Yes, the donation was made in $1 bills.

420....

It might free the mind, but apparently not yours. I believe LA, along with the rest of California is a bastion of Democrat rule isn't it?

420? frees the mind? Better quit smokin cause I do not believe the past 30 years were Mostly under Republican rule.... America is going down hill because new immigrants are refusing to assimilate....

Was the donation made in $1 bills?

No, they use $2 bills these days...

420- utterly cluelless. The democratic run state of California is to blame here. Did you read the article? $65,000 to build a snackbar? Do you know why? All the dumbass California regulations. When I was kid hamburgers and dogs were sold with just a grill and a table. Waste, fraud and California!

For every "Republican dominated" economically depressed area, I can show you 20 democrat dominated economically depressed areas. Your mind games are not going to work here. Many of us are waking up and this is going to be a problem for you progressives and hard-core liberals in coming elections. Stop with the weed for several weeks, come back down to earth for a bit then perhaps we can have a reasonable conversation.

Can you image back when you were 10 or 11 how freakin' cool it would've been to be sponsored by a strip club?

All you freakin' idiots that can't post anything without making a D and/or R statement, go get a life. You're boring. Besides, if it weren't for all the old, white haired Republicans who frequent these places, where would the women get their money?

STexan - Nice try.. but republican states RECEIVE more federal funding than democrat states. Kind of funny isn't it. Republicants are SO against social programs and their VOTERS are the one whos benefit the most from it. Typical head in the sand.

motherjones.com/politics/2011/11/states-federal-taxes-spending-charts-maps

As for this article.... WAKE UP PEOPLE. This has really nothing to do with democrat or republican. Baseball is as american as apple pie... Shouldn't this community rally together to support the little league? Shouldn't we all REACH in our wallet, take out $1.00 and donate it so they can have food sales to pay for it? Get a friggin clue.. What happened to the America I grew up in.

XDm9mm, California has an interesting demographic when it comes to politics. There are wide swaths of Democrats but the wealthiest areas of California such as Orange County are actually mostly Republican.

soazDan

I live in California and you are 100% correct. Just to back you up:)

420freesthemind is lost in all this with his partisan rhetoric and blind hatred of a political PARTY.

One thing I might remind you all is that California has a economy larger then all but 8 nations in the WORLD today. The population to match it.. before you rip on one of the biggest states in our nation, try better to understand it.

In understanding California you have to understand the long lines at the DMV and ANY state office due to the state is completely broke. You have to understand the ENORMOUS illegal alien issue. Understand the corporate greed of the companies hiring the illegals. The tax EVERYTHING mentality and when you pass laws, to stop taxation because taxes are out of control, you just call it a FEE now and keep adding more mess and taxes anyway.

California is a bastion of liberals, pot smokers, gays and lesbians and basically most people who do not wish to work and generally prefer to live off everyone else.

Yes my friends I live in California and these are the FACTS and the facts clearly show socialism and liberal agendas = failure.

P.S. California is STILL sending me IOU's for my past tax refunds for several years now...and badgering me to send more.

I am moving from this state this year... thank god

I am moving from this state this year... thank god

...and good riddance. I've lived in California all my life. I've never lost a job to an illegal alien, I've never seen someone smoking pot in public (even though IT'S LEGAL HERE if you have your doctor's permission). I pay my state taxes and have never been audited or badgered to send more (I paid the correct amount the first time), and I've always gotten a direct deposit into my bank for any refund due. Yes, it's a "liberal" state. I don't see that word as derogatory, even though you use it that way. Good-bye, good riddance, and have a good life in Nevada or Arizona.

@ Shosyn

Geez, not sure where in CA you live, but I got my CA State tax rebate back within 7 days. Hmmm. Perhaps you are being dunned to PAY MORE because you didn't pay your fair share to begin with.

Go ahead and try your luck in another place, we don't need racist bigots living here. California has more than it's fair share of problems, it has a dysfunctional government BUT it is California, one of the most beautiful, diverse places to live in the world.

The strip club was just one of the businesses that made donations, but it's the one brought to the front...why? And apparently the money was accepted and is being used, so why the attention?

Wait I already know the answer....sensationalism...

Shosyn, depending on your prefession there's plenty of work in AZ. And I'm not tlaking about working picking vegetables either...

