Protestors Greet the President in Las Vegas

Obama’s followers are still willing to forgive him anything-not for much longer though.

He knows how to apologize to Mexico & the Muslim world but he forgets about the American people. Money greases the wheels of this country its what it was built on. People come to this country to make money. When the president wants to tell the CEO how much they can make, he is only one step away from telling them what the employees can make. Better watch what you wish for you may not like what you get.

A corrupt place like the Mormon city of Las Vegas is indeed dificult to reconcile with any sense of morality. Business is business, I suppose you’d say, but when it comes to government supported companies in bancrupcy, I doubt if Kathy or Kay would really expect the tax payer to cover the bar-tab.
Chris Brown in Hamburg

One side of his mouth wants to apologize, the other side won’t let him.

He’s supposed to apologize for saying that CEOs at companies that have been bailed out cannot use that tax payer money to go on vacation in Vegas?
What? Why should he apologize for telling them not to spend our money on frivolities?

Obama said “You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas…on the taxpayers’ dime.”
Except if of course you are the President raising money for your own party or member of your party.
The taxpayers paid for Obama to take a trip to Las Vegas to support Reid!!!
WHAT A HYPOCRITE!!!

Apologize for what? It’s a down economy, everyone was affected by it. To think it was the president’s words that caused the loss of revenue in Las Vegas is just silly.
Even after the president made those comments, the bankers still held events over there very much the same way they did before.
Do you really think they care about the regular Joe? These are the same individuals that take their multimillion dollar bonuses at the expense of thousands their employees. The laid off employees are the ones not making it to Vegas, there’s your loss of revenue.
So if you want to blame someone, blame the ones that created this whole mess in the first place.

Apologize for what….. These corporate robbers shouldn’t go to Vegas riding on Taxpayers dollars and a government bailout! Did the Superbowl complain? So Vegas’s economy is based on the Corporate Robbers! Has to be, because the average American is Not going to Vegas for Nothing right now. Whine, Whine, Whine. I know President Obama don’t give a Hoot about this Governor. He didn’t carry his State anyway.

Vegas owes America an Apology for being so intellectually disingenius…
Whatever happened to embracing its stigma as a city of SIN? Its branding effort by the City’s Tourism Council Worked!!
“What happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas!” was the mantra during good economic times. And when the money flowed freely throughout the land it overflowed in Vegas based primarily on tourism, vacation, fun, and vices…
So, anyone with one half a brain could understand that when the economy shrinks in a recession, Vegas will Undoubtedly take a disproportionate Share of the HIT…
Vegas…you can’t have it Both Ways, Sister. Take your licks and just keep on going, you’ll be fine when you stop blaming OBama..

Mussolini said it long ago. Fascism is the merger of corporations and government. This is what has been coming for 30 years or more. I am sorry, but every change will create some losers, but it’s high time somebody started reigning in corporate political power. Think about it: Is this a democracy? We get to vote every 2,4,or 6 years while corporations (via lobbyists) get to vote every day often several times a day. GOOD COMMENTS OBAMA! KEEP IT UP!

This is why it is good Obama gets out of the Whitehouse. While a few dozen protestors is trivial, it is important that he is forced to take note of how people and governors across the country view his actions.
I do not think Obama’s comments were at all out of line – sorry Vegas, but the gold gilded banking sector was just not sustainable – but at the same time yeah, he should have to made aware of all the implications of them.

Dp:”We get to vote every 2,4,or 6 years while corporations (via lobbyists) get to vote every day ”
While I understand your complaint, I think you need to fund a lobbiest or two on your behalf. Take a cue from the NRA and donate to a lobbiest group that fights for your interests – there are many to choose from in the areas of consumer protections, environment, gay rights, civil liberties and the like.
The ACLU is pretty good at the moment, the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) is working on protecting public domain, the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) is a rational place to put some green dollars, etc. No one person can match the dollars of Exxon, but a couple hundred thousand – OK, it’s still a push but you can at least get someone in the room to give visibility to the issues you care about.

Some of you are totally missing the point of the protest. They protestors are not saying “come and splurge tax payer money at casinos” you dopes. They are upset because he called out the CITY OF LAS VEGAS. If he had been the brilliant man you all suck up to, he wouldn’t have named cities in his comment, only pointed out excessive spending on lavish conventions and left it there. But he called out the city, making it a political hot spot if your business was having a convention there. Many just moved their convention somewhere else, like Miami or San Antonio. That hurt the city of Las Vegas badly.

