Too funny!

[Raven]

that five new casino's are being considered for the state of massachusetts... (altogether)

and Saltheart there are groups (peta) out there that consider fishing to be a "sin Activity" too.. so it depends on your interests or perspective.

I think going to the casino and winning say 50 bucks on the slot machines and then having a good meal is a fun way to spend an afternoon on a nasty day.

Alcohol is bad because it provides your body with empty calories that get converted to fat ....but for the most part it undermines your health and then there's the driving under the influence situation too... not good.

but when have you heard of someone getting a ticket for talking on their cell phone which was proven to be more of a distraction then being drunk and stoned in actual tests.....so when " i see anyone" driving while talking on their cell phone i avoid them just as if i knew they were drunk.

Tobacco is worse IMO because it is able to float into another persons airspace
and all the chemicals used in making it burn uniformly is transfered from a smoker to a non smoker and that just doesn't happen with alcohol.

[mrmacey]

Are you kidding me, 99% of people in Prison are there because of under the influence crimes, How much does that cost the tax payers.

Drunk driving fatalities its usally the innocent that get killed.

Destroyed families because of drinking , abuse, spending, need I go on and all you think it does is get someone fat

Insurance rates on vehicles because of drinking and driving booze is Billions of dollars drain on society but we allow it.

But look at the off shoot more jobs. Police,Lawyers,Judges,Prisons,Addiction Programs Etc! Etc!

Fines = money for State, Counties and Towns A private developer with vision said Hmmm! I can open a private prison in Plymouth make a bundle from the State and so he did and its one of the biggest jails around, wheres our mitigation money.

Ciggs with uninsured health care costs who do you think pays for that don,t get me going!

Lets look at what the real problems of a Casino/Resort in the area will bring.

From the Anti's play book a 50 mile radius around the Middleboro Resort will be affected thats Saugus ma, Peabody for anyone who cares how the hell does a Casino/Resort affect Saugus come on, Lies scare tactics, All designed too scare the bejesus out of people.

Foxboro on game day has problems you have 70,000 people coming into town during a 6-8 hour stretch thats why you have traffic but wheres our mitigation money, I have to sit in that traffic trying to get a client down rt 1 to Norfolk tell me Im happy.

If I was from Middleboro I would be thinking how to make something positive of this Resort there has to be a million and one ways to get more $$$$ from this for the Town, Attractions that Hotel guests are interested in comes to mind!

Its signed and its coming so We can make the best of it or cry billions of Dollars have flowed to CT,RI lets take that back nothing is getting cheaper.

Morals forget that argument the lottery,Bingos at the church, dog tracks horses its all here the moral argunment is gone.