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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 04:50 PM Original message |
So is the Mayor of Vegas saying you should blow your college money in his city? |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't think he needs an apology...I used to go to Vegas a lot... |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. All he's saying is leave his city alone-----something any decent mayor would do. |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yeah, but he's wrong. Obama didn't do anything to the city. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Obama has trash talked a city twice now that |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Tens of thousands of people who make their money by other people pointlessly blowing theirs. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. What do you do for a living? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
54. Maybe, but gambling actually is a waste of money. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. It is a form of entertainment |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Right, it's a wasteful form of entertainment. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. What form of entertainment do you engage in? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Making fun of gambling industry employee's phony sense of self righteousness. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. The response I expected. None. |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I don't think you know what trash talking means. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Illinois has plenty of Casinos |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Get back to us when Chicago's slogan is "What happens in Chicago Stays in Chicago" |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Oh so that is the reason Obama hates Las Vegas. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Yes, obviously this throwaway comment means Obama hates Las Vegas and wants to see it razed &salted |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. If you are a President you don't make "throw away" comments about anything. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Name me a modern president who has never made a throwaway comment. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Name me a modern President that has not been criticized for a throwaway comment. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Implying that Obama "hates" Las Vegas, calling Chicago a corrupt sinkhole etc. isn't |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I made the Chicago comment not Obama |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. as I understand it, also, |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Are you telling me that Las Vegas is the gambling capital of |
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farmout rightarm (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Vegas is a piker next to Monte Carlo |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. Well,I don't know about that. I'm not a gambler but this link |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
66. Obama didn't say don't spend your money in Vegas |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. No. You should bet the kids college money in Vegas and win BIG. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think sensitivities are very high in Las Vegas right now because of the bleak economic picture.... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. He doesn't care what you blow |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. god forbid that the President points to las vegas as a monetary money pit |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hookers and Blow!!! |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Of course the hookers must come before the blow |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Hookers, then Blow!!! |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Suppose you've saved $4000 from your summer jobs |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Hey it's totally your prerogative to do that! |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. Perfect way to frame this idiotic "controversy". Thank you. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've heard UNLV is a pretty decent school. |
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yodoobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. They are STILL whining about that? that was last year for gods sake. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. No it was just yesterday. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. The laddie doth protest too much. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Ah, I see you beat me to it. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. I just love the false outrage. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. The false outrage is coming from Obama on this one |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Because IL has fewer casinos in the entire state than Las Vegas has on the strip? |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Oh so it is the number of casinos that Obama is upset about |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. You're veering into the ridiculous now. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. So you are more concered with perception |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. What other place in IL has casinos? Aurora? East Peoria? Rock Island? Elgin? |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. If he doesn't like gambling why does he take their money? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. My husband loves steak. But he does not eat steak when we are trying to save money. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. No. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Oh, bullshit. |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Obama didn't always have a problem with Las Vegas gambling. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. He doesn't have a problem with it NOW! |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Apparently this poster thinks he should have used "Joliet", "Rock Island" or "Elgin" as examples |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Let's back up, OK? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. It's being literal |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 12:37 AM Response to Reply #24 |
69. it's the same as when people who complain about movies frame it as complaining about Hollywood |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
23. Las Vegas cultivates this image of being some kind of New Babylon, and then when people... |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. Fuck Vegas. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. +1 |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. HEY YOU!!! |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. He needs to get over himself |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
43. Reid's response: "The President needs to lay off Las Vegas ..." |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
50. Clark County gave Obama Nevada's electoral votes in 2008. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. That's what I was thinking. We turned the state blue in '08 but it's precarious. |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #56 |
68. Clark County didn't get any of the latest round of HUD funding, |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
57. I guess all those casinos in Vegas have nothing to do with gambling |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
63. Oscar Goodman was more respectable when he represented mobsters. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
71. Because he's a douchebag mayor in a town full of em'. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
72. I don't get it: |
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Lilyeye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
73. This was it? |
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