Can we put a cork in the political BS and just be happy that a group of kids will be able to play ball this spring and summer because of the generosity of a few local business people?

but republican states RECEIVE more federal funding than democrat states

Talk about ignorance of statistics. Did you bother to try to understand why? Heres a clue, most "red" states are sparsly populated and contain huge amounts of infrastructure. States like Kentucky recieve more transportaion dollars than anything. Funny thing about Kentucky and many "red:" states is the fact that they have more registered democrats than republicans yet are called "republican" because of voter turnout not actual demographics. Another bit of statistical ignorance liberals like to support.

Look at what We become; SEX SELLS !!!.. Huge Big Corporations are making Tons of Revenue off the Porn industry..weired, and they Don't Give..now little gentle men's clubs are giving chump change for reasons undisclosed..We are at Last Straws trying to make a dime for survival..its everywhere, No place is Wholesome anymore..We are heading in the direction of Pompeii, our morals/values are decaying tremendously..its No wonder the Celestial Heavens are Warning Us..We are in some deep dung due the Almighty Buck..parents, please Love your Children, they are Our Only Hope..do not subjugate them to these awful ways of mankind..Controllers, Let them have lemonade stands, sell burgers & dogs..don't welcome them for the Sex industry or human trafficking.......

to all you california morons talking how the republicans cause this, well would like to point out it was a strip club that gave money, so that means it was republican money, right?
does the democratic strip club give away lap dances? bet they dont last long if they do. 420 feels entitled to the lap dance so he doesnt pay, do you 420?

420 is half baked.

$65k for a snack bar?

my house didnt even cost me $65k!

is that a snack AND Strip bar?

good lord, what the hell type of snacks did they plan on selling?

Kobe beef hamburgers and platinum fries?

OHHHH but wait, they need the union to build it right?
the snack bar shouldnt be more than 600sq feet, the used grill and deep fry maybe $10,000, and labor will be free, so $55k for 600 sq feet?

thats almost $1000 a square foot!!!!!
they might as well look into buying a roach coach or something cheaper, strike a deal with mobile lunch truck and see if they can give 10% to the little league team or what ever!

that is outrageous!!!!

man i wouldnt want to live in california to save my life!!!

STexan

"For every "Republican dominated" economically depressed area, I can show you 20 democrat dominated economically depressed areas."

Considering Republican policies (namely suppression and removal of financial regulation) turned much of America into an "economically depressed area" in 2008 I don't see how what you say could possibly be true?

Considering Republican policies (namely suppression and removal of financial regulation) turned much of America into an "economically depressed area" in 2008 I don't see how what you say could possibly be true?

Keep drinking that Kool-Aid!

What do the top ten cities with the highest poverty rate all have in common?

DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP!

Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn’t elected
a Republican mayor since 1961;

Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn’t elected one since 1954;

Cincinnati, OH (3rd)… since 1984;

Cleveland, OH (4th)… since 1989;

Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican Mayor;

St. Louis, MO (6th)…. since 1949;

El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican Mayor;

Milwaukee, WI (8th)… since 1908;

Philadelphia, PA (9th)… since 1952;

Newark, NJ (10th)… since 1907.

The main snack bar at my LL probably cost twice that. It is two stories, all face brick, large picture windows on all four sides, heated and air conditioned, real restrooms, professional grill, fryer and coolers. Metal staircase leading up to second floor. It's total sq. ft. is probably bigger than my house. It sits as the hub for four playing fields. The little league association in my town did all that on their own. Parents have to work the stand 2 -4 times a year. The town bought the land and nothing else. Everything else was done by the league. They fund raise, businesses donate, and the parents do a lot of the work maintaining everything. The town does kick in some minor maint. usually just summer job kids. The Babe Ruth field is just as nice (professional lights for nite games). As are the two softball fields (12 inch) for the girls. My family never used it, my daughter didn't play. I support it because the cost to me is minimal. It increases the value of my home that is two blocks away. If done right it can be done high end at no or low cost to those who don't use it.

420 Frees the Mind :said:

"Was the donation made in $1 bills?"

Yes, - your one $1.00 bills:)

I don't know.....$1200.00? That smells a little fishy. There....I said it!!!!

The club should just sponser the team and get naming rights. The Lennox Little League Strippers?

Keep drinking that Kool-Aid!

So laughable how that seems the best the GOP'ers can come up with lately and doubly hilarious because few on the Left goosestep to any line. Someday maybe your head will clear and your mind will expand and you will understand that.

Is it Democratic government or is it white flight and the loss of American manufacturing that has damaged these once thriving cities? But of course your simplistic non-explanation covers those issues, doesn't it?

