You can read it on line here, but I prefer to hold the book in my hand - have the old black Scribner's illustrated by N.C. Wyeth (best of the Wyeths).
Posted on 11/03/2005 12:55:33 PM PST by SmithL
Trivia: Oscar Goodman was famous (or infamous) as one of the premier Mob lawyers for years. He travelled the country defending mobsters before he was elected mayor of Las Vegas.
Notice the CONVENIENT lack of party affiliation for the good Mayor?
Mayor Goodman is my kinda Democrat!
I met Oscar at the Vegas airport earlier this year. One look at that red, ruddy face, and bulbous nose and you know he enjoys Vegas.
He's a gabber. His wife finally had to drag him onto the plane. Interestingly, he was meeting some group in Chicago about bringing a baseball (Class AA?) team to Vegas.
Or guys that short-change the prostitutes.
ROFL
Last year in a Q & A session with some fourth graders Oscar told them that one of his hobbies was drinking. He also told them that if he were stranded on an island the one thing he would want with him would be a bottle of gin. LOL.
(I've heard that to this day he swears there is no such thing as the mafia.)
Trivia: Oscar Goodman(D) was famous (or infamous) as one of the premier Mob lawyers for years. He travelled the country defending mobsters before he was elected mayor of Las Vegas.
You forgot the (D) behind his name....
Why do they even call it art? We could go a long way if we ignored it and painted it out every day. A graffiti paint out patrol worked in San Jose. Absolutely every morning the crap was gone. The taggers soon gave up. Looks like they moved to Vegas.
There's a story to hear around a glass of English cider!
Graffiti is Art? Why don't we just give 'em chalk and tell 'em to go crazy!! The "art" will wash off during the next storm.
You can read it on line here, but I prefer to hold the book in my hand - have the old black Scribner's illustrated by N.C. Wyeth (best of the Wyeths).
Most of the grafitti I see around here in Vegas displays no marketable talent. Unless you count buying a spray can of paint and spraying it onto someone's wall in random directions as talent. I suppose it could be considered modern art since most examples of what is considered good modern art doesn't require any talent at all.
No surprise. All the wealthy contractors and hotel owners hired illegal aliens by the thousands in Vegas, for cheap. They got what they asked for.
Awesome post!
. . . a little Border justice.
What kind of punishment does he suggest for a rapist?
And these days they've let in millions of people who intend to bring back that tradition. ....although you can be quite sure it won't be reserved only for heinous crimes.
I do think we could send them to Singapore for a good caning. Or better yet, bring some of those canes here.
Wendy's managers must be scared out of their minds right now.
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