Posted by freedom42 (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It could be worse. It could have hit the Isle while it still had people on it.

Posted by srob (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

karma extreme.

Posted by sammohon (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Yes it could have been worse, but I now feel for the Ojibe tribe that has the last of it's limited resources invested in that casino, this may be the last straw for the tribe and casino.

Refer to the discussion: http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2008...

Posted by freedom42 (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I remember that discussion well. I too, feel for them, but this is a chance you take with any business deal. I know it is a hard break for them, and I hope they can find a way to recover at least part of their investment.

Posted by supermom (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm sure it was heavily insured. Hopefully they won't lose their investments. And hopefully no one was hurt.

Posted by sammohon (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

npdsucks...what kind of name is that, besides tasteless?...no I don't think you're crazy, God is a gambler himself/herself (sorry, don't want to offend anymore people than I'm about to already...LOL)...he's taken chances on mankind since we were created...why would you think that he's trying to kill casinos, it's a coincidence, and another reason we should have land based casinos and not be disadvantaged by the coast casinos...I don't think he much cares, except in the individual decisions of man...just my humble opinion.

Posted by sammohon (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

i'm sure we'll hear from a preacher or two about this...and probably my last comment too...LOL.

Posted by ThomasR09 (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I just rode down to the port. The casino does have a slight tilt to it but I could hear where they had the pumps pumping water out.

Posted by GodsChild (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

You don't think that’s a sign?

Maybe we don't need another gambling palace.....

Just saying…

Posted by virginia (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)

i don't think a christian should be gambling.

Posted by johnwentworth (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Well if it hitting the casino is a sign we don't need another casino, I guess that since it hit the bridge first, we don't need to go to Vidalia.

Posted by natchez1 (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hope the damage was minor. I hope it was well insured (and the boat that hit it.)

Too many politicians (and wanna-be's) are relying on its projected tax revenue.

I don't think it's a sign from god. Sh-t happens - as Forrest Gump noted.

Hope the pumps keep working!

The Native American owners would have no luck if it was not for bad luck.

Posted by NTZglasshouses (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"Well if it hitting the casino is a sign we don't need another casino, I guess that since it hit the bridge first, we don't need to go to Vidalia."

hehe. nice.

Posted by ralph17 (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

i just cant believe this...has anyone else heard anything? do you think it may go under? someone said that the driver's name was ralph?!?

Posted by johnwentworth (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

i heard they were pumping water out. what does the guys name have to do with anything

Posted by johnwentworth (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Thanks Glasshouse! I totally agree with some of your other post.

Posted by sammohon (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

virginia...yes there is a Santa Claus...and what you believe about what another christian should or should not do is judgemental...I believe that Bible speaks to that, does it not?

Posted by natchez1 (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Nice to see that Captain Joseph Hazelwood is working again.

Posted by Natchez3 (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I can NOT believe that they are allowing traffice to get on the bridge. I mean it is dark. How can they see if there is damage to the bridge at night?

Posted by johnwentworth (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 10:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

does anyone know what the barge was carrying?

Posted by Natchez3 (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 11:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Several of us rode to the bluff and could not see anything. We also went to the bridge. Traffic is moving on both sides. So what is the deal? If a barge has hit the bridge would you not stop traffic to inspect damages? There looks like allot of spot lights on the new boat down at the port. Which is more important the boat or bridge?

Posted by ThornInYourSide (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 11:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

hey Johnwentworth, if you notice in the comment about the drivers' name being ralph, the persons' name making the comment was ralph17. And also I wonder if they have ever considered putting bumper car railings around the barges so that when they hit something they just bounce right off without any damage.

Posted by OldGrandDad (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 11:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I would think the new boat will now be towed to the nearest dry dock.

Posted by johnwentworth (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 11:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

well it obviously wasn't him. Ralph is such a rare name, almost as rare as john

Posted by sammohon (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 11:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Relax people...the bridges were built to withstand just such accidents and much more...the engineering factor of safety far exceeds what a barge under minimal forward steerage heading upstream could do to it.

