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In the course of human events it becomes inevitable to stand up and take action. Some actions require
the dissemination of information to inform and educate the masses.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is at a crossroads. First there was tha Mashpee Wampanoag Middleborough
Resort Casino that has failed under a February US Supreme Court ruling. Our Governor Deval Patrick set out last year to bring 3 commercial resort casinos. That crashed and burned
under senior legislative weight. Now gambling bills arise again. Casinos, racinos and/or slot parlors. The
battle is continual. 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.
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Monday, June 23, 2008
The Anti-Navajo
”Historically the Sound is of great importance to the tribe. The tribe considers the Sound
to be ancestral waters. There are a number of concerns about this project.” - Scott Ferson, spokesperson
for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.
Cape Wind, the environmentally friendly electrical power producer is not only the bane of elitists whose views will be "destroyed"
by the towering wind turbines in Nantucket Sound, but also the Mashpee Tribe wants its say to stop it. It appears that these ancestral waters are nothing compared to the wetlands in Middleborough where
they have no historical ties. A casino with traffic, light, liter, crime etc. is nothing compared to the whoshing sound
of blades in the wind and no pollution miles off the coast. Wind energy, bad. Resort casinos, good. The
plan is currently stalled and the tribe is helping to hault it all together. They think it is okay to deny the wind, but not their casino. I remeber hearing a speaker who initially suggested to the tribe to build an eco-friendly
casino, but his remarks were brushed aside as not fiscally feasible.
The Sound is of ancestral importance, the casino is of money importance. It appears
if the Mashpee could get a take, they would be happy with it. The Navajo Nation is still building their wind farm. It should be noted that up until recently the Navajo were one of the few tribes without a casino. Now they want one. Too bad.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Will the Mashpee learn from someone else's past?
"I'd rather have seen the state park and I think my grandmother would have too… the casino can
fall into the swamp as far as I'm concerned." - Theresa Bell, sister of Skip Hayward, ousted Pequot tribal chairman
and the man who largely rebuilt the tribe and Foxwoods casino.
Is this what the Mashpee Tribe has to look forward to if they continue to go the route of having
misconception that a casino will cure all of their so called ills? You can read the full article here. This is actually an amazing testimony to what can and in some ways is happening right now to the Mashpee. First
Glenn Marshall and now the Hendricks family. This continual lust for money has turned some members of the tribe into a cast of bad characters. Or, some were
just bad seed to begin with. It is a crying shame. The following scripture is true:
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. -
I Timothy 6:10 (NIV)
Casinos bring nothing but trouble. It appears that the Mashpee will be those who will
fail to learn from history and are therefore destined to repeat it.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Spin, Back Track and Spin
"We are prepared to negotiate within the parameters we have under existing law... Some
form of expanded gaming is coming because the tribe has some tribal rights and we want to be ahead of that." - MA
Governor Deval Patrick 6/9/2008
“It doesn’t start until they say it starts. And there’s not a lot of point in starting until
the land-in-trust process is finished. Now, we’re in regular touch with them, not me directly, but members of my team are,
certainly, and they have expressed an interest in working with us when the time comes. But, no, there’s no negotiation happening
yet.” - MA Governor Deval Patrick 6/9/2008
"As a sovereign nation, the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe will have rights to open a casino on any
federally recognized land, and it is in the best interests of the Commonwealth for the administration to remain in active
conversations with respect to their plans." - Gov. Patrick spokewoman, Kofi Jones 6/10/2008
This has been an amazing week in regards to whether or not the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
is going to open a casino in Middleborough. Monday it was reported by WBZ-TV that the governor and the Tribe were in negotiations to allow a casino. Of course, this started the pro-casino
lemmings marching. After a quiet month, they now had good news that all was well and the bells & whistles of a casino
symphony was music to their ears and Patrick was their Pied Piper. Alas, the next day WBZ had to recant after being inundated by the truth. The Gov. in the mean time with the tribe continued to make it sound like the casino
was definitely coming. The only reason to even talk with the tribe is to keep Deval's casino hopes alive.
The only reason for the tribe to talk with the governor is to breath life into the slowly dying prospects for the casino to
ever happen. The tribe has no reservation, no land into trust, only class II bingo capacity in the state and the ever growing reasons there won't be a casino. Now it is reported that the backers are having troubles with their bond rating and are begging the RI legislature for a tax break at Twin Rivers. The lemmings aren't
ones to report these set backs. In fact one lead lemming has stated that even though the BIA has issued new guide lines, the Mashpee Tribe's application does not apply. But it does:
Sec. 292.26 What effect do these regulations have on pending
applications, final agency decisions, and opinions already issued?