You cite these statistics but take a quick look at the states that rank at the bottom of most quality of life studies. They are nearly all Red States.

I live in an ultra Red area and wouldn't wish this incompetent style of governance on anyone. Pledges and calls for citizens to arm themselves out of fear for their lives (although our sheriff is doing a great job! (/sarc)

Gee, isn't it interesting how a story on strip clubs really seems to bring out the conservatives. And these clubs flourish in ultra conservative areas like Dallas. Not a bad thing to someone open minded like myself but it would sure seem like hypocrisy from those who claim to carry the mantle for some obsure construct called "family values". Of course that is because like the term "compassionate conservative" which has vanished from the GOP lexicon these are just buzz words used to move the LCD's in our society goosetepping to the polls.

vox, I does not take any clearing of the mind to recognise a bigot. The fact you assume I am a "GOPer" simply because I posted something negative about the left points to very black and white thinking, then you act like you don't do it in your post!

HILARIOUS!

I simply ansered a question from another black and white thinker. No one party or one administration can do what it took to get us where we are, it took decades of mismaangment from everyone involved. To think otherwise is to think like a fool.

Power corrupts, and THAT is the problem.

wow, we talk about debt of the nation. When Clinton left office he left a surplus in the trillions, to wich bush squandered immediatly before 9\11.

ItsAboutTime-3704531

STexan - Nice try.. but republican states RECEIVE more federal funding than democrat states. Kind of funny isn't it. Republicants are SO against social programs and their VOTERS are the one whos benefit the most from it. Typical head in the sand.

motherjones.com/politics/2011/11/states-federal-taxes-spending-charts-maps

As for this article.... WAKE UP PEOPLE. This has really nothing to do with democrat or republican. Baseball is as american as apple pie... Shouldn't this community rally together to support the little league? Shouldn't we all REACH in our wallet, take out $1.00 and donate it so they can have food sales to pay for it? Get a friggin clue.. What happened to the America I grew up in.

#1.11

Wrong. Many red states receive more than they pay in but blue states receive the most welfare. Keep in mind that just about every financial transaction has some tie to New York and all of our entertainment comes out of Hollywood so that would explain why they have more tax dollars available. There is a very good chance that citizens all over the US have contributed to those tax dollars.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/31910310/The_Biggest_US_Welfare_States?slide=2

Richard Small

wow, we talk about debt of the nation. When Clinton left office he left a surplus in the trillions, to wich bush squandered immediatly before 9\11.

#1.30

Are you sure Clinton did not take it with him. The US Treasury website indicates there was in excess of a 5 trillion dollar national debt when Clinton left.

Richard Small

You people need to stop indicating that there was money "in the bank" when Clinton left office. Otherwise, people are going to start calling you all liars among other nasty names.

Hahahaha cute.

I wonder how many lap dances and over-priced drinks it took to raise $1,200

I don't want to argue politics... I do want to see the uniforms.

California is in a little league of their own!!!

Until someone dies from eating an undercooked hotdog. then you'll be yelling why didn't California ban hot dog selling!

Well having all the kids dad's as good customers will do that to a business (sponsorship).

Bart Conner

Until someone dies from eating an undercooked hotdog. then you'll be yelling why didn't California ban hot dog selling!

Hot dogs are pre-cooked. And can be eaten cold.

IndianaEngineer - comment 2.5 - according to USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, "Although hot dogs are fully cooked, those at increased risk of foodborne illness should reheat hot dogs and luncheon meat until steaming hot before eating, due to the threat of listeriosis."

Personally, I'm not a fan of strip clubs or prostitution, but if the girls/guys are doing it of their own free will and no one is being victimized - I'm okay with it. I just won't be a part of it. That said, kudos to the club for making the donation. You can really see their honest intent given that most of their donations are not publicly released.

We're so happy 'your ok with it' Alex. What would we do without people like you and your high moral standards to give your seal of approval. ugh.

Sounds like Mike needs a hug...

Here's a hug for Mike... X

Sounds like Mike needs a LAPDANCE!!!

Sounds like Mike needs to get a life and not troll forums. I wasn't just putting my opinion out there for ego-stroking purposes, I specifically responded to someone addressing people that "have a problem" with strip clubs.

John: Ya a lapdance would be cool - but we need to check with Alex first lol to make sure he approves!! PS: Thanks Miguel!! ;-)

The strip club is looking into it's future. Some of these kids will be futue patrons.

