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You Missed God's Point


I cannot believe the reviewer's total misunderstanding of the movie Conversations with God (October 26). The entire point of the movie was missed, particularly the interaction between the main character and the bereaved Mother. The movie was reviewed as if it were a routine Hollywood product, and neither adjective applies to this production. What a shame to mislead the public as your reviewer has done, and also how embarrassing that his ignorance of the movie's intent was so obvious.



Lang Secrest




Please Reconsider Your Comments about our Restaurant


Dear Editor, When reading the October 26 issue of the Las Vegas Weekly, I was extremely disappointed to see the "Because Las Vegas Needs More 24-Hour Diners" blurb in the Mash-Up section which took a surprisingly and unnecessarily negative stance on my restaurant venture, Hobos and Gypsy's. Although the restaurant has yet to open and none of your staff has visited the property, the piece made sure to point out that "lots of homeless people" resided on property, that our location was less than "scenic," we had "stolen" our logo and that our health standards and food were in question. It is ridiculous and unprofessional that you would take a shot at a restaurant that has yet to open, endangering the livelihood of our 30-person staff without seeing what we are doing firsthand or calling me for a comment instead of basing editorial off of a MySpace profile and Craigslist classified posting.

This concept is indeed cutting-edge because the entire outlet has been created and designed to cater to the service industry professionals of Las Vegas. We would like to know one other restaurant that will be hosting guest chefs, putting DJs in the kitchen, putting chefs behind the turntables and catering to the industry by hosting breakfast specials between 3 a.m. and 8 a.m.; since there is none, cutting-edge sure seems like an appropriate description. While we had considered advertising our concept in your magazine, it now seems pointless if your editorial staff makes a habit of taking shots at independent restaurants that have yet to open, have not been visited or even contacted.

In the Las Vegas food and beverage environment where two companies own the majority of the Strip and "new" restaurants are simply facsimiles of those in other cities, this concept should be celebrated. It is independently owned and created with a goal to use a Las Vegas original as a blueprint for national expansion. With amazing promotions on slate for the future (things that have NEVER been done before in Las Vegas) as well as great food (my reputation and cooking already being clearly cemented during my time as the Executive Chef of the city's top-rated Mexican restaurant, Diego at the MGM) it only makes your comments even that much more ridiculous.


Thank you in advance,



Christopher Palmeri




Executive Chef/Partner




Hobos and Gypsy's





Surprise! Congress is Spending Our Surplus. No, Really!


The Enron scandal was nothing compared to this!

High Social Security payroll taxes have contributed to yearly Social Security Trust Fund surpluses until the proclaimed surplus is now in excess of $1.7 trillion. However, Congress has elected to sacrifice Social Security on the altar of corruption by spending the entire surplus. The U.S. Treasury has been forced to cover up the Congressional embezzlement by issuing non-negotiable IOU bonds to the Trust Fund.

This gotcha means that Congress must determine how to legally fund the IOU bonds when they mature. The choices are increase taxes, sell legitimate T-bonds or monetize the debt. Congress will select the easy way out. The Federal Reserve will be asked to crank up the printing press and create money out of thin air. Of course debasing the currency means that the dollar becomes a peso and your Social Security check will only buy some coffee beans or at best, a bowl of java.

Currently the yearly surplus is about $180 billion and to save Social Security the yearly surplus must be invested in precious metals so that future Social Security recipients receive something of value. Yet Congress will scream out a refusal claiming that it will doom the Social Security program and they will lose a cash cow.

Some day in the future when the Social Security eagle takes off on its monthly mission, what would you rather receive in your hand, a gold coin or a worthless Federal Reserve note?


Sincerely,



Robert A. Dahlquist


By the Time You Read This, You'll Have the Answer To The Burning Gubernatorial Question

During the last few weeks, I have noticed the unrelenting attacks on Jim Gibbons ... and noticed the deafening silence regarding criticisms of Dina Titus, Jim's opponent in the election.

Although there is little love lost between me and Jim Gibbons for his neo-conservatism, I cannot overlook the fact that Dina Titus got away with brazenly violating the separation of powers clause in the Nevada State Constitution by being a state employee as a professor of political science at UNLV, while at the same time serving in the Nevada State Legislature as a State Senator.

Dina even bragged about this in an article she wrote in the August 2004 issue of Senior Life in her column Dialogue with Dina. She bragged about how she overcame the Attorney General's argument that she violated the Nevada Constitution, by citing the State Supreme Court's denial of the AG's writ that "metaphorically sent him packing." She cited some bewildering, esoteric technicalities to support her case, and arrogated to herself the right to serve in both branches, because of her personal qualities.

It seems that Dina has ideological allies in high places that permit the "Cult of the Personality" to supersede the Rule of Law.

Should we have a governor like her in Carson city?


Sincerely,



Frank M. Pelteson

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