DelawarePolitics.net

Mar 12th, 2009 by RSmitty

On a side note, the dope(s) that handles the web-posting of their stories managed to misspell Delaware on the HTML-page-title.

on 12 Mar 2009 at 11:311JohnFeroce

Gov Markell is showing his business acumen.

He has a product that ONLY Delaware can deliver this side of the Mississippi and he can deliver it to market quickly.

I know there are passionate arguments on both sides, but the bottom line is gambling is already part of our revenue base.
on 12 Mar 2009 at 13:482Tim J

I love that argument, we are already sliding down the slippery slope so lets keep going. The guys in Conneticut tried to use that logic for having a government restructuring of the Catholic Church. I think the arguments matter. Whether you are for the legislation or against it we need to legislate based on a better reason than just that there is something similar already on the books.
on 14 Mar 2009 at 08:063Rick

“The whore and gambler,
By the State, licensed
Seals that nation’s Fate.”

….Wm. Blake
on 14 Mar 2009 at 08:464noman

Close…

The whore and gambler, by the state
Licensed, build that nation’s fate…

…but keep going:

The winner’s shout, the loser’s curse,
Dance before dead England’s hearse.

By “winners” and “losers” Blake is using gambling as a metaphor for capitalism. Blake wrote during the unregulated beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

(sorry, I am a Blake fan, I couldn’t resist).