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In the course of human events it becomes inevitable to stand up and take action. Some actions require
the disemination of information to inform and educate the masses. The current events that have taken place in my community
and more specifically in the neighboring town of Middleborough have brought me to this point. A proposed resort casino
by the Wampanoags of Mashpee and their South African casino investors professed as a "done deal" by the Middleborough board
of selectmen is unacceptable for my community. Massachusetts Governor, Deval Patrick's three casino plan (which as of 3/20/08 is dead) for our state is also unacceptable. I hope to display and comment
upon effectively quotations from various individuals their convictions and attitudes on this pressing subject. May it
educate, inform and entertain you thoroughly.
Write to the Department of the Interior TODAY! Tell them you don't want a casino in Middleborough.
What - Write a letter to the DOI explaining why the land in Middleborough should
NOT be placed into trust. Here are some helpful guidelines from CFO and a ton of reasons from Governor Patricks' letter protesting the land into trust
Why - To prevent the land from being placed into trust i.e. turned into reservation
land. No reservation means no casino
Where - Make 3 copies of your letter. Keep one for yourself, and send the
other 2 to:
Secretary of the Interior, Dirk Kempthorne
Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, N.W.
Washington,
DC 20240
CasinoFacts.org - PAC
P.O. Box 105
Middleboro, MA 02346
When - As soon as possible. Once the DOI makes a decision, time is up.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
Where are the Mashpee?
"It's a journey together, bringing back this heritage through the strength of the young.
Today, we're honoring the children and the game." - Donna Rain Dance Page, a member of the Pocasset Tribal
Council
"This ceremony is our way of honoring the history of the game and building a link between our
program and the Pocasset, whose ancestors are indigenous to the Lakeville area." - Lakers Youth Lacrosse director
Larry Simpson
Now, I thought the Mashpee had historical ties to Middleborough. I guess not according to this article in the Boston Globe. I know it is about lacrosse, but why was Pocasset Wampanoag Chief Ed
Gray Fox Page and Pokanoket Chief Winds of Thunder invited to do the blessing at Nichols School and not the chief of the Mashpee, Shawn Hendricks? The answer of course is still obvious.
The Mashpee have no historical ties to this area. Also, just because the Mashpee are a federally recognized tribe, that
does not mean these other tribes are not real tribes. I do recall that Mashpee until last year was not a tribe recognized
by the feds. Did that make them not a tribe just because the feds didn't put their seal of approval on them? To
the Mashpee I say, "This land ain't your land. This land is their land." Sounds like a nice tune.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Why There are Indian Casinos.
“The reason why Native Americans have gambling today is because the Congress of the United States
didn’t have the guts to stand up and write the check that was necessary to provide for the housing ... “ - Joseph Kennedy, former MA Congressman and founder and head of Citizen's Energy
“I worked for the federal government. I worked for the federal Anti-Poverty, and very,
very quickly after I started working there, I began to think, ‘This isn’t an agency designed to help the poor get out of poverty.
This is an agency that is designed to maintain the poor in poverty. And if you ask me, that’s what we’ve seen the BIA do for
the last ...” His words were drowned out by applause.
How true can you get? The BIA with all its recomendations for land-into-trust process
and its insane blanket acceptance for on and off gaming reservations. Gambling only helps the few, never the entire
tribe out of poverty.
“As a congressman of the United States, I saw first-hand the cover-up of what happened
to the Indian Trust Fund. I saw what would happen when I chaired the Housing Committee, what would happen to Native American
housing when it would get on the House floor.
“I’m telling you, you think there isn’t prejudice in this country against Native Americans,
you go to the Congress of the United States and you wonder why the only way you have to make money is through gambling."
You see, the racists are not those who oppose Indian casinos. The real racists
are the ones will continue to use casinos as a crutch for Native American poverty. Everyone knows crutches
are for those still disabled. Joe Kennedy & the Navajo have the guts, the brains and the desire to be cured without
creating or maintaining the status quo of Indian poverty.
I have received criticism for opposing the Mashpee's claim to Middleborough
land for them to build a casino. They claim my contention "loses credibility" and others are vilified because of associations with groups that oppose the extreme abuse of the
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. What proponents fail to understand is that the problem is that the federal system
established has not accomplished the well intended goal. With bureaucrats in charge, the crutches are sold at a
premium price with a total disregard for curing the sickness. Until the BIA is reigned in, they, along with uncaring
casino investors and the corrupted few tribal gold diggers, will continue to sell the cow for the magic beans looking
for the golden goose that doesn't exist.
