Priorities

You have got to be kidding me:

A top casino executive is calling on the Mississippi Legislature to enact emergency legislation to keep the state's coast gaming industry alive.

Does anyone really think the most pressing issue for the Mississippi Legislature is the state's coast gaming industry? Hell, who is even thinking of gambling in Mississippi right now?

I realize some will say that the gaming industry brings jobs and income, but with entire cities destroyed by Katrina, who is going to be able to work and/or gamble down there?

Seriously, how uncouth do you have to be to suggest something like this right now?