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We told you so!

It's over! .... for Middleboro

It gives me great pleasure today to thank all the dedicated members and friends of Casino Facts who have been fighting and supporting us to maintain the quality of life that we so well deserve. For almost three years we have been trying to drive a message home that a Casino in Middleboro was "not inevitable". Many will say it was the SCOTUS decition to not allow land to trust, or the high cost of the infrastructure, or the environmental impacts, or one of the many other road blocks that put an end to the Tribe's ill-fated plan, but in my heart I truly believe it was the culmination of dedicated research, and the tireless effort to educate and help people understand the logic and the basic principle that there is no price tag for an exchange of "quality of life". Today is not only a victory for Middleboro, but for the area as a whole, but the war is far from over, for now is the time to fight for the rest of the residents of Ma. and help them understand the dark and hidden secrets of predatory gambling.

Thank you,

Frank Dunphy
President Casino Facts Committee

Getting Started With Blogging

Blog terminology - A blog is generally a collection of articles i.e. There is the Media Nation blog:
http://medianation.blogspot.com/
And then there is an article on that blog:
http://medianation.blogspot.com/2007/10/more-on-keller.html

So you want to name the blog something general - like "My Stuff" or "Billy's Club" or "Zippity Doo-Dah" and then post articles.

Getting started - To get started go to blogger.com or any other blogging site, create an account, and start ranting. Then send the address of your blog to feedback@casinofacts.org to get your blog listed on the blogs page. The address of your blog will look something like this: http://cfowebmaster.blogspot.com.

Set up comment moderation - At least on blogger - and probably any other decent blog site, you can control the way reader comments are handled. This is done in the "Settings->Comments" tab(once you're logged in). For starters set "Enable comment moderation" to "Yes". Then decide who can comment. The choices are:
   Anyone - self explanatory
   Only blog members - people you invite to your blog
   Only registered users - people with a blog account

The best choice is to start with anyone and then tighten it up if you get a lot of annoying posts.

Setting Up Links - In your blog page, try to mention http://casinofacts.org and include links to casinofacts.org so people can easily get back once they leave to read your blog. To set up links in your blog, go to your blog address and click on "Customize" on the top of the blog. Go to "Page Elements". Click on "Add A Page Element" in the left or right frame(depending on which style you chose". Then add some links - just the ones you want such as:

CasinoFacts.org http://casinofacts.org
CFO Blogs http://casinofacts.org/blogs.php
CFO Home http://casinofacts.org/index.php
CFO Research http://casinofacts.org/research.php
CFO Videos/Pics http://casinofacts.org/video.php
CFO Area Towns http://casinofacts.org/surroundingcommunities.php
CFO In the News http://casinofacts.org/inthenews.php
CFO Opinion http://casinofacts.org/opinion.php
CFO Site News http://casinofacts.org/sitenews.php
CFO Blogs http://casinofacts.org/blogs.php
CFO FAQ http://casinofacts.org/faq.php
CFO What You Can Do http://casinofacts.org/action.php
CFO Volunteer http://casinofacts.org/volunteer.php
CFO Sign Petition http://casinofacts.org/petition.php
CFO Organization http://casinofacts.org/organization.php
CFO Donate http://casinofacts.org/donate.php
CFO Press Releases http://casinofacts.org/press_releases.php

Some interesting blogs are:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeyh48o/
http://carverchick.blogspot.com/
http://gladyskravitz.blogspot.com/
http://middlebororecall.blogspot.com/
http://cfotruthtopower.blogspot.com/

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