User profile: NVCitizen

What gets me is not only the outrageous ticket prices that many of these performers charge, but that they just accumulate all this money and give nothing back to the communities that made them famous - and rich! This applies to not only country performers but to ALL performers.

Celine Dion made tens-of-millions of dollars in Las Vegas, yet she gave nothing back to us: no scholarships, no money to charities, NOTHING! The same with Sigfried and Roy.

I've read that Larry the Cable Guy is one of the highest paid performers in the country, yet I've not read anything about his charitable contributions. Schools all over the country are in dire shape and in great need of books, computers and regular supplies. Yet nothing from Larry, or Sigfried, or Roy, or Celine, or Reba, or Garth. Where's the love, guys?

Just as everyone prefers to be called a particular way and to have their name pronounced correctly, so does the State of Nevada. So Lenny_V, you are incorrect. It has been my personal campaign these last several years, since I've had a home computer, to tell people how the name of our State is pronounced, and it is pronounced nuh-VADD-uh, and NOT nuh-Vodd-uh.

And as for the Harry Reid ad through NEA, I also wrote to them and a change was made in the pronunciation. I'd like to feel that I was personally responsible for that!

I take it that destruct_mutt is a research scientist working in the field of genetics, by his latest comment. There is no "gene" that causes homosexuality, but rather a combination of things, most likely amounts of progesterone and testosterone in vitro. Homosexuality is NOT a "lifestyle choice", just as heterosexuality is not a "lifestyle choice". Who in their right mind would "choose" to have a life where you are despised, debased and derided on an almost daily basis in the press and on Faux News? Who would "choose" to be ostracized and shunned by your family and friends?

I have many, many friends who are homosexual, and they are intelligent, well-rounded, happy individuals who lead exciting and productive lives. THAT is the part of their "lifestyle" that they chose! In that many of them had to overcome the bigotry that is so prevalent in their lives, their journey has been all the more remarkable.

I take it mutt, that if your child were to come out to you as homosexual you would probably disown this child. And for that I say "Shame on you!" And by shaming you, I also shame all those parents (Mormons most prevalent among them) who have disowned their children. Too often we have heard parents of murderers and rapists being interviewed, and among their comments is "At least he's not gay!" How pathetic is that?

Ziser is just a carpet bagger looking to get a foot-hold in Nevada. He has been run out of every other state where he attempted to bring his personal brand of biggotry to the ballot box.

As for abortion: unless you are a female of child-bearing age, this subject is off limits to you! Would not the men who are posting on here be upset if women had harsh and negative opinions on Viagra and erectile dysfuntion?

If you are against abortion - don't get one!

Holy sh*t! Redneck, you could not be more wrong about the motives for the killing of Matthew Shephard! It was an afterthought that the murderers of this boy stole his sneakers. To you that makes it a robbery and not a gay bashing? You are truly deluded! The boy was so horrbly beaten (pistol whipped) that the sheriff's deputy who found him didn't even know it was a human being, much less a child!

"The Laramie Project" has already been presented by a HS in the Valley; Las Vegas Academy put it on several years ago to much acclaim. But, like redneck, Fred Phelps and his merry band of bigots protested the production.

As for the comments on AIDS, they are also incorrect. Seventy percent (70%) of AIDS cases world-wide are heterosexual in nature. Of those, 70% are female. These numbers can be confirmed through the CDC, and I didn't pull them out of my *ss, like redneck does with his statistics.

To anyone who has not seen "The Laramie Project" either on the stage or on film, I suggest that you rent it, as it is on DVD. If you can walk away from this movie and not be truly moved, then you are, indeed, a REDNECK!