Don’t worry if they lose everything Obama will bail them out.
Ironic how Democrats share the same traits as Puritans. They want to get rid of everything fun.
I agree with Ronald Reagan about gambling.
You know that if beltway conservative Will is against this, then it’s that bad.
I’m of mixed emotions on this one. Yes, I think it’s none of the government’s business, no, I despise “gambling” with a passion.
I’ll admit, I was young and stupid and deserved to lose, but still ...
Don’t worry if they lose everything Obama will bail them out.nmh---Doubtful. Even God's Only Begotten Grandson has his limits. You may remember him saying words to the effect of, "Stay the hell out of Las Vegas," not too far back. Well, a couple of months ago, I figured out why he wanted everyone else to stay the hell out of Vegas---he didn't want the great unwashed horning in on his action!
They booked GOBG at Caesar's Palace for his brief jaunt into and out of town. Big mistake. They should have booked him into the Bellagio. He could have done his daily walk on water there. Might have been interesting to see if he could dodge the dancing fountains without getting his boxers soaked.
Ironic how Democrats share the same traits as Puritans. They want to get rid of everything fun.Niuhuru---Sad that a) you weren't aware of, or had forgotten, what Marie2 would resurrect in due course; and, more significant, b) Republicans can be as much of a bunch of wet blankets as often as not. (You think it would have been funsy to have in the White House a Republican churl who thinks every last one of his pets---all named Peeve, thank you Mr. Safire---belongs on a political or a legislative agenda?) Mother hen government doesn't always discriminate by party lines.
The vote occurred when the R's were in Charge. Nannies are on both sides. It was one of the several reasons that, people didn't show up to support the statist in Nov.Sooner or later, Republicans will re-learn that the only thing you get when you run a nanny for office is an awful lot of people, holding their noses regardless, will prefer pulling the lever for the party that makes no apology for being a mother henhouse, rather than the party that makes all apologies for wishing---even if in rhetoric alone, as things turned out---the fox would clean the henhouse out.
I agree with Ronald Reagan about gambling.ansell2---Wouldn't be the first time he was wrong. Even the great ones miss them now and then. I agree with William F. Buckley, Jr. about gambling: Gambling---Legalise it. Anybody who wants to be anything with anybody may do so, and the prospective mayor wishes every single better the best of luck. (From the jocular newspaper column he wrote, "Mayor, Anyone?" in spring 1965, that kicked off the momentum that resulted in him running for mayor of New York on the Conservative Party ticket.)
You know that if beltway conservative Will is against this, then it’s that bad.Triple E---I've known that Mr. Will has been against it for quite awhile, now, regardless of the geography in which he bases his operation, but I had not heretofore seen him argue the position this eloquently.
Freedom is more important than the government stopping stupidity.There's a reason why the State can't stop stupidity. (A properly-construed government---there is a phenomenal difference---wouldn't need either thee or me to remind it that it can't do it.) To do so would mean putting itself out of business. (Hey, there's an idea!)
I’m of mixed emotions on this one. Yes, I think it’s none of the government’s business, no, I despise “gambling” with a passion.There are things I despise as well. (I don't and never did have any problem with or about gambling---I like to gamble now and again but I'm not exactly a fanatic about it---but if someone else has a problem with or about it, that's their right and they're welcome to it.) But it isn't the State's business merely to despise what I despise; it wouldn't be my business, should I be crazy enough to run for office and a constituency be even crazier enough to elect me, to turn such instrument of the State as is conferred upon me into a weapon to be turned against things I despise merely because I despise them. Whether the mourners care to admit it or not, the very fact that John McCain did and does believe the instruments of the State conferred upon him as an officeholder equaled a mandate to turn them into weapons against his pets Peeve, did as much as anything else to ensure he wouldn't get anywhere near the White House other than by invitation to pow-wow with the President or the President's staff.
poker is a game of skill. i play every dayremaxagnt---And I wish you the very best of luck.