Category - Political and Social Awareness
Suck My Big Nevada Caucus!
Oh yes… Just like that. Mmmmm The sweet taste of political relevance! No more voting in Texas where the rural, overwhelmingly conservative vote and Washington influence usually makes the primary election winners a foregone conclusion.
Since different states have different primary election or caucus rules, it turns out that the Republican Party does not allow you to vote in their caucus in Nevada unless you are a registered Republican, unlike the Democratic Party, who allows you to register as a Democrat at the time of the caucus. This is unfortunate, because unlike some states, such as Texas where I grew up, you can fully intend to vote Libertarian, Green Party, Dem, Republican, or whatever in the general election, but weigh in with your vote in the primary election for another party.
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WhileLasVegasSleeps.com Supports Net Neutrality
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While not necessarily a very political blog, While Las Vegas Sleeps… and those of us involved here try to be politically and socially aware. One huge, often ignored by the general public issue regarding the future of the Internet is that of “net neutrality.” In a nutshell, this is the guiding principle of openness, freedom, and a hands-off approach to providing Internet service, insuring freedom of speech and a rich, competitive, environment where the little guys can stand toe-to-toe with the corporations. YourDot.com or Google.com – if the content is available it shouldn’t be any quicker to access that of a giant than that of a gerbil.
Tallest Building in United States in Las Vegas?
It’s been a couple of years now since I heard the early rumors of a very, very tall building project for Las Vegas being proposed by an Australian billionaire developer. It was being talked about around the same time that Ivana Trump announced her super-tall building on the property at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara. In fact, it was at a time when it seemed like all you heard on the news was the latest and greatest imaginings of super-wealthy developers for Las Vegas and the impending “Manhattanization” of our fair city.
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Score One For First Amendment Rights..
One issue that has always been of first-order importance to me – my whole life, in fact – has been that of first amendment protections of free speech and a free press. I personally feel that it’s better to err on the side of inconvenience or even discomfort for the masses in the interest of protecting free speech, however inflammatory or salacious it might be. In the end, I believe that even the most horrific ideas being voiced publicly will serve only to incriminate the speaker by putting a spotlight on ill thoughts and agendas. It’s those sneaky types who say one thing in public but have a very different actual agenda they are planning to put forward that you really have to worry about.. And they never say what they are really thinking…
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