SGreth
Shared on Mon, 10/02/2006 - 09:50To the topic of Online Gambling:
A message to the ignorant U.S. government officials who are chumming up to all the American casino lobbyists: you just pissed off all your constituents.
I'm not sure what the hell American casino operators are scared of. I think most people who gamble, actually enjoy going to brick & mortar casinos vs. playing in some cheesy online application. Why the brick & mortar casino's, and the mega-corporations that own them, haven't jumped in on the online casino boom is *far* beyond me. Why is corporate America's solution to competition: crush them with congress and put together a competitive solution at our own pace? If there weren't legions of lobbyists touting some deep pockets you'd have to wonder if congress would have shrugged this off without a glance. The fact that the new online restrictions are tucked away in a completely unrelated bill is yet another point that they don't want this to be a headline issue in an upcoming election: they know it would piss people off.
Thanks congress. Thanks for making the Internet one more place where you get to dictate my moral values. Land of the free? Hardly.
For those of you who haven't been following -
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B07BE10A0-556B-4...
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A message to the ignorant U.S. government officials who are chumming up to all the American casino lobbyists: you just pissed off all your constituents.
I'm not sure what the hell American casino operators are scared of. I think most people who gamble, actually enjoy going to brick & mortar casinos vs. playing in some cheesy online application. Why the brick & mortar casino's, and the mega-corporations that own them, haven't jumped in on the online casino boom is *far* beyond me. Why is corporate America's solution to competition: crush them with congress and put together a competitive solution at our own pace? If there weren't legions of lobbyists touting some deep pockets you'd have to wonder if congress would have shrugged this off without a glance. The fact that the new online restrictions are tucked away in a completely unrelated bill is yet another point that they don't want this to be a headline issue in an upcoming election: they know it would piss people off.
Thanks congress. Thanks for making the Internet one more place where you get to dictate my moral values. Land of the free? Hardly.
For those of you who haven't been following -
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B07BE10A0-556B-4...
Random picture of the day:
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