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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks to a joint session of the Nevada Legislature on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, at the Legislature in Carson City.
By Anjeanette Damon (contact) 
, David McGrath Schwartz, Cy Ryan (contact)
Published Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 | 9:45 a.m.
Updated Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 | 5:34 p.m.
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CARSON CITY — Sen. Harry Reid on Tuesday called for “an adult conversation” about prostitution in Nevada, saying it is an impediment to economic development because it discourages businesses from moving here.
“Nevada needs to be known as the first place for innovation and investment – not as the last place where prostitution is still legal,” he said in a speech to the Nevada Legislature.
Reid told the assembled lawmakers that he met recently with a group of business leaders who run data centers for technology companies. They visited Storey County in search of a new location for their businesses but “one of the businessmen in that meeting told me he simply couldn’t believe that one of the biggest businesses in the county he was considering for his new home has legal prostitution.”
He said he has talked to families who “don’t want their children to look out of a school bus and see a brothel.”
"We should do everything we can to make sure the world holds Nevada in the same high regard you and I do," Reid continued. "If we want to attract business to Nevada that puts people back to work, the time has come for us to outlaw prostitution."
The industry had been warned that Reid would call for an end to legalized prostitution, which is allowed only in the state's rural counties.
Dennis Hof, a flamboyant brothel owner, arrived at the Legislature about 90 minutes before Reid was scheduled to speak. Hof was accompanied by eight working girls from his brothel outside Carson City.
"Harry Reid will have to pry the cat house keys from my cold dead hands," he told the media.
Legislative leaders were not pleased at the prospect of the leading Democrat in the U.S. Senate floating legalized prostitution as a key issue for them to confront. Some questioned the timing of his call, coming as the state grapples with a massive budget deficit and record unemployment.
If Reid believes prostitution gives Nevada enough of a black eye that business won’t relocate here, some wondered, why then would he create a circus-like spectacle by mentioning the topic and attracting national attention to it.
While Reid's remarks were the primary focus of the media and others in attendance, he only spent a few paragraphs on the topic in an eight-page speech.
Reaction to Reid's remarks was mixed, with most elected officials saying any decision on whether to ban it is best left to the rural counties.
"It's up to the counties to decide if they want it or not," Gov. Brian Sandoval said. Asked if he had ever visited a brothel, Sandoval said no.
Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, chairman of the state's economic development commission, said: "I have never been approached by any prospective business or had an inquiry as to that industry. That doesn't mean it's not a thought in someone's business plan going forward. I suspect it would present a challenge to certain individuals bringing in a company but it has never been a topic of conservation."
"It's a local government decision. We need to respect the will of the 10 counties that decided the practice should be continued and seven have not," said Krolicki. He was also asked if he had visited a brothel. Krolicki said no.
Nevada Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford said, "I personally do not support prostitution, however, it has been handled by local governments in the past and it has been a history and tradition."
Asked if it should be continued, Horsford said, "With all the other issues this session -- the budget and education -- it has yet to be determined. I agree with Sen. Reid with his focus on renewal energy and putting Nevadans back to work and those are the priorities of this session."
Senate Minority Leader Mike McGinness, R-Fallon, said "let the counties decide" whether they want prostitution. "Some counties have put it on the ballot," he said.
His district includes some of the rural Nevada counties that have brothels. His home county of Churchill has approved brothels, but none have located there so far.
Reid opened his speech Tuesday talking about his time in the Nevada Assembly with future U.S. Sen. Richard Bryan. He also defended the federal stimulus and TARP as successes that prevented further damage to Nevada’s economy.
Get Harry a fiddle and a toga. Companies not relocating to Nevada because of brothels, give me a break. Wish the Repubs had put up someone sane, I would have voted to kick Pinky to the curb and I'm a registered Dem.
It's really no surprise that Reid would speak out against brothels, the government hates competition.
All joking aside, this is a purely state issue and Reid should not be getting involved in his official capacity.
boftx, I agree that it is a state issue. I also think that Harry Reid is as entitled to his opinion, however wrong we may think it is, as you are and I am.
If we are going to have legal prostitution, we should be honest about it, and tax and regulate it like any other form of entertainment (and I know that many would tell you it is not entertainment but abuse of women, and I am not disputing that). Especially since it seems painfully obvious that neither the governor nor enough of the legislature has the brains or guts to institute the higher taxes we need and the reforms we need to attract the kinds of industry that legal prostitution repels.
Shouldn't Reid and our state legislative branch be busy with much more important issues like job creation and our "shared sacrifice" state budget? Shouldn't Senator Reid be representing our interest in DC, instead of coming back to our state to condemn an industry that has been legal here for over a century. The state house should be busy figuring way to get us out of this budget mess or at least how to keep it from happening again in the future. Neither should be busy attacking any legal revenue producing industries.
Who are these companies that Reid (allegedly) claims found rural Nevada so intriguing they wanted to move their business there, but not if there's legalized prostitution. Sounds believable! The legalized gambling and alcohol available 24/7 were not a problem for them though. OK!
Let's get Nevada back to work, save the moral issues for another time.
I agree that Reid is entitled to his opinion, which was why I restricted my comment to him acting in an official capacity.
And like you, Michael, I think that the brothels should be taxed just like anyone else. It could be argued that prostitution is the ultimate form of free market enterprise.
LOL....you libs voted him back in.
Oh Harry. You really misfired on this one. Seriously, out of all the issues facing this state, including the implosion of education, you go after legalized prostitution - one of the few industries to step up and say, "Please tax us." Poorly played.
Harry, speaking as one who knows something about screwing people for money.
In reality, he knows its the powerful teachers unions that are stopping companies from moving here. The way they are choking off education should be a crime. But they give Harry more donations than the brothel's so you know who gets the ax!!
There is more honesty in a brothel than there is in Washington D.C.
Harry stay in D.C. with the other crooks.
Well Unions and Latinos, you voted for him and you got him!
He can cite one business that didn't want to move to a rural county and be by a cathouse. Wouldn't he (or sane person) agree that:
1. A few brothels scattered through the desert aren't even close to being the crux of Nevada's problems,
2. If prostitution was legal in Clark County, it would be corporatised and made into a multi-million dollar business...you know, the kind we are trying to get to move to NV with flowery speeches like this one?
3. Enough damage has been done to individual rights and personal freedoms. We don't need one man trying to hang his personal moral code on the other 2.7MM of us.
Why, oh why, did the GOP have to put up a nutter for that senate seat last year?
We can close down the legal houses and let it go underground like it is in Clark county or we can take the taxes they have offered and keep some regulation over it. Either way it will still be here.
If companies want to move to Nevada they do not have to move into areas that it is legal. Clark county has lots of room for big companies. Really pretty simple. They don't have to move to Storey County.
Sounds like Mr. Reid just found someone to back up his views rather then someone really wanting to move to Nevada.
If anything there should be a push to decriminalize prostitution so it can be taxed. While I'm not saying prostitution is a great thing and we should all visit a brothel, in reality, its going on on The Strip everyday and has been going on outside county lines for years. In fact, the brothels are very well self-regulated with constant disease testing and things of that nature.
Its a joke that with the disaster facing this state right now, Harry chooses this to go after. What does this have to do with the economy, jobs, taxes, etc...? Keeping companies from moving to Nevada? I'd love to know what companies won't move here because of that issue. I just can't believe that this guy was voted back in.
Forget about the worlds oldest profession,and get involved in the worlds newest profession... cutting Government spending!
I think Reid is one of the sleaziest politicians in the game, but I agree with him on this. What some of you see as an industry that attracts visitors is also something that prevents businesses from moving here. Is it that hard to believe that a business wouldn't want to move here, when we have the worst education system and sex is one of our primary industries? I know that I have serious concerns about raising a family here for precisely those reasons, and I really don't think I'm that conservative of a person. Tough to convince a company's educated employees to move with them, and it's tough to find/hire educated people in this state.