I understand the text of which Obama made the statement and have no problem with that. Vegas IS over re-acting; however, I DO think a hand shake on the tarmac is a snub to a state’s governor (and its people/voters) and Obama may regret that fact when he’s back out there campaining for his re-election. He should have been interest and caring enough to want to have met with him. But then most of us know he only cares about himself.

I admit I don’t know the total population of Las Vegas, but to have “a couple of dozen” protestors…so 25-30 people are complaining…and that makes the headline?
I understand that LV economy is based on tourism, but to complain when their the base their economy on ONE INDUSTRY and that industry is based on expendable income, blaming all their problems on the President is merely shifting the blame for poor planning or short-sighted profits is pathetic.
This city’s Silver Spring banking failure was part of the same process…all is well as long as no one looks to close at what they are doing.
A little local responsibility is in order!

yes please waste my taxpayer money with trips to vegas for whores, drugs, gambling…i want my taxpayer money going to vegas. governor should be able to recoup money from the mob

The problem is with big lavish conferences in general, not with Vegas specifically. Telling the companies to not have their conferences in Las Vegas doesn’t mean they aren’t going to go ahead and reschedule their 400 conferences somewhere else just as expensive. The only thing that was accomplished with this statement was to hurt the Las Vegas economy.

oh give me a break people, Obama is entitled to fly to Vegas and this is not any different than what or any president does for their party, but because Obama is always under a microscope, it gives people something to complain about. Don’t call it hypocrisy – the CEOs involved that he was referring to were receiving government bailout money at the time. Republicans are the first to complain about waste of taxpayer dollars (which they rightly should), so it’s a bit disingenuous to complain about a remark the president made about CEOs who are getting taxpayer dollars to take some responsibility and cut down on luxury trips to Vegas. The governor and the silly protesters need to grow up and quit being such babies. People all over the country are tightening their belts.

The N. Koreans and Iranians are openly defying Obama with their actions towards increasing their nuclear capabilities. Iran has sent six warships into international waters, a historically unprecedented move. Obama, without any hint of passion, reads words from a teleprompter, votes “present”, and heads off to party in Vegas.
Great priorities, Barry. But not surprising. Great job, Gov. Gibbons!

We are asked to believe that 400 conventions suddenly decided to cancel their Vegas plans because of what Obama said? That is just laughable. It is as ludicrous as it would be if he had said “I think all conventions should be in Washington DC” and then 400 conventions scramble to book hotels in DC. Do you suppose that the ECONOMY TANKING had something to do with the loss of the Vegas conventions?

“Which right wing talking head are you parroting?”
Well, if you consider an Iranian Navy Admiral a “right wing talking head” then so be it:
(from Reuters 5/25/09)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has sent six warships to international waters, including the Gulf of Aden, to show its ability to confront any foreign threats, its naval commander said on Monday.
Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, quoted by the ISNA news agency, made the announcement five days after Iran said it test-fired a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 2,000 km (1,200 miles), putting Israel and U.S. bases in the area within reach.
“Iran has dispatched six … warships to international waters and the Gulf of Aden region in an historically UNPRECEDENTED move by the Iranian Navy,” Sayyari told a gathering of armed forces officials, IRNA reported.
Sayyari said that preserving Iran’s territorial integrity in its southern waters called for the “perseverance and firmness” of the navy.
The move to dispatch the warships “is indicative of the country’s high military capability in confronting any foreign threat on the country’s shores,” Sayyari said.
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tjp612
aka, “self-described macroeconomics expert” (still burns, doesn’t it?)

My apologies to tjp, he was just passing along the lies of the Iranian Navy vs his usual schtick for the right wing media.

“”While suspension of reality is convenient when it suits your needs, the numbers do not lie.”
Sure they do, when proffered by the dishonest like yoruself.
But tell us again how a 25% reduction in fuel consumption would lead to a net expense in a raising gas tax (which for the Feds is at 18 cents and the only gas tax they control), assuming gas at $2 a gallon (though that is quite an assumption)

I wouldn’t say that POTUS’s duplicity is unmatched.. but he’s definitely in on my current top 10 list.
Let’s all have faith that his lack of consistent product…. will come home to roost.

“If you truly are interested in calling out “lies” and dishonesty,”
Speaking of dishonesty, I reference your argument about the gas tax needing to jump significantly to match revenues in the event of a 25% reduction in consumption, you cite vehicle cost.

Posted by: Ryan C | May 27, 2009 4:30:00 PM
Deflection not engaged. Try again.

Naomi Rhoads,
Agreed — 100%.