las Vegas, on US Route 5. What if one of those trucks had crashed, and spilled the nuclear contaminated soil all over the freeway?
What kind of disruption of business on the Strip, and thereby the driving engine of our local economy, would occur in the event of a spill of nuclear contaminated soil, or for that matter other highly hazardous waste?
Is anyone letting Metro know these trucks are coming through?
Remember that Los Angeles is the site of the most intensely nuclear contaminated property in the south west, Boeing's Santa Susana Field Lab in the hills above Canoga Park and Simi Valley. Those who have lived in L.A. might know it as Rocketdyne. The Department of Energy and NASA have agreed to remove what is likely to be thousands of truckloads of contaminated soil from that property, with even more thousands of truck loads to come of the radioactive variety once CDTSC and Boeing settle their differences.
Will more trucks of nuclear contaminants and extremely hazardous substances come our way if Sharron has her way?
Just asking.
P.S. If you see a double tractor trailer soil hauler on the 5 or the 15, keep your car or van away from it !
"not a con" states: "...you probably think the RJ and FOX news are better sources of info..correct?"
The Review Journal and FOX NEWS are both sources. The LV SUN has become a pundit for Harry Reid and the Democrats.
If you don't believe it, look at the side bars and go to the main page.
"LarryVegas is the same well-known character on this blog who has mysteriously disappeared and reappeared over and over."
OK you got me. I can mysteriously disappear and reappear at ease. I can also jump tall buildings in a single bound.
But one thing I can not do is vote for Harry Reid...
TO DickerJD:
I don't know WHERE you are getting your information, but Yucca IS DEAD! There are only a few NRC people working on the license, but that's it. Also, the NRC was recently stated to SHUT DOWN by their head, who was appointed by...wait for it... REID!
There are EX YUCCA mountain scientists and engineers right NOW working in Carlsbad New Mexico readying that site for chacterization for a nuclear repository to replace Yucca.
So you see, no matter WHO gets elected to the Senate, this matter is done done done!
How do we know this? Well, there are ex Yucca Mountain employees (Sandia National Lab, Bechtel SAIC, and DOE (OCRWM) on our staff!
http://aBadReid.com
Idiots like Sharron Angle and John McCAIN still
support the YUCCA DUMP.
They don't know that YUCCA IS DEAD.
The fact that crazy Angle still supports YUCCA
ia just another good reason to DUMP ANGLE.
NO, teamster, it's DUMP REID.
teamster:
Did you not just REID what I posted above? Bad Reid...Bad Senator http://aBadReid.com
Are you going to vote for Reid JUST because your UNION told you to do so? Baaahhhhhh goes the sheep!!!!
McCain is a joke. He picked Barbie Doll Palin for Vice-President, now he's backing the Obtuse Angle. Don't be fooled by the TeaBagg label, Nation! You're just asking to have the economy driven back down into the same ditch that the Democrats pushed us out from!
Give 'em Hell, Harry Reid! Good luck on Election Day!
abadreid.......
Sharron Angle is a bad joke, an idiot and a
fool.
Are you going to need Social Security, health
care, Medicare or the V.A.?
And you're going to vote for this fool?
START THINKING, MAN.
skerlahdee-I don't know what ditch you got out of, but thanks to Obama, Pelosie, and your favorite Sinister the rest of us are still in that ditch. Remember" unemployment want go above 8%, We will have an immigration bill in my first year in office, and then Sinister Reid Stands up and applauded the President of Mexico for denouncing the Governor of Arizona for protection the Citizens of her State, the Governor of Arizona is a Woman, and she's got more courage than (bee bees) for balls Harry Reid. A vote for Senator Reid is a vote for illegal aliens.
Hey skerlahdee, If the Obama team would have used "R" Reverse, the economy would have been out of the ditch two years ago...
Teamster- Your good Senator, Voted to give illegal aliens Social Security benefits in 2006. Would you call him- a bad joke, and idiot, and a fool? That Union size mouth of yours is waiting for what's on Sinsiter Reid's hook, and it ain't no WORM!
Actually, I did start thinking... Why would anyone want to vote for Reid? Oh, wait...let's look at all the wonderful things he did for Nevada...I mean, he is the most powerful Senator our nation has, so he MUST have done wonders for our state...