If you want to leave things the way they are, then don't cry when conventions are cancelled because of the Vegas reputation, and don't be surprised that the unemployment rate is the highest in the country when we're dependent on one industry. If you want things to change, I think things like prostitution need to go.
Shut up Harry. This is a State issue. We dont need federal lies and rhetoric in rural Nevada.
Reid, is doing what politicians do best and that is appealing to the modern prejudices of the people for his own political gain. He does not care about anything but a political feather in his hat and whatever the cost to the people.
What is his plan for the economic viability of rural Nevada which need the revenue stream?
And prohibitions never work. These licensed facilities are the only places that can boast physical protection and medical treatment for the womoen. If he cared about the women, he would be advocating expansions instead of further restrictions which will drive it deep into the underground where abuses can fester.
Isn't amazing how these guys run for office on "freedoms" and "individual liberties" yet they do the exact opposite when the get into office?
They also campaign on "job development and preservation" and then seek to eliminate jobs after they get elected.
@improveLV: the exact same argument you generated can be said about gaming - surely an industry that keeps some companies and conventions away, because they don't want employees to gamble away their savings, or spend all their time on the casino floor instead of in the conference room. There are many companies that find gambling sleazy, and avoid Las Vegas for precisely this reason....
Gambling is a vice just like alcohol, tobacco, and prostitution. When is gambling going to be his next political feather for Nevada?
I'm pretty sure the President publicly judging companies for traveling to Las Vegas had more to do with a decrease in conventions, travel and the like, than legalized prostitution an hour outside of the city...Reid's just burning the people who didn't support him during the election. For a guy who has prostituted himself more than a time or two, it's ironic to see him calling for an end to it...
Reid failed in Washington so he comes home to assualt his constituency.
All these Nevadans hurting out of work and Harry focuses on the brothels- perfectly consistant- when ,if ever, are these politicians going to act like Americans and do something for the people-all politics all the time- shame on Nevadans for knowing what Harry is and re-electing him-
I'm sure his quote about children getting of a school bus in front of a brothel will make the national wires, giving the world the impression this is a daily occurance in Nevada's major cities. How great.
Reid has it backwards. Nevada is the only State that can demonstrate the least abuse in prostitution by having it legal. The Nevada example is the inconvenient truth in the arguements for illegal prostitution.
Just remember that necessity and common sense no longer make laws in America. Political grandstanding and prejudice make laws today. Reid still knows that. Every politician knows that. It is not good for American, but since when did our politicians care about America?
After all these years, with everyone trying to "diversify" Nevada, they come up with this? A company doesn't consider the gambling in every gas station, resort or convenience store a distraction? Come on...Nevada has been known for all these things for hundreds of years...and these Brothels are NOT located in high traffic areas where a business would relocate...Instead, a company an have its employees drive down the strip here or in Reno and see cabs advertising "girls to your rooms"..
I guess we'll have an influx of "Brack Jack Dearers" at the casinos.
lakeside21, grandstanding and lying are the name of the game. Especially in the anything sex arena of politics where all lies are willfully accepted as the truth. The media obliges. You can be sure it will be blown out of proportion.
If you believe in personal freedom and job preservation, you need to email your State reps. They wont bite back. They cant. They wont forward you letter to the newspaper for publication. The newspaper does not care. They wont foward it to your wife. But if they dont hear anything, they will do it because they dont have anything to stand on to reject it.
Most representatives say if one person writes a note, likley a 1000 other poeple feel the same way. You have tremendous leverage, but if you are lazy and complacent and scared, you will not be heard.
This is why progressives should dump the Reid dynasty. We had his son run the Governor's race into the ground, taking a lot of other candidates with him. Now this nonsense from Reid.
Germany 8% unemployment
Britain 8% unemployment
Japan 7% Unemployment
Switzerland 3.5% unemployment
Nevada 15% unemployment
All of the above have legal prostitution, what is the name of the company that doesn't want to come here? "The PTL Club?"
What kind of nut is worried about some thread bare brothels with 15% unemployment. In fact, if it wasn't for Reid stupid boring speech, no one was thinking about prostitution at this point. Moreover, multinational companies do business all over the world, where there is all kinds of prostitution.
Keep in mind Reid backed Sandoval for Judge, he is his baby. I'm sure he would like to see him as the Republican VP or a cabinet member. It used to be people would say "you'll never have a President from Nevada, because they have gambling and prostitution..." Now, since 48 States have gambling, its "from a State that has legal brothels..." Gambling is OK except in Hawaii and Utah. I suppose Reid has some silly pipe-dream about seeing his son or his buddy Sandoval as President one day. "Let's see Sandoval to the next Republican administration and my son to the Governor's office?"
If we wanted some stupidity like this, we could have elected Angle. What's next Reid? banning beer?
Time for Reid to resign.
Legal brothels provide significant tax revenues for some of the rural counties. In counties with a population under 400,000, the county commission decides whether to license legal brothels. In Senator Reid's example, legal brothels in Storey County were portrayed as offensive to businesses looking to relocate there. The Storey County Commission can decide whether those businesses are more important to Storey County than legal brothels.
Hey Harry
You have more pressing problems.
OK, making my point. Here is how this is being reported on Fox News:
"He [Reid]called for greater investment in education, while hailing Nevada's success in hosting renewable energy firms. But to turn the corner, Reid said the brothels have to go.
'I've talked to families who feel the same way, parents who don't want their children to look out a school bus and see a brothel, or to live in a state with the wrong kind of red lights," he said. "Nevada needs to be known as the first place for innovation and investment, not the last place where prostitution is still legal.'
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I think this speech is going to have the opposite of the intended effect re: Nevada's image.
I actually agree with Reid. You've got companies & businesses that don't & won't locate in Nevada because these types of activities are legal. This is not 1900 anymore and Nevada has got to straighten up it's act to be taken seriously in attracting new economic development. The time has come.
Royal Dutch Shell: from Holland (legal brothels and pot) "Jeepers, we wouldn't want do business in Nevada, brothels and all..."
Some of the business people pushing this "Nevada data hub stuff" have some pretty sleazy backgrounds regarding other businesses they have been involved with in the past.
Once the infrastructure goes in, the data hub does not need to employ that many people locally, it can be monitored and controlled from anywhere in the world. Also, the technology is modular, it goes together like a board in a desk top PC, but in a larger scale. It doesn't take that much work to set up or maintain.
What is the name of this "data hub guy and company" or is this another one of Reid's vaporware friends.
If Reid wanted to do something constructive, why doesn't he sponsor a Bill protecting the rights of Sex Workers, instead of trashing their profession?
(I have some background in data hubs, fiber optic, etc. by the way.)
Reid should be more concerned about eliminating corruption at all levels of government. Maybe that would encourage businesses.
Prostitution and gambling are the two greatest impediments to economic and academic development because they both discourage businesses from moving here. The world out there doesn't need those things to run businesses.
Prostitution makes Nevada look like Cowboy Heaven, which according to some descriptions, has a low spot in the barbed wire fence that leads to the Indian Reservation right next door.
Nevada in fact, functions much like an Indian Reservation: you enter the reservation, stop at the tobacco shop for smokes, go next door to buy some booze, then head off to a casino to gamble and have a buffet. Don't ask for education, health services or business development loans because reservations don't carry them. Soon Nevada won't either.
For anybody that thinks that Prostitution is found at a few shacks in the desert hasn't been around the Strip much. They don't jump out at you but they dooooooo smile real nice...and how nice a smile it is, almost makes the right person sweat...
Why do you Nevadans keep voting for this idiot? VOTE HIM OUT. I live in NV during the winter but vote in my home state. I never see or hear anything pleasant posted or said about Harry Reid, yet he is re-elected. Get rid of this idiot, PLEASE!!!
Shows you have disconnected Harry "The Ritz" Reid is from Nevada. What a bozo. And now we have another six years to put up with this nut.
