As a citizen of MA, I am disgusted by the huge Ad on the front page of DU from the casino industry

[debbierlus]

Bring jobs to MA!

Progressives and liberals are fighting this industry full out. We don't want the damn casinos.

Casinos raise HUGE costs in social programs. They bankrupt families. They are NOT a solution to a depressed economy. They are a CAUSE of a depressed economy.

I realize this may be a google ad. Does the site have any say on what google content ads run on pages? This is completely inappropriate, and it is disheartening to see such propaganda as the welcome to the front page.

[RB TexLa]

1. So no liberals or progressives in Mass support them comming there? I guess if they

do they have to answer to you, huh?

[otohara]

2. Take A Look At This Map of US Casino's

http://www.worldcasinodirectory.com/american-casinos/map

We all have them!

[Ninga]

4. Not exactly accurate. Many states have "slot gambling" at racetracks which are not

huge mega-on-steroids-neon light conglomerates.

The world casino directory is inaccurate.

[tammywammy]

9. In Texas there isn't even that

There's horse/dog tracks but no slots at all. No casinos in Texas.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

14. not legal in GA in any form nt

[Ninga]

3. I'm with you all the way! Keep the Casinos in Lost Wages. I suggest that anyone

who "doesn't have a problem with people gambling" take a long hard look at how destructive the gambling industry is to the communities in which they reside.

24 hours a day? Open? Desperate people looking to make money "just this once." Havoc on the environment and infrastructure, roads, water, traffic, pollution, increase in crime 10 fold.

As for DU taking on a paid sponsor, I understand the need for cash flow, but gee wiz DU wouldn't put up a cigarette advert, would they?

[kiva]

6. Sounds good to me....

but then I live in Las Vegas. :evilgrin:

[Greyhound]

11. Same here, we'll continue to bear the burden of those Godless heathens.

You & New York keep the financial industry, after all they're so beneficial to the nation...
:eyes:

[kiva]

15. Yep, we have regulated gaming establishments,

they have the financiers...I think I prefer the honesty of our guys.

[Greyhound]

17. Though it was better for the average schmo when the mob ran, I'm told.

They were much more honest than the corporate fucks that have taken over now.
:rofl:

[WriteDown]

8. Nonsense...

You should see what Cherokee, NC looked like before Harrah's opened there. It has been miraculous for the tribe.

[XOKCowboy]

19. The White Mountain Apaches might disagree also..

Just saying....

[Journeyman]

5. If you understood how advertising on the internet works, you'd know your post. . .

works to ensure ads such as the one you protest will continue to flood this board.

Internet advertising seeks sites sympatico with its focus -- where the topic is discussed (or where any topics similar to it are active), the advertising is inserted. That's why you'll see ads here for Coulter's books and conservative films -- those topics are discussed here, and the ad engines have no way of knowing if the participants favor or oppose the topic, only that it's discussed.

So the more you discuss the topic the greater chance you create for ads inimical to your beliefs to be posted here. Not much you can do about it, however, except continue -- as you've done here -- to present an alternate view. And be of good cheer, citizen: The ads help contribute to the financial well-being of this site.

[anigbrowl]

7. Email Skinner

ads offensive to DU members can be screened out if he judges they go against what DU is about.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. Progressive liberals oppose casinos?

Really? It's only crazy prudish teetotalers in my neck of the woods.

[BolivarianHero]

12. I agree...

We should favour small-stakes poker games and homegriown marijuana as opposed to the Corporate-Fundie Casino Complex and the CIA Drug Cartels.

[Adelante]

13. I don't believe DU has a policy against gambling

I don't even think progressives and liberals all feel alike on this topic. I even know some who go to casinos.

[jobycom]

16. Funny. In Mississippi it was the far right fundamentalist conservatives who opposed gambling.

Despite the fact that it caused an economic boom so great taxes were rolled back in several cities because they literally had more money than they knew what to do with.

One conservative even wrote a letter after Katrina thanking God for answering her prayers by sending a hurricane to punish the sins of the coast.

Never heard of liberals or progressives who supported vice laws.

[-..__...]

18. I'm a MA citizen also...

and I'm fully in favor of casinos here.

What business is it of governments (or yours), how people decide to spend/waste their money?

I mean other than the MA Lottery Commission?

Of course neighboring states with casinos are more than happy to agree with you, and once the new sales tax hike kicks in, others (and myself), will be more than wiling to take our $$$ over the NH border... why not?

No wonder this state is in a financial bind.

The MA legislature still lives in Puritan times... not Progressive times.

And FWIW... I've never gambled or had a desire to in my life (probably one of the few vices I've never had).