President Obama Again Criticizes Trips to Las Vegas

[uscitizen]

Vegas is built upon waste.

Not to belittle the people that work there, but it is built upon wasteful principles and excesses.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Wow everything this President touches lately seems to immediately turn to chit. I never wanted to sound like the hysterical Bush-Bashers so i've tried to give this guy a shot. However i do have to say that this guy is doing everything wrong at this point. Just pick the issue and this guy is sure to be on the wrong side. The People do not support his agenda at this point. Checks & Balances need to be achieved. Hopefully the Republicans can regain some power and begin to provide some real checks & balances on this guy. Lets hope so.

 

[MarcATL]

The people who run and work in those casino's and hotels need to work too. I don't think that this President gets that. Goodbye Reid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Should we be upset by Obama's latest remarks on Las Vegas? - Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 | 2 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun

we go again — time to crank up the outrage machine.

For the second time in less than a year, President Barack Obama made an offhand swipe at Las Vegas.

Last time, he said there should be no Vegas junkets for banks that had received government bailout money.

So....WHAT!?!???

How are citizens bettering themselves by spending money they do not have there?

Please, lets put things into perspective before we begin with the Chicken Little/Sky is Falling nonsense and fake outrage.

*SMH*

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Everything this President touches immediately turns to shyte. Look for Vegas to continue struggling.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Vegas is built upon waste.

Not to belittle the people that work there, but it is built upon wasteful principles and excesses.

So?

If you don't like it don't go.

I have never been to Vegas other than a layover at the airport. I have no plans to go to Vegas ever but as a supposedly oh so smart, intellectual, erudite man and politician, Obama certainly hasn't learned that you don't single out one American city as an example of bad behavior and expect no retaliation.

 

[del]

Let me see if I can put this in terms simple enough for you to understand. The fiscal restraint Obama is urging has two points.

1. People not using monies designed for things like student loans to go to places like Vegas. He's saying use the money for it's intended purposes. If Bush would have been urging individual fiscal restraint rather than urging people to take on more debt than they could afford, the individual consumer would have been in much better shape to handle the financial crash.

2. He's trying (too early in my opinion) to deal with the deficit.

Now, if Bush, instead of creating a brand new deficit, would have practiced fiscal restraint, when the crash came, the government would have had far more resources to deal with the fallout.

Do you understand now?

i understand you're a hack with a prediliction for revisionist history.

does that help?

and you apparently lack any sort of intelligence as to state points. But that's usually what hacks do, that you so criticize.

please show me the quote where obama referred to student loans being used to go to las vegas. hint, it doesn't exist. so that would be a fail.

bush spent like a drunken sailor, admiral obama seems hellbent on outspending him by orders of magnitude. yet another fail.

keep swinging

 

[Skull Pilot]

The people who run and work in those casino's and hotels need to work too. I don't think that this President gets that. Goodbye Reid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Should we be upset by Obama's latest remarks on Las Vegas? - Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 | 2 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun

we go again — time to crank up the outrage machine.

For the second time in less than a year, President Barack Obama made an offhand swipe at Las Vegas.

Last time, he said there should be no Vegas junkets for banks that had received government bailout money.

So....WHAT!?!???

How are citizens bettering themselves by spending money they do not have there?

Please, lets put things into perspective before we begin with the Chicken Little/Sky is Falling nonsense and fake outrage.

*SMH*

How do you know that everyone that goes to Vegas for a vacation can't afford to go?

 

[Dr Gregg]

Wow everything this President touches lately seems to immediately turn to chit. I never wanted to sound like the hysterical Bush-Bashers so i've tried to give this guy a shot. However i do have to say that this guy is doing everything wrong at this point. Just pick the issue and this guy is sure to be on the wrong side. The People do not support his agenda at this point. Checks & Balances need to be achieved. Hopefully the Republicans can regain some power and begin to provide some real checks & balances on this guy. Lets hope so.

He's not doing everything wrong, its just all the partisan hacks and Obama bashers criticize every single thing he does, regardless of what he does. Here he is trying to talk about fiscal conservatism, and conservatives find a way to criticize it.

Plus, this article is from a Vegas website, so of course they are going to complain about it.