The time has come for Nevada to outlaw Harry Reid.
what a move in the wrong direction for the country
With all due respect, I believe Harry Reid is just looking for an excuse for his (and the rest of the state's) dismal performance. He probably doesn't want to face the possibility that he and the people running this state are just incompetent. He has become a dinosaur. He's now that 62 year old woman in a bar that thinks and dresses like she's still 25. How embarrassing. The old ideas aren't going to work in these new times and he just can't figure it out. How did he win? Oh, he ran against someone less capable than he is. Looks like we got a head start in the race to the bottom.
Pushing a moral agenda on people disguised as helping NV gain new buisness.
The only way to get him out is to put someone up against him during the next election. He's still a nevada senator because of our lack of options.
Of the 40 people that commented on this story I bet less than 1/2 actually voted in the last election.
Harry is obviously speaking of the prostitutes on Capitol Hill, the ones with the license to thieve, lie, cheat, and peddle influence.
If we weren't in such trouble some of the comments here would be hilarious. In particular, some of the people who now say that Reid is bad for Nevada are the very ones who said he was not only better than Angle, but great in his own right, that nobody could do more for us.
No doubt, Angle was a flawed candidate, but at least if she said this no one would listen other than to laugh their heads off at it. Reid will get attention from his party members and some serious airtime with this and draw even more attention to an issue that should really come under the "let sleeping dogs lie" category.
Harry Reid is absolutely correct on this one! Legal prostitution is just another black mark on Nevada's unattractive resume including the subpar secondary schools, dismal college graduate rate, and extremely poor health services. Cumulatively, these issues, especially prostitution, become a huge negative when trying to diversify the Nevada economy and improve the socioeconomic climate in this benighted state. Aside from gaming, the Fortune 500 and the tech industry do not look kindly the sex industry, legal or not.
Now it looks like Drudge has linked to the story, and it will be on FOX, CNN, Limbaugh, ET AL tomorrow.
Way to go Harry.
The kind of "Jobs" we are concern about are the ones that provide paychecks to Nevadans.
This is the stupidest thing Reid has ever done. Only Nevada has the brains to realize that prostitution exists and will always exist. It needs to be regulated and taxed and that is what Nevada does.
It is the smartest state to realize this fact of life.
Ask Reid about the high priced hookers in Washington. It is okay for people in washingtoon.
What a hypocrite. I have no respect left for this religious sell out.
Heh. You knuckleheads got the man you voted for. Reid is the Senate Majority Leader. Is he working on the deficit? Nah! He's worried about hookers in Nevada, which is purely a state issue.
Next time could you please get rid of him?
I remember seeing a t.v. interview just before the last election where the owner of one of the largest brothels in Nev. and a couple of his girls fully supported Reed's re-election.
And this from the biggest political whore in Nevada history!
A bunch of y'all want to legalize things like prostitution and illegal drugs under the guise that we need more money in the state coffers so we can hire more teachers and college professors to educate the 'dumbest kids in America'!
What the hell are they going to teach the little varmits?
Condom and reefer rolling?
TISSUE?
Harry is wrong on this one. Legalize it in ALL counties, and make them pay taxes or fees to the state. Have health inspections (as we now do). The income to the state from Vegas alone will go a long way towards paying the budget deficit!
What is Sen. Reid thinking?
With Brian SandOvals cuts to education I can't see how anyone will have any other skills in Nevada.
Maybe Harry should stop and think that legalized gambling, 24 hour open bars, adult entertainment, and a poorly educated work force might be the main reasons business doesn't relocate to Nevada.
Does this mean he's going to outlaw himself?
If outlawing prostitution in Nevada goes into effect, will that mean that Harry Reid and his son have to move out of state? I think Harry Reid is the highest paid ********** in the state now.
harry is RIGHT!!!
go harry go!!!
What's the matter Harry? Fraid of the competition? You both share the title of worlds oldest profession, both unseemly and scornful. One difference between you and the lady of the evening. When one pays for services from the trollop one expects to get screwed. When we pay for you, we get screwed whether we want it or not. Get a real job Harry and stop being a political whore.
Come on, Harry!!! I do believe there are much more important issues to worry about these days!!!
Legalize prostitution then tax it. That's how the state will earn some money. Don't outlaw it because like it or not, prostitution is here to stay. Don't add more to NV's 15% unemployed.
This is just a thinly-vieled moral grandstand for Reid to attempt to clean up his name. Where did this come from. Why should the entire state bend to Harry Reid. In Nevada, he is just another single consti?uent.
I believe there are enough Nevada residents who are liberal, or conservative, that would rather see "decent jobs being created" vs. wasting time battling prostitution (including myself).
If this is a political move (which it sure feels like an attempt to win conservative support in the State & Federal Levels), then what a waste of time (just regulate prostitution to thwart illegal prostition, please & tax it enough to give the State of Nevada needed funds).
Nevada needs real jobs (such as Manufacturing, Distribution, Logistics vs. pandering only to Casinos & Shopping Centers) :-/
Harry will be out of a job as well as all of the other useless bast***s in DC. No jobs, China owns us and this is the best he can do.......
There can be only 2 reasons for Reid's proclamation: 1) Harry ain't gettin' a big enough share of the graft; 2) Harry's such a totalitarian communist he needs to kill capitalism and control everything that remains. Probably both are true.
Nevada has much larger fish to fry. Been up in China Town on Spring Mountain lately. There are dozens of Massage Parlors that are allowed to operate, does sex happen in these places?? If you think not you have led a sheltered life. Any major Casino on the strip after about 10-11PM, oh my, the hunnies are out in force. Take a look at Backpage for Las Vegas in the escort section. Making this illegal will only hurt the places like the bunny ranch that Mr. Hof owns and operates and I would think he pays taxes on his business. Making this illegal would not change what happens in Vegas 24/7. Lets solve some real problems.
By Shykid
Feb. 22, 2011
12:30 p.m.
I actually agree with Reid. You've got companies & businesses that don't & won't locate in Nevada because these types of activities are legal. This is not 1900 anymore and Nevada has got to straighten up it's act to be taken seriously in attracting new economic development. The time has come
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The blind leading the blind. In case you haven't noticed, company's are relocating over seas where there are children working for a few dollars a week and woman are treated like personnal property,
and human rights are just words in the newspaper. All this to make a few dollars more in profit and you really think that having legal protitution in a few out of the way counties has any effect on if they relocate to Nevada. Companies locate for profit and profit only.
The world's oldest profession getting slammed by the worlds oldest dinosaur. Who'd a thunk it? Harry must have not got his cut or he told everyone they had to match what the casinos are paying him. Legalize online gambling and get rid of prostitution. Harry is now judging which vice is worse. This is the same as Mary Jane. It isn't going away, making it illegal would just provide more burden on the taxpayers to prosecute. Harry has a company that wants to grease his pocket to come here. Harry's only special interest is Harry. That's it!! When does Nevada enter the real world of economic recovery? My guess it doesn't until the people wise up.
First we were told that our high unemployment was due to high taxes
TRUTH: we have among the lowest taxes and the HIGHEST unemployment
Now we are told that companies won't come here because we have a few brothels in rural areas. But they do come to LV which probably has the highest level of prostitution in the world despite it mnot being legal.
Harry, a better ploy would be to force congresspeople from participating in prostitution--you know investigate and expell those member that break the law. Now that might do some real good. Define prostitution as accepting ANYTHING over $5.00. Then maybe we'd be rid of Vitter, Ensign, and their ilk.
The simple fact that Sandoval and Horsford are in general agreement on this should speak volumes about how Reid is starting to be perceived in Carson City.
I just can't get over it!! After the election Harry's two main concerns are online gambling and prostitution. Someone please tell this clown we have real problems that need real leadership. he is the joke of all jokes. How do you Reid supporters justify this clown's actions? Crime, poverty, foreclosures, war, and guess what Harry's worried about? Gambling and gettin laid. Go get'em Harry!!!
Outlaw prostitution in Nevada? Dirty Harry would be outlawing himself!
Nevada and the U.S. is Economically going up in flames and this is the best he can do?
