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Eldorado Resort Casino
Travel Blogs from Shreveport
Jett... and an Epiphany for Cody
... street. He jumped in the truck yelling at them to "get out of here!". Justin hit the gas and the truck pulled away from the curb as the driver's mirror shattered with a loud bang and a series of bullets embedded themselves into the back of the camper. The truck screeched around a corner, down a block and up the on ramp, into traffic and out of the city. Cody turned on the truck's dome light and turned to Jett. It was clear the boy ...
Take me home, country road....
We are officially heading home. Left New Orleans this morning. Just have to say, the drivers in NOLA are horrible!! I have never heard so many horns honk at other drivers in my life! They honk because you are stopped in the road, doesnt matter that there is a truck in front of you holding everyone up, they still honk like that is going to make you move faster. They honk because they want to turn and think that you should be ...
On our merry little way.
We've crammed ourselves into my car and are headed to Shreveport to fly to Las Vegas. I'm as sick as a dog, Zoe is asking for 'drama'mean because she's going to get sick on the plane (I told her I wish I could give her something for the drama, but no I didn't pack that), Asa is (according to ...
The Voodoo highway
... by the presentation of homes on the roadside. Also the servers in the gas stations and cafes seemed so much more vague as if less aware of anything external to their neighbourhood. It's from here we discovered very few people have travelled far in their own state let alone external to it.
Another immediate observation, and this was made before arriving into New Orleans was the gambling. As soon as we entered the state from the texan side, we noticed ...
YeeHaw! We're in Texas!
I don't know why we're so excited....check back with us in a few hours when we're STILL in Texas! We stopped on the line to gas up. We threw on our old cowboy boots and our hats and walked around the TA for a bit. We tried really hard to look like it was just another day. :-) Back to singing along at the top of our lungs to all our old country songs! PS. So far, everything seems to be the same size as it is in ...
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- Free High-Speed Internet
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Historical Traveler Reviews Eldorado Resort Casino Shreveport
Not all that
I stayed at your casino as a gueast of a former co-owner. last year I felt like I should have come in throught the back door I never told my friend that sent me, but I am telling you
They just don't UNDERSTAND!
This could be the best CASINO & HOTEL in (the south) Shreveport, but the management and people are too COLD. Regardless if you are a high roller or a small one they showed me they don't give a D-a-m. If I ran this casino we would be number one casino in town like the Horseshoe, and we would go by them real quick. They would knock down the door to get into this wonderful place if they only had some common sense.
Great hotel & casino
I usually drive to Shreveport from East Texas and never spend the night, but from a previous trip, I had a free night so decided to give it a try. The room was free and quite beautiful. It was clean and the bathroom was to die for; a huge room with a double sink, shower and seperate bathtub. A phone in the bathroom too!!!! We did have a small wait upon check in, but the staff person who waited on us was quite nice. The only problem is, they don't offer free rooms on the weekend. The casino is nice and has 3 floors of gambling. The elevators are so slow though; I don't usually win but do have a good time. Lots of nickel slots on the 3rd floor. The staff that I have encountered have always been very nice. Have dined at the diner & buffet and have enjoyed both. Although service tends to be slow in the diner.
Casino Security Rude and Unconcerned
My billfold was stolen from my purse while I played slots, today. I had just changed money, closed my purse and layed the strap over the chair, so I know that it was professionally stolen as I do not drink, had no company with me, etc. When I reported the loss to security, the reply was "Sorry", by a couple, when asked if they might help my look or recover it, I simply got "No". Although it only had a $100, it was the principle of total apathy, that appauled me. They certainly do nothing for guest security. Of probably a dozen security agents I spoke with, only 2 phoned main security to see if the empty remains might have been turned in. Every desk attendant I spoke was especially rude and cut me off before I could three words out. I don't ever care to go back. The staff in general, are horrible.
I Love the Hollywood!!!
I personally love the Hollywood the room are great I've stayed many times and my room was clean.The Hollywood staff was verry courteous. The all around Omni of the Hollywood Casino is very refreshing and i would recommend it to anyone.
