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  • Jon Kelly
  • 13 Sep 08, 04:23 PM GMT

While I was out in the suburbs, Jennifer caught up with caught up with Otis Williams of the Temptations and their manager Shelly Berger.

They told her that a lot has changed in Vegas since the band started touring here in 1968:

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  • 1. At 6:16pm on 13 Sep 2008, rainlawrence wrote:

    looks like things have dried up jon and to think,you're not even half way across yet,ha ha!!keep it up jon,british investigative reportage at its stirling best!!altogether now..hip hip...HOORRAAYYY!!!!

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  • 2. At 9:45pm on 13 Sep 2008, dg14ys wrote:

    Great blog.

    Ps Hibees 2-1 ,10 men,Fletcher (2)deek on as sub
    QoS 0-0 Morton
    Mwel 2- CFC 4
    WBA 3-WHAN 2

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  • 3. At 01:23am on 14 Sep 2008, tucsonmike wrote:

    Well done Jennifer for the brief history lesson on Vegas. I liked the Temptations, so it was fun for me.

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  • 4. At 02:36am on 14 Sep 2008, OldSouth wrote:

    Vegas is Vegas, a fantasyland, an anomoly of history and geography.

    It is not representative of America at large.

    We've had gay marriage, Venice Beach, the country's largest thermometer, and 'Vegas, Baby!'

    Get out of town, and back onto the road, before we all lose interest.

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  • 5. At 03:17am on 14 Sep 2008, valgerdes wrote:

    Here's the plan...

    Stay in Vegas. Gamble. Win lots of money and then share the winnings with me!

    Time to hit the road. Where are you headed next?

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  • 6. At 05:19am on 14 Sep 2008, jonkellyusa wrote:

    valgerdes, next stop is Kingman, AZ. Blog post on the way...

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  • 7. At 6:31pm on 15 Sep 2008, PhiladelphiaMom wrote:

    Dear Mr Old South:

    One in Thirteen Americans live in Southern California.
    -- Got that?

    I assume that by OLD SOUTH you mean SOUTH EAST?
    -- Or, are you just remarking on your age?

    Well, guess what - western expansion worked. Deal with it. Not everyone in the USA looks like the GOP-NRA-WASP-ish South East. Sorry.


    ..... Now let us consider whether the Electoral College numbers are fairly distributed, or whether they weigh votes more heavily in conservative states. Democracy? Here? In the USA? Are you SURE?

    Hmmmmm... Scary, isn't it?

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