These
regulations apply to all requests pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 2719, except:
(a) These regulations
do not alter final agency decisions made pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 2719 before the date of enactment of these regulations.
(b) These regulations apply to final agency action
taken after the effective date (June 19, 2008) of
these regulations except that these regulations shall not apply to applicable agency actions when, before the effective date
of these regulations, the Department or the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) issued a written opinion regarding the
applicability of 25 U.S.C. 2719 for land to be used for a particular gaming establishment, provided that the Department or
the NIGC retains full discretion to qualify, withdraw or modify such opinions.
The tribe will not have any decisions or opinions made before the effective date next week.
These regs do make it more difficult for the tribe to put the land into trust. Even without the new guide lines it was
tough. Now it is tougher. I guess lemmings can't read or are... just acting like lemmings. They are on a
one way trip off the brink. I understand lemmings can swim. They should be okay even though the casino
won't be coming.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
From A Friend
For all my bloggers friends:
FOR BLOGGERS ONLY: Stumble aimlessly amid the trolls and waste, but remember what peace
there be in staring at your toes for a couple of weeks. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all readers.
Publish your posts quietly and clearly, and listen to podcasts, even the dull and garbled, for they too have a right to hog
bandwidth. Avoid loud and aggressive bloggers. THEY ARE THE PAINS IN THE A**.
If you compare your hit count to that of other bloggers, you will become vain and bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser counts than yours can muster. Enjoy
your favourite posts as well as your drafts. Keep interested in your
own career, however humble, for you will probably never make so much as a dime
from blogging.
Exercise caution in choosing a provider, for the Internet is full of con artists and thieves. But let this not blind you to the
virtues of moving your blog to WordPress.com. Many strive for massive hit
counts, and everywhere life is full of miracles. Be yourself. Above
all, do not feign knowledge, (YOU NEVER DO!), for readers will not hesitate to tell you that you are full of s**t,
(BECAUSE THEY DON'T AGREE WITH YOU!). Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all the scrapers, sploggers,
and bloggers who never learned the difference between it’s and its and loose and lose, it is perennial as come-ons for Viagra.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in the face of sudden loss of access. But do not
distress yourself with thoughts your blog has been deleted permanently. Many
fears are born of insomnia and lack of caffeine. Beyond a wholesome wheat toast, eat whatever you like. You are a child of
your parents. You have a right to post, and to sometimes state the obvious. Therefore, be at peace with Google, whatever your level of search optimisation may be. And whatever your postings midst the
noisy confusion of millions of other bloggers, keep peace with your soul. For all its spam, viruses and broken links, it is
still a functional network.
Brush after meals. Strive to post regularly.
Desiderata for bloggers By ian in hamburg
Dear Carl, FOR YOUR READERS, FOR YOUR FRIENDS, PLEASE KEEP BLOGGING!!
WITH MUCH RESPECT, YOU KNOW WHO, BUT PLEASE KEEP ME ANONYMOUS TO ALL. THANK YOU
FOR THIS CONSIDERATION.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
BINGO!
"You are going to see the Wampanoags open a Class II casino soon and we are out in the cold.”
- State Rep. Brian Wallace (D-South Boston)
The inevitability card is being played again. The Herald has it wrong again. A little more research into the Indian gaming regs would help. There will be no money in putting up a Bingo Hall Resort any where in this state when you have full
blown casinos and slots a 2 hrs drive away. Barrows, Wallace and Ferson are all under the influence of casino kool-aid.
HALlucinations are bountiful. Some argue unconvincingly that the Seminoles in FL made millions on bingo. Sure they
did, but it was an 8 hr drive to the closest full fledged casino. They were the only game in town. There will
be no millions made on bingo, electronic or otherwise. The bargaining chip of the Mashpee have with Gov. Patrick
on this might as well be worth what you put into a penny slot machine.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Where are the Mashpee - Part II
“The creator is smiling today.” - Chief
Alden Windsong Blake, tribal head of the Assonet Band of Indians
It appears that the Mashpee Wampanoags are at it again or I should say not at
it again. They were MIA in the celebrated release of the red bellied cooter. My friend Gladys has an execellent personal account of the event. What does it take to get this tribe to show up to events that involve their culture and their
claim of historical ties to Middleboro? It appears that if it doesn't have anything to do with the casino, then why
show up? Lacrosse isn't important, turtles aren't important, but slot machines, hotel towers and water parks... those are important.
The turtle is even on their logo.  It must be a snapper and not a cooter. I don't think snapping turtles are on the list of endangered species. So
much for being stewards of the land. They are striking out continually. They will never get the land into trust
at this pace, which is they are going backwards. The land was never theirs to begin with. Fiferstone can explain that one to you.
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