| Hypothetical Casino | LNG Tanks on the Taunton River |
| Southcoast residents gamble with their disposable income. | Hess gambles with the lives of SouthCoast residents, considering them disposable. |
| The casino always puts the odds against you, but citizens still can win sometimes, or at least have fun playing. | SouthCoast residents can’t win, because they seemingly have no say. The odds of surviving an LNG explosion are even slimmer than winning on double-zero in Roulette. |
| A riverboat casino could maximize the underused waterfront on the Taunton River. | LNG tankers could maximize the traffic when they close the bridges going over the river. |
| If SouthCoast residents make a killing at the casino, they’d really have a blast. | The blast of an LNG tanker could kill residents a mile away from the river. |
So freaking funny ... I read this on the air. LOL!
Posted by: Keri at August 8, 2006 6:46 PMI heard you start to read it just before the news at 5. I missed the end, though because of some noise in the office.
I'd rather gamble with cash rather than lives.
Posted by: James at August 8, 2006 10:28 PMHey - I can use rather twice in a sentence! Yay, me!
Posted by: James at August 8, 2006 10:33 PMThis made me chuckle, Burkie, thanks. I hope you guys manage to keep that LNG terminal from being built.
(BTW typo in 4th row of your table... is "traffic river" supposed to be "Taunton river"?)
Posted by: Chuck S. at August 9, 2006 12:32 AMHave you given any thought to working on a candidate's campaign? You're clever and funny with remarks based in fact. I personally can't get enough!
Posted by: Patti M. at August 9, 2006 8:39 AMAnother pesky typo in the last row, casino is "casion".
Posted by: Mike at August 9, 2006 9:22 AMI am speling chalengd.
Posted by: James at August 9, 2006 1:21 PM'sokay Burkie... we all make typos.
Posted by: Chuck S. at August 9, 2006 3:41 PMNo need for perfect spelling on teh internets.
Posted by: Keri at August 9, 2006 11:25 PM