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forthepeoplebythepeople
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 Posted - 01/28/2007 : 09:51:07
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For example - NEW YORK residents can still download child pornography - drug sites that sell hard core drugs - but have lost the ability ----- FROM THEIR OWN HOMES - to sign onto gambling sites on the internet.
The law is about controlling the internet - period. End. Of. Statement.
And the World Wide Web was NEVER meant to be controlled.
What you do in your own home was never meant to be controlled.
Alcohol - which affects, kills and maims more people per month than ANY Gambling site in 20 years will ever do... is legal to purchase, look at and participate with online.
It's a sad world when The US Government can tell Antigua or any other place - that they can't run their business... And that you can't virtually visit anywhere online.
You the computer user have the right to visit anywhere - and where the law is where you visit - is the law you must abide by.
IT AFFECTS FREE TRADE - LOSES US CITIZEN'S INTERNET PRIVACY - IT ALLOWS WARRANTLESS SEARCHES OF YOUR INTERNET ACTIVITY AND BANKING ACTIVITY...
Simply EVIL!
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I believe in the strength of the people.
We choose who is in office and what they deliver to us.
NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
America - WAKE UP! |
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Jumpstars
Just Signed Up!
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Posted - 01/29/2007 : 06:59:50
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At the end of the day NO ONE should be able to tell you where you can or cannot spend your money. You pay TAX on your income. What gives the government the right to say NO GAMBLING. Next they will be saying you cant buy milk. Thats how the world is viewing there decissions they are making at the moment.
Yet it is ok to have 30 places with 20 machines in each to play slot machines in a town with only 30,000 people. Go figure.
End of the day the government just doesnt want to lose on income and thats what was happening with people spending it offshore.
Watchout, Next they will be saying you can only watch 2 hours t.v cause its bad for your health. thats how stupid they have gotten. |
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justclickndv
The Administrator's Assistant
USA
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Posted - 01/29/2007 : 12:48:26
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| I totally agree with you. No one has that right to say what we can or can't do with our money. They worry about debt and debt collectors, they say gambling causes a problem in this area, but do you hear them saying anything about all of the murders and robberies in the world because of drugs. In this law anywhere i have not found one once of fairness. Freedom for the people is the way it is suppose to be. I don't know what they are thinking, it is crazy. |
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leemarie85
Administrator Assistant
USA
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Posted - 01/29/2007 : 13:45:40
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| This is only the tip of the Internet iceberg, I'm afraid. When you take a look at what the wording is in HR4954, the prohibition is on "accepting payment" for gambling. The people accepting payment aren't even US citizens! The US Government has the audacity to assert its "authority" over businesses in other countries who are not bound by US laws! This amendment to the Port Security Bill, sneaked in by cowardly politicians to support their own interests, is clearly designed to INTIMIDATE all US citizens who like to enjoy a harmless pastime by directly going after these offshore payment processors and casinos. The message is clear: WE ARE A WORLD POWER. WE CAN GO AFTER BIG OFFSHORE COMPANIES, AND IF YOU ARE A U.S. CITIZEN WHO GAMBLES ONLINE, WE WILL COME AFTER YOU! Instead of creating a prohibition against all US internet gambling that might bring a lot of attention by the public, these snakes in the grass politicians snuck this law under the wire, so that the majority of US citizens didn't even know it had been passed, or what rights were taken away from us right under our noses.Our constitutional rights ripped from us without even the opportunity to put it to a vote! How's that for Democracy? |
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Edited by - leemarie85 on 01/29/2007 13:46:53 |
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forthepeoplebythepeople
Forum Admin
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Posted - 01/30/2007 : 04:26:54
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You are completely right.
To say that they have the right to take control over everyone is simply amazing and evil.
I agree - we are a World power - but that doesn't mean we own the world.
I think the thing that chafes me more than the law itself is that Horse Races over the wire and intrastate Tribal Casinos are permitted.
