Omaha ALL OVER national media lately

S33 · Post by **S33** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:31 pm

This girl craves the attention, and I'm afraid if we stop giving it, she'll be doing donkey shows in the Ameristar parking lot.

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:49 pm

S33 wrote:This girl craves the attention, and I'm afraid if we stop giving it, she'll be doing donkey shows in the Ameristar parking lot.

At Ameristar, she would have to better than a donkey show.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:35 pm

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 1:07 am

We just watched Hope Springs with Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones. When they fly to 'Maine' the get in a taxi that say Cornhusker Taxi. So after googling it turns out the characters lived in Omaha.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 12:51 pm

S33 wrote:This girl craves the attention, and I'm afraid if we stop giving it, she'll be doing donkey shows in the Ameristar parking lot.

Close enough... She is on Dr Phil today...

Candleshoe · Post by **Candleshoe** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:59 pm

Tonight on Wheel of Fortune, a speed round puzzle spelled out:

_ _ _ _ _

NEBR_SK_

A player buzzed in and shouted "Topeka Nebraska!"

He was wrong...

Post by **Brad** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:08 pm

Candleshoe wrote:Tonight on Wheel of Fortune, a speed round puzzle spelled out:

_ _ _ _ _

NEBR_SK_

A player buzzed in and shouted "Topeka Nebraska!"

He was wrong...

:lafcry: :lafcry: :lafcry: :lafcry: :lafcry: :lafcry:

blol blol blol blol blol blol blol

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:17 pm

Candleshoe wrote:Tonight on Wheel of Fortune, a speed round puzzle spelled out:

_ _ _ _ _

NEBR_SK_

A player buzzed in and shouted "Topeka Nebraska!"

He was wrong...

That is funny...I watch Wheel of Fortune all the time and left the room for a few minutes tonight. When I got back my wife said that the puzzle was Omaha and I thought she was just messing with me since she knows that I love Omaha....good to see it was true, but come on, Topeka.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:20 pm

By the way...I believe the World Herald had a story on this a while ago, but the Executive Producer on Wheel of Fortune, Harry Friedman, is from Omaha.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:00 am

skinzfan23 wrote:By the way...I believe the World Herald had a story on this a while ago, but the Executive Producer on Wheel of Fortune, Harry Friedman, is from Omaha.

That's Interesting. One of the question writers on Jeopardy is from here too...

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:55 pm

http://www.theonion.com/articles/manti- ... ne:default

Looks like we have that NFL team we always wanted. :lol:

Post by **Brad** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 4:26 pm

Bluffs teen mom sells porn video for 'seven figures'

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130430/L ... en-figures

and the name.....

“Farrah Superstar: Backdoor Teen Mom.”

S33 · Post by **S33** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 5:13 pm

I'm actually intrigued about the video, since she's a local and all, but another part of me doesn't want a dime of my money ending up in one of her monthly royalty checks.

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 5:23 pm

Oh good lord.

guitarguy · Post by **guitarguy** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:59 pm

Thank god they have now correctly identified where she is from, I'm sure Council Bluffs is so proud to be put on the map by Farrah. Never in my life did I ever think a colossal train wreck like Farrah would be able to sell a sex tape for a million dollars. Any takers on how fast she burns out after this blows over? I'm afraid this is only the beginning and she will attempt to hold onto fame by any means necessary. I do hope I'm very wrong.

-adam

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:49 pm

guitarguy wrote:Thank god they have now correctly identified where she is from, I'm sure Council Bluffs is so proud to be put on the map by Farrah. Never in my life did I ever think a colossal train wreck like Farrah would be able to sell a sex tape for a million dollars. Any takers on how fast she burns out after this blows over? I'm afraid this is only the beginning and she will attempt to hold onto fame by any means necessary. I do hope I'm very wrong.

-adam

Someone call Nancy Grace.

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Wed May 01, 2013 8:55 am

S33 wrote:I'm actually intrigued about the video, since she's a local and all

In what respect? I mean with 'Backdoor' in the title, I can give you a solid prediction of what happens.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Wed May 01, 2013 9:59 am

TitosBuritoBarn wrote:
S33 wrote:I'm actually intrigued about the video, since she's a local and all
In what respect? I mean with 'Backdoor' in the title, I can give you a solid prediction of what happens.

What do you mean "in what respect"? Because I'm not gay and am not going to pretend to be offended when I see a naked female. LOL. (how do I even answer that?)

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Wed May 01, 2013 11:26 am

S33 wrote:
TitosBuritoBarn wrote:
S33 wrote:I'm actually intrigued about the video, since she's a local and all
In what respect? I mean with 'Backdoor' in the title, I can give you a solid prediction of what happens.
What do you mean "in what respect"? Because I'm not gay and am not going to pretend to be offended when I see a naked female. LOL. (how do I even answer that?)

Haha, it was rhetorical. I was making a joke about the title. It makes it sound like a lot of the video takes place near her anus.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Wed May 01, 2013 11:49 am

I'll burn a copy for everyone here, but I'll label it "Ghostbusters"

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Wed May 01, 2013 10:33 pm

S33 wrote:I'll burn a copy for everyone here, but I'll label it "Ghostbusters"

Thanks, your $5 is in the mail.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Wed May 01, 2013 11:04 pm

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Thu May 02, 2013 1:08 pm

Why is just Iowa throwing a party?