The worst night ever
I wanted to get away for awhile so I decided to spend a night at the Hollywood Casino HoteL When I entered my room it looked pleasant but looks are decieving. There was someone elses hair all over the room on the couch on the bed just everywhere. On top of that when I went into the Bathroom someone had left stool in the toilet I ending my stay shortly after.
Hollywood Shrecveport
My husband and I had a room reserved for 7-19. It was made by casino host-Melody. It was secured by a credit card for a delayed arrival.
When we arrived they had given our room away. It would be nice if they offered us a room for the nite we "supposedly" have tickets reserved for Brooks and Dunn. My husband, Phil Langford, has benn a great patron and is a premier card holder. It would be even nicer to have two extra free tickets for the concert. Also there was so much teenage traffic from the clubs going thru the garage that we felt somewhat threatened.
My husband and I can be reached at 903-297-1977.
Loved luxurious bathroom in Hollywood Casino Hotel room
The hotel room was better than expected. The separate tub was luxurious to relax in after 2 long days of pulling slots! The room was clean and much more spacious than an average hotel room. The staff was very courteous and accomodating upon our requests. The hotel's eateries are good. The diner downstairs is excellent. There could stand to be yet another form of entertainment to break up the hours spent within the casino so as not to have to leave the premises otherwise. Also there are no vending machines available for intermittent snacking, only soft drink machines on each hotel floor.
I do love the feel of this place
I do enjoy my visits to this casino. The rooms are so nice. I rate them second in town. And one night we stayed in a suite there, and that was pretty posh. I could never afford the regular rate, but they are good about discounted and occasionally complimentary rooms. The casino has an array of games and if it isn't too busy, you should be able to find some for 5.00. However my favorites *Bacc and Pai Gow* were pretty much 10 at the least. If it is a busy night, this might not be an option. They do have wheel of fortune here, but I don't know that either of us have won much on the machines at this hotel. The buffet is pretty good for selection. I don't know about best in Bossier. I did not agree with that. But it is good and should have something for even the pickiest of eaters. I do like their Diner. My hubby and I love to share a burger dinner there. We have been to the superstars show one time. It was pretty decent for free (got passes). I wish they had other entertainment. I haven't seen anything here other than superstars in a long time. Hollywood does have fun promotions. You should enjoy it and it is one of the prettiest around. I love the modern movie theme.
Need cleaner rooms
The rooms could be cleaner.


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... We need to start viewing things more radically. Thinking about why its considered okay in the first place to shackle and cage somebody up for years upon years just because there's some kind of institutional logic to the process and the ones physically doing the deed are getting given green paper to do it and wear some kind of an official uniform. Basically, both places are fucked and there's some serious state smashing to be done. But I believe that amerika's far worse....
*I had a few more ideas I wanted to get out, but for reasons that will go unnamed ;) my train of thought was broken several times over the course of this.
*PS- you should actually have a read through some of the official USDO(so-called)J statistics cited by the report. THey're truly astounding. Forget for a minute that you're on chinadaily dot com and just think about the facts.
CHOOSING a name for our new China blog was difficult. Even before we decided to call on readers to offer suggestions, Economist staff had argued over the possibilities. It quickly became clear that in the case of China, such nomenclature risked being snared by two big traps. One was an abundance of clichéd icons, from pandas and dragons to lanterns and the Great Wall. The second, more difficult to evade, was an interweaving of history with the politics of China today and the country's troubled relationship with the West.
Thus Confucius, whose name was suggested by several readers, appeared to us to be too closely linked to a simmering debate within the Communist Party. Are the ancient sage's teachings to be praised as the quintessence of Chinese-ness, or rejected (as they were by Mao Zedong, who conveniently ignored his own despotic tendencies) as the ideological foundation of centuries of "feudal" rule? The brief appearance of a Confucius statue near Tiananmen Square a year ago, followed by its sudden disappearance only three months later, hinted at the acrimony of that argument. A sage of similar vintage, Sun Tzu, was suggested by several readers. But as we reported in December, his popularity with self-help and management gurus of the West distracts attention from his murky entanglements in China (Mao used him as an exemplar in his battle against Confucius).
