{"id":11148,"date":"2010-02-03T15:14:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T22:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=11148"},"modified":"2010-02-03T15:14:30","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T22:14:30","slug":"president-obama-to-las-vegas-residents-screw-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/11148\/president-obama-to-las-vegas-residents-screw-you\/","title":{"rendered":"President Obama To Las Vegas Residents: &#8220;Screw You!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegassun.com\/news\/2010\/feb\/02\/obama-dont-blow-cash-vegas-during-tough-times\/\" target=\"_blank\">President Obama<\/a> told a New Hampshire town hall meeting:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.honoluluadvertiser.com\/article\/20100119\/NEWS04\/1190316\/-1\/localnewsfront\" target=\"_blank\">times are tough<\/a>, you <a href=\"http:\/\/gopleader.gov\/News\/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=168603\" target=\"_blank\">tighten your belts<\/a>. You don&#8217;t go buying a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tavissmiley\/2829623810\/\" target=\"_blank\">boat<\/a> when you can barely pay your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=10513\" target=\"_blank\">mortgage<\/a>. You don&#8217;t <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2009\/05\/27\/presidential-fundraising-trips-leave-taxpayers-hefty-tab\/\" target=\"_blank\">blow a bunch of cash in Vegas<\/a> when you&#8217;re trying to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cato.org\/pub_display.php?pub_id=3344\" target=\"_blank\">save for college<\/a>. You <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/POLITICS\/02\/01\/us.budget.guantanamo\/\" target=\"_blank\">prioritize<\/a>. You make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/watch\/66318\/saturday-night-live-presidential-address\" target=\"_blank\">tough choices<\/a> and it&#8217;s time your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cagw.org\/reports\/pig-book\/2009\/\" target=\"_blank\">government did the same<\/a>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Amazing, I wonder how Obama talks about Vegas when he&#8217;s not on TV?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe this is why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/renewsblog\/2010\/01\/18\/hud-disses-las-vegas-housing-stimulus-bailout\/\" target=\"_blank\">HUD Dissed Las Vegas In The Housing Stimulus Lottery<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.associatedcontent.com\/article\/2638649\/obama_to_announce_highspeed_rail_line.html\" target=\"_blank\">Florida got their high speed Disney World Train<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegassun.com\/blogs\/ralstons-flash\/2010\/jan\/28\/federal-transportation-department-maglev-backers-y\/\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas didn&#8217;t<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, at least we know exactly what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lvrj.com\/news\/41078067.html\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas can expect<\/a> when the President speaks about &#8220;Jobs&#8221; being his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/watch\/99945\/saturday-night-live-obama-address\" target=\"_blank\">top priority <\/a>in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>And the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktnv.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=11922695\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor&#8217;s reaction<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/media.lasvegassun.com\/media\/assets\/swf\/mvc_video_2.1.swf\" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"sunplayer\" \/><param name=\"align\" value=\"middle\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"&amp;debug=false&amp;preroll=false&amp;share=false&amp;embed=false&amp;download=false&amp;width=500&amp;height=250&amp;mainColor=0xFF9A03&amp;videopath_flv=http:\/\/cdn.video.lasvegassun.com\/media\/video\/2010\/02\/20100202_mayor_reax_lvs.flv&amp;videopath_photo=http:\/\/media.lasvegassun.com\/media\/img\/videothumbs\/2010\/02\/02\/20100202_mayor_reax_lvs.jpg&amp;embedded=true\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/jun\/01\/curl-cost-nyc-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\">blowing a bunch of money on trips<\/a>&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Obama told a New Hampshire town hall meeting: \u201cWhen times are tough, you tighten your belts. You don&#8217;t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don&#8217;t blow a bunch of cash in Vegas when you&#8217;re trying to save for college. You prioritize. You make tough choices and it&#8217;s time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-egoism-in-action","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14062,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14062\/pope-obama-and-the-synod-of-commerce\/","url_meta":{"origin":11148,"position":0},"title":"Pope Obama and the Synod of Commerce","author":"Brian Brady","date":"February 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"President Obama ventured into the enemy's lair today, channeling his inner Reagan.\u00a0 The message, designed to be benign towards industry, still included his sarcastic finger-wagging at the tycoons: \u201cI\u2019m here in the interest of being more neighborly,\u201d Obama said. \u201cMaybe if we\u2019d brought over a fruitcake when I first moved\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Group Therapy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6950,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6950\/the-bad-news-obamas-housing-relief-plan-is-a-giveaway-to-lenders-not-homeowners-the-worse-news-it-wont-work-anyway\/","url_meta":{"origin":11148,"position":1},"title":"The bad news: Obama&#8217;s housing relief plan is a giveaway to lenders, not homeowners. 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To the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Mother&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Mother","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/big-mother\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4976,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/4976\/the-soul-of-wit-boiling-obama-down-to-his-essence\/","url_meta":{"origin":11148,"position":2},"title":"The soul of wit: Boiling Obama down to his essence","author":"Greg Swann","date":"October 15, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"This is Melanie Phillips in the Spectator:You have to pinch yourself \u2013 a Marxisant radical who all his life has been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshipped with, befriended, endorsed the philosophy of, funded and been in turn funded, politically promoted and supported by a nexus comprising black\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Group Therapy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11961,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/11961\/obamas-ipad-review-dear-graduates-ipads-are-a-threat-to-our-country\/","url_meta":{"origin":11148,"position":3},"title":"Obama&#8217;s iPad review:  Dear graduates, iPads are a threat to our country","author":"Al Lorenz","date":"May 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Due to social media, I prayed for Anna to have the grace of god with her this morning.\u00a0 I did not feel like I was damaging the fabric of our country by my simple action.\u00a0 So, I was surprised to learn our president laments that the new media is not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10984,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10984\/battle-for-the-future-of-the-american-mind-jobs-versus-obama\/","url_meta":{"origin":11148,"position":4},"title":"Battle for the Future of the American Mind: Jobs versus Obama","author":"Greg Swann","date":"January 25, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Which will be bigger news on Thursday morning, President Barrack Obama's State of the Union speech or Steve Jobs' introduction of the Apple tablet computer?","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Mother&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Mother","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/big-mother\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5945,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5945\/what-if-the-divine-was-merelymortal\/","url_meta":{"origin":11148,"position":5},"title":"What\u00a0If The Divine Was Merely&#8230;Mortal?","author":"Brian Brady","date":"December 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I must admit that I agree with Barack Obama.\u00a0 I've been trying to keep my chin up and look for the positive aspects of his Presidency.\u00a0 I remember thinking, on election night, that he would have an awfully tough time governing from the center with the Pelosi\/Reid Politburo pressuring him.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Real Estate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Real Estate","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/real-estate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11148"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11155,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11148\/revisions\/11155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}