Are the American Sheeple next???

[Pinababy69]

Machiavellian

Now there's a word you don't see every day.....sounds sneaky.

[Simmo!]

sneaky

Now there's a word you don't see everyday. Sounds feminine

[Pinababy69]

Now there's a word you don't see everyday. Sounds feminine

Touche Simmo!!

[lots0]

I agree, it has nothing to do with ones beliefs and everything to do with power and money.

Look at what Jack Ambramoff and what he was really doing.
On the public face of it Jack Ambramoff, a Hasidic Jew was working with and for the Christian Collation and the Republican Party, all of these folks were supposedly working to create laws to do away with all ‘evil’ gambling, but what was REALLY going on was Jack Ambramoff was taking money from the Native Casinos and using that money to bribe (I know that is a strong word, but it fits and he and some politicos are going/have gone to prison for it) officials in the government to block legislation favorable to online gambling. Ambramoff was doing this because the Native Casinos consider their main competition to be online casinos and what better way to beat your competition than to have them outlawed...

Not much different than what is going on now, a few elected officials who all have their pockets stuffed full of Native Casino dollars are trying to convince everyone that by outlawing ‘some’ online gambling they are protecting our souls from going to hell...

of course, before you end up in hell you should stop off at your local Native Casino or buy a
lottery ticket online or place an online bet on horse race for some “Legal/Moral Entertainment”... Yup, that’s sarcasm ...

And for those of us that don’t believe in a Christian Hell, well we are all just out of luck... So much for Freedom of Religion...

[Simmo!]

Well it can't be a moral thing, or they wouldn't allow horse betting and lotteries.

It can't be an "American Values" thing as you're allowed to own a gun.

It can't be "protection" thing as we're in the Land Of The Free which promotes freedom of choice.

It can't be a social problem thing as alcohol is still allowed.

It can't be a religious thing as religion preaches tolerance.

And it can't be a "learn from our mistakes" thing because prohibition didn't work the first time.

$o what on earth i$ it about then? I'm baffled.

[mitch]

$o what on earth i$ it about then? I'm baffled.

Lol!

Mitch

[Linus]

Well it can't be a moral thing, or they wouldn't allow horse betting and lotteries.

It can't be an "American Values" thing as you're allowed to own a gun.

It can't be "protection" thing as we're in the Land Of The Free which promotes freedom of choice.

It can't be a social problem thing as alcohol is still allowed.

It can't be a religious thing as religion preaches tolerance.

And it can't be a "learn from our mistakes" thing because prohibition didn't work the first time.

$o what on earth i$ it about then? I'm baffled.

If you're saying it's about money, you're at least partly right.

The US has always reserved the right to license and regulate gambling within its borders, though. The internet makes it more difficult, but it doesn't change the reasons for regulating gambling in the first place. It also doesn't change the laws that regulate gambling in the US. It was never very realistic of the offshore sites to think they could ignore those laws indefinitely, imo.

US companies have to follow them.

[pacers31]

Money, its a crime
Share it fairly, but don't take a slice of my pie.....
Money, so they say
Is the root of all evil today..