Hmm ... this is awkward

Post #390,118 by drook 5/30/14 11:30:44 AM Reply	Hmm ... this is awkward http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/destinations/travel/story/2012-02-09/Casino-gambling-revenue-shows-uptick-nationally/53029676/1 [American Gaming] Association figures don't include tribal casinos, which comprise about 40%, or $26 billion, of total U.S. casino revenue annually, estimates Eadington. http://navajotimes.com/news/2012/0112/012612census.php This means Natives are now a slightly larger minority, comprising 1.7 percent of the population versus 1.5 in 2000. Casino gambling is not primarily an Indian issue. However, the impact on the community is disproportionate to say the least. It's like drug laws. Even though minorities consume less drugs in absolute numbers, the impact of legal action has fallen so disproportionately on minorities it's hard not to see intent. Like I said, the gambling was the weakest issue on that list for me, but to the extent that I agreed with it I didn't see any racism in it. But it's not hard to believe that some of the powerful interests aligned against it are disguising the real reason for their opposition. -- Drew
Post #390,121 by boxley 5/30/14 11:35:57 AM Reply	when the only legal casinos were in vegas and AC could you gamble in cleveland? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 59 years. meep
Post #390,122 by drook 5/30/14 11:44:24 AM Reply	No, and that's why I didn't see this issue as having to do with Indians There was opposition to allowing a casino here. It wasn't going to be on a res, so the arguments couldn't have had anything to do with Indians. But ... If there are people with deep pockets who don't like Indians, and they're attacking casinos because of that, it would make sense that the organizations they fund would "exceed their mandate" so to speak and go after all casinos. -- Drew
Post #390,123 by boxley 5/30/14 12:10:20 PM Reply	bzzt wrong, you could gamble in cleveland before casinos slots cards horse races and the numbers. Stopping casinos does not stop gambling in any form http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2014/04/gambling_raid_puts_north_royal.html Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 59 years. meep
Post #390,125 by folkert 5/30/14 12:45:35 PM Reply	Ahhh now we see your real intent. Have fun with that, troll. -- greg@gregfolkert.net "No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible." --Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Post #390,128 by drook 5/30/14 1:20:20 PM Reply	Not clear In any time and place where you couldn't legally gamble, you could of course do so illegally. What does that have to do with whether casino gambling should be legalized, or whether opposition to casino gambling is an indirect attack on Indians? -- Drew
Post #390,139 by boxley 5/30/14 3:16:56 PM Reply	if you go back to the top of the thread I questioned why casino gambling needed to be curtailed. Later I then pointed out that is the one way that tribes could leverage income. My last point to you was that gambling will happen casinos or no. So once again, back to the top, why should the government force casinos to close? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 59 years. meep

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