The barge company certainly knows what is on that barge and what has happened...there are other regulatory offices that also have the information on barge traffic, like for instance the Corps, the Coast Guard, etc?

I'm sure the folks at the new casino boat are tremendously concerned, thus the spot lights to examine. I also presume the Coast Guard is looking it over to make sure it's safe for other river traffic.

Are we having flash backs to chlorine barge sinkings?

Posted by NatchezEnema (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 11:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Natchez hype! just left the port, the boat is not listing, as high and fast as the current is in the river if there was any real damage by now it would be sunk. Go to bed!

Posted by fire39212 (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 11:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)

You can bet they had insurance....SO it will be covered..As well as the barge company had insurance so......

Posted by NatchezEnema (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 11:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

A windfall in the works, don't worry, be happy!

Posted by CitizenSane (anonymous) on April 28, 2008 at 11:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Gee, Sam, are you judging Virginia for acting on her Constitutional rights of freedom of speech and religion?

And, no, this is not reason enough to suddenly support land-based gambling.

Before we expand gambling, we should examine what other states (eg, Pennsylania) are doing to protect their treasury from the gaming industry. PA has 51% tax back to state/city. MS has 14%. PA's approach is based on research that shows that a certain large percent of the money gambled away is being lost by mid to low income individuals who are spending and losing state or federal dollars (welfare, social security, etc). Also, folks are losing their retirement savings or rent money or mortage payments.

Money goes from tax payers to state/fed coffers to individuals to out of state gaming co's. These folks who lose their rent money, their mortgage money, their welfare checks, their retirement funds and so on need more assistance from the state. So, the tax dollars we pay to the state get doled out in social services, lost at the gaming table, and then line the pockets of the gaming investors.

Posted by sammohon (anonymous) on April 29, 2008 at 12:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)

CitizenSane...not at all...Virginia has every right to express her opinion...that's constitutional law, however, if she claims to be a christian, she doesn't have the right to tell me I'm not a christian or that she disapproves of my behavior...that goes against her own christian law!

I dunno...let's see, does public safety make a good reason for putting the casinos on land...that was the rationale for doing it on the coast...I'm just saying that what's law down here ought to be law throughout the state.

Do you really want to get into the "Let's legislate self-control and responsibility" argument? A very Democrat/Socialist argument. Are we, as taxpayers, to award or pay for stupidity? We've been forced to since FDR with Social Security, and even more egregiously since LBJ with the Great Society entitlements...How much personal irresponsibility are we, as taxpayers, supposed to endure before we and thus the country goes broke? Have you ever thought that if the "social services" didn't exist that people might not gamble with their rent or food money?

Before you call me hard hearted, let me say, I can certainly understand the intent of the original acts like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, to help people who otherwise couldn't help themselves, but I'm irate, like many Americans that we who work now support too many people who play the system and live off of us!

See...I didn't think you really wanted to go there...LOL.

BTW...what's wrong with a business (casinos are basically entertainment businesses) making money? How many casinos are in PA anyway? Are they successful? Are you from PA? How do you know what their circumstances are?...if your not from here how can you cast judgement on our circumstances...hmm, is it all turning on that Biblical judgement thing?

Posted by ogitchidaa (anonymous) on April 29, 2008 at 1:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)

You may be interested to know that this casino boat was involved in another "accident" being ripped apart in hurricane Rita. Currently, there is a lawsuit ongoing to determine who gets the proceeds of the insurance settlement from that problem. The new partners, Bill Bayba and the LDF Tribe are suing Charles Cato for the million dollars that was the second part of 1.3 million that was to go to Charles. Perhaps the Democrat might do a story on that untold chapter.

Posted by CitizenSane (anonymous) on April 29, 2008 at 7:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Sam,

You totally missed the point and took this off in your own direction, as usual. You're having a debate with yourself about the social welfare system.

"LOL" as you like to say.

Try reading my post again and applying some of that intellect that you're so fond of polishing on these blogs.

Posted by emissary (anonymous) on April 29, 2008 at 11:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)

GAMBLERS ARE LOSERS! Get the buffet and come out a winner.