UNLV's endowment: $120,331,000 enough said. U. of Arizona's is five times that. No investment in education, no progress.

William924: "their address's"??? I think you need to go to that school, together with the Hispanics, to try to learn how to write.

LasVegas2009- you need to go back to SCHOOL and learn how to read.

What a great story that of yours, jt1899. Thanks for serving our country and God bless and protect you and your family. Come back safe.

The racist and angry comments above demonstrate WHY Nevada is the dump it is. And nothing will change until those kinds of people leave or die. English wasn't the America's first to begin with. The white people came and kicked out the native Americans from their land. Your ancestors were all immigrants. White people (myself included): this was not OUR land to begin with. We need to accept diversity, and celebrate it. Why do we have to have ONE language? How many do they speak in Switzerland? In almost every European you can find loads of people who speak English, not as a first but as a secoond, third, fourth language. Only American arrogance and idiocy supports the idea that a person must only speak ONE language. And that language be English. Perhaps your braincells are blocked by all the fat you have in your arteries from eating your disgusting junk food? Perhaps is too much of a sedentary life, lying as a acouch potato watching your stupid violent football games while munching on your greasy french fries??. I'm more the Mexicans. I'll take their rice and beans anytime instead of a horrid Big MAc and their soccer for your stupid sport you call "football". Shame on you---how do you like that one, HUH? i hope it hurts, because teh idiocies you people write here are OFFENSIVE to hispanics. They are people too, you know?
And you will have to swallow this one, because the hispanic population is growing faster than the white population. They will soon outnumber us, so start getting in good terms with them. And no, they are not all criminals. There are more whites in jail than hispanics.

As long as you people continue to think the way you do, things are going to be bad for NV. Taxes: Did GWB's tax cuts work? No. On the contrary, the previous administration's irresponsible fiscal policies (incl. the tax cuts for the wealthy, and an unnecessary war) took us to the melt down we're experiencing today. Meanwhile, dinosaurs such as Mr. Patrick Gibbons (see his comment) continue to believe that the idiotic Republican policies actually work. Capitalism, as Republicans know it, FAILED. The economy will recover, but more slowly here in Nevada. No economy is sustainable if it is mostly based upon endless growth. Growth for NV will be stalled for a while. This is the time to invest in education, train our--mostly uneducated--workforce and diversify our economy.

pmmart:
Public option means that healthcare will be paid in part by tax dollars. When we get our paycheck every month, a portion goes to medicare, a similar thing will happen with the public plan. Believe me, the public option will mean healthcare will be the same for all. And it will not cost that much more for us tax payers. Some people get scared at the cost of the whole thing: 1 trillion over 10 years, but the fact is that if we rolled back Bush's tax cuts --those that allowed the richest in our nation to secure extra cash so they can buy an extra BMW for their kid, or an extra Lexus for their wives--the government would be saving... ready?? 1.7 trillion over the same period of time. If we end the war in Iraq we will be saving 687 billion a year. Those, combined, sum up to ebough money to make healthcare the way it is in other developed countries. No premiums, no copays, no life-time limits. Unfortunately I don't think it's going to get to that immediately, for the public option is meant to create competition for the private insurers, for now. So there will certainly be premiums. The premiums of the public option will be significantly LOWER because they will not include PROFITS. When you pay your private insurance premiums you are putting a lot of money into the pockets of those who run the insurance companies. The Public option will not be the ideal, but it will be a good start. I will repeat what I have said elsewhere: it is IMMORAL to profit from people's illnesses, and that's exactly what's going on in this country, and that needs to stop.

LarryVegas. You're just confirming what I said on my post. You have the attitude of many Americans when it comes to health care and a few other matters "Please do not confuse me with the facts!!" LOL

My comments to your post:

Morgen rants: "As it turns out, health care in every developed country with a public health care plan is infinitely better that in the U.S. No copays, no pre-existing conditions applied, no co-insurance, no lifetime limit." ARE YOU REALLY SURE ABOUT THIS STATEMENT, MORGEN???

absolutely--go do your research.

"If you disagree, go travel around the world and ask..." I DISAGREE BUT I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

so how can you disagree then? A chicken born and raised in a chicken house might think that dark, filthy place is the best. Because it knows no better.

"...instead of regurgitating what felons like Rick Scott have been feeding you." I DON'T KNOW OR CARE WHO RICK SCOTT IS.

That's the problem. You're again uninformed. You don't know who's dollars are the ones shaping your opinion, and brainwashing you.

"Believe me, they have a reason. And this reason has nothing to do with your own well-being." I AM NOT SURE YOU HAVE A REASON. AND MY WELL-BEING IS MY BUSINESS. NOT YOURS OR THE GOVERNMENT.

Sure, I agree. That's your business. If you want to keep your lousy healthcare while paying thousands for it, most of which goes to the pockets of a few healthcare mobsters, then go right ahead.

BUT, THANKS FOR ASKING...

You're very welcome

Folks, this smoke is very bad. Our smoke alarm went off on Sunday in one of the rooms of the house. Unbelievable.

Republicans love to talk about being fiscally conservative. Historically, Republican administrations have run the largest deficits. How conservative is that? So when a president comes with a proposal to invest money in a health care reform that will provide health insurance for all Americans and that will actually pay itself off in the long run, he finds fierce opposition from a bunch of greedy people who profit from the status quo and have the money to spend in false, brain-washing advertisement. Worst of all: many people allow themselves to be brainwashed. Health care is a right of every citizen and, by moral principle, profits SHOULD NOT BE MADE out of people's basic rights. EVERY single civilized country has a universal, public health program. We are the only ones who have to pay for someone else's profits when paying for our health care. For corporate health care, the more sick people the better. For for-profit health insurances, the less care the better. For-profit hospitals are like hotels, the fuller the occupancy the better. What a "marvelous" principle, don't you think? I am amazed how many talk against "socialized" medicine. As it turns out, health care in every developed country with a public health care plan is infinitely better that in the U.S. No copays, no pre-existing conditions applied, no co-insurance, no lifetime limit. If you disagree, go travel around the world and ask, instead of regurgitating what felons like Rick Scott have been feeding you. Believe me, they have a reason. And this reason has nothing to do with your own well-being.

Gregory- Thank you. We need more like you in this state.