Posted on 09/13/2020 4:50:41 AM PDT by Kaslin
Oh, boy, do I have a story for you. Who doesn't love Las Vegas? It's America's favorite city. It may be the world's favorite city. It's my adopted hometown for 20 years now.
Until recently, I never thought anything, or anyone, could ever destroy Las Vegas. I was wrong. Everyone needs to hear about what's happening here. Las Vegas and the state of Nevada are in deep trouble. Trust me, you're next -- if you put Joe Biden and Democrats in charge of America.
What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas. We are the canary in the coal mine. What happens in Vegas is coming to your city and state. What happens in Vegas is a warning for the entire USA.
Here are a few Vegas stories you won't see in television ads.
First, I have to tell you about Democratic Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak. The D isn't just for Democrat. It stands for DUMB, as in clueless, ignorant, blind, deaf and very dumb.
We've somehow won the dreaded reverse lottery. The odds of having a governor this incompetent, cowardly and insane with Trump Derangement Syndrome all at once is somewhere between 1 in a million and 1 in a billion.
Our clueless or suicidal (take your pick) governor made the decision to shut down the Nevada economy back in March, thereby killing the entertainment capital of the world. Six months later, while casinos are open, bars are still closed, and churches are limited to 50 congregants.
This madman is killing both the saints and the sinners. The bar owners and church leaders should get together and sue. They could title the lawsuit "The Catholics and Convicts Vs. the Governor of Nevada."
But wait, it gets much worse. Because all events are still limited to 50 attendees or less, there are no conventions, conferences or concerts in Vegas. We are the entertainment and convention center of America -- except without the entertainment or conventions.
Although pools are open, our guests have to wear masks while sitting by the pool, in direct sun, with temperatures around 110 degrees most of the summer. How refreshing! We're now the mask-at-the-pool capital of America.
While you have to wear a mask while sitting by the pool, even though you're outdoors and chairs are six feet apart, only steps away, hundreds of guests are in the pool without masks, kissing, dancing, gyrating and drinking in a tangled mass of human anatomy. Obviously, COVID-19 only attacks people lying in a lounge chair, not dancing in the pool inches from one another.
My fiance and I love Vegas' world-class restaurants. We sit only feet from the bar. But no one can sit at the bar. Live music is banned. Obviously, while COVID-19 won't attack you at your table next to the bar, it will kill you instantly if you sit at the bar or listen to live music.
Mail-in voting is encouraged for everyone in Nevada. But we all stand next to hundreds of other Nevadans at Costco, Walmart, supermarkets, banks and CVS. No problem. COVID-19 clearly only kills voters, not shoppers.
Our governor demanded President Trump cancel his political rally for this weekend but never said a word as thousands of often violent Black Lives Matter protestors caused mayhem on the Vegas strip 20 nights in a row. COVID-19 must only be spread by Republicans.
These are just a few of the mandates set forth by the dumbest governor in America. Because of all these absurd, idiotic, confusing rules made up by liberal bureaucrats with at least one chromosome missing, Vegas just lost the National Finals Rodeo to Dallas, Texas, for the first time in over 30 years. Dallas will allow 20,000 spectators. Our Nevada governor would only allow 50 spectators in Las Vegas.
That's thousands of jobs lost, thousands of small businesses damaged, hundreds of millions in revenue lost. And, of course, there's no tax revenue either. How will our socialist governor fund his massive welfare programs and failing public schools?
But the NFR is just one event. We've lost all of them. Every convention is canceled. There is no tax revenue to pay for any government services, let alone our gleaming new NFL stadium for the Las Vegas Raiders. No fans are allowed to attend for the entire season. Where will the tax money to pay the mortgage come from? Oh, boy.
Did I mention that while over 200,000 Nevadans lost their jobs because of this dumb and dumber governor's decisions, many of them still (six months later) can't get unemployment checks? The system is horribly broken. The governor can't find any way to fix it, six months later. But his unemployment department did manage to close for the Labor Day holiday -- while tens of thousands of Nevadans are starving.