Let's see:
1. Nation's highest unemployment
2. Nation's highest foreclosure rate
3. Nation's highest bank filings rate
(Well, he is three for three in number one ratings!! no WONDER he is the most powerful man in the Senate)..
Ok, let's continue shall we?...
4. Lowest education in the nation (which is one of the reasons we were deemed 'dumbest city in the nation'. Hey, yet another "number one" category for our glorious Senator...
5. Failed energy policies (solar and wind will not cut it for our needs).
6. We were near last in Stimulus Funding (this one has me really confused because if ANYONE can get pork out, it would be Reid!).
7. Non-partisanship (enough said).
Well, we could go on and on with more wonderful things our glorious Senator did for our state... Instead of continuing though...I think I will just not MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE and vote him OUT OF OFFICE! Bad Reid...Bad Senator... http://aBadReid.com
abadreid......
Everything you listed was caused by greedy
republican thieves, crooks and con-artists.
Do you really think Americans forgot?
If you do, you're delusional.
HARRY REID IS ON HIS WAY TO A SOLID WIN.
Thanks, LarryV. I appreciate your recognition that the economy was in the ditch two years ago when W was still Prez.
All 2700 employee's who lost their jobs at Yucca Dems Repubs, and ind. Should be voting against Reid,
pmontg53.....
YUCCA IS DEAD, thanks to President Obama and
Harry Reid.
The majority of Nevadans are against the
YUCCA DUMP.
DUMP ANGLE.
Yucca is Dead- Reid is out of a job. The Majority of Americans, and Nevadans are against Obama care, but Senator Reid, and the rest of the Capitol hill crooks forced it down the throats Americans, they will be paying for that tomorrow. A vote for Reid is a vote for illegal aliens.
pmontg53......
Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and President Obama will
go down in history for passing the first bill in
over 50 years, to improve health care for
Americans.
I'm sorry to say but you fell for all of the lies
that greedy republicans have spun to grab their
power back.
HARRY REID IS ON HIS WAY TO A SOLID WIN.
Article says: " ..Arizona's only power plant at Palo Verde..." must mean "only nuclear power plant" because Arizona has 4 Hydro plants, six coal plants, about 16 natural gas plants and 1 nuclear plant the biggest in the USA as the article states.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/state/state_energ...
What hypocrites they are, McCain and Angle. McCain has several houses all over the country - how many did they say when he ran for president? He is filthy rich from his years of representing the big-money interests including the oil industry, and let's not forget his involvement in the savings-loan scandal in the 1980's. And they are hitting on Sen. Reid for his condo in D.C.? McCain is an opportunist and he sold his soul years ago. The Reagans turned their backs on him when he divorced his disabled wife to marry the barbie doll. He'll do anything to advance his own interests. If it would benefit McCain to kill Yucca Mountain forever and support solar and wind power, he would have been here campaigning for Sen. Reid. And the worst thing McCain ever did to this country is inflict us with Sarah Palin.
A Vote for Senator Reid is a vote for illegal immigration
SuzyQ states:
"He (John McCain) is filthy rich from his years of representing the big-money interests."
NO, It's John McCain wife who has the wealth that she inherited from her father.
How many houses does John McCain and family own?
Don't know if John McCain owns any houses. Cindy McCain owns several homes the she bought and inherited.
How many houses does Harry Reid and family own?
Don't know? Does Harry know?
John McCain backs the greedy rich, like all
greedy republicans.
Crazy Angle is no different.
She will steal your Social Security and
health care in the blink of an eye.
DEMS. GO TO THE POLLS TODAY AND VOTE.
WE CAN'T LET THESE LUNATIC TEABAGGERS RUN
ANYTHING.
I ENDORSE Coke having TENS OF THOUSANDS of employees OUTSIDE of the UNITED STATES because FOREIGN PEOPLE LIKE COKE TOO.
FOREIGNERS LOVE COKE AND PEPSI AND COLONEL SANDERS so, why shouldn't they participate in the bounty brought to the World by American entrepreneurship?
You can't expect people in Africa, at their level of income, to be able to enjoy COKE if it's imported from hi-price America? Nobody in Africa would ever be able to enjoy COKE if it only was available from the USA.
Building COKE plants in Africa with Africans employed there to benefit from the cornucopia generated by America is a GREAT THING for the World.