The Glade 4.0

Their image had nothing to do with the PotUS stating that "businesses [shouldn't] go there."



Amusement aside, I think you're misperceiving the outcry. It isn't that somebody lambasted Vegas. That happens in probably thousands of churches a month.

It is that the President of the United States has now lambasted the place twice, negatively impacting the livelihoods and lives of both businesses and citizens. At best, that's shitty "leadership."

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I read the article, Arafys. Thanks for providing another perspective.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Aizle:

There is a difference between what the President is free to say and what he should say.

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You are arguing people speaking their minds is an indictment of free speech? That doesn't really make sense.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

There are no words in the English language (or any other language for that matter) that can describe my sexiness. Or how big I am.

Chew on that.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

Well then, from now on, I will call you Big Sexy.
Everyone follow suit.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

No.

He's arguing that many people are here pro-free speech, and that he thinks it is "amused" (likely meaning finds it contradictory) for those same pro-free speech advocates to be decrying something the PotUS said. In other words, he thinks we're speaking for censorship. So that would make sense, except as both Khross and I have now said, that isn't what we're doing.

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

Welcome. I'm very defensive about my town. I <3 Vegas.

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Holy shitsnacks!

Sure there are...


"Smaller than DFK!."

That's an excellent descriptor.

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ROFL!!!! DFK that was pretty good.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Don't hate bro. Just cause Screeling upended you in a deuce off (nothing to be ashamed of, that's like getting losing to Usain Bolt in a foot race), doesn't mean you have to project your size insecurities on me.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

Oooooooo snap! /popcorn

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Not hating. Didn't say you were "small." Just "smaller than DFK!." I'm not trying to outshine your light... I'm just the Sun.

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The Sun? I think you've been staring into the sun too long ... you need to borrow some sunglasses from your little smiley face there.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

ROFL!!! I like the direction this derail is headed!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

Oh my goodness me too! My sides hurt from laughing so hard!!!

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Word, the Sun.

Sunglasses are what the populace needs to glimpse the WTFBBQ that is DFK!.


I mean, let me put it to you this way, how often do you go through rubber bands?

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lol wth. Just cause the word prick is in the thread title doesnt give people license to discuss and brag about their jump rope penises. Good golly!

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“Strong people are harder to kill than weak people, and more useful in general”. - Mark Rippetoe

Holy crap. Were we talking about weiners? I thought the size we were discussing was like, body mass!

You guys are sneaky!!!

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Rubber bands? Son, this music plays everytime I piss:

[youtube]1Nd-MK4ESao[/youtube]

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

I completely agree.

However, it is LAUGHABLE that anyone is up in arms about this comment. Let's look at it a little more closely.



Now, it is VERY obvious from the phrasing of the sentence that what he's talking about here is gambling/entertainment, not going there to have a business conference. One doesn't "blow a bunch of cash" on a business trip or meeting, they do it on the slots or roulette. And doing that when you're trying to save for college IS stupid and to be discouraged.

"You don't blow a bunch of cash on Vegas when you're trying to save for college."
"You don't blow a bunch of cash on a vacation when you're trying to save for college."

The same statement. One can cause harm, the other not.

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Holy shitsnacks!

I agree with Aizle... the amount of reaction to the comment is out of proportion to the effect of the comment.

As I said before, pointing out the absolute contradiction between the words of the President on responsible spending and their stated goal "spend our way out of the recession" is worth more discussion. Or perhaps, if you want to focus on the the previous speech from the President, take his comment about how banks shouldn't be using taxpayer dollars for the Superbowl and compare that with the $2.5 million ad the Census is getting ready to spend on Superbowl advertising.

It's canned outrage but he said something similar before and got in trouble for it, even apologized, then said it again. It's pretty lol you must admit!

It's also true that if you say it, no big deal, but if the POTUS says it it has more weight.

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“Strong people are harder to kill than weak people, and more useful in general”. - Mark Rippetoe

Except, the President has already demonstrably harmed the convention/professional hospitality industry in Vegas with such comments in the past. And, if you think the comment is totally innocuous, look at the state of charter aviation and private aviation in the U.S. since the President's snit over GM Execs using private aircraft to travel to D.C. last year.

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