Several great leaders from China's modern or ancient history suffered similar handicaps. The 18th-century emperors of what is regarded by some Chinese as a golden age may have led China to unprecedented wealth and power, but they were hardly champions of free trade. The territories they added to their empire are topics of fierce dispute today. Then there have been numerous reformers and modernisers since the 19th century, including Liang Qichao, Kang Youwei and even Lin Zexu. But naming a blog after one of them risked being drawn into one or another struggle that is still raging in China.
Catchphrases referring to events in China's modern history seemed similarly troublesome. Some of you proposed Hundred Flowers, a term that commonly refers to a brief period of political relaxation in 1956, which Mao cut short bloodily with a fierce campaign against the party's critics. But Hundred Flowers is still used by the party today to refer to a supposed diversity of thought under one-party rule. There are Hundred Flowers awards for films, for example, for which the party's critics need not bother trying to secure nominations. A couple of readers deftly avoided such politics by suggesting the blog be named "Interesting Times". Sadly the Chinese curse to which this is supposed to refer is a Western invention.
The Economist's growing vegetation-fatigue (we have three blogs already named after trees: Banyan, Baobab and Buttonwood) dimmed the prospects of several candidates in this genre, from bamboo to ginkgo (or yinxing). Hutong might have been a good choice, but some might have complained that the word, referring to Beijing's narrow alleyways, is borrowed from one used by the city's Mongol conquerors of the 13th and 14th centuries. Drum Tower was another option, but one colleague felt it evoked "pre-programmed output for the purpose of marking time".
In the end it came back to Confucius, or at least to a word connected with him. The Analects is the title of a collection of his sayings, but our fondness for the name does not imply endorsement of his philosophy. Its appeal is as a word in English. Its origin is the ancient Greek analekta, meaning "things gathered up". James Legge, a Scottish missionary whose 1861 translation of The Analects was the first in English, described the Chinese name of the work, Lunyu ( 論語, or 论语 in simplified characters), as meaning "digested conversations". His use of the classical-sounding "analects" to render this idea reflected the learning that the West's earliest China-scholars brought to the new field. "Analects" is now inextricably linked in English with the Confucian work, but the word itself means something very close to what our new blog is: gleanings, in this case from China.
So congratulations to those who suggested the word. Several of you did, including insidious western media, guest-iinmjen and Ryan1512. But the first was JanisMagdalene.

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Sathyaraj was last seen in Vijay starrer blockbuster Nanban. Now, he is returning in the lead role with Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA, a sequel to his blockbuster 1994 film Amaithi Padai.
Amaithi Padai was one of the biggest hits of Sathyaraj's career. The film directed by Manivannan was considered to be one of the best political film in Tamil film industry. Sathyaraj was seen in dual roles of which Nagaraja Cholan was one of the character's name in the film.
Hence, Nagaraja Cholan has been named for the latest instalment. The movie also marks 50th venture of the director and the 200th milestone film of Sathyaraj. Well, one more underling point is that their combo had earlier delivered a couple of hits. So, people are expecting something big from them. Let us see whether they have recreated the Amaithi Padai. Read on for the review...
Director Manivannan has once again churned out a political satire. Like his Amaithi Padai, Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA too revolves around the contemporary politics. He has taken a few incidents from the present situation. The story kick-starts from where Amaithi Padai had ended.
We had earlier seen how nomad Amavasai becomes a successful politician through wrong way in Amaithi Padai and changed his name to Nagaraja Cholan for political mileage. In the latest instalment, he turns Deputy Chief Minister of the state. We will also get to see some important roles played by Seeman, Raghuvannan (Son of Manivannan), Komal Sharma and Mridula. The politicial games, Amavasai's wicked plans and tantrums shown by him laced with modern-day political developments form the subject of the story. Will Amavasai pay a price for playing greedy politics? You have to watch the film to know this. Continue reading the review on the slideshow...
Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA Review
Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA is no match to Amaithi Padai. The characterisation is also not strong comparatively to the first instalment. The film takes potshots at modern-day politicians. Well, the first half is short and will end in less than an hour.