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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Casino Propaganda At Its Best

Paid Casino Cheerleader, Claude Barrow, always at his best with casino propaganda and studies and polls that prove what no one else is able to, who never clearly reveals his funding sources (yet another murky issue), revealed fading casino opposition in a poll conducted over 3 months that included 1,256 Massachusetts residents.
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Did it take 3 months to contact 1,256 randomly selected residents? Did he call them himself? What's with this?
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Does anyone ever notice that not only are Claude's funding sources never revealed, but his statistical sampling methods never are? Does anyone ever notice that his polling questions are never revealed either?
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So, just where was Claude when it came to Gladys' Road Trip? Didn't they invite you, Claude?
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It certainly seems to me that as people are becoming better educated about the significant impacts of Predatory Gambling on their little corners of the world, opposition is growing.
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Casinos suck the vitality out of local communities and businesses.
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Casinos produce nothing of value.
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Casinos enrich solely the "investors."
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For every dollar casinos provide in revenue, it costs the state $3 or $4.
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What was curious about Claude's findings was:
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They did, however, narrowly agree that the presence of casinos would increase political corruption and problem gambling.
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Oh, you mean like the Abramoff/Mashpee Wampanoag/Glenn Marshall connection? Or like three consecutive Speakers of the House being charged with corruption? And a fourth who can't praise casinos more highly?
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Or did anyone bother to tell Claude about this?:
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Not that Claude would notice! For the fiscal survival of the Bay State, maybe we should pay closer attention to what's being proposed.
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Casino Gambling is wildly profitable for the investors.
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Casino investors can afford the best public relations firms, the best legal advice and the best strategists.
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Casino investors can afford to rent a storefront in a small, rural community to provide the false facade and pretend "This really isn't about slot machines" when this is REALLY about slot machines.
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75% of jobs created by casinos are LOW WAGE JOBS, offering no transferable skills and no opportunity for advancement.
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Should we allow the propaganda to continue to blur the facts?

1 comment:

Mark Belanger said...

I think the name is "Clyde" not "Claude"