I saw her at her show in San Jose last year. My brother and I were in the front and she picked on us for a lot of the show. At one point, she actually stopped in the middle of the show to sign her book for my brother. A very funny, enjoyable show.

I wish all these folks the best of luck. They all seem motivated and willing to do whatever it takes to make themselves stand out in their new roles. It is great to see that people are willing to start at the bottom and work their way back up.

Good luck to City Center. It will be tough going in this economy, but there advantrage is they are the new kid on the block - and that in itself will bring in business, at least for a while.

Everybody....

We're number #2
We're number #2
We're number #2
We're number #2

I think its great when any of these famous people get exposed (pun intended).

In terms of tastiness though, it is always the best when you have some right wing religious nut who is homophobic being caught in a men's room soliciting gay sex - and then denies it.

Even though he had the guts to admit it, Letterman should still get raked over the coals for this. I personally dont care if he cheats on his wife/girlfried, but not with people who work for him. That is a basic HR101, and sets himself up for all sorts of lawsuits.

I think spending billions to build a maglev train to Anaheim will make all of the problems in Las Vegas disappear.

Seriously though - while I am not a Vegas resident, I have been visiting Vegas since the 80s and have relatives living there for the last 15 years. I considered investing in real estate there for many years, but kept saying to myself the amount of development is insane. The only thing driving development was more development and speculation. I felt pretty stupid around 2005 when prices had doubled or tripled. I dont feel so bad now though...

I think a maglev train from Vegas to Pahrump is the best way to spend the taxpayers money

Yeah right, I want the federal government to use my tax money for a maglev train between LA and Vegas.

How about using that same money for renewable energy projects, or something that is actually beneficial?

As a resident of California, I find it ridiculous that California doesnt legalize intra-state online poker. Here is why:

1) Live poker, either in licensed card rooms or private homes (if no rake taken) is already perfectly legal

2) We already have the most regressive form of gambling, the state lottery

3) We have a huge budget deficit. The license fees and taxes from online poker would bring in substantial revenue. Yes, it may cannabalize the lottery a little, but not very much in my opinion as lottery players and poker players are really a different type of gambler.

4) By establishing legal sites first, it gives California the foothold if other states, or federal law, finally allows online poker to be "legal"

The Vegas ecomony is only driven by tourism, construction, and the indirect jobs created by those two industries.

As we all know, construction has tanked and will probably never return to levels seen during the speculative boom years.

That leaves tourism to drive the city. That may be enough if the area had 500k people, but certainly not enough to sustain a city of 2 million.

You also have a largely unskilled, un-educated workforce that is really not able to take on the higher paying jobs, assuming they would even be available in Vegas.

I would expect an outward migration of the jobless from Vegas to wherever they came from originally, and I wouldnt be surprised if that has already started.

I only hope for the best as I enjoy visting Las Vegas, but it certainly doesnt look too promising in the near future.

I'm visiting relatives in western Pennsylvania.

A 3,000 slot machine casino was just opened in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh. I hear it pays back on average 91%, not good, but probably about the same as some of the Vegas casinos.

Gaming is now readily available throughout Pennsylvania and on the East Coast.

Vegas better offer something for the average player if they want to entice people to spend the money and time on a trip to Vegas when ample slots are in their own backyard now.