Comments on: River Rock Casino marks 10th anniversary, prepares for future

By: Follower

Follower — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:37:14 +0000

@7 Come 11
…yes, and?

@Grey Whitmore
I couldn’t agree more.

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By: roger william

roger william — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:23:00 +0000

The Graton Rancheria is another self imposed tax on the poor and ignorant. With profits in the millions, why aren’t I surprised to learn that each tribal member took away a whopping $600?

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By: Skippy

Skippy — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:58:18 +0000

“The casinos are reparations for the genocide and land theft that the founders of this country allowed.”

In other words, you white people owe the Indians permanent support for the sins of other white people from over 100 years ago.
This sort of generational debt is contrary to American traditions and culture.
It breeds sloth and dependency among the recipients, and bitter resentment by the designated, permanently indebted sinners.
Reparations are just resentment codified.
No reparations; no melanin-fueled bitterness; no special rights.
We have had Revolutions over less.

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By: Lucky Gambler

Lucky Gambler — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:07:10 +0000

River rock will not matter next year, we will soon have a 3000 slot casino in my back yard next to my moble home park , I could just walk to that in 5 minutes.

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By: Grey Whitmore

Grey Whitmore — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:54:22 +0000

How about the casinos are reparations for the genocide and land theft that the founders of this country allowed.

Indian lands were taken, many times against treaty agreements, or outright stolen.

Additionally, Manifest Destiny decimated the native populations of the Americas.

Sorry folks, Casinos are making tribes whole and restoring some of the economic self sustainability that they lost.

We of today need to embrace this system of justice.

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By: 7 Come 11

7 Come 11 — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:42:05 +0000

These Indian casinos are federal and state debt transfer stations. Federal and state monies in the form of welfare and social security payments being recycled from poor minorities back to the Indians and their financiers.

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