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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is attaching the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act to a bill that is expected to be approved by the Congress early this evening. Online poker players should contact their senators immediately to prevent it from passing.

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MichaelCanfield
Sept. 29, 2006, 7:20 p.m.
Friday night ...hmm. An excellent time to sneak in a rider to prohibit our personal choices. I play online sometimes. Whether you do or not, do you really think it is the government's place to legislate people not to?
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Wil
Sept. 29, 2006, 7:33 p.m.
Whether you're an online poker player or not, Democrat or Republican, this is bad news. Bill Frist knows that this won't pass a full, accountable debate in the Senate, so he is abusing the legislative process to sneak this into an important bill that should only be about port security.
This has to be stopped, because if they can come after the online poker players this way, who will they come after next?
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nebu
Sept. 29, 2006, 7:48 p.m.
what does internet gambling have to do with port security?
why is my government trying to REMOVE my freedom? i thought they wanted to protect it!
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Harbeas
Sept. 29, 2006, 8:43 p.m.
Contact your congressman and have them outlaw the practice of attaching one bill to another when they are totally unrelated.
This has always astounded me that this procedure is allowed. I think gambling is foolish, however, if it's your bag the government should back off.
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LOCKNLOAD
Sept. 29, 2006, 9:12 p.m.
Wil...is on to something....next mind you, is a 15 cent surcharge for each and every e-mail sent online...it will be before Congress sooner or later...the USPS has lost millions upon millions in the decrease for postage stamps...Wil has his thinking cap on...think about it!!
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marufio
Sept. 29, 2006, 9:42 p.m.
If this bill passes and those who continue to gamble online will be tortured according to Bush.
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frantam16
Sept. 29, 2006, 10:38 p.m.
In regards to CK's other posting on hiring two new netscape navigators, and his comments on the sample the web page...
Hey CK, Just stopped by Netscape's homepage. There were quite a few stories that didn't have pictures next to them. You said...All stories which make it to the homepage get pictures (unless they are spam; then we kill the post). Well I checked the stories and they are all active. What's happening here?
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frantam16
Sept. 29, 2006, 10:38 p.m.
Also some of your beloved Navigators are not submitting there quota's. I have to say this...I was once a Netscape Junkie. Yes, I use to spend all my free time blogging. What for though? Due to your favoritism toward Ousama and Mssaleem just to name a few, not to mention, the overall inequity of your process, have made us realize it's just not worth it. Go ahead and have your own little world of paid friends because you certainly can't keep the ones that aren't paid! Perhaps, all of your paid posters can take a lesson in hospitality rather than gloating in their exhaulted status. They should be concerned about everyone's success and not just keeping their own job. Which is what it appears to be. So I will see ya C.K. Thanks...You can take your foot out now and let someone else give it a shot.
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rflulling
Sept. 30, 2006, 12:46 a.m.
I ask you all to remember that StarWars Episode 3 was highly political in nature. Surely Im not the only one who sees similarities here to the state of our own government. hmm but if this was say China, id be shot for even Thinking such a thing. How dare I...
What I am not the only one to notice is that, our government is making deliberate steps to ensure 2 things. Those in Power stay in power. No one gets power without permission.
That said sources have noted that the United States was born Mostly Republic in nature. However with time it because most decidedly democratic. Now as our nation swells, in Both Population, and the Belly, the fibers that bound us can no longer hold. The Republic is taking hold once more, and this statement is neither Political or biased. Its Fact, having nothing to do with elected parties.
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rflulling
Sept. 30, 2006, 12:52 a.m.
Un fortunately for the internet this topic has surfaced far to late for anything to be done about it. I only hope that the Bill is failed, and Frist is given a stern Beating by his colleges. Most certainly legislation on Internet, has nothing to do with National Security.
But since Warrentless Phone taps, has been made legal and is retroactive, making every law already Violated invalid... Im sure the US government in all its moral high ground wont mind confusing Internet Gambling with Port security too...
Can I wake up yet? Are the Stupid People Gone Yet? Is a Chimp still President? Or has the Chimp actually Crowed himself King yet?
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bubba2
Sept. 30, 2006, 12:56 a.m.
I live in Tennessee, and I have been SO ASHAMED that Frist is 'supposedly' representing our state! He is horrible - the WORST hypocrite, right up there with Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld. I am NOT a bit surprised at this latest antic of his. The ONLY good news I can give about Frist is that he will be OUT of the Senate next month. He decided to retire a while back, thinking he could run for President. Given that he is still under investigation for misuse of blind trusts, I think he hasn't been working on that. But, THANK GOD he will be OUT of the Senate. Now we can only hope that Harold Ford Jr beats Bob Corker to take Frist's place.
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Sandokan
Sept. 30, 2006, 6:37 a.m.
