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Bush to sign bill to prevent Internet gambling
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Posted on 10/03/2006 2:52:04 AM PDT by baystaterebel
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To: baystaterebel
The government's real interest is in collecting the taxes that the internet gamblers aren't paying. It's always the money.
To: Taggart_D
It is not about tax. It is a sop to the mid-term elections because it is a vote-winner for many on the Christian-right.
It will not last much beyond that.
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posted on
10/03/2006 3:58:25 AM PDT
by
Jack2006
To: Jack2006
I just think it's a bit backward and a blow on personal freedom, when American adults cannot live their lives like the rest of the free world because it offends other Americans who have different beliefs.Welcome to the Republican Party. We're Democrats with Bibles.
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posted on
10/03/2006 3:59:45 AM PDT
by
Wormwood
(Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because nobody listens.)
To: Jack2006
To: Wormwood
Welcome to the Republican Party. We're Democrats with Bibles.That's a tagline waiting to happen!
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posted on
10/03/2006 4:01:53 AM PDT
by
Bella_Bru
(http://folding.stanford.edu/ - - - -Folding@home. Free Republic team 36120)
To: WorkerbeeCitizen
"I don't gamble but, why exactly is the Federal involved in this?" The cynic in me says this is an attempt to protect our domestic gambling industry from foreign competition. But I'm sure there will now be a move to eliminate it as well because, obviously, the only agenda here is to protect the American family from the potential devastation of gambling. /s
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posted on
10/03/2006 4:02:48 AM PDT
by
VRWCtaz
("Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness." - Thomas Paine)
To: Wormwood
Maybe I am wrong, but the Republican Party always seemed the realists to me - bible in hand or not.
You cannot un-invent the modern world. Gambling shops and casinos have been in UK high streets since the sixties, without armaggeddon.
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posted on
10/03/2006 4:08:13 AM PDT
by
Jack2006
To: baystaterebel
You would think they could find something more useful to do with their time than this! Personal responsibility is what should govern gambling!!
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posted on
10/03/2006 4:09:34 AM PDT
by
Proveit
To: All
I've had it with these Republicans. I'm usually an across the board Republican Voter, but not this time. This was pretty slimy to attach this at the last second.
And of course, our President will approve it as he never veto's anything.
To: Dahoser
A foolish man will be seperated from his money soon...
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posted on
10/03/2006 4:16:59 AM PDT
by
observer5
(It's not a War on Terror - it's a WAR ON STUPIDITY)
To: Taggart_D
We have a left wing government but we are not a Socialist State you make Britain sound like the old Eastern Block.
We have a free market economy in fact as far as gambling is concerned for the ordinary person much freer with betting shops in most towns.
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posted on
10/03/2006 4:43:31 AM PDT
by
snugs
((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))
To: observer5
Yep! And when they sit at a table with me thats exactly what happens.
Many who do not poker or know little about it think it is purely a game of chance. If you were only to be dealt one hand and bet it all on the outcome you would be correct.
But that is not how it works.
As they say, the more I practice the luckier I get.
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posted on
10/03/2006 4:43:55 AM PDT
by
baystaterebel
(http://omphalosgazer.blogspot.com/)
To: goldstategop
You can still go to your local Indian reservation and gamble Why should I have to go to a friggin' Indian reservation when I have a computer right here in my house?
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posted on
10/03/2006 4:44:22 AM PDT
by
shuckmaster
(An oak tree is an acorns way of making more acorns)
To: baystaterebel
(""It is extraordinary how many American families have been touched by large losses from Internet gambling," said US Representative Jim Leach........." )
How about large losses families suffer of sending an 18 year old warriors to get,blinded,maimed,crippled and/or killed playing social worker for a war they have no idea how to get out of?
Instead these stupid bastards will now pay 2 FBI guys a 150K a year to spy on some slob making a 25 dollar football bet on Sunday.
What these clueless fascist frauds like Frist,Kyle Leach et al. did do is open up a new/old market of brick and mortar street books.
Here a tip for ya, Frist and frauds,get off the phone with that 14 year old and call up your book and take the Dodgers +130 against the Mets.....you'll need the money when your in the unemployment line when you and your righteous hypocrates get voted out of office.
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posted on
10/03/2006 4:45:47 AM PDT
by
TShaunK
To: baystaterebel
Will Bush stop me from 'gambling' in the stock market over the internet, too?
To: baystaterebel
have been touched by large losses from Internet gambling,
I know a woman who has a 5 figure credit card debt , quite a bit from clothes but mostly from shoes .
Next we need to ban woman's shoes , maybe a maximum purchase of once a month like they want to do with guns
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posted on
10/03/2006 4:53:35 AM PDT
by
grjr21
To: grjr21
(have been touched by large losses from Internet gambling,
I know a woman who has a 5 figure credit card debt , quite a bit from clothes but mostly from shoes .)
How about large losses from credit card companies intrest they charge from going from 6% intrest to 15% interest in fine print that these politicians say they can't control from these loan shark credit card companies.Its funny the politicians don't try to protect my money then.
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posted on
10/03/2006 5:02:01 AM PDT
by
TShaunK
To: Jack2006
J,
I don't think most of the "religious right" gives a rip about this. It isn't in their top 5 anyway.
A
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posted on
10/03/2006 5:04:44 AM PDT
by
aMorePerfectUnion
(outside a good dog, a book is your best friend. inside a dog it's too dark to read)
To: Diverdogz
possibly-
one thing this dufus government found out -
How easy it is for terrorists and other goverments to
launder money. And our banks are willing accomplices to
allow anyone to do large transactions without them knowing
the trail of money-
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posted on
10/03/2006 5:15:55 AM PDT
by
mj1234
To: grjr21
Some are under the impression that playing online poker is illegal and falls under the 1961 Wire Act. This is not true.
From Wikipedia:
"The Interstate Wire Act of 1961, often called the Federal Wire Act, is a United States federal law prohibiting the operation of certain types of betting businesses in the United States. It begins with the text:
Whoever being engaged in the business of betting or wagering knowingly uses a wire communication facility for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest, or for the transmission of a wire communication which entitles the recipient to receive money or credit as a result of bets or wagers, or for information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.[1] The law has been interpreted by some, including the Department of Justice, to mean that all online gambling is illegal. However, U.S. Courts have ruled to the contrary. Also, many believe the phrase "in the business of" means only businesses are affected. Some argue that the law only covers sports betting, and not other forms of gambling such as poker.
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Wire Act applies only to sports betting and not other types of online gambling.[2] The Supreme Court has not ruled on the meaning of the Federal Wire Act as it pertains to online gambling."
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posted on
10/03/2006 5:19:50 AM PDT
by
baystaterebel
(http://omphalosgazer.blogspot.com/)
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