I was getting a little confused was Harry talking about outlawing adults having sex or politicians screwing the American people?
Ya gotta let a ho be a ho...
Whether its in Nevada or Washington, D.C.
Let one of those real freaks get ol' Harry behind closed doors, then we can see if he rethinks his position on the subject.
Like all good magicians Harry Reid is practicing misdirection. While we keep our eye on the brothel issue he will be picking our pockets on other issues. Don't you think it's kinda funny that he has been in politics all these many many years and he has finally decided that prostitution is bad for us. Maybe he has developed a sense of morality.
Now "sundog" wants to ban gambling to encourage business to come to Nevada? Good thinking?
Business does well in Japan and Europe where prostituion is basically legal.
Wasn't Harry one of the ones who complained when Obama said the things about Nevada? Just wondering......
Yeah right...Like that's going to make prostitution go away...Unbelievable...
Reid misses two points. With the ladies, you probably get some pleasure and a kiss. With Harry's gang; neither, just pain and a kick.
Hey harry. You clean up Washington DC and we will clean up Nevada...
The Democrats continue increasing their control over all aspects of our lives. The politicians in Washington lie, cheat and steal from us everyday, there's no way prostitution is any worse. At least we get something in return from prostitutes.
Since protitution has been totally eliminated in Las Vegas where it illegal, It's time to follow up with another wonderful job in the counties where it is legal. What's wrong Harry, won't they honor your senior citizen discount or comp you anymore?
Wait the biggest whore for every liberal cause wants to squeeze out the better looking and more honest prostitutes in his state???? After F_ ing his state's voters all these years now he wants to keep the ones who have their taxes pay his salary put out of business??? Who is paying him THIS TIME...???? This man has been bought and sold by dem causes and that sexually transmitted disease has made him an scatter brain on a Pelosi scale...
You can judge a man's character and mental capacity by the friends he seeks out..What does that say About the DNC Reid Pelosi and Biden..The 3 stooges of idiot policies where elected to LEADERSHIP positions !!!!! With Public approval ratings all below 15%...BECAUSE they can't find anyone MORE QUALIFIED!!!
The data hubs have electrical radio waves that cause brain cancer in children. Time to ban all data hubs in Nevada.
Is Reid planning to ban the adult-oriented topless pools at all Vegas casinos and the fully-nude strip clubs ?
Those would seem to have a far more damaging effect on the "family values" we want to see in Vegas. He might as well ban casinos, since those are sinful too!
I think it is equally important and time to nominate a new State Bird - I've been seeing a lot of this one on the Freeways around here.
Harry's really gone overboard on this one....he's losing it in his old age.
Of all the problems facing Nevada all Harry Reid can do is blame prositution for why businesses do not come to Nevada. The real reason businesses do not come to Nevada is because of Harry Reid's posture against big business. Harry Reid has passed legislation after legislation for organized labor with goes against the grain of big business. If Harry Reid would change his attitude against big business, companies would come to Nevada and open up shop, prositution has nothing to do with it. Every city across America has prositution legal or unlegal it doesn't stop companies from doing business. Harry Reid will make up any kind of excuse especially when he has no control in Washington. This is another sterling example of one of those excuse. Things would have been different for Nevada if Harry Reid had lost, but now we must live with the same old stale and usual economic climate that Harry Reid has been pushing for the last 24 years. Unless it financially benefits Harry Reid, nothing will be done for Nevada.
This clown is such an embarassment for Nevadans...
With the morally corrupt goverment and citizens this is the time to decriminalize prostitution once andfor all..Isn't it a womans body to do what she wishes...Time for this goofy bstrd to get his nose outta womans pants.
Dear Harry Reid: You and your boss, the Kenyan
Messiah, are the ones destroying Nevada with your immature remarks. You cannot abolish prostitution because it is the oldest of all professions. Many tourists come to Nevada precisely because of them.
Man up, Harry Reid. Resign!
Harry, what's up with this sideshow issue you're bringing up right now??? We need someone to deal with REAL issues for Nevada.
The Democrats continue increasing their control over all aspects of our lives . . .
I won't disagree, but the GOP hasn't been any better in its recent efforts to redefine "rape" and otherwise go after women's rights. ALL parties are guilty. And moreover, it's the corporate interests behind all of this that are really the scary sources on whom we should be focusing.
Does that translate into it is time to outlaw politicians? Biggest bunch of Wh00res out there !!!
How many people have in the state have over seen a brothel? There aren't any in Clark County. Legal prostitution is not a problem, illegal is. I think the brothels are not a problem that needs fixing.
Reid is just trying to deflect and change the subject. I'd rather he spent his time trying to work with Republicans instead of wasting time on this non-issue.
Wow. Did this guy just get reelected? I don't know much about Harry Reid, but I think he should focus instead on the irresponsible placement of slot machines all over the city. They're in the airport, the gas stations, the supermarkets, the restaurants, everywhere. That's what businessmen are scared of. That's what is scaring the professional sports league commissioners away. Well, not that, but the rampant sports betting industry. I've never seen prostitution scare any business away. If anything, those people are the biggest patrons of those "services."
Just Harry Reid doing what he does best, putting people out of work...
Is Harry trying to hurt the Nevada economy? He must be kicking himself in the a$$ thinking, 'If I only thought before I spoke'. I feel bad for Nevada, how do you guys pick these nitwit Senators?
On the day the Case Shiller index comes out showing Nevada's housing industry has NEVER been worse, Harry decides to take on the hookers.
If we jail all the prostitute who will run government while our 'elected representatives' are doing time?
How did Horsford answer the "have you visited a brothel" question?
There is 50 states in this Union. If the ones who want prostitutes outlawed, then they have 49 others to chose from.
Actually closing the brothels really does not matter.
There is so so so so much illegal prostitution going on in the valley that it is de-facto legal and everybody knows it.
People just want the cover of not having to explain of going to a town that has legal prostitution.
Every city in the USA has tons of illegal prostitution, too, but Las Vegas Valley is the capital of illegal prostitution.
Well gee Harry, your a whore, can you be outlawed?
I don't the working girls of Nevada appreciate being compared to politicians.
You guys have no class.
Who's the biggest prostitute, politicians or big companies? Hard to tell. They do what makes them the most money. It's all about the money.
Maybe you should ban prostitution in D.C. Harry!! Aren't you tired of screwing America? You need to resign immediately.
Harry Reid's statements prove that he is totally unaware of what the real issues are in his state of Nevada. It is not the brothel industry that is keeping big business out of Nevada, it is that we have an uneducated workforce and a deplorable education system that is only getting worse. The brothels pay huge amounts of money in taxes to the counties they are located in and the state, as well. Outlaw the brothels and these counties and, even the state of Nevada, will be considering bankrupcy, for sure.
legalize it, regulate it, and tax it... ditto for marijuana... less STDs, less people clogging our justice system and prisons for minor stuff, and a whole lot more money in the state's coffers... but probably less in mine... ;-)
@sccc01 - you hit the nail on the head. Reid showed all Nevadans - and the entire country - just how out-of-touch he really is. Harry: It's about Nevada's broken education system, not the brothels. To suggest otherwise is insulting.
Right, and by outlawing it, you'll end prostitution. Which is why there's no prostitution in any of the other 49 states...
Harry Reid is so wrong about this. His own mother made a living off of the brothels in Searchlight! It's in his book. What a bad son he turned out to be.
The arrogance of this pathetic little pip-squeek. Doesn't he know God isn't gonna forgive him for all the horrible things he's done as a politician? Is this to make amends? Won't work Harry. You're a marked man involved in too many corrupt and illegal activities. God may not save you from your activities, but I bet the brothels will have your hide.
Whether you agree or disagree with Reid's position, the real problem is how he did this. First, this is a local matter and he had no business getting involved in his official capacity. Second, he should not have done so in a public setting where he should have realized it would become a circus (to use a legislator's words.)
This has been a non-issue up til now, and I'm sure that it was discussed quietly as needed whenever a company was in negotiations for a move.
