Is it racist to say Sharpton is racist? I just want to get a ruling from the PC police before I do that.
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Sorry ..... it must have gone over my head or I just ignored it but what exactly are you calling bull-shit on?Mission to CFB's National Championship accomplished. But the shine on the NC Trophy is embarrassingly wearing off. It's M B-Ball ..... or hockey or volley ball or name your college sport favorite time ...... until next year.
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Originally Posted by Optimus Prime
It was simply outrageous to listen Jackson & Sharpton paint Zimmerman as a "pseudo-racist" for purely financial gain over the last year. Martin's death was tragic but frankly there is no war on black men, at least not by white men....shameful.
Last year, the Scripps-Howard News Service studied half a million homicide reports and found that killings of black victims by white attackers have actually dropped over the past 30 years, from 4,745 during the 1980s to 4,380 during the first decade of the 2000s.
There were nearly twice as many white victims killed by black assailants: 8,503 in the 1980s, and 8,530 in the 2000s.
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This Sharpton and Jackson business. I really did think the rule around here was no politics. Now I know just to stay out of this thread, but the hypocrisy is remarkable so I remarked on it. Initially in a sort of indirect jokey way, but it seems a few people object to having the sound of their words described. Not my problem if I touched a nerve, but with the current regime of double standards and discretionary whathaveyou, you're prone to that.Last edited by hack; August 21, 2013, 04:49 PM.
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Originally posted by hodgkal View PostWe just spent 2 nights at the Little River Indian Casino in Manistee as part of a study group we belong to (didn't gamble). What an eye opener! Hundreds of addicts glued to slot machines, completely oblivious to their surroundings. A typical gambler was a 60 something white haired overweight cigarette smoker sitting for hours repeatedly punching in the enter button as the screens rolled.
Most of the employees are locals and non-Indians and this casino supports the local Ottawa tribe numbering a little over 4000. But at what cost?
Our surprising takeaway was how this casino has destroyed the local economy of Manistee. Our tour guide used to own a bar there and said the casino wrecked his business and has sucked out most of the jobs from the local food and entertainment establishments. The city itself looked quite dead although I'm not sure how bad it really is because we were not there on a week-end.
Locally here in SW Michigan, it'll be interesting what happens with the two current and one soon-to-be-opened casinos in this area. Four Winds Casino has been up-and-running in New Buffalo (a town that has gotten a huge influx of Chicago $$$ every summer for decades), I think they opened about a half-dozen years ago. The same tribe of Pottawotomie Indians then opened a satellite casino midway between Watervliet and Hartford and will be soon opening another satellite casino near Dowagiac in the near future. My bet is that neither will benefit those nearby little towns; already, more businesses in Watervliet have boarded up in the last year or two and there seems to be nothing positive to report as a result of that casino being located nearby.
Bottom line? If there are only 'X' # of $$$'s to go around, they simply are getting re-directed. Basically, casinos act as life-sucking parasites unless there is enough diversity in any local economy to withstand the negatives that they bring. Maybe I'm over-simplifying the equation, prove me wrong!
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Originally posted by hack View PostThis Sharpton and Jackson business. I really did think the rule around here was no politics. Now I know just to stay out of this thread, but the hypocrisy is remarkable so I remarked on it. And linesman is, as he knows, free to delete whatever he chooses to.
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Originally posted by Rob F View PostNot at all surprising Doc, I've heard the same thing about other small towns with casinos that don't have a somewhat diversified economy. While Mt. Pleasant has not been significantly negatively-affected (relatively speaking) being that it's a college town, there seems to be plenty of anecdotal evidence that casinos do little other than sucking $$$ out of local economies much more than contributing positively to the overall economic pictures of the surrounding area where they are located.
Locally here in SW Michigan, it'll be interesting what happens with the two current and one soon-to-be-opened casinos in this area. Four Winds Casino has been up-and-running in New Buffalo (a town that has gotten a huge influx of Chicago $$$ every summer for decades), I think they opened about a half-dozen years ago. The same tribe of Pottawotomie Indians then opened a satellite casino midway between Watervliet and Hartford and will be soon opening another satellite casino near Dowagiac in the near future. My bet is that neither will benefit those nearby little towns; already, more businesses in Watervliet have boarded up in the last year or two and there seems to be nothing positive to report as a result of that casino being located nearby.
Bottom line? If there are only 'X' # of $$$'s to go around, they simply are getting re-directed. Basically, casinos act as life-sucking parasites unless there is enough diversity in any local economy to withstand the negatives that they bring. Maybe I'm over-simplifying the equation, prove me wrong!
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Originally posted by hack View PostMost definitely. Are you pretending they are mutually exclusive?
Like politics, overtly racist stuff and full-blown trolling will get close scrutiny, up to and including deletion. If I feel I have to delete something because it's too far over the line, so be it. I hate the entire idea of censorship, but if there is gross misconduct on anyone's part, then they've already made their own bed.
Can't we all just get along?
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Originally posted by Rob F View PostI see and understand where you're coming from, hack, and while I agree that we have to ban politics as a specific matter of discussion on this forum, we have always allowed more leeway when it comes to discussing such things as current events, religion, casinos, guns, etc. Is it possible to discuss such subjects without some of the opinions and statements going borderline political? Honestly, I don't think so. Those sort of things are deeply intertwined to the point that there is always gonna be some "connecting the dots" when being discussed. As I see it, its unavoidable peripheral stuff and I'm willing to let it go unless and until the focus goes over the "line" into politics. So far, I'm not seeing it here.
Like politics, overtly racist stuff and full-blown trolling will get close scrutiny, up to and including deletion. If I feel I have to delete something because it's too far over the line, so be it. I hate the entire idea of censorship, but if there is gross misconduct on anyone's part, then they've already made their own bed.
Can't we all just get along?
As for me, I'm fine to shrug off a barb or two headed my way, and so should others.Last edited by hack; August 21, 2013, 06:51 PM.
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Originally posted by DennisT View PostBut again, .. as grand imperial pooh-bah of this forum, I reserve the right to comment any way I please. And I will delete anything I don't like, or pisses me off.
Stupid attitude and perfect recipe for more evacuations.
How's that going, by the way?
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