Speakers' Corner

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    For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the...
A most interesting article from Alternet, looking at the reasons for numbers of young people taking to the streets and risking arrest and possible...
Toby Keith, Democrat, says:- I don’t know, but I expect the wealthy to write a check ’cause it’s as bad as it’s ever been. It would be...
  America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~Abraham Lincoln   Lincoln's words...
Last week, I was here in Las Vegas to celebrate the end of DADT. Once (and hopefully future) Congresswoman Dina Titus discussed what happened...
I truly think Californian Democratic "operative" David O Atkins needs to listen to this song:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT7CVDiCDQI If he's a good boy, drinks his milk and goes...
In recent months, we have seen a drastic and alarming increase in the number of laws passed that would restrict a woman's right to...
It wasn't an easy ride to Tonopah on Saturday, especially not since NDOT had construction delays near Goldfield. So many of us from Vegas...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GFg_pnLmq4 It's ironic that this song was out around the time the Democratic Party imploded the first time. That was before most of this generation...
http://youtu.be/Rz15MC69ke4 This was the scene outside Dean Heller's Las Vegas office today. While Senator Dean Heller (R-"Tea Party") continues to oppose anything he considers "not...

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