This state is so devoid of political and economic leadership even our meagerly educated high school students are getting it. The late great state of Nevada...

A Classic 12 round bout between Idiotic Ideology and Rex Reality.

So many of these mean, ugly comments come from a lot of people who make Nevada at the bottom of the list of everything good, and at the top of the list for everything bad. It's often hard to believe that Nevada is a State of the Union. Most of the time it belongs sandwiched between Nicaragua and Honduras. So many of these comments deserve nothing less than a good flush down the toilet.

Samson1: The road to hell is also paved with misperceptions, a lack of understanding of how the world works, and a lack of even what used to be construed as a high school education. The Las Vegas Sun ought to separate name calling and label gymnastics from thoughtful, informed observations of what really matters.

"Lachrymose"...by that Jon means, he's all teared up....

'tis true, Goober lives in his own little house, full of mirrors so he can see his precious little self from every angle...

This is an insider's list. And gaming and mining has no seat at the table because neither pays even a fraction of what they pay in taxes to other states. They're more concerned about their latest mega-casino's in Macau which are possible only because they pay little to no taxes in Nevada. If you want to do it right, hire the Pew Centers to do focus groups around the state with real people. This is another typical attempt by the state's long-time power structure to maintain their power and limit honest and compelling debate.

Watch...they'll use what "those on high" say when the legislature gets it's "tax reform" recommendations from their half million dollar "revenue" study. The study will simply repeat what earlier studies, including Price Waterhouse, have said. Low to no taxes means a low to no state. Nevada has always refused to master the obvious on statehood. This latest assemblage of "leaders" will keep the legislature's eyes "wide shut."

And with Jon Ralston, what the news means is sometimes a lot more interesting than the news itself...

As Grandpa used to say on "Hee Haw," "Sometimes fact is stranger than the truth..."

HELLER IS DOING WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING: HE IS SERVING HIS CONSTITUENTS IN NORTHERN RURAL NEVADA, WHO ARE AMONG THE DUMBEST, THE MOST DISCONNECTED AND CLUELESS BAND OF COWBOYS EVER TO RIDE RANGE.

JUST DOING HIS JOB. JUST DOING HIS JOB...