I have to admit, you never know what you are going to see in Las Vegas. No I did not see Matt Damon again:< I was standing in the parking lot of a convenience store and a bunch of cops came in and secured the perimeter. I asked the officers what was up, "The Obama motorcade was coming down the road in a little bit". They gave me the option to leave, I thought "What the hell" it isn't every day you get to see something like that.
Let me give everyone a brief history on the street they were traveling. The last two years they have been working on a 2-3 mile stretch of road (Durango) It stops, it starts, it stops again. It was a "stimulus" money project. The road finally gets completed about a week before Obama's visit, remember it's election time in Nevada and Harry Reid is "fighting for his political survival".
Back to the motorcade, i'm standing in the parking lot when I hear everyone say get ready. The next thing I know I am watching about 100 cars and motorcycles whiz by. About half-way through you see three limousines. The whole motorcade process took about 2-3 minutes. After the motorcade passed the police waited about five minutes and re-opened the road. The motorcade was a very impressive site.
How much attention do you pay to politics? When i lived in Kansas I didn't care anything about it. I used to think politics were boring. Not anymore! Watching the politicians in Las Vegas is "akin" to watching a three-ring circus. Some of the politicians of Nevada remind me of kids "drawing plays in the dirt." I have a nickname for all of it "Clown-town". It reminds me of when I was young and my Uncle Joe would take me to an amusement park in Hutchinson called Clown-Town, funny times.
I need to add politics to my list of favorite things in Las Vegas. Women, weather, opportunities, the strip, and politics. I now have five things that I find enjoyable about Las Vegas..Rob Astle
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