Friday, January 16, 2009

DINOSAURS

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, LARGE MAMMOTH CREATURES ROAMED THE EARTH. DINOSAURS. THEY ARE GONE. SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT SOME FORM OF CATASTROPHE KILLED THEM. EITHER AN ICE AGE OR A METEOR HIT OR SOMETHING ELSE. THEOLOGIANS BELIEVE A FLOOD THAT COVERED THE EARTH KILLED THEM. I DO NOT KNOW. I DO KNOW THEY EXISTED BY THE SKELETONS AND BONES LEFT BEHIND.

ON ROUTE 32, IN UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT, JUST NORTH WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF CROW HILL ROAD, ARE DINOSAURS. THE MAN WHO OWNS THE HOUSE MAKES DINOSAUR STATUES. IT IS FREE YOU ARE ALLOWED TO LOOK AT THEM AT YOUR OWN RISK. GO AND SEE THEM. LEAVE A CONTRIBUTION.

THE MOHEGAN RESERVATION IN UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT HAS TWO DINOSAURS OF THEIR OWN. THE PROJECT HORIZON (EARTH HOTEL) AND THE MOHEGAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY CENTER. DINOSAURS, THAT PROBABLY WILL NEVER GET COMPLETED. SAD EXAMPLES OF THE FOLLY OF BAD PLANNING BY THE MOHEGAN GOVERNEMT.

WHY DINOSAURS? THE ECONOMY WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE WHAT IT WAS. THE ECONOMY WAS BASED ON BAD BUSINESS PRACTICES. THE MOHEGAN TRIBAL COUNCIL BLAMES OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL CONDITION ON THE ECONOMY. YES, THE ECONOMY IS PART OF THE PROBLEM. IT IS THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN. THE FACTS ARE THAT OUR GOVERNMENT (MTGA), IN PARTICULAR THE MOHEGAN TRIBAL COUNCIL, IN MY OPINION, DID NOT MANAGE OUR BUSINESSES VERY WELL. THEY MESSED UP, AND NOW OUR PEOPLE (THE TRIBE) AND OUR WORKERS HAVE TO CARRY THE BURDEN. THESE TRIBAL COUNCILORS ARE NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT THE BURDEN. CUT THE WORKER NOT OUR PAY SHOULD BE THERE MOTTO. THAT IS THE WAY IT LOOKS.

DRIVE DOWN ROUTE 2-A AND LOOK OVER AT THE GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING. YOU WILL SEE STEEL FRAME WORK JETTING INTO THE SKY. GO TO THE WINTER GARAGE AND LOOK THROUGH THE FENCE AND SEE THE SHORT PILLARS AND TWO LONELY CRANES. BOTH TESTAMENTS OF INSANITY, OF MADNESS. EXAMPLES OF POOR PLANNING. EXAMPLES OF NOT RECOGNIZING THE ECONOMY WAS IN TROUBLE. HOW COULD THEY NOT KNOW WHAT ECONOMISTS EVERY WHERE KNEW THAT THE RECESSION HAD STARTED IN DECEMBER 2007. DOES ANYONE KNOW? IS ANYONE MAKING THEM ACCOUNTABLE? SHOULD THEY GO?

YES, THE MOHEGAN RESERVATION HAS DINOSAURS (THE EARTH HOTEL AND THE GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY CENTER). THIS SITUATION, OUR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT CREATED, IS THE WAY OF DINOSAURS. IS THE CASINO GOING TO BE THE NEXT DINOSAUR? . MAYBE THEY (THE TRIBAL COUNCIL) ARE DINOSAURS, TOO. MAYBE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DINOSAURS WILL HAPPEN TO THEM. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

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