Comments on: Casino, Casino

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:21:49 +0000

Oliver,

So I am assuming you supported Gov. Ehrlich’s push for slots that your far-left friends in the state’s House/Senate were so much against it — at the time, but not so much since we have a Dem. Gov. in office.

By: Dr. Squid

Dr. Squid — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:13:50 +0000

I don’t think it’s right to exclude a class of business because a minority of people can’t control themselves.

Indeed. It would be like banning the NFL because The Dan can’t control his spending on useless and aging free agents.

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:38:37 +0000

Well that’s not how I intended that. They certainly deserve the head start, but what I’m saying is they have clearly found a working model, so why not apply it to all of us? The Native American museum in downtown DC is the product of casino money and it is sweet looking.

By: August J. Pollak

August J. Pollak — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:48:44 +0000

Indian tribes are making megabucks on these things, and I think it’s past time for the rest of us to get a piece of the pie.

Yeah, those fucking Indians! They’re taking EVERYTHING from us!

By: megamoze

megamoze — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:23:34 +0000

Any state that opposes casinos should reconsider their state lotteries. It’s all the same thing.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:29:39 +0000

Here in RI, we have a tribe who wants a casino in this state in the worst way. Problem is, our late Senator John Chafee (Linc’s father) wrote in an addendum to a bill on tribal casinos barring the Narragansetts from having one. We also have a state-run dog track and what used to be the only other jai-alai arena on the east coast, also state-run. Both are now mega slot parlors, but the governor is opposed to table gaming by the tribe.

I have no problem with Indian casinos. Revenge is a cold plate.

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:49:39 +0000

“They are magnets for everything bad society has to offer.”

Why? How? I can see that in the days of organized crime running the casinos this could be true, but not now. So if you are going to make that claim, you should back it up.

By: jerry

jerry — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:15:39 +0000

Gambling is a sin. The lottery however, raises money for schools!

By: Repack Rider

Repack Rider — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:11:15 +0000

I’m on the road right now with a rock band and last night we worked in an Indian casino, and before that, two days in Vegas.

I hate these places.

Casinos are a blight. They suck energy out of a community on the excuse that they are providing jobs. They are magnets for everything bad society has to offer.

Let them provide those jobs in the middle of the Nevada desert.