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Thu May 02, 2013 1:44 pm

Huh. Maybe if this had happened how every many years ago, we would have Farrah's sex tape today...

Post by **Brad** » Fri May 03, 2013 2:43 pm

Here is a book with Omaha on the Cover

Corporate Felon By Benjamin Nelson (Not that Ben Nelson)

http://www.amazon.com/Corporate-Felon-G ... rate+Felon

You may recognize the cover photo...

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon May 06, 2013 9:27 pm

Colorado Springs looking to Omaha for ideas.

http://csbj.com/2013/05/03/big-faciliti ... -in-omaha/

ThatGuy · Post by **ThatGuy** » Tue May 07, 2013 10:39 pm

iamjacobm wrote:Colorado Springs looking to Omaha for ideas.

http://csbj.com/2013/05/03/big-faciliti ... -in-omaha/

Hilarious! Because Colorado Springs is chuck-full of tea party assholes and right-wing fundamentalists. They couldn't afford to light over 65% of their street lights until maybe a year ago.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Wed May 08, 2013 9:02 am

I liked this comment on the article, by the way not true.

As a humnorous aside, Omaha just got the Olympic Swimming Trials for the third straight time….Not bad for a town with no permanent Olympic size swimming venue……(the ugly little river doesn’t count….)

Omaha_Gabe · Post by **Omaha_Gabe** » Wed May 08, 2013 12:16 pm

Brad wrote:Bluffs teen mom sells porn video for 'seven figures'

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130430/L ... en-figures

and the name.....

“Farrah Superstar: Backdoor Teen Mom.”

Just saw on CNN that Farrah broke records. The video was seen 2 million times in 12 hours. It's said it far surpassed the Kim kardanian video.

guy4omaha · Post by **guy4omaha** » Wed May 08, 2013 9:14 pm

Hilarious! Because Colorado Springs is chuck-full of tea party assholes and right-wing fundamentalists. They couldn't afford to light over 65% of their street lights until maybe a year ago.

As a tea party [expletive] and right wing fundamentalist, I take offense to this.

Do you really have to stoop to this level of stereo-typing?

S33 · Post by **S33** » Wed May 08, 2013 9:41 pm

guy4omaha wrote:
Hilarious! Because Colorado Springs is chuck-full of tea party assholes and right-wing fundamentalists. They couldn't afford to light over 65% of their street lights until maybe a year ago.
As a tea party [expletive] and right wing fundamentalist, I take offense to this.

Do you really have to stoop to this level of stereo-typing?

Hey, it's liberal tolerance at its finest.

It's also funny how he points out a city's budget woes and singles out the fact that Colorado Springs is "chuck-full" of tea party assholes, but failes to point out that on average, conservative run cities with republican mayors, are far outpacing the liberal havens, economically.

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Thu May 09, 2013 9:53 am

S33 wrote:It's also funny how he points out a city's budget woes and singles out the fact that Colorado Springs is "chuck-full" of tea party assholes, but failes to point out that on average, conservative run cities with republican mayors, are far outpacing the liberal havens, economically.

Source? The majority of the cities I can think of that are doing well economically are run by a democrat mayor (except Oklahoma City).

Dundeemaha · Post by **Dundeemaha** » Thu May 09, 2013 10:17 am

S33 wrote:It's also funny how he points out a city's budget woes and singles out the fact that Colorado Springs is "chuck-full" of tea party assholes, but failes to point out that on average, conservative run cities with republican mayors, are far outpacing the liberal havens, economically.

What an absurd thing to state without any sources.

The ten largest metropolitan areas, as measured by 2011 real GDP, are:

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA; Bloomberg Party
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA; Antonio Villaraigosa - Democrat
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI; Rahm Emanuel - Democrat
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; Vincent C. Gray - Democrat
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX; Annise Parker - Democrat
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX; Mike Rawlings - Democrat
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD; Michael Nutter - Democrat
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA; Edwin M. Lee - Democrat
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH; Thomas Menino - Democrat
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA. Kasim Reed - Democrat

The real GDP produced by each of these metropolitan areas exceeds $240 billion.

[1] http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regiona ... elease.htm

S33 · Post by **S33** » Thu May 09, 2013 5:12 pm

Uh, we're not talking about GDP's.

But just a little tid-bit for ya, most of those metropolises you mentioned, were built in an era when the KKK was ran by democrats. Just giving you an idea of what an antiquated metric you are using. Not to mention, completely unrelated to a city's current fiscal health.

EastCB · Post by **EastCB** » Thu May 09, 2013 7:54 pm

Yes, S33!!!!

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Thu May 09, 2013 11:14 pm

S33 wrote:Uh, we're not talking about GDP's.

But just a little tid-bit for ya, most of those metropolises you mentioned, were built in an era when the KKK was ran by democrats. Just giving you an idea of what an antiquated metric you are using. Not to mention, completely unrelated to a city's current fiscal health.

