CapeCodToday Blog Chowder

Buzz:

No, I'm not confusing you with another poster. You are reacting to contradictions in Mwalin's postings and asking questions that I'd also like to have to have the answer to. I find ad hominem attacks against commenters very annoying. Mwalin needs to be less defensive and more informative. He's making the assumption that white supremacy is the problem when, in fact, better communication skills could clear a lot up.

Buzz:

I'm from Middleboro, not the Cape. I think the people of my town have the right to know more about the people we'll be doing business with w/o being accused of rascism for asking a question. (Glenn Marshall, btw, did accuse the people here who didn't want a casino of rascism. Of course, the whole situation is much more complicated than that).

It's very hard to get a sense from this and other blogs about what's really going on with the Wamps. Being insulted is not exactly bolstering my confidence in the nation we'll be hosting. We need to know what's really going on between the two factions and who's telling the truth.

Mwalim:

You could be gracious and forthcoming if you wanted to be.

Gadfly:

WAMPFACTS is seriously questioning your credentials as a reporter. In fact, several sources on the Cape seem to questioning your credentials and the veracity of your reports. What's going on here?

Please deltaman........part 2?

It could have been a technical glitch, because your comments seem responsible and respectful

MJ Peters:

"When your family acts up in public" and they have become so high profile in the media, expect people to wonder and react.

You certainly have the right to write whatever you please in your blog. In this venue, readers have the right to agree/disagree with you. You apparently can't handle that.

Mwalin:

You have the rather curious habit of questioning the cognitive skills of those who raise hard, perhaps painful questions. We, the people of Middleboro, signed a good faith agreement with the Wampanoag tribe. Is it wrong for the press to question the integrity of the individuals (tribe members and financial backers) we have forged our future with? If Peter Kenney's, Dan Kennedy's, the Globe's reports have raised some significant challenges to the Tribe's ability to take the high road in the casino business, do we not have the right to view them with a skeptical eye? Like you, we have the right to protect our way of life. The job of the press is to raise issues we need to take a long, good look at.

At this point I don't know what the TRUTH is. That will unravel with time. What does seem obvious, however, is that this whole casino business appears very messy. And I would agree with the Globe's op-ed that the Governor should table legalizing gambling in Massachusetts and begin exploring alternative ways of solving the Commonwealth's financial fiasco.

Mwalim:

I have no doubt from reading your posts that you hear racism behind every casino issue that is brought up for discussion. I'm not saying the ugly 'R' word is not a reality in our society. But, I think you are over-reactive and a tad paranoid. My skin is not white. But I don't think the world owes me anything. I work hard for what I have and who I am. When I look in the mirror, I don't see myself through a victim's eyes. No need for all that rage, insult, and innuendo. There are valid points to be made on both sides of the casino debate.

Water park...convention center.....mall,,,restaraunts, etc., etc. All good. Affordable housing? Great. Everyone deserves the opportunity to live the optimum quality of life possible.There shouldn't be such a wide disparity between the haves and the have nots.

Accusing all antis of racism is a low blow. Objections to building a 39 story glass monolith in the middle of a pristine rural field has nothing to do with the color of someone's skin or ethnicity. But, that accusation plays well in the press and is a very PC argument designed to stir emotion.

I care about the fate of the Wampanoags. Do you give a rat's a$$ how your casino plans will permanently impact Middleboro? I don't think so.