Auntie Charo's Soapbox

I always have to laugh when the who's who in anti-gambling get on the radio and harp about their anti-gambling reasonings. Don't get me wrong....I don't believe in gambling. I don't gamble, but if you want to...by all means...gamble! I just think that it should be legal and that GovGuam should have it's share in taxes...likewise prostitution!
Okay.....gambling....Grayhound wants to have gambling machines at their place....heck, why not? The naive anti-gambling freaks have no idea(I tell you not.....those blinders aren't only worn by horses!!!) that those machines are already on the island........have you ever been to the Orchid Hotel? You can win up to $3,000 per nite, or more or less on the machines......playing Bingo on the machine. There's a place in Barrigada on Rte.8!!! The place is open 24 hours.....what's the big deal...get the Bishop on the radio and all his minions....talk, talk, talk.....blind to the issue, the machines are here and they don't even know about it.....their flock have already been gambling and they didn't even know about it....perhaps because it's only a venial sin to lose their pay check/mortgage/child support?
The Orchid Hotel only gets Social Security numbers....the winners don't have to pay the 10% tax....if they're honest, they'll pay the tax, otherwise, they keep the entire winnings....ain't that grand?
So, I say, good on Grayhound, they're trying to do the right thing by asking for the license to gamble unlike those that got the machines by loop-hole in the dark of night.........
In the meantime........I like the shade of the blinders.....they cut out a lot of light.....and information on what's really happening out in the 'real' world!