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03-23-2008, 11:50 AM
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| After living in Dodge City for over 40 years, I must say that the "negativity" is well deserved! This place "sucks" most of the time, but it is home! 40 years ago, it was a great place to live, and the reason I moved to Dodge. Now, if I wasn't embedded here, I would be gone. After awhile, the $hit just gets old!      |
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03-23-2008, 12:28 PM
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__________________  ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕThree groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, and politicians. All three need supervision. —DICK ARMEY Click here to view Democrat’s comments on Iraq and WMD’s |
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03-23-2008, 04:58 PM
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| Hang on Gunnar - it just turned around again!
__________________ Kicked back in Texas - still payin those Kansas taxes...... The old believe everything, the middle aged suspect everything, the young know everything......... Oscar Wilde |
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03-23-2008, 05:07 PM
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 I'll grab my life preserver....
__________________ “Any 20 year-old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40 year-old who isn't a conservative doesn't have a brain.” -Winston Churchill- |
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03-23-2008, 07:12 PM
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| Don't forget your gasmask, hazmat suit, armored vehicle, water purifier, and Spanish translation book!  |
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03-23-2008, 08:14 PM
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__________________ “Any 20 year-old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40 year-old who isn't a conservative doesn't have a brain.” -Winston Churchill- |
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03-23-2008, 08:18 PM
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__________________ "Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology, which is a threat to countries in the region, and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process..............." Nancy Pelosi > December 16, 1998 LIBERALISM The haunting fear someone, somewhere can help themselves. |
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03-23-2008, 08:22 PM
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gunnar, Click your heels together 3 times, keep saying "There's no place like Dodge, there's no place like Dodge, there's no place like Dodge", and thinking all your positive thoughts and nothing ever gets done. That's negitive!! Tourism needs a shot in the arm! And it won't happen by just thinking about it. Face the facts, Our transient tax is down and we don't drive to business and vacations destinations like we used to. Families used to load up the station wagon and head out driving, stopping at most every attraction along the way, including Dodge City, but now we go to the airport and fly to our destinations. Times have changed and so must our approach to tourism, all your, what you call, positive thinking will not promote tourism in Dodge. Here's the deal! I know it's hard to believe, but I am not always the most perfect husband, but I try. There are times I disappoint my wife, times I let her down, times I don't listen close enough to her, time when I appear selfish and don't show her how much I appreciate her. When I do these things and she gets sick and tiried of it she lets me know in no uncertain terms that I've blown it. Sometimes she really lets me have it with both barrels. Follow closely, here's the catch! Does she jump all over me because she doesn't love me? Or maybe she confronts me because she hates me? Or maybe because she wants to run me off? NO! She confronts me when I fail her because she knows as well as I do that we are in this marriage for the long haul, we are not giving up, we are not walking out on one another, we are going to work hard at this relationship (and at times it is hard work) untill we get it right! If she just stands back and thinks positive thoughts every time I disappointed her or let her down or failed to show her appreciation we'd get no-where. Confrontations are inevitable in relationships. When the city blows it, I'll let 'em know. When they get it right I let 'em know. Just like my wife, I refuse to sit back and just think "positive" thoughts and agree with everthing the city says and does. Now, I may not be a big casino supporter but some good things will happen here in Dodge because of it, so let's start getting ready for tourists before they get here!!! And just thinking positive will not cut the cake. It's going to take some inovative thinking and planning, and a lot of hard work!!!
__________________ "THINKING IS ONE THING NO-ONE HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO TAX" Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways; totally and completely worn out, shouting "Holy Mother of God!! What a ride!!" |
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03-23-2008, 08:35 PM
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__________________ "Personally I think liberals and conservatives should move toward the middle of the road.  Makes it alot easier to run'em over." (Maxine) |
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03-23-2008, 08:41 PM
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| My point isn't that there isn't room for improvement for tourism here in Dodge City. My point is that it has become the norm to complain around here, even when really the question didn't really warrant such a complaint...... How bout saying something to the effect of "Actually they do serve beer in the Longbranch, and during the summer months they actually serve dinner on the complex, and in the summer during Dodge City Days, they have a bull fry bash that is worth making special trip to town for. Unfortunately most of that isn't offered during the winter months, as attendance is usually pretty slow. But if you are looking for a good burger and a beer I might suggest Kate's or Cowtown.." All I'm saying is maybe next time throw them a bone, instead of throwing them a Commissioner's email address....
__________________ “Any 20 year-old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40 year-old who isn't a conservative doesn't have a brain.” -Winston Churchill- |
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