Kudos again to Kennedy and the Navajo.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Pocahontas Quote
I've been on a much needed vacation with my family and I could not help but to look for more stewards
of the land. I guess fighting the land and social deterioration casinos can bring to land and beast is a part of
my life that I must continue. I said to myself that I could not let my friends Gladys Kravitz, Bellicose Bumpkin and Carver Chick do all the work defending our right to blog and voice our opinions to educate in an entertaining manner. They have
been busy. So I did this one little thing. I found Pocahontas and all I wanted her to say was, "No casino."
She did it just for me. :)
Carl, I've had a bad couple months, topped off today by the stomach bug. I just
want you to know that I went to your blog, read your Pocahontas statement, and for the first time today, laughed out
loud. Thanks 
You've done a great job.
Mary
9:01 pm est
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Gutsy Quote
"The Department of the Interior's recent actions represent a complete disregard for fundamental
principles of states' rights and an arrogant lack of respect for the people of Alabama. Federal bureaucrats simply lack
the authority to override the will of the people of Alabama by allowing casino gambling to invade our state. I will not stand
idly by and allow them to do so." - Alabama Attorney General Troy King
I wish we has an attorney general who would come out and say it like it is. Alabama wants to stop gaming. Massachusetts' mucky mucks would love to have them, if they have some sort of control over them. I think our
AG Martha Coakley did the right thing by signing onto supporting Carcieri v Kempthorne, due to be heard by the Supreme Court in the fall, but she is awfully quiet about it and would not dust up the place when
the Gov. was wanting to throw three casinos at us. Those are dead for now and slots at the tracks are on life support,
but the Mashpee tribe is all in for a casino in Middleborough. Class II for now, they say. If Cacieri wins over
the DOI, there will be nothing for the Mashpee unless the state wills it. That has as much chance as a snowball
in hell.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
How to use reservation land.
Wind power "can bring economic prosperity for the Navajo people and build our energy independence
while providing jobs and other benefits for the Navajo Nation." - Navajo Nation President Joseph Shirley
Now this is how to use reservation land. Wind power gives all the benefits to an impoverished tribe without the negative impacts a casino would. Jobs,
independence, money and still be good stewards of the land. The Navajo partner with not-for-profit Citizen's Energy and in contrast the Mashpee partner with the for-as-much-profit-as-possible-at-the-expense-of-others casino developers Sol
Kerzner & Len Wolman. What the Mashpee want to do with the land in Middleborough is shameful. At the
BIA hearing last month, Faries Gray "Dreaming Bear", spiritual leader of the Massachuset tribe
said:
“Destroying trees, the four-legged, the winged-ones,
all the creatures that will be destroyed if they build a casino is not the native way. They are
going to destroy the land because they are struggling. That is not the native way. That is the settlers’ way. I will
not question the blood of the Mashpee, but their spirit is gone.”
The only thing I would contend with that statement is that the Mashpee
are "struggling". They aren't struggling. Especially nothing like the western natives like the Navajo. I've
seen enough documentaries to see an impoverished nation and the Mashpee tribe comes no where near it. The Mashpee have
jobs, education and even one has a real nice basketball court in his back yard. How impoverished is that?
Let the winds blow Navajo, but to Mashpee no casino.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Just One of the Many Reasons Why I Hate Casinos.
"I don't know how many times I've been banned from playing blackjack in casinos. In the parlance
of the game, I've 'lost the count.'" - Jeff Haney, Las Vegas Sun
I was posed a question by a casino proponent in response to my Middleborough BIA hearing testimony
that if the casino slated were a commercial casino, would I have been in favor of it? My response was, "No, casinos
are bad." There are multiple reasons I won't get into, but you can go here, here, here and here to read or see more.
I wondered why the question in the first place, since he knew I was a member of CasinoFacts and have posted a few times on a site he is in control or others he would frequent let alone my own, so I found it odd
for him to ask. I would hope he researches on his own is paying attention to understand the opposing view. Maybe
he just thought I hated Indians. Someone is always looking for a racist. He won't find one here.
Back to Jeff Haney's article. It just proves to me that the sole purpose of casinos is not to provide a tangible product like other industries,
but to take your money from you. Mr. Haney apparently is a "card counter". Casinos hate card counters and ban
card counters because they cut into the casino's profit margin. I thought I was told that "gaming" was "entertainment".
It is no fun losing. I know that first hand. I am competitive by nature. I won't play a game I can't win
at least some of the time. Well, apparently, casino operators hate winners and love losers. Losers make them rich.
Addicted losers make them richer. Winners make them mad. It isn't like Jeff and other card counters come in cheating
with hidden devices and calculators or take a brain equivalent of HGH (human growth hormone) to take an unfair advantage of
the system. These people are just plain smart. They can figure out in their heads the percentage of certain cards
in a deck and figure if it was to their advantage to ask for another card or hold with what they got in hand. Apparently
they do it so well, they win big, if they play long enough. Far be from them to let you have fun and win. With
thugs tapping your shoulder, the house always wins. You, banned for life.
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