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To: goldworldnet who wrote (674063)	3/4/2005 12:50:09 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

But what is wrong with higher standards over time? The rest of the world is going to adopt them, so our companies will simply be at a disadvantage if we don't. Who doesn't see this obvious point?

To: goldworldnet who wrote (674063)	3/4/2005 12:50:32 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 769670

For its mayor, Vegas might well be Gin City Mayor of gambling mecca tells fourth-graders about favorite drink msnbc.msn.com Chris Carlson / AP file The mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar Goodman, is seen with showgirls at a hotel in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2004. The Associated Press Updated: 7:15 a.m. ET March 4, 2005LAS VEGAS - Sin City’s mayor made no apologies Thursday after being criticized for extolling gin to a class of fourth-graders. Mayor Oscar Goodman said he was just being himself when he told elementary school students that drinking was one of his hobbies and that the one thing he would want if stranded on an island is a bottle of gin. “I answered the question honestly and truthfully,” Goodman told reporters. “I’m not going to lie to children. I’m not going to say I would take a teddy bear or a Bible or something like that.” Asked by a reporter if he had a drinking problem, Goodman answered, “Oh, absolutely not. I love to drink.” Long known for love of gin Moments later, he cut off questions and walked out of the news conference. Goodman, who has been mentioned as a possible candidate for governor, has never been shy about his love of gin. He hosts regular “Martinis with the Mayor” events and induced a bidding war between two gin companies in 2002 before becoming a spokesman for one. He donated half the $100,000 he made to an agency that provides shelter and substance abuse programs and half to a private school founded by his wife. Goodman was at Mackey Elementary on Wednesday as part of Nevada Reading Week when he made the drinking comments during a question-and-answer session. Principal Kemala Washington later called the comments inappropriate but said the students did not appear to understand. “It just went over their heads,” Washington said.