What? I have no idea what you're trying to say here. Old cities with democratic mayors don't count because there used to be democrats running the KKK?

What economically strong cities have a republican mayor and conservative government? What metrics are you using to measure economic strength? What does the KKK have to do with their vitality?

Forbes ranked the top 20 fastest growing metro areas in both population and economic growth. These are the core cities and their mayor's political affiliation:

1. Austin, TX - Lee Leffingwell - Democrat
2. Houston, TX - Annise Parker - Democrat
3. Dallas, TX - Mike Rawlings - Democrat
4. Raleigh, NC - Nancy McFarlane - Independent
5. Salt Lake City, UT - Ralph Becker - Democrat
6. Seattle, WA - Michael McGinn - Democrat
7. Provo, UT - John Curtis - Unaffiliated
8. Phoenix, AZ - Greg Stanton - Democrat
9. San Antonio, TX - Julian Castro - Democrat
10. Portland, OR - Charlie Hales - Unaffiliated
11. Washington, DC - Vincent Gray - Democrat
12. San Jose, CA - Chuck Reed - Democrat
13. San Diego, CA - Bob Filner - Democrat
14. San Francisco, CA - Ed Lee - Democrat
15. Boise, ID - David Bietier - Democrat
16. Denver, CO - Michael Hancock - Democrat
17. Oklahoma City, OK - Mick Cornett - Republican
18. Charlotte, NC - Anthony Foxx - Democrat
19. Bakersfield, CA - Harvey Hall - Unaffiliated
20. Ogden, UT - Mike Caldwell - Unaffiliated

http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrenn ... ng-cities/

S33 · Post by **S33** » Thu May 09, 2013 11:35 pm

Fastest growing, huh? Is that what we are talking about?

Also, I think we need to stop and think about whether or not the "current" mayor is the x-factor with which we consider the reason for a city's current fiscal health. So, I will rephrase: cities in a predominantly conservative/repub area, at the moment, are in better fiscal health than their majority liberal counterparts. Overall, I will stand by that until you prove me wrong.

In this instance, the burden of proof is on you, only because I'm too damn exhausted this week to put together a synopsis of why I think I'm right.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Fri May 10, 2013 12:03 am

People also tend to ignore the legislative body of the government when evaluating a leader.

cdub · Post by **cdub** » Fri May 10, 2013 9:24 am

S33 wrote:Fastest growing, huh? Is that what we are talking about?

Also, I think we need to stop and think about whether or not the "current" mayor is the x-factor with which we consider the reason for a city's current fiscal health. So, I will rephrase: cities in a predominantly conservative/repub area, at the moment, are in better fiscal health than their majority liberal counterparts. Overall, I will stand by that until you prove me wrong.

In this instance, the burden of proof is on you, only because I'm too darn exhausted this week to put together a synopsis of why I think I'm right.

I'm not particularly motivated by the discussion and am not sure it matters either way really.

What I do so love is the, "what I say is true until you show me evidense that I like and will accept to back down" notion.

koberaptor · Post by **koberaptor** » Fri May 10, 2013 8:16 pm

TitosBuritoBarn wrote:
S33 wrote:Uh, we're not talking about GDP's.

But just a little tid-bit for ya, most of those metropolises you mentioned, were built in an era when the KKK was ran by democrats. Just giving you an idea of what an antiquated metric you are using. Not to mention, completely unrelated to a city's current fiscal health.
What? I have no idea what you're trying to say here. Old cities with democratic mayors don't count because there used to be democrats running the KKK?

What economically strong cities have a republican mayor and conservative government? What metrics are you using to measure economic strength? What does the KKK have to do with their vitality?

Forbes ranked the top 20 fastest growing metro areas in both population and economic growth. These are the core cities and their mayor's political affiliation:

1. Austin, TX - Lee Leffingwell - Democrat
2. Houston, TX - Annise Parker - Democrat
3. Dallas, TX - Mike Rawlings - Democrat
4. Raleigh, NC - Nancy McFarlane - Independent
5. Salt Lake City, UT - Ralph Becker - Democrat
6. Seattle, WA - Michael McGinn - Democrat
7. Provo, UT - John Curtis - Unaffiliated
8. Phoenix, AZ - Greg Stanton - Democrat
9. San Antonio, TX - Julian Castro - Democrat
10. Portland, OR - Charlie Hales - Unaffiliated
11. Washington, DC - Vincent Gray - Democrat
12. San Jose, CA - Chuck Reed - Democrat
13. San Diego, CA - Bob Filner - Democrat
14. San Francisco, CA - Ed Lee - Democrat
15. Boise, ID - David Bietier - Democrat
16. Denver, CO - Michael Hancock - Democrat
17. Oklahoma City, OK - Mick Cornett - Republican
18. Charlotte, NC - Anthony Foxx - Democrat
19. Bakersfield, CA - Harvey Hall - Unaffiliated
20. Ogden, UT - Mike Caldwell - Unaffiliated

http://www.forbes.com/sites/morganbrenn ... ng-cities/

raleigh is liberal