INTERESTING DAY
As days go, yesterday was pretty darned good.
I had to take a flight to Burbank for a meeting. Amazingly, there was not only no line in the
TSA’s grope-and-grab line, but for some reason I was rewarded with “special
status” by the check-in guard and didn’t have to take off my shoes. Woo-hoo!
The Southwest Airlines plane was virtually empty. Every passenger had not only their own seat,
but their own aisle.
I’d never flown into Burbank before and was surprised to
find you had to take steps down to the tarmac to get to the terminal instead of
a ramp. And you were able to exit from
both the front of the plane and the back.
Then I tried out Uber for the first time ever. My driver found me with no problem very
quickly and we had a great chat on the way to my meeting about Uber’s service
and what it was like driving for them. I’m
sold.
My meeting was with some great folks interested in the
medical marijuana issue, and we had lunch at the renowned Sky Bar restaurant in
West Hollywood, directly across the street from The Comedy Store.
Took my second Uber ride back to the airport. Same excellent service and experience.
I arrived a few hours early for my flight and the Southwest
ticket agent put me on standby for an earlier flight - and waved the $99 change
fee!
No TSA hassle again (though this time I did have to take off
my freshly-polished shoes).
I made it onto the earlier flight and bumped into Penn
Jillette – who said he’ll be stopping by Freedom Fest in a couple of weeks (see
below).
Got outside to passenger pick-up at exactly the same time
Gia pulled up.
It doesn’t get much better than that. So I’m absolutely dreading the next trip!
MORAL DILEMMA SOLVED
Most all of you confirmed my inclination: “Snowball’s” real owner,
even if identified and located, doesn’t deserve the poor little dog.
No collar. No chip.
Running loose in the street.
Almost killed. And clearly
mistreated.
As my longtime friend Dick
Takahashi put it, “I would keep him and in time - quite quickly, I bet - he
would be part of your family. Dogs are
smarter than Democrats and can figure out who really cares for their true
welfare.”
How can you argue with logic like that?
So Snowball has a new family. And he’s already made himself right at home!
NO FIRST FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR IN JULY!
Just a reminder, since the first Friday in July will be on
July 4th this year – or as conservatives call it, Independence Day –
we will NOT be holding our usual First Friday Happy Hour at Stoney’s
Rockin’ Country that night.
Instead, we’ll just see everyone at our FIFTH
anniversary party on August 1st featuring retired Army Sgt. Stephen Jackel, who will be introduced
by Rep. Joe Heck. I’ll also introduce our new co-sponsor of the
First Friday Happy Hour events, Phil
Perine of the Nevada Republican Men’s Club.
WE’RE #1! WE’RE
#1!
Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn’s “Top Ten Boondoggles” list for the Department of
Veterans Affairs, Nevada scored the #1 slot.
Hurray for us (not)!
1. $600 Million + “Crown Jewel” Hospital in Nevada Not Living Up To Its NameThe VA constructed a new $600 million plus (actual costs were reported as closer to $1 billion) hospital in North Las Vegas that was coined “the Crown Jewel of the VA Healthcare System.”However, since its opening in 2012, the VA is now paying an additional $16 million to expand and update the emergency room as the original ER was insufficient to meet patient needs. Further, the VA hospital has been unable to adequately staff the medical facility with physicians, and many Nevada veterans still have to travel to different states for certain services and procedures.
Personally, I think it’s all Democrat congressional
candidate Erin Bilbray-Kohn’s
fault. Why hasn’t she used her influence
with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
to fix this problem? Then again, I’m
pretty sure that “crown jewel” hospital is located in Democrat Rep. Steven Horsford’s district, so clearly
it’s his fault.
FREEDOM FEST 2014 RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!
If you’ve never been to Freedom Fest, it is THE annual
get-together for libertarian-conservatives.
And the best part: It’s NOT held in Washington, DC. Instead it’s
held in the most liberty-oriented city in America, Las Vegas!
And for the second year in a row, FOX News’ John Stossel will be taping a show at
the event. Thursday night, July 10 at
7:00 pm. The event is free and open to
the public. If you’d like to attend,
RSVP to stosseltix@foxbusiness.com
And yes…the doctor will be in the house! The Campaign Doctor, that is.
I’m scheduled to conduct a one-hour workshop titled, “Fundraising for Liberty: How to Raise More
Money for Freedom Causes” on Friday, July 11th, at 11:30
a.m. Hope you’ll come by and sit
in. I’m planning something very unique!
And get this “must see” closing dinner program on Saturday
night:
Not only is it Sixties Night at FreedomFest but the FreedomFest Players are back and are doing a "big brother" version of the musical "Camelot," with Steve Forbes playing Merlin, the wizard! See Gary Alexander as King Arthur, Grover Norquist, Matt Welch and Mark Skousen as the three knights, and Steve Moore as Sir Lancelot. Plus stand-up comedy with P. J. O'Rourke, followed by the band channeling Janis Joplin and her "Big Brother and the Holding Company."
This is an absolutely
fantastic event and I hope to see many of you there. And by the way, you can save $100 off the
registration fee by calling Tami Holland at 1-866-266-5101 and tell her you’re
with Chuck Muth and Citizen Outreach.
DRIVE-BY MUTHINGS
>>>>> Congratulations to Republican
state Assembly candidate Victoria
Delaguerra Seaman, for making Eric
Golub’s “Thirty Hottest Political Women of 2014” list. Click
here
>>>>> Yet another bill was introduced
this week that would reactivate “emergency” unemployment benefits that expired
way back in December. Since those
benefits were cut off, thousands of thousands of supposedly long-term
unemployed miraculously found jobs and exited the Gravy Train. Go figure.
It’s time to let this sleeping dog lie.
>>>>> If a win is a win, then
Sen. Thad Cochran won the GOP
primary run-off in Mississippi against conservative challenger Chris McDaniel. But the only way he pulled it off was with
votes by anti-tea party Democrats who for some ungodly reason are allowed to
vote in the Republican primary.
Why in the world would any political party allow the members
of another political party to choose its nominees? Talk about stuck on stupid.
>>>>> An anti-gun group calling
itself “Moms Demand Action” tweeted “Rape last for minutes, Death is
Forever. You don’t need a gun.”
And apparently, to be anti-gun you don’t need a brain.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
“The Bloomberg big-soda ban is officially dead. The state’s highest court on Thursday refused
to reinstate New York City’s controversial limits on sales of jumbo sugary
drinks, exhausting the city’s final appeal and dashing the hopes of health
advocates who have urged state and local governments to curb the consumption of
drinks and foods linked to obesity.” – New York Times, 6/26/14
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