MUTH’S TRUTHS
(Chuck Muth) – I want to respond this morning to a pair of emails I received yesterday from readers and clarify some things.
First, yes, I do use AI assistance in posting some news stories on Nevada News & Views (NN&V). It allows us to do a lot more in keeping conservatives informed on issues and current events with a lot less.
That said, when I write an original Muth’s Truths column, don’t worry – *I* write Muth’s Truths.
I just haven’t been writing many of them over recent weeks because I’ve been remodeling NN&V, figuring out how to continue with the Pigpen Project in 2025, and developing an ONLINE campaign training program for conservative candidates all across the country.
Time is my biggest enemy these days. But this AI technology – and the assistance from great people like Iris Stone and Dan Burdish (Pigpen) and Brittany Sheehan (NN&V) – *hopefully* will allow me to soon start doing again what I love best: writing Muth’s Truths.
Now secondly, a reader asked what my definition of a “conservative” was…an important question in this new Trump era. And to answer that, here’s what I wrote in Muth’s Truths way back in 2013…
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The long version definition is clearly outlined in a little book written by late Sen. Barry Goldwater titled “Conscience of a Conservative.” But for a short summary, this quote pretty much sums it up…
“I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is ‘needed’ before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible.”
For a more direct definition of what a conservative is, I’ve always found the following by former Reagan adviser Lyn Nofziger to be helpful…
“Allowing for differences I would define a conservative, first as one who believes in the Constitution as it is written. That takes care of free speech, freedom of religion, the right to petition the government, the right to keep and bear arms and, in the words of William O. Douglas in one of his saner moments, ‘the right to be let alone.’
“Second, a conservative believes in small, limited government at every level. Along with this he believes strongly in individual responsibility. That is, a person or a family should take care of itself and turn for help to government only when all other means have been exhausted.
“It also means that society, before government, has a duty to take care of its own. Government should be a resource of last resort.
“Third, a conservative believes taxes should be levied for the purpose of financing the limited responsibilities of government such as providing for the common defense, catching and incarcerating criminals, minting money and filling potholes. Taxes should not be levied for the purpose of redistributing wealth.
“That’s about it.
“I know there are those who say a conservative should be pro-life, which I am, but I’m not sure a person has to be that to qualify as a conservative. Nor am I sure that a person must be opposed to pornography, which I am. In both cases there are questions of individual rights and responsibilities which are arguable.
“One other thing I think a conservative believes is that the parents, not government, are and should be responsible for the upbringing and behavior of their children.”
Amen.
So if you vote to raise taxes, grow government, limit individual rights and interfere unconstitutionally in the free market…you ain’t no conservative.
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Hope this helps. Now, on with today’s news…
NEVADA NEWS & VIEWS
- Tensions Flare in Congress Over Transgender Rights: Mace and Crockett Clash (Nevada News & Views)
- Contentious Senate Hearing for Pete Hegseth Highlights Political Divide (Nevada News & Views)
- Hegseth Faces Tough Senate Hearing, Shows Fighting Spirit in Defense Secretary Bid (Nevada News & Views)
- Conservatives Rally Behind Defense Pick Hegseth Despite Critics’ Geography Quiz (Nevada News & Views)
- Karine Jean-Pierre’s Quip Sparks Debate Over Democratic Leadership (Nevada News & Views)
- California’s Latest Wildfire Crisis Sparks New Push to Recall Newsom (Nevada News & Views)
- Trump Unveils Bold Tariff Plan to Make Foreign Nations Pay Their Fair Share (Nevada News & Views)
- Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Report: A Failed Justification of Unprecedented Cases (Nevada News & Views)
- Lombardo Rakes in Record Fundraising Numbers Ahead of 2025 Legislative Session (Nevada News & Views)
X MARKS THE SPOT
- WOW. It took 45 minutes for the fire department to respond to the fire after the first calls. X
- This clip has done irreparable damage to the DEI cause. It is breaking through to normies. X
- Rep. Nancy Mace tells Jasmine Crockett to meet her outside after Crockett called the congresswoman a child. X
- Former FBI Special Agent Jamie Mannina caught on video giving tell-all on Defense Department’s plan to sabotage Incoming Trump administration. X
- Top Pentagon advisor Jamie Mannina has just been FIRED. X
- Great Scott (Jennings)! “Pete Hegseth kicked their asses today. It wasn’t even close. They didn’t even lay a glove on Hegseth.” X
- Pete Hegseth just OWNED Elizabeth Warren. X
- Senator Markwayne Mullin EXPOSES Democrats’ voting drunk and cheating on their wives as room gasps. X
- Chris Cuomo goes off on Democrat questioning of Hegseth. When you’ve lost Chris Cuomo… X
- No. Freaking. Way. X
- Rock Rules / Rap is Crap. X
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
- “On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump.” – House Speaker Mike Johnson
- “We won WWII with seven 4-Star generals. Today, we have forty-four 4-Star generals. There’s an inverse relationship between the size of staff and victory on the battlefield. We don’t need more bureaucracy at the top. We need more warfighters empowered at the bottom.” – Incoming Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth criticizing Biden’s Defense Department at confirmation hearing on Tuesday
- “To sum up the Pete Hegseth hearings: Drunk accuses him of alcoholism. Cheater accuses him of cheating. Stolen valor accuses him of lying. The Democrats are a joke.” – @CaliRN619
- “(Democrat Sen.) Mazie Hirono is a one-woman clickbait clown show. Her only value is comic relief.” – @RealJamesWoods
- “If you thought Pete Hegseth schooled those emotional Democrat senators, wait till Robert F. Kennedy Jr. starts lecturing them about vaccines & the Big Pharma cartel. They should cancel the confirmation hearing and just vote to give him the job to save themselves embarrassment.” – @BehizyTweets
- “(Rep.) Jasmine Crockett believes black people are the same as transvestites and many black people think she’s helping us. She’s retarded and you are retarded if you can’t see it.” – Jason Whitlock
LAUGHTER IS STILL THE BEST MEDICINE
- Afghanistan was at least quieter… X
- What every feminist argument against Pete Hegseth has sounded like today. X
- LMAOO… I can’t breathe. X
- LA fire victims receiving their $770 check. X
- OMG the scariest fight in the world. X
- A Day Without Steve Inman is a Day Without Sunshine. X