In order to get the amount of votes to get this bill thrown out, they need to have an automated form that you can just click on and have it sent to your congressman or senator. Calling is a pain in the a.. and time consuming as well. As much money as the Poker companies have made online, it would behove them to ease participation against this bill, after all if it succeeds they will have to just be overseas.
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Sandokan
Sept. 30, 2006, 6:41 a.m.
As we all know, online poker games are starting to cut into the real casino poker profits. Why travel to some casino out of town when online is so much easier. The Australian government supports one official online poker company and constantly monitors it. So why should'nt the US Govt do the same and tax it?
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Maine-iacPreacher
Sept. 30, 2006, 9:44 a.m.
There is no "FREEDOM" without responsibility and respect for others. We are not exercising either responsibility or respect when we engage in or promote activities which demoralize or criminalize kpeople.
"FREEDOM" is not a license to do or say as we please.
"FREEDOM" is an obligation to be respectful and responsible.
"FREEDOM" does NOT sanction activities which produce moral corruption, crime and violence. Gambling is one such activity.
"FREEDOM" should raise us to a higher spiritual level - not lower us into an abyss of degradation.
GOD BLESS.....
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spkguy
Sept. 30, 2006, 10:38 a.m.
What ever happened to personal choice?
This bill is just plain un-american, so is torture by the way!
The personal rights of all americans are under attack!
Wake up everybody! Before its to late!
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Slave2Govt
Sept. 30, 2006, 11:16 a.m.
Yep - they're glad to try to do that - but you don't see anything being spoken about the fact ANYone can go into online prostitution and that's OK. Check IFriends.com "primary data and network operations center in the San Francisco Bay area, as well as customer service facilities located in South Florida" and see what your daughters are selling from their homes there!!!!
As for the real excuse - sorry - I'll have to wait to hear back from my lobbyists before I know the answer to that.
GWB - historically will go down as Noxons integrity and Hitlers ethics.
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Slave2Govt
Sept. 30, 2006, 11:26 a.m.
oops - Nixons integrity - but you knew that didn't you? or are you a politician???
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dr-don-from-denver
Sept. 30, 2006, 12:35 p.m.
I guess he's all in! He's as right-on with this one as he was with Terry Shaivo -- maybe her diagnosis was included in one of the continuing medical ed. classes he lied to the med. board about taking!
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Darcyyc
Sept. 30, 2006, 12:55 p.m.
Way to go Frist!
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saneman
Sept. 30, 2006, 2:33 p.m.
The question posed is what would putting $5 down on an online game of poker be attributed to? According to the religious right, that $5 is being taken away from the churches. Most people only have a finite amount of money to spend on non-essentials. The religious right surely doesn't want you spending that money to an online poker game. You are taking that money out of the collection plate.
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repugnantone
Sept. 30, 2006, 2:38 p.m.
Not everyone defines FREEDOM, moral corruption, spirituality or ethical behavior the same.
Let's ban gambling...afterall, I don't gamble.
Let's ban erotic material, afterall it doesn't interest me therefore that ban won't affect me either.
Let's ban more forms of speach, such as political before elections...afterall we are all tired of hearing from politicians.
Now let's ban the Bible, Koran, Talmud, etc. They contain violence, incest, hate speech, etc.
Let's ban peaceful assembly, redress of grievence, oh HELL, let's ban everything.
One-by-one we give away our freedom by not fighting to keep it because, well, "That ban doesn't affect me."
Please understand, every loss affects us all!
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repugnantone
Sept. 30, 2006, 2:41 p.m.
Does anyone know what happened to the "One bill, one law." movement started by the presidential candidate Heather Harder? I think there was a lot of momentum, then I never heard another word. That would keep politicians from sneaking things like this into bills that are bound to pass.
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repugnantone
Sept. 30, 2006, 2:42 p.m.
Harbeas has the right solution...contact all your representatives and tell them this type of behavior by our reps is not acceptable.
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repugnantone
Sept. 30, 2006, 2:54 p.m.
Too late, the bill was passed today (saturday) and sent to the prez who will sign it into law.
Freedom always finds a way...check out e-gold, e-bullion, and a few other highly private payment services.
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jordan11
Sept. 30, 2006, 3:04 p.m.
nebu:what does internet gambling have to do with port security?>>>>
First, let me say I'm soooo impressed that it ONLY took these jokers five years to address 'port security.' Next, gambling has nothing to do with it. However, it's time for CONS to placate their radical religious base, and those folks are ONLY concerned with dumping their dogma into the lives of other Americans. Sooo, their dogma gets snuck into our laws by attaching it to important bills. If Democrats don't vote for the port bill, they'll be crucified by ignorant voters who don't realize that what they're really voting against is a rider that would erode rights. And so it goes. Nothing can be done about it....well, unless Americans are ready to take to the streets and send a message. But dang, if they sit quietly while rummy is given the power to torture people, I really don't think there is a 'tipping point' to make people stand up to this madness.