Reid is entitled to his opinion, but his course of action on it is deplorable.
by anatolepushkin @3:16pm;
"Dear Harry Reid: You and your boss, the Kenyan
Messiah, are the ones destroying Nevada with your immature remarks."
That's beautiful...
JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!
lol!!!
Anyone notice the steadily rising gas & oil prices.....makes you wonder if it will be over $4.00 per gallon by June....
Decriminalize and tax. 'Nuff said!
This will get Libya and Wisconsin off the front pages in a hurry.
Harry ought to leave the morality crusades to the evangelical right.
You want to clean up the state,Harry? then get rid of the porn slappers on the strip.To me, they are far more offensive than the occasional hooker that I'll cross paths with on the strip, or more recently on the casino floor.
He's doing this for a reason,who is in his ear on this issue? strip casino owners? That doesn't seem logical to me.
Funny how there was no problem with it before.. Another red herring..
I agree with the 49er. Harry is up to something for someone. This was a total non-issue until today. Why it is on the radar now is beyond me with all of the other problems the state has right now. The brothels in Nye County at least pay taxes.
Harry Reid, quit acting like titty baby because you didn't get any free action from the girls and no political donations from the business that taught you how to swim.
What a political lowlife you are Harry for trying to legislate them out of good paying jobs because they didn't support you.
Go back to Washington D.C. and hookup with Obama...you sorry lowlife scumbag!
What a sad, pathetic day, Senator Reid. What utter hypocrisy.
This native Las Vegan is embarassed by you today.
The time has come, evidently, to take back Nevada from Senator Reid and whatever other anti-freedom, anti-Nevada ideas he has in his back pocket.
I love Nevada, I love Las Vegas, and I love freedom.
Legalize everything.
Senator Reid is politicking - tremendous sums of money are brought into Nevada due to the existence of legal and illegal prostitution. See:
Farley, Melissa, Symposium: Sex for Sale: Prostitution, Trafficking, and Cultural Amnesia: What We Must Not Know in Order To Keep the Business of Sexual Exploitation Running Smoothly, 18 YALE J.L. & FEMINISM 109 (2006).
This is what I'm hearing here: "let's legalize it completely so that we can tax it for state revenue." This might be the only good argument AGAINST legalizing it further! Taxation and regulation are both violent assaults on property-rights and individual liberty. If anything, taxation and regulation should criminalized and prostitution completely decriminalized!
Sen. Reid is showing his ignorance... Again. After 24 YEARS in office he came up with this? What about all the topless bars? Trucks are driving up and down Las Vegas Bl. with GIANT photos of scantily dressed women on them advertising strip clubs. Won't prospective businesses see those too? What the deuce man? Harry Reid is taking us back in time. Maybe he'll want to make Nevada a dry state too. Can somebody please tell me what's wrong with this guy? Is he off his meds?
This is the top Democrats idea to save the economy?
Its no wonder the state and country are in bad shape.
Is this man ever on the right side of any issue???? When the general consensus is, let prostitutes work, make them get health certificates and tax them, he wants to make it illegal. What happened to keeping the government out of women's bodies?
Wow! There must not be any homosexual brothels there..
Gee Harry, if you ban prostitution you and all your Democrats will be out of a job. At least the "LADIES OF THE NIGHT" have a job and it wasn't created by stimlus, or was it ? I think I have more respect for prostitutes ! By : D. Thornton
Prostitution is a local option in every county except Clarke. If Storey County wants to outlaw prostitution to get a data center, it can do it. Of course, it would probably have to give pro-rata refunds of the $100,000 annual license fee it charges each brothel. There are counties where prostitution is NOT illegal that have no active brothels; they could outlaw it with no financial sacrifice, IF a company relocating a server farm demanded it.
I'm not an admirer of Dennis Hof, but forced to choose between him and Senator Reid ... sorry Harry.
Ok Harry, but it doesnt sound like you or your cronies have done much homework. At a time when we are deep in the red, "Show me the money," as they say. Show me a cost/benefit analysis to moving out the brothels in order to move in other sources of revenue. At least now the municipalities are getting a piece of the action. You force it all underground and the ladies and the johns will still get their fix, only cheaper, and 100% of the "revenue" will go to the girls (and their drug dealers.)
hmmm, sounds alot like getting a lap dance in a strip club!
The time has come for us to outlaw prostitution...
No. The time has come for us to outlaw stupid politicians who shirk their responsibility and try to blame everything else for the problems that they lack the intelligence to solve. To say that businesses do not come to Nevada because of a handful of brothels in sparsely populated areas has to be the most ignorant and irrational comment I have yet to hear come from a lawmaker. I would expect something like that from Sarah Palin, but not Senator Reid! Most likely businesses don't come to Nevada because the quality of our education is among the poorest of the 50 states! Who wants to hire A grade college grads with "D" grade skills and knowledge? Spend more money on education in this state and less on enforcing primitive laws against one of the world's oldest professions. Like cockroaches, prostitution will be around long after the state collapses from incompetent people at the helm!
Let me get this straight: If a woman has sex with me, that's acceptable as long as no force is involved. If i give a gift to a woman that is perfectly acceptable, as long as I do so voluntarily. But if I give a woman money, and she has sex with me.... then somehow it is immoral?? Harry Reid would do well to study economics. the reason why businesses are not opening in NV is the harsh tax climate, the heavy regulatory environment, and a screwball government that can destroy your business with the flick of a pen. If Reid wants economic growth, stop making it so difficult for businesses.
Who cares about brothels anyway? If someone is stupid enough to visit them and pay some fat a$$ed middle age hooker $1000 for sex, let them. I don't care what these people do!
Total Value of Prostitution Market:
$187.67 Billion
1. China: $73 Billion
2. Spain: $26.5 Billion
3. Japan: $24 Billion
4. Germany: $18 Billion (Legal Industry)
5. United States: $14.6 Billion
6. South Korea: $12 Billion
7. India: $8.4 Billion
8. Philippines: $6 Billion
9. Thailand: $4.3 Billion
10. Turkey: $4.0 Billion
11. Switzerland: $2.65 Billion
12. Indonesia: $2.25 Billion
13. Israel: $2 Billion
14. Taiwan: $1.84 Billion
15. Ukraine: $1.5 Billion
16. Bulgaria: $1.3 Billion
17. United Kingdom: $1 Billion
18. Malaysia: $0.9638 Billion ($963.8 Million)
19. Italy: $0.600 Billion ($600 Million)
20. Russia: $0.540 Billion ($540 Million)
21. Czech Republic: $0.200 Billion ($200 Million)
22. Australia: $0.027 Billion ($27 Million)
Source: http://www.havocscope.com/black-market/p...
Reid has no business coming up with this. Getting rid of prostitution is the oldest smokescreen in the world for professional politicians. Blame hookers for bad government actions and policies. Reid should retire.
Prostitution should be the least of our concerns. Look at the black market for illegal activities just in the United States alone.....
United States Black Markets Value: $460.6 Billion
* Alcohol Smuggling: $34 Million
* Cigarette Smuggling: $5 Billion
* Cocaine Market: $35 Billion
* Cocaine Price: $97.4 per gram
* Counterfeit Batteries: $12 Million
* Counterfeit US Dollars: $103 Million
* Counterfeit and Piracy Market: $225 Billion
* Ecstasy Price: $25 per tablet
* Global Drug Trade: $215 Billion
* Heroin Price: $131 per gram
* Illegal Logging: $1 Billion
* Marijuana Price: $10.4 per gram
* Meth Price: $127.5 per gram
* Pirated Movies: $25000 Million (25 Billion)
* Pirated Software: $8390 Million (8.39 Billion)
* Sex Trade: $14.6 Billion
Total U.S. Black Market Value: $460.6 Billion
World Average: $20.78 Billion
Prostitution spending in the United States.
An estimated $40 Million a day is spent on prostitution in the United States.
365 days X $40 Million = $14.6 Billion a year in prostitution spending.
