You guys wonder why we are steaming when you DON'T LISTEN to a DAMN THING WE SAY!!!!??
We DON'T WANT GAMBLING HERE, and THIS is REASON #1:
The Boston Globe is a Mouthpiece For the Jewish Mafia
Also see: A Big Fat Front-Page Lie
Connecticut Casinos Kill
Rhode Island First State to Bail Out Casinos
"Casino gambling back on the table" by Matt Viser and Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff | April 16, 2009
As lawmakers prepared a state budget yesterday with the deepest cuts in memory, Senate President Therese Murray offered a future remedy of her own.
"Ka-ching," Murray said, jerking her arm downward, as if she was pulling the lever on a slot machine.
Ha, ha, .... ha.
With that simple motion, made in front of a hotel ballroom packed with Boston's business elite, Murray sent the most emphatic statement to date that casino gambling will be back on the legislative calendar this fall before state officials who are favorably inclined, to say the least.
"We need the revenue," Murray told members of Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce in a question-and-answer session that followed a decidedly drier speech. "To see that over $900 million leaves the Commonwealth every year and goes to Connecticut and Rhode Island for gaming, I think that even if we could pick up $700 million of that, we would all take that."
So how are they going to absorb those losses, and why must the state's sole function be to pour money into the coffers of Jewish mobsters?
Murray's sentiments were echoed around Beacon Hill yesterday by officials who said that the change in House leadership and the economic crisis battering state tax collections have pushed the Legislature closer than at any point in recent memory to expanding gambling.
Now I understand why the agenda-pushing, mafia-media Globe went after Slimy Sal; however, they all should be tarred, feathered, and dunked!
"I think it's more [a question] of when than if, and in what form," said Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, who proposed licensing up to three slot parlors around the state. "It seems as if the stars are aligning, especially with the change in leadership in the House."
Pffft! Yeah, it's ALL COSMIC, MAN!!!
Related: The Lying Looter at the State Lottery
The One-Armed Bandit of Massachusetts
But in the unity over the concept, there remains significant disagreement in the form that legalized gambling would take. Governor Deval Patrick has been an ardent supporter of resort-style casinos, and his previous proposal, defeated in the House last year, called for three licenses in different parts of the state.
House Speaker Robert DeLeo, whose district includes Suffolk Downs and Wonderland racetracks, has expressed strong backing for slot parlors, with the most likely venues being the state's existing dog and horse racing tracks. Cahill, who oversees the lottery, has supported auctioning three licenses for slot parlors. Murray has not detailed her preferences.
"The governor is comfortable with casinos and the speaker is comfortable with slots, so in order to get something done, I think we're going to have to compromise some and maybe do a little of both," said Representative Brian P. Wallace, who supports expanded gaming.
NOTHING ABOUT the CITIZENRY being AGAINST IT, huh?
The departure of Salvatore F. DiMasi, the House speaker and gambling opponent who resigned in January, has brought many more supporters "out into the sunshine," added Wallace, a Democrat whose district straddles South Boston and Dorchester....
Amid the moves toward casino gambling, opponents said they hope the economic crisis does not make lawmakers grasp for the promise of casino revenue without considering related ills, such as gambling addiction, or associated costs.
Like in Connecticut?
They also warned of other states that have seen reality fall short of projections, and pointed to Las Vegas, where gambling conglomerates are struggling financially. "Whether we ultimately end up doing it or not doing it, it is a huge decision for Massachusetts, because it sets us on a course that no other state has been able to return from," said Representative Daniel E. Bosley, a North Adams Democrat and vocal gaming opponent. " Once you do it, it's done."
I'm surprised, though pleased on this issue: The Big Boss Bosley
How come Globe never, ever talks to my guy?
Richard Young, the president of Casino Free Mass, warned of hidden costs to gambling and said casinos could "become our next Big Dig."
Now, DON'T SAY THAT: The Big Pit
Laura Everett, the group's vice president, cautioned about the "predatory" nature of modern slot machines and said Murray's arm gesture was misguided....
Definitely!
Oh, no, that's right: MY STINK STATE SENATOR!
"Senator Stanley C. Rosenberg, Democrat of Amherst, is listed in official documents as bringing the amendment to the floor. But Rosenberg said in an interview that he did not author the amendment and does not know who did."
WTF?
Doesn't even know what is happening in his own committee -- or is he just lying?
Glad I didn't vote for him.
Morrissey has been a vocal advocate for expanded gambling....
And JUST IN TIME for the DEBATE, huh?
"Profit from slots on rise at two casinos
Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun in eastern Connecticut are beginning to see their slot machine wins go up month to month, reversing a trend that began last year when the economy started to tank. Foxwoods reported yesterday that its March slot win was nearly $62 million, a 1 percent increase over the same month last year. It was also a 6 percent increase over February's total, and the third straight monthly increase. Mohegan Sun says its slot win in March was $66 million, a 15 percent drop from March 2008. But it was a 4 percent increase from February and the second consecutive monthly increase. The casinos pay 25 percent of their slot wins to the state; in March that totaled nearly $32 million (AP)."
Wow, what an AGENDA-PUSHING COINKY-DINK!!!!
Of course, the AGENDA-PUSHING PAPER would NEVER LIE, right?
Ka-ching, Bay-Stater!!
Hey, what's that slot arm doing up your ass?