 

[Dr Gregg]

i understand you're a hack with a prediliction for revisionist history.

does that help?

and you apparently lack any sort of intelligence as to state points. But that's usually what hacks do, that you so criticize.

please show me the quote where obama referred to student loans being used to go to las vegas. hint, it doesn't exist. so that would be a fail.

bush spent like a drunken sailor, admiral obama seems hellbent on outspending him by orders of magnitude. yet another fail.

keep swinging

then why not state that from the get go instead of just calling someone a hack?

at least Obama is trying to help this country with the money. You may not think it is, and that's fine, but at least his motives are better than spending on war and destruction, in the guise of "security".

 

[Stephanie]

LOL, poor Obama, no matter what Socialist program he tries to shove down our throat those damn people get in the way with their Criticism..

damn you people

 

[Skull Pilot]

Obama doesn't lie Vegas because the principle of winners win and losers lose doesn't sit well with him. Unless of course he (government) gets to pick the winners and losers

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Just pick the issue and this President is sure to be on the wrong side. The People do not support his agenda. Time for some real Checks & Balances on this guy. Make 2010 count people.

 

[Oldandtired]

Vegas is built upon waste.

Not to belittle the people that work there, but it is built upon wasteful principles and excesses.

So are video games, pornography, professional sports, Grammy's, Oscars, expensive restaurants, water parks, theme parks, etc etc etc....

Oh wait....they are all forms of entertainement.

So I guess you frown on entertainement that does not entertain you?

Or do you frown on ALL entertainment?

 

[Oldandtired]

Obama doesn't lie Vegas because the principle of winners win and losers lose doesn't sit well with him. Unless of course he (government) gets to pick the winners and losers

If someone gambles and wins....that is OK.

If they gamble and lose.....they are victims.

 

[del]

and you apparently lack any sort of intelligence as to state points. But that's usually what hacks do, that you so criticize.

please show me the quote where obama referred to student loans being used to go to las vegas. hint, it doesn't exist. so that would be a fail.

bush spent like a drunken sailor, admiral obama seems hellbent on outspending him by orders of magnitude. yet another fail.

keep swinging

then why not state that from the get go instead of just calling someone a hack?

at least Obama is trying to help this country with the money. You may not think it is, and that's fine, but at least his motives are better than spending on war and destruction, in the guise of "security".

his only motive as far as i can see is to be reelected.

and you are a hack, imo.

 

[Oldandtired]

and you apparently lack any sort of intelligence as to state points. But that's usually what hacks do, that you so criticize.

please show me the quote where obama referred to student loans being used to go to las vegas. hint, it doesn't exist. so that would be a fail.

bush spent like a drunken sailor, admiral obama seems hellbent on outspending him by orders of magnitude. yet another fail.

keep swinging

then why not state that from the get go instead of just calling someone a hack?

at least Obama is trying to help this country with the money. You may not think it is, and that's fine, but at least his motives are better than spending on war and destruction, in the guise of "security".

Putting aside the debate of whether or not Bush wasted our money.....and yes, he did in my eyes in many cases.....

Please explain why much of the money went to special interest groups and only a fraction went to shovel ready projects?

Yes, special interest groups could use the money, but as you see...and as was quite obvious day 1....they will create little to no jobs.

Money goping to states simply helped meet payroll...which is a good thing, yes, but does not create jobs...and when the money dries up, the jobs are lost anyway.

Shovel ready projects create jobs day 1. Creates infrastructure enhancing day 1....creastes produiction of construction materials day 1....creates tax revenue day 1..

If his intent was strictly job creation and helping the economy, he would have said "no" to the special interest groups that get 300K to hire one assistant to research lab rats.

 

[Dr Gregg]

please show me the quote where obama referred to student loans being used to go to las vegas. hint, it doesn't exist. so that would be a fail.

bush spent like a drunken sailor, admiral obama seems hellbent on outspending him by orders of magnitude. yet another fail.

keep swinging

then why not state that from the get go instead of just calling someone a hack?

at least Obama is trying to help this country with the money. You may not think it is, and that's fine, but at least his motives are better than spending on war and destruction, in the guise of "security".

his only motive as far as i can see is to be reelected.

and you are a hack, imo.