So let me get this correct. Harry a few months ago...Nevada you are on your own...I am not here to fix or solve your problems. Today, Harry, No companies will move to Nevada due to this type of things that goes on out there? What the heck is he on? For one, Clark County does not allow prostitution. So can Harry produce a list of all the companies that would move here tomorrow if prostitution was outlawed. If so, sign the law, ban it and make Nevada a perfect place... I did not think so. Sounds like the LDS are working old Harry for a favor. And to think almost 50% of the folks here voted for this idiot!!!! If he is not one of the worst...
Outlaw prostitution? Wouldn't that put Mr. Reid out of work?
All kidding aside, what two adults choose to do with their bodies, whether or not a monetary exchange is involved, is between them. Mr. Reid is entitled to his opinion, but once he tries to force that opinion on others, he surprisingly joins his "conservative" counterparts in attempting to legislate morality. What strange bedfellows...wait...is money involved?
Morality differs from person to person. If one's actions do not infringe upon the liberty of another, there is no crime.
Outlaw prostitution and watch convention booking nosedive!
You have no idea how many people choose Vegas for their convention to get away from the old lady for a few days.
Wanna see how important prostitution in to Vegas, then take it away and find out! I dare you!
Does that mean that Reid advocates the abolishment of congress? Some people equate members of congress with that of prostitution.
Whats next... gambling! Drinking! Businesses open on Sunday!
Mark Twain once said that the United States has no native criminal class save Congress. Can you just imagine what he would say about them today? I'm sure he would have some special words for Reid.
tbvegas said:
"Outlaw prostitution and watch convention booking nosedive!"
Give me a break! How many conventioneers are renting automobiles and driving an hour to Pahrump? If prostitution were so popular, it would take a lot more than 7 or 8 brothels to please the millions of conventioneers that you seem to think are driving over the hump for their thrills.
Waggin the dog Harry? When a guy can't perform and get the job done he comes up with a nonsense issue to distract people from the real ones. This one old Harry should drop before he bites off more than he can chew. School kids looking out the window of a bus looking at a brothel? Nice try. We can't protect kids from much of anything anyway but this is an excuse,that much like Harry,... is weak. I'm sure there aren't any kids on a bus cruising down Homestead Road in Pahrump that can even see the two ranches,...much less care if they did.
Stop it Harry,...your embarassing Nevada and yourself
Reid is a bigger #$@%& than any of the girls at the brothels. Just like Harry to focus on the wrong issues.
If you have read my posts you know I am no GOP supporter, but if you guys had of run someone decent, I would have voted for them.
As it was I did not vote at all. Would not vote for Harry; could not vote for Angle.
Tip to GOP; stop listening to TEABAGGERS; their nuts and causing you elections.
Buuuuuuttt Harry, if you outlaw prostitution, WHAT WILL YOU AND THE REST OF THE CONGRESS DO FOR EXTRA MONEY?!!!!
Where ya been Harry,...thanks to poor trade policies our jobs are all goin to India, China and Mexico,...leave legal brothels alone. Stop creating problems where there aren't any.
Perhaps if "King" Harry were to invite the SEIU or the AFL-CIO to unionize "workers" at the brothels and all the other "workers", within their methods of merchandising the oldest profession, (other than politics) that has developed over the years, he could probably get enough in his re-election coffers from the unions to run again.
As a libertarian, I've always thought that prostituion should be legal --- but if banning prostitution will get rid of an old whore like Harry Reid, then I'm all for that! ~:<)
The Democrats have this "enemies list" --- denominated in epithets aimed at the people whose wallets they wish to hijack and take up residence inside. You can be a "Racist!" and you can be a "Homophobe!" and you can be a "Teabagger!" --- a homosexual man taking his partner's scrotum into his mouth. You can be "Selfish!" and you can be a "Wacko!" and you can be a "Hick!" and you can be a "Rube!" and you can be an "Extremist!" You can be a "Right-wing-nut!" and you can be "Mentally Ill" and you can be "Deranged!" and you can be a "Warmonger!" and you can be "Unenlightened!" and you can be a "FatCat!" and you can be a "Nazi!" and you can be a "Fascist!" --- although no one more closely approaches the precise description of "Nazi!" or "Fascist!" than the usual Demo propagandist --- either official, or self-appointed.
So all you have to do to occupy multiple epithets on the Demos' enemies list is to insist that they take their hands off yourself, off your wallet, off your property, off your kids, off your diet, off your healthcare, off your household appliances, off your car, off your bank account, off your weapons of self-defense, off your liberty, and off your freedom of speech. Insist on all these good things - and that qualifies you to be spat upon by nasty, mean-spirited scxm --- by The Friends of All Mankind --- by a gang of lying, thieving, dope-smoking, pill-popping, coke-snorting, sticky-fingered, bloodsxcking, tax-eating, gun-stealing, predatory humanitarian thugs --- by the Democrat party, in other words. No political party in American history more profoundly deserves absolute and outright destruction.
Those were comments from Reid for his Mormon base.
Have the poles swapped? The right were always the socially conservative, pro-business party and the left were always the socially liberal, anti-business party. All of a sudden Reid cares about business? The leader of the tax business to death and anything goes in society party all of a sudden has changed his spots?
Sounds like pre-campaign rhetoric in preparation for his next senate campaign. He likely wants to be seen as the pro-business budget conscious leader. A man of many faces. The only question is which one is the real Harry Reid.
Chunky says:
Brothels are the least of our worries; barely a speck on the radar. It's simply something Mr. Reid can say that sounds good, feels good and makes for a great headline / news bite!
He should be worrying about balancing the state and Federal budget and probably 1000 other items that are far more pressing than brothels.
That's what Chunky thinks!
Harry needs to learn to enjoy the finer things in life and visit a brothel for an hour, then perhaps he'll change his mind about outlawing prostitution. Hell, maybe it'll change his outlook on life so much that he'll be compelled to resign from the senate. Nahhhh that's probably asking too much.
A few people who commented on this have wondered what Reid is trying to cover up with this. Well, let's look at the rest of his speech. ( http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/feb... )
One thing that caught my eye was the amount of time given over to talking about term limits. The full speech was reproduced as 74 paragraphs. Over 10%, 9 paragraphs were devoted to asking the legislature to pass an amendment, that if approved by the voters, would do away with the "...destructive term-limits law."
Here is the conclusion to his argument contained in those 9 paragraphs: "We should never get in the way of our own ability to move Nevada forward. It is up to you to protect our best leaders' contributions -- not reject them. So I ask you to take this to the people and reverse our destructive term-limits law."
Was this what he (and his speech writers) wanted to take attention away from?
The time has come for Harry to prove that he's a total moron...
As a supporter of Reid against Angle; I saw that Reid' opponent was comparatively worse in her opinions such as abolishing social security, department of education, making beer illegal, etc. Now, I find that Reid is too disconnected from the real world and/or has the worst policy advisors. First of all, I do agree with Harry Reid in improving our education and making Nevada a leader in solar/geothermal energy production, but I definitely do not agree with him on term limits and making prostitution illegal. The fact of the matter is that there is absolutely nothing wrong with legalized prostitution. Legalized prostitution minimizes transmission of sexual diseases and protects the sexual workers from mental and physical exploitation often seen on the streets of every city in the world, regardless of the continent, religion or culture. As far as term limits are concerned, this is the only way to bring in new fresh thinking into our government. In fact what happens with people who keep getting re-elected, as people I shall not mention, is that these politicians think of themselves as royalty and not as a public servant. Our laws need to be streamlined and every time new legislation is created then at least two old pieces of legislation need to be taken off the books to make our system more streamlined. Our biggest problems are the highest high school drop out rate and the highest unemployment rate. Our resources are gold, geothermal/solar, and miscellaneous mineral deposits. Mr. Reid look at our problems and our resources and suggest solutions but please do not try to repair things, such as getting rid of term limits and legalized prostitution, which actually make our state more efficient and modern; and not the other way around.
