Snake Oil, Snake Eyes...n Sin

By Maia
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If any place on this earth deserves to be Ground Zero for whatever cataclysmic means of destruction the human race so determinedly well earned, it is here. Here, at the moment (lasting only long enough for me to zip past!), being the worlds show-place capital of the 7 Capital Sins... Sin City itself.

Known to the vast majority of our globes populace by that reverse euphemism, Las Vegas works overtime to see that all of the major transgressions are committed non-stop by all who enter its garish precincts. 24 hours of every day, 7 days of every week, 365 days of every year (+ the extra one every 4th), with not a single one to rest on, Greed, Envy, Lust, Sloth, and their 3 other partners in crimes against the soul are indulged in mindlessly and happily by all who make a pilgrimage to this Mecca which must be the most unholy shrine on earth.

The temples here, all dedicated to that supreme sins god, Greed, service all the six other weak-human needs nicely. Gluttony involves much more than just the pseudo- Bacchanalian spreads in gourmet rooms or buffet lines endless offering... too much of everything abounds no matter where one looks.

This is especially noticeable in the over-silicone-fed bosoms bursting out of wall-to-wall serving wenches undernourished costumes.

The eyes and ears, as well as the appetite(s!) are over-sated everywhere. Noise, glitter, blinding light that disallows nights restful darkness, all unite in a gluttonous over-kill of the soul (the rumor has it souls aren't allowed within city limits).

Something for nothing is the big draw. Win! not earn is the rallying cry that all here respond to. Even those who do earn their living in this moral killing field try their luck before the ink on their paychecks is dry. While lotteries proliferate the world round, Americas made them a way of life. From Power ball to Ed McM at your door, $10-mil in hand, luck has replaced work all over the land.

And don't you dare call it Lady Luck either! Women were specifically created to give birth, which = labor and to nurture, which involves nothing more or less than hard work. Not luck! Just call it the will of your manGod... or how bout Laddie Luck? Its one of those things no real lady would ever approve of. Least of all one who may have given us all a start in life, that Great Mother all religions believed in, before they changed her sex without benefit of surgery. As such a MegaMom might say in today's vernacular, get a life, kids! And get a job! Newsflash! Per ads on an Arizona radio station... taking Flintstones Vitamins will grow kids tall enough to slam-dunk without a ladder and at Showboat Casino, the more times you gamble, the more coupons you win to enter a sweepstakes for daily free big-screen TV and the grand prize RV! Then... Virgin River Casino billed as your neighborhood casino-stop ON YOUR WAY TO VEGAS (just in case you cant wait to start losing money)!...and how much $ will anyone take home each time? Not a single one of those casinos were built with losses from winners on the slots or blackjack and poker tables! And they keep getting bigger and bigger, so you folks must be losing more and more and how long does it take to get through? As the old vaudeville yuk-yuk goes, how long have you got?