I don't get the comment "Got a donation from an unlikely source". Maybe the club owner LIKES Little League. Granted, it's an unusual source but a business is a business. I bet if the girls start coming to games that the club sponsored, attendence would...........rise. Garranteed

The strip club probably felt compelled to donate because of all the money the fathers of the players spent at their establishment.

well me'n dad is goin to head down ther and make us a donation an maybe just have us a beer or oh what the hell make that six or so

now this is just to help out little kids baseball you know

good for them what donate wish we could do more

Sin is sin. The amoral citizens of California and America have lost their conscience. You would also take donations from organized crime and drug dealers, no doubt, since there are no ethics or morals in your mindset.

The ends DO NOT justify the means.

Herald,

Organized crime and drug dealing are illegal. Strip clubs are not. If you got your head out of the Old Testament long enough to read the constitution, you'd know why your comment is inconsistent.

These individuals are as scary as the one's who turn it in to a political rant.

Hearld9 - Yes, Sin is Sin. I take by your protest, you'll sit in judgment as the only lily-white, sinless person in the group? I can see you pointed finger wagging right now. - Let ye who is without sin cast the first stone. Bet you have a pile of them at the ready.

Leave judgment to God - His shoulders - His wisdom.

Herald, apparently those at the strip club still have a conscience or else they would have simply kept their money and not donated to the obviously needy charity. This Sin is Sin crap is for the hypocritically laden portion of the population that actually still believes that the Earth is 6000 yrs old, Dinosaurs and Cavemen hung out together on weekends, and that Evolution and Global Climate change are myths.

How about we go back to the part where a Strip club donated? Where was the local Churches and other "religious" pillars during their time of need? Probably trying to figure out how to get the youths to come into the back of the church with the allure of candy and Jesus juice. Once you figure out how to come back down to reality and off that fictional pedestal that you and many religious zealots believe that they are on, we may find that we have more in common......likely not though.

Hey Herald - what high horse did you ride in on?

Herold,

Judge not....ring a bell?

Did Jesus reject prostitutes or befriend them and help them?

Did Jesus tell us to love one another (EVERYONE) as he loved us? Or did he give us a list of exclusions?

Why does the Bible call Tamar righteous after deceiving Judah by posing as a prostitute?

Why does the Bible list Rahab the harlot as a woman of faith, even though there is no indication in the Bible that she repented of her profession?

Why does the Bible refer to Jesus as a friend of prostitutes?

Why does the Bible say that many prostitutes will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, while many so-called righteous men will be cast out?

Why didn't Solomon, the wisest man to ever live (with the exception of Jesus, of course), establish laws making prostitution illegal (1 Kings 3:16)? And why were giants of the faith, like Augustine and Aquinas, opposed to laws that would make prostitution illegal?

DIRECT QUOTE: "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you" - Jesus

You dont know what the word "Christian" means and you had better read that quote over and over until you understand it because you have a lot riding on understanding it well.

What sin is that Herald? Unless you're a muslim and can't look at a naked woman.

Gabriel-1934044

You just hit on the answer to the problems we have with fundamentalist muslims attacking out country. If I am elected president the first thing I will do is by executive order make it mandatory that all females must be naked whenever they venture out in public. So vote for me in 2012

Herald9

Separation of church and state, look it up.

If you don't agree, I can help you pack.

I happen to thing that pornography and strip clubs are healthy legal outlets for sexual energy. It would really suck for our country to have a bunch of sexually frustrated men (and women) walking around all the time.

Be even better if the sponsor provided some cheerleaders.

Well, actually this is a national problem, and do you know why? Because lawyers love to sue when their client gets sick eating something made on a grill which has no license....etc....

I love all of the comments about California, especially the one's that sound completely ignorant to anyone who lives here. No, Lennox is not oppressed by the Republicans or deceived by the Democrats. It's a LITTLE LEAGUE organization. Its oppressed and deceived by it's local government.

You say it's sad that California has ridiculous rules about hot dogs. That's a Lennox rule. Most leagues in California allow hot dogs I live next door to the park where Huntington Beach Little League plays, you may have heard about them, they're the world champions. Hot dogs at every game!

As far as who runs California, yes, we tend to vote blue, but most of our Governors in the 20th century have been Republicans (Arnie, Wilson, Dukemajian, Reagan, etc, etc.), so think about that. In the meantime, stay in Arizona or Oklahoma or where ever you live that has such great government representation. I'll stick with the "crazies" in California. Surf's up!!