Data centers demand tax breaks and incentives from backward counties, build a huge warehouse with high power lines for operations and air conditioning, leaving behind a few employees to run it. NOT a big business.
Companies are more concerned about Vegas's reputation for gambling and perceived legal prostitution. If Harry succeeds in downing legal prostitution, we will still have the illegal "entertainers to your room".
Anybody notice that dingy Harriet didn't take this stand until he was reelected? Talk about a profile in courage. Remember this was the fellow who talked about his family taking in washing for the Searchlight brothels back in the day.
Lets change one word..
Nevada Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford said, "I personally do not support SLAVERY, however, it has been handled by local governments in the past and it has been a history and tradition."
Still has the same meaning though..
"The right wing - so-called "family values" types would be right in line with this if a republican said it - but since they haters"
You're illiterate in the first place.. and secondly.. you mean the way you rush to kiss his azz no matter what he's done? Talk about pot meet kettle!!!
And you poor people re-elected him ? What were you thinking ? Clearly, he has lost touch with your state. And I don't care if he is on the Red team or the Blue team (Its a football game now in politics)
Seriously, doesn't that mean the Senate / Congress can not longer take (pimp) money from organizations trying to screw the American people ? Hummm. I'm sure Harry wants to keep his "revenue stream"
When enterprises look at Nevada as a potential relocation site, the stink of brothels runs them off as they are quite generally interested in human growth, not decay, in dignity, not base human urges as a source of business opps.
Harry may have many faults (like term-limit eradication that on the surface seems to benefit folks like his own self), but as unpopular as it may be, he is right about slimey hookerdom as a deterrent to family and human values.
It's disappointing that so few agree with my point of view, but it's actually a negative way to appeal for visitors as it invites a culture of quickies, ham-slammin and debauchery with no redeeming virtue but silicon sluts as role models.
Prostitution and education are strange bedfellows. Young babes do young dudes at lunch, take the money and buy dope and booze. Do the guys have respect for women? Do the young women develop their talents? Does anyone profit in the long run?
Mexican dope folks and liquor stores.
Nevada enjoys the highest teen pregnancy rates and the lowest graduation rates, along with the lowest per-student expenditures except for Mississippi.
Great place to raise yer kiddos, huh?
Land of the quickies, here today, gone tomorrow.
Lots of good kids turn raunchy because this is their realm; all they see and hear is 'Cum back, y'all!'
Harry, as a liberal, you believe in a woman's choice with respect to abortion. Explain to us how it should be "a woman's body" with respect to killing an unborn child and then that same body must become govt property with respect to prostitution. You cannot argue the rights of her body on one hand when you are restricting it with the other.
Why does Hairy reeds HATE prostitutes? Who is he to impose his morality on their profession? Does he not realize that this will always exist whever there is a man and a woman - what about the tax revenue that is lost? Talk about timing!! I thought he was PRO-CHOICE for people who want to sell their bodies for a living or make money any way they want. Did the pimps not give him enough money in the last election? This should be investigated as to his TRUE motivations. Did he get an std from one of them? Is he now trying to dump his constituents after some kind of moral attack in his conscience? Get rid of the HATER!!!
Reid does not hate prosituties. He probably sees them and he is one in the political sense of the word.
His pimps are the casinos who purchased his election and forced their people to vote for him this last election.
So casinos want to play this game. They hate any notion of legalizing prostitution in Clark County. They hate it that it is legalized outside of Clark County.
They understand that illegal prostitution is rampant in the valley and that does not brother them.
They understand that some tourists and business conferences will not come to town if prostitution was legal in Clark County.
It is all about the money.
Reid is probably the 2nd most corrupt political person that ever lived in the state.
William Clark was the most corrupt and the county is named after him. Even Mark Twain thought he was very corrupt.
The whole point of being a dumbocrat is believing you don't have to pay for it.
There has been a lot of investigation in the NFL about severe and repeated head injuries to their players. Searchlight Harry's early career was boxing. It might be time for Harry's brain to be examined. The impacts are starting take a toll on old Harry. This is obvious to the most casual observer.
Nice priority Harry. The State and the Nation are sinking economically and you want to outlaw prostitution. Not only has that never worked but now you force law personnel to stretch scarce resources further by adding another headache to their list. Brilliant.
Priceless!
The second biggest Whore in DC wants to stop prostitution.
Talk about biting the hand that feeds him.
Well, Pelosi still beats Harry in the campaign contributions from Pimps of Sex Slaves since she has more sex slave brothels in her district than Harry has in his whole State.
But he's working on it.
Looks more like a campaign to shake down the chicken ranches for protection money.
Harry, no matter how depraved you think these women are they can't hold a candle to the piece of Human Filth you happen to be.
To all the "Friends of Harry" out there...
This latest scheme to divert attention from the real problems facing Nevada is proof that Harry Reid has completely gone off his rocker.
Keep this stunt in mind every time Harry voices an opinion about anything in the future.
Punch-drunk Harry may appear to be a fighter for rights of women, children and our ebbing economy which might benefit from a less-scummy and tarnished gloss.
But, and it's a big BUT, the flavor of the anti-whore message sure takes on the smell of 'keep ME in power' when his blended verbiage was both anti-hooker and pro-ending of term limits.
It confounds and confuses the distinctly separate issues to lump them into one Hairy speech, pun intended. It's a pubic snatch of what must go on inside his head, the poor punch-drunk geezer who wants to keep ahold the reins but not the whips or the KY jelly.
gmag39--Kenyan messiah?
Harry has been in the Senate for 25 years now for the state of Nevada and after all these years FINALLY just NOW decides he is against this.....where were you 25 years ago Harry. Maybe he thinks he is under investigation by the FBI or something since we know that ACORN, OBAMA and Harry Reid's BUDDIES are involved in prostitution and your mafia friends in Vegas also Harry? You know...all of the people who got you elected by using voter fraud (We all know how good ACORN is at that)...and by intimidation from your vegas mafia friends who intimiated their employees with that email which was sent by their empoloyers in Vegas to make sure they voted for you Harry???
So Harry, is this like Obama is is now trying to distance himself from the Unions when we know FOR A FACT he is in bed with them....you are just NOW trying to distance yourself from Nevada Prostitution. Why NOW Harry, why not 25 years ago....or 23 or 22 or 10 years ago....why not then....and WHY NOW? Whats the matter, getting tired of being a PIMP state? Or are you just afraid of being seen as part of it?
Well, the majority of Nevadans voted for this guy.
Reporter Nathan Baca:
"When you go to the unemployment office there's many U.S. citizens who are unemployed construction workers and they don't have jobs because right now, some of those construction companies find it easier to hire undocumented workers."
Harry Reid:
"I think that any information you have in that regard is absolutely without foundation," responded Reid. "That may be someplace, but it is not here in Nevada."
Arguably, the nation enjoys a belly laugh at the expense of our embarrassing senator who once professed that his mother did laundry for a brothel in Searchlight.
If Vegas is going to survive it should take a model of Amsterdam. Not many will travel to Vegas to visit church. Make up your mind whether you want to be sin city or part of the bible belt.
Prostitution (and all other "moral" exceptions) should be legalized and taxed. Anyone can see that it is the blackmaket that contains/propagates all the harm.
Aside from gaming, the Fortune 500 and the tech industry do not look kindly the sex industry, legal or not.
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Prove it!!
Check out all of the people who lack MORALS on this site.
Very telling of what America has become and why we now find ourselves in the position we are in.
Harry, what did you all of a sudden WAKE UP WITH MORALS THIS MORNING?
I'm glad you are speaking out NOW, but where have you been on this issue for the past 25 years.
