Eye for an eye, thumb for a... defacement?
Oscar Goodman, mayor of Las Vegas, suggests punishing graffiti artists by cutting off their thumbs on television. Yeah, we have an eccentric mayor, but he's popular out here. He used to be a mob lawyer, and is known for his off-the-cuff remarks such as telling a group of fourth-graders last March that his favorite hobby is "drinking" and that a "bottle of gin" would be one of his desert island selections.
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Is anyone getting upset about this guy??? Or is it just part of his "personality"? If that guy was a Canadian politician, people would be outraged and eventually make him resign. But then again, we revere Don Cherry on Hockey Night in Canada, and he's a big jerk.
Nah, it's just kind of a laugh around here. There'll be a newspaper op-ed every once in awhile, but he seems to be getting by fine. And he might run for governor.
on an unrelated note, what is microfinance? http://www.tufts.edu/microfinancefund/
no idea, but the omidyar's supposedly live in henderson, nv, a suburb of vegas.
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