Dave,

I don't like either AZ or OK. So i will just stay here in little ole WY

Read the story. The strip club IS the local community.

I read the story Dave.. and the strip club IS NOT the local community. Cisco... good comment. I still say, why can't the whiners and complainers on this entire thread donate $1.00 to help these kids out. That would be asking to much of them I guess.

James Wallace, Jet Strip's general manager, is also a 15-year member of the Lennox Coordinating Council, comparable to an unofficial city council of the community.

The strip club IS the local community. Quit whining....

Reminds me of one of my favorite riddles, rjw007:

Q: What's the difference between a prostitute and a lawyer?

A: One of them will stop screwing you after you die!

PJ... according to the article $1000 was donated by another little league team. Just $200 shy of the donation by the strip club. It was in the article.

While I agree that morals are sorely lacking with some in the US, there was still a lack of morals in the 1950's or whenever you look back so fondly on. The simple fact is that they went undetected and often hidden in many families. The truth is that so much now is open to the public and many are uncomfortable with that. Sorry to say that having an abusive, womanizing, alcoholic parent is painful and disappointing regardless of whether it is openly know or is kept hidden for the sake of appearances like in the past.

We as a nation have began to crumble because we have forgotten the meaning of togetherness and sharing. So many rich politicians and business people look only to line their pockets with their wanton greed, some poor families look only to their next handout without any expectation of earning it and finally many in the middle class can't help but hope that they can simply sustain their family and can't even consider helping others while they struggle mightily. That is what is symptomatically destroying our nation. A nation divided by class, ethnic, racial, and economic boundaries is no nation at all. Our forefathers left us a great legacy that we have twisted and abused to give us what we have today, a country that exports war, greed, and sorrow all the while we have an enormous share of suffering of our own that we refuse to address.

true. people need to stop imposing their morals on others. the government has no role in imposing one person's morals on another. government supports laws, legal solutions to problems

America's moral problem is that so many people want to impose their morals on others rather than minding their own lives. Seriously, tell someone who cares.

Whatexactly is immoral about a strip club?

Chris-15563272,

You have a talent for getting your ideas onto the page. I agree with everything you said. People tend to have distorted memories of times past. They only remember the good times.

ScoMata1964

What exactly is immoral about a strip club?

Different groups claim somebody is exploiting somebody. If you listen to the feminists it is the ladies that are being exploited but considering who comes into the club broke and who leaves the club broke I am not so sure about that.

Yeah, I can c that happening.... Only when you'll c the ballplayers, r when going n for their nightly table dance.

BTW, r the dad's of this little league... going to get a discount , when they go n. Just wondering.

Albert Pujols just took in $240 million to move to SoCal from St. Louis. Ask him!!!!!!!! (yes I am from STL)

BTW about one swing of Pujols bat is worth about $60,000 I believe I heard

Joey Jr: By far the best post on the vine today!

@James

Did your kid type that response on his Nokia 100 cell?

Looks like someone just figured out how to shortcut in text mode.

heh, heh... you said "asset".. heh, heh..

The article stated that the town is impoverished and is located right next to LAX. There are not a lot of grocery stores or other neighborhood businesses (in the traditional sense) there. There are quite a few "Gentleman's" clubs located in the vicinity of most airports. It was nice that someone stepped up.

That and there are a lot of folks with their hand out. A good many deserving and a good many of them not.

Albert Pujols just took in $240 million to move to SoCal from St. Louis. Ask him!!!!!!!! (yes I am from STL)

you got rid of him at the right time. he's getting older and that salary is ridiculous.

Kinder, I doubt any of them have heard about this. And, to be honest, where would you stop? There are literally thousands of baseball/softball organizations around the country. How do you give to one and not another? This has to either be done locally, or coordinated nationally: all pro teams/players donate to one fund, with monies distributed to organizations based on need. But that creates beauracracy and politics and old-boy networking to interfere. No easy answers, unfortunately.

The only problem I have with this entire situation is one of the bite lines of the article! Why are these ladies/this business the "unlikeliest" of donors? Good chance some of them are mothers, or young enough they are only a few years removed from playing themselves, or have brothers who played. While some may be burnt out crack heads, others may be very compassionate women who are doing what they have to in order to survive, and can certainly make an emotional connection to the plight of the baseball league. I don't think they are "unlikely" at all.

Yeah, and each team can have their own stripper as batgirls. Who will ask ... Can I play with your BAT little boy?