Tell me - where is the justice in that? Is it possible that it was ONLY Money by lobbyists that permitted it to happen?
Hmmmmm - Could it be that there was a NATIVE (Indian or Eskimo) on the Commission Panel? Could it be???? I mean - Alaskan Natives do not even have "GAMBLING" or Casinos...
Hmmm...
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I believe in the strength of the people.
We choose who is in office and what they deliver to us.
NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
America - WAKE UP! |
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justclickndv
The Administrator's Assistant
USA
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Posted - 01/30/2007 : 09:20:06
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| This is what gets me irritated. I have agoraphobia and i don't leave my home,unless I just have to. the only source of entertainment that i have is online gambling. Well they are taking that away from me but yet i can get in my car and drive up the rode (if I were able to do so) to a Casino in North Carolina and that's ok? I have to feel unsafe to try to go out to do what I love because these people say I can't do it at home where i feel safe? Go figure what are they going to try to tell us next we can't or can do. I feel if we let them get away with this law that we will be no more than robots up under a government that dictates our every move. Hogwash! This is not the way our Country is suppose to be. |
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forthepeoplebythepeople
Forum Admin
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Posted - 01/30/2007 : 09:24:11
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It isn't gambling that I think - they are going after.
It's the control of the money.
Like I said - if the US had said "ALL GAMBLING IS ILLEGAL" well then I'd figure ok... Cool. Don't like it much - but - cool I can deal with it.
But they made it a MORAL choice --- a lack of responsibility choice.
They took away our choices.
But because Horse Racing had money in their pockets - they were permitted to stay...
And that's gambling.
The law should have been:
OFFSHORE GAMBLING LAW.
Or We WANT TO OWN THE INTERNET LAW
OR WE DIDN"T GET OUR TAXES SO NOW YOU CAN"T PLAY LAW
LMAO!
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I believe in the strength of the people.
We choose who is in office and what they deliver to us.
NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
America - WAKE UP! |
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goldenggjoker
Administrator Assistant
USA
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Posted - 01/31/2007 : 12:31:17
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I believe that control of the money is what they are after among other things. The animal racing, lotto's and such are ways that the Government make money. If we game online, they loose that money since there are no US casinos online to offer us somewhere to play. The Government needs to follow the lead of other countries that have legalized and regulated gambling. They need to step into this century and stop trying to be the "Bully" of the world.
Filtering the internet is the same thing as censorship and I believe that violates our rights, does it not? It is time for us all to stand together and make our voices clearly heard by the Government. If we allow them to continue along this path we will have no rights left. |
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leemarie85
Administrator Assistant
USA
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Posted - 01/31/2007 : 14:00:45
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| Indeed so, golden! They are trying to rule by intimidation and treachery, rather than lead by example and respond to the will of the citizens.The really ridiculous and infuriating thing, is that they are using OUR tax dollars and resources to fund this fiasco, rather than give in to the will of the people they serve and legalize, regulate and tax online gambling. Instead of generating more revenue, they are squandering tax dollars on thousands (probably hundreds of thousands) of man hours researching every online transaction made to offshore payment processors and casinos, while millions lose jobs to overseas companies, and millions more go to bed homeless and hungry. It is unconscionable and has far reaching consequences to the welfare of our citizens that are not yet evident, but sure to arise. The people of the United States have always been charitable, and I am confident that if online casinos were located here, they would not only create jobs, but give something back to the communities that support them, as well.Offshore casinos such as Slotland regularly contribute a portion of their profits to reputable charities. Slotland even built a school in South Africa and sent contributions to the Red Cross after 9/11. |
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Jumpstars
Just Signed Up!
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Posted - 02/06/2007 : 07:48:07
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Just remember you vote whos in government, They work for you. You guys make sure you do make them here you.....
I personally think that if clinton gets in this time things will change back. |
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I think the UNLAWFUL INTERNET GAMBLING LAW IS EVIL