I was wrong. It's easy to destroy Las Vegas, formerly the greatest city on Earth. Just put one dumb, clueless, incompetent liberal with Trump Derangement Syndrome in charge.
If you like what has happened to Vegas, put Joe Biden in the White House. Then watch as what's happening in Vegas destroys the entire USA.
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Not to worry. With the draconian lockdown, Las Vegas will soon be economically ruined. No more "vapid glitz". No more tourist industry.
Las Vegas is a fake city
The cigarette smoke in the hotels above the casinos was enough for me to want to bail after a day.
There’s a good reason I’ve not been to Vegas in over 40 years.
Many enemies of the people in government now
I always thought it was Bugsy Seigel that turned Vegas into a destination.
Las Vegas is a resort destination that people through the free market have chosen to spend trillions of dollars over the years. It is the absolute embodiment of liberty.
So the steady beat of allegedly liberty loving people on something called the free republic is to denigrate and condemn instead of defend those people who have made a good living in a free market decimated by the tyranny of the left.
Why do many not see the true meaning of the article — that America ideals are at stake which is the thesis is the author that he even says forefront of the piece and instead have the need to tell us why they don’t want to go to Vegas. Whether Vegas, vaccines, lockdowns or whatever the point is NOT your opinion on the subject, it’s the destruction of American ideals and idealism which should unify us
No wonder we get our ass kicked so often. The democrats can put aside their personal difference for the political philosophy they agree on. We are too busy sniping at each other and failing to discern the greater issue
Unbelievable.
While in Vegas I asked folks there what the wildest thing that happens there each year.
All said Rodeo by far.
Great time had by folks coming off their ranch’s to enjoy.
Oh well you all there elected this ass.
Not that I would advocate it but I am surprised that some of these maggot politicians who are ruining peoples lives have not been harmed.
Liberty? Freedom?
Then why is it not functioning?
And he had the freedom and idealism and guts to attempt it.
Today with our society snd our leftward movement even here it couldn’t happen
The hallmark of leftism is the appeal to the narcissist. Your important. Your feelings are important. They are not. I doesn’t matter if I like vegas or not. What does matter is the belief that people should be allowed to try and succeed or fail without the full weight of the government restricting them
I happen to like vegas. But even if I didn’t I would be as full throated in my defense of that market and place for people to be free to succeed or fail but to have the freedom to try. The market has spoken and decided that place was a smashing success prior to Covid. The government killed it
My favorite story when I went to MBA school was the brothel that the owner failed to pay taxes. So government confiscated the business. Decided to try to run it. Six months later it closed for lack of business. Think about that
The government ran into the ground an enterprise where the offering was sex and booze. If the government cannot run this business how they hell can it be trusted to regulate any business.
But again the lesson here is bit about vegas. The author is sounding the warning on the existential threat to American style freedom
Let’s keep our eye on the ball
i don’t really gamble, drink, smoke, or go to shows but I loved going to Las Vegas.
This is a shame. But whats going on in NYC, and SanFran is a shame too.
I thought this covid nonsense would be over by now.
Can you not read an argument that takes more than one line of space. I answered they question on my post.
As I said I have no desire to visit Las Vegas. That doesn’t mean I do care that the city is being besieged by Democrat Visigoths. We are one nation and the misfortune of one state has an impact on us all.
Las Vegas has the unfortunate position of being a one industry town, tourism. I don’t imagine Reno is any better.
I have no hatred for Las Vegas (Sin City) and I agree that the entire Lock Down of the economy for the non-pandemic is pure foolishness.
Thus it seems the dumb, clueless, incompetent liberal Nevada voters with Trump Derangement Syndrome elected to public many of their own to destroy their state and their own jobs.
The good news? It’s ending. And we will come thundering back provided we unify as Americans and love liberty and stop believing each of our individual opinions is more important than the concept of freedom.
Vegas is a great city to drive through.Early evening is the best time since you’ve got the desert to cross before you get to Los Angeles.
Well, come to think of it, Vegas isn’t much to account for.
It is said that Nevada has more ghost towns than inhabited ones. Maybe Las Vegas will become a ghost town.
If the people want their city to function, then they should deal with their chosen leaders.
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