MUTH'S TRUTHS 11/20/2013

SEN. JUSTIN JONES, TASTELESS & SHAMEFUL Yesterday morning we learned that Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds had been stabbed in the head and chest by his son, Gus, 24, before Gus shot himself dead in the family home.  Deeds was critically injured but made it to a hospital where his condition this morning was upgraded to fair.  And for that, we can be thankful. However, yesterday afternoon the Washington Post reported that Gus had psychiatric problems and that on Monday a magistrate had ordered an evaluation.  But the Deeds family reportedly live in “a very rural area” where “hospitals are few and far between,” so there wasn’t a bed to immediately take the boy. But that didn’t stop Nevada State Sen. Justin Jones (D-Mayors Against Guns), chief proponent of an anti-gun measure in the 2013 legislative session, from hopping on Twitter to make political hay of the tragedy. At 12:48 pm, while Sen. Deeds’ life was still hanging in the balance and the motive behind the attempted murder/suicide by his son remained unclear, Jones tweeted: “When we don't properly fund mental health, politicians are in danger, literally.” Seriously?!! A family tragedy that had nothing to do with Sen. Deeds being a politician occurs and Jones claims that inadequate funding for mental health problems puts “politicians in danger”?  As if everyone suffering from some kind of psychiatric disorder is secretly thinking to themselves, “I gotta kill a politician!” But as stupid as the tweet about politicians being in danger was, the crass use of this sad tragedy for political advantage was truly tasteless.  Gus Deeds’ body was still warm and Sen. Deeds was still in critical condition – with no one knowing if he was even going to live – and Justin Jones took that opportunity to make a political statement?  On Twitter? Have you no shame, Senator? When I called Jones on this in a reply to his Twitter post - “Way to politicize a tragedy, Senator” - Bob Fulkerson, longtime liberal political activist up in Reno, rushed to Jones’ defense and responded… “Entirely appropriate. Lack of mental health$= unspeakable violence. Let's talk about this, not bury it.” “Bury it”?  With the boy’s body still lying on the floor at the family home?  Unbelievable. As Grant Hewitt of Red Point Strategies noted in a follow-up tweet to Fulkerson… “There is a time & place, as a father is hospitalized & a family makes arrangements to bury a son (now) is not that time.” Indeed.  That Jones and Fulkerson apparently couldn’t see that says an awful lot about their character.  Disgraceful. INVITE AN AIRMAN TO DINNER I read a story in the Las Vegas Review-Journal over the weekend about an estimated 2,500 airman stationed at Creech and Nellis Air Force bases here in southern Nevada “who are living in dorms and are unable to be with their families for Thanksgiving.” The Las Vegas Rotary Club is hosting about 40 of those airmen at a turkey dinner being catered by Anil Melnick, a club member who also owns a catering business.  Melnick is hoping other Clark County families will come forward and “adopt” from 2 to 8 airmen and invite them to share Thanksgiving dinner at your home with your family. The Muth Family signed up yesterday.  I mean, what better way to thank some of our military veterans who can’t be with their families on Thanksgiving than to thank them by having them over to your own house on Thanksgiving? If interested or you want more information, call (702) 868-1665 or email anilmelnick@yahoo.com.  But do so right now.  I hear the deadline is today, November 20th, to sign up. NEVADA’S #1 LIBERAL BLOGGER As you all know, I’ve been referring to Jon Ralston as Nevada’s #2 liberal blogger for several weeks now.  To explain who I think is the #1 liberal blogger in Nevada, let me share the following joke I received in an email a few weeks back. According to the email, presidential historians recently declared that Jimmy Carter was the second best president in U.S. history.  Everyone else was tied for first! And that, my friends, is why I refer to Ralston as Nevada’s #2 liberal blogger. FAMOUS LAST WORDS “Obamacare is a disaster, and the public isn’t buying overpriced health insurance, much less the president’s promise to address the law’s failures. … Sen. (Harry) Reid crafted this law and guided it through Congress. Disinformation can’t create cover for the political failure that is Obamacare. Better ideas are out there. It’s time for Sen. Reid to accept these ideas, stop carrying the president’s water, and actually do something to help the American people.” – Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial, 11/19/13 First Friday Happy Hour Citizen Outreach and KDWN 720 AM will be hosting the next First Friday Happy Hour on Friday, December 6 from 5-7 pm at the Blue Martini in Town Square on the South Strip in Las Vegas.  This will be our annual Christmas Party and we'll again be collecting donations at the door for Toys for Tots.  Please join us for some holiday cheer! Third Thursday Leadership Lunch The next private, invitation-only, off-the-record Third Thursday Center-Right Leadership Lunch will be tomorrow, November 21st at 11:45 a.m.  If you are the leader of a conservative or libertarian or pro-business organization and would like to be invited to attend, please contact Chuck Muth at (702) 942-3291 or chuck@citizenoutreach.com.  Also, Silver State Confidential subscribers are invited to attend this private meeting.