I support some republican stuff, and don't blindly agree with everything Obama does. may seem I'm a hack because of all the stupid , petty bullshit we hear about him and I criticize. But the stpuid criticism like you see ib this thread points out the true hacks. Disingenuous people are the ones that are blaring hacks.

I'll hear legitimate criticism of Obama, like criticism of his spending or policies, not like this thread is and the vast majority of Obama bashing threads. LIke Rahm should be fired for an off the cuff remark, that's another one. If he did something clearly unethical and wrong, then that's a reason for firing, not PC bullshit reasons. That's just scraping the bottom of the barrel to continue to demonize Obama and his admin, and its pretty pathetic

Considering you call everybody a hack that appears liberal, I'd say you are the hack here.

 

[uscitizen]

Vegas is built upon waste.

Not to belittle the people that work there, but it is built upon wasteful principles and excesses.

So are video games, pornography, professional sports, Grammy's, Oscars, expensive restaurants, water parks, theme parks, etc etc etc....

Oh wait....they are all forms of entertainement.

So I guess you frown on entertainement that does not entertain you?

Or do you frown on ALL entertainment?

I believe that one does not have to spend big bucks to be entertained.
But that is contrary to the American way I suppose.

I believe that saving, paying off ones debts, sending the children to college, etc are far more important than a trip to Vegas or Disney World.

 

[Dr Gregg]

please show me the quote where obama referred to student loans being used to go to las vegas. hint, it doesn't exist. so that would be a fail.

bush spent like a drunken sailor, admiral obama seems hellbent on outspending him by orders of magnitude. yet another fail.

keep swinging

then why not state that from the get go instead of just calling someone a hack?

at least Obama is trying to help this country with the money. You may not think it is, and that's fine, but at least his motives are better than spending on war and destruction, in the guise of "security".

Putting aside the debate of whether or not Bush wasted our money.....and yes, he did in my eyes in many cases.....

Please explain why much of the money went to special interest groups and only a fraction went to shovel ready projects?

Yes, special interest groups could use the money, but as you see...and as was quite obvious day 1....they will create little to no jobs.

Money goping to states simply helped meet payroll...which is a good thing, yes, but does not create jobs...and when the money dries up, the jobs are lost anyway.

Shovel ready projects create jobs day 1. Creates infrastructure enhancing day 1....creastes produiction of construction materials day 1....creates tax revenue day 1..

If his intent was strictly job creation and helping the economy, he would have said "no" to the special interest groups that get 300K to hire one assistant to research lab rats.

you claim all to "special interests" why don't you prove that? And you can label anything a "special interest group". I know the NIH has gotten stimulus money, and those grants have already started to be given out (after the review process for the grants). My salary is not coming out of my boss' research grants because of the stimulus, and we are getting new microscopes in the lab, helping out american companies that sell them

it's bureacracy that makes it so long for the stuff to get out. But its finally coming, like there are several projects about to get started in CO from stimulus money, and when I was in PA during Xmas there was construction that was funded with Stimulus money underway (with signs announcing it)

 

[Oldandtired]

Vegas is built upon waste.

Not to belittle the people that work there, but it is built upon wasteful principles and excesses.

So are video games, pornography, professional sports, Grammy's, Oscars, expensive restaurants, water parks, theme parks, etc etc etc....

Oh wait....they are all forms of entertainement.

So I guess you frown on entertainement that does not entertain you?

Or do you frown on ALL entertainment?

I believe that one does not have to spend big bucks to be entertained.
But that is contrary to the American way I suppose.

When I was a kid, five of us would go outside with a spalding ball and spend hours being entertained.
Nowadays, one is laughed at if he or she says "I got a new ball for my birthday"

I agree....our values have strayed.....but I have to admit....I love to play craps. I can afford it...I plan to lose. I play TILL I lose....I have a limit....and I am greatly entertained...and in return, I get a free room, free drinks...free dinner.

On the flip side, I will never go to a Jets game live and pay the money as I am equally entertained watching themon TV.

That is what I love about this country...I can entertain myself as I wish....

Sadly, some people feel they have the right to criticize what I do with my money. (not saying you).