To all you people who stand up for the PIMP state of NEVADA, the only state in our Republic who seems does NOT HAVE MORALS...why don't you move to Europe where you have all the HO's in the world for free. They will do anything to come to America, include sell themselves to the American man who has NO MORALS....and frankly, I would not even call MEN! However, instead of you bringing all the HO's over here to America, why don't you just do us all a favor, you HO MEN of America, and move to Europe. Or you could all go live in the caves with the neanderthal men of sharia law. We need people in America who actually have some class. You Ho Men of America (not all AMERICAN MEN....just the HO men.....if you want to act like cavemen....then go live with them. You men who support this are no better than a WHORE. In fact, you men who support this are WHORE's just so you know. Walks like a duck, acts like a duck, quacks like a duck.....is a duck....know what I mean HO's!
tbvegas said:
"Outlaw prostitution and watch convention booking nosedive!"
Give me a break! How many conventioneers are renting automobiles and driving an hour to Pahrump? If prostitution were so popular, it would take a lot more than 7 or 8 brothels to please the millions of conventioneers that you seem to think are driving over the hump for their thrills.
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Yeah, those attending conventions actually DRIVE to Pahrump for some legal sex!!! Get real! All these conventioneers have to do is open up the Vegas phone book to "Escorts" and no one has to leave their hotel room! Or they can go cruise the casino and casino bars after 2:00 in the morning. OR...at any time of day - flash a wad of cash at the tables. They'll have more ladies siding up to them than they can handle!! And they KNOW this. So driving to Pahrump is moot.
Mr. Reid: Name one business who said "We would have moved to Nevada, but there are brothels there." I have not heard one statement stating that they have cost the state businesses or industries of any kind.
I'm not sure who Reid is grandstanding for.
@MichaelGreen and davestovall: Prostitution in Nevada is taxed and regulated already - the legally-conducted type, anyway.
To C Bess:
Hate to tell you but those people you call right-wingers....are actually progressives.....These progressives are on both sides of the isle and tend to play us against each other. The far left and the far right are actually both on the same side of the aisle which is Harry, Pelosi and Reid's side of the isle. The only reason Harry is finally saying anything about this is probably because the FBI is getting close to busting him and his Acorn affiliates. (He has only had 25 years now to speak out, but chose NOW to do so). Does that not make you ask why NOW, why all of a sudden. Lets see, Harry supports ACORN who we all have seen by the video tapes are clearly involved in prostitution.....yet, he is now all of a SUDDEN, out of the clear blue, against legal prostitution in his state. I'm glad that he is against prostitution in his state of Nevada, the only state in America who obviously has NO MORALS WHATSOEVER. However, where was he in speaking out against his friends of ACORN who are involved in ILLEGAL prostitution? ALl this is, is that the FBI must be on his tale, he knows it and now trying to distance himself from prostitution just like Obama is trying to all of a sudden to distance himself from the corrupt unions and union leaders. Sounds like Harry is running scared all of a sudden. Maybe the FBI is finally doing their job and going after corrupt politicians.
Thats all this is....they are on to you Harry...and now you are running scared. That is the only thing which makes sense of WHY NOW HARRY, why not 25 years ago. As a Senator, you have had 25 years to speak out.....something is NOT MAKING SENSE HERE....What is wrong with this picture people.
Though, I guess late is better than never, huh Harry?
Reid wants to be the only pimp in town.
Harry, which by the way.....how many organizations and special interest groups are YOU in BED with presently and have been for the past 25 years....including prostitution rings like ACORN?????
How much money do you get from your services? You are a extremely corrupt politician who most recently involved yourself in bribery of public officials in ramming thru OBAMACARE against the will of the American people. Its hard to take you seriously. Look at who your friends are.....seriously, Harry, where did this come from all of a sudden. You are actually all of a sudden acting like a man who has MORALS????
You seem to lack a short term memory as just yesterday you had NO MORALS whatsoever. Harry, get yourself to a doctor quick....you are showing signs of dimentia!!! This is funny now, only one of the most corrupt politicians ever in American History all of a sudden acting as a man with morals.
The FBI must really be on your tail, that is the only possible explanation of why you are all OF A SUDDEN acting like a MAN WITH MORALS...its either that...or DIMENTIA!
By airweare (Joe Lamy)
Feb. 23, 2011
4:29 a.m.
When enterprises look at Nevada as a potential relocation site, the stink of brothels runs them off as they are quite generally interested in human growth, not decay, in dignity, not base human urges as a source of business opps.
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Try reading the newspapers before you try blowing smoke up peoples asses. Companies that relocate in China, India,South America are interrested in human growth? Workers (children) that work for pennies on the dollar has nothing to do with it.
Time to put on your rose colored glasses and get ready for choir practice.
By LaurieM (Laurie Moore)
Feb. 23, 2011
9:03 a.m.
Check out all of the people who lack MORALS on this site.
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Check out the people who think their morals set the standards for everyone else.
Either that or your batteries wore out and it irritatres you that some womwn can charge for it and you can't give it away for free.
try rechargeable batteries, they're better for the enviroment.
ok ls1,
I was specifically referring to enterprises in America; you got me on that one. The companies that set up shop elsewhere are clearly interested in the dollar savings and to hell with much else. You nailed that one.
But my point is valid here. They shy away from Vegas because of several factors: dumb and uneducated workers with few skills, lousy culture of gambling, drunkenness and hookers, and all the cheap sh*t going down here.
They go to the places where: an educated and talented work force provides reliable employees, culture is beneficial in maintaining a better life style that keeps the family units stronger, and the long-term prospects for their enterprises appear significantly better than dealing with sluts, drunks and ne'er-do-wells.
congratulations, nevada.
you're stuck with this tool for another 4 years.
enjoy your cesspool.
airweare,
I can't help but think that the constant need for A/C of some type, no matter what time of year and NV Energy pricing is a concern, too.
You know better than most what it means to be in a desert where we have wide temperature swings every day. There are very few days when you can go 24hrs without without the need for cooling or heating. Throw in the needs of a data center, for example, and you can see how energy costs are a prime consideration.
And I'll beat you to the punch by saying that a really long-term investment would build their own solar power capability into the facility as much as possible. There are new technologies coming online slowly that might allow for that, but they are not ready for full commercial use yet. For now, NV Energy is going to be a determining factor to some extent.
Come on, Harry, cut them a break. Working at a brothel is hard work. Heck, every day is Hump Day.
Harry should retire as he has apparently lost touch with reality!
Too bad we didnt have anyone else to vote for.
boftx,
you are so right on. If you need heat in morning and A/C by noon, you know you're in Nevada. The solution, besides clothes, is precisely what you mention - a well-built environment that lets the outside in and takes the inside out, to paraphrase Frank Lloyd Wright.
In some of my straw-bale houses, we have integrated Earth tubes with solar chimneys aided by evaporative cooling in the pipes, ala Jefferson. They work some. But solar air heaters with layers of sand storage or rock storage handles the heat load better especially up North in the black Rock Desert.
The fun thing about this technology is its adaptability and utilization of nearly free and naturally occurring stuff, so everybody could benefit from our unique god-given elements to challenge and empower, to stimulate and graTIFY, TO QUOTE bILL cLINTON, AND TO ACCEPT THE ENVIRONMENT WITH JOY, rather than begrudgingly handing our dollars to the executives at NVE and their wealthy investors. (oops, caps, dang!)
The solution lies in eye-opening and curiosity strong enough to enable us to know our powers inside, not to give up what we can hang onto, and to respect the garments of our air, the wealth in our water and the fire in our souls.
I see houses now where the folks are wearing T-shirts and shorts, no socks or shoes and they complain of drafts and high heat bills while it's 10 degrees, icy and snowy howling windy while thermostat sits on 79 back here on the Atlantic. It's depressing that we waste because we can. 'Easy come, easy go' has got to go. But lacing the stockholders while robbing Joe Six-Pack is not the way; understanding is. And NVEnergy has a role to play in undoing how dangerously hollow our fates have grown.
And our schools need to step up, along with guys like you and me.
Well I see you can't print the M word motivating this move by Harry, so take a step back at really look at what would make Harry take this action. C'mon, Brothels outlawed in Nevada? Personal vengance on the state because of an election result is in very bad taste and I'll bet we haven't seen the end of it.