With Gambling, Personal Freedom Is Always the Best Bet, Says Barney Frank

HAS BARNEY FRANK BEDDED KEITH OLBERMAN YET?

Smart money says yes.

There sure are alot of homo's in Washington these days

HAS BARNEY FRANK BEDDED RAHM EMANUEL YET?

YIKES!!!!

HAS BARNEY FRANK BEDDED KEVIN JENNINGS YET?

Granted both of these men like little boys but I was wondering if they have had the opportunity of pleasuring each other yet or not. Just curious.

Internet Gaming

Mr. Bauney Fwank* is an Idiot to believe Internet Gaming should be legalized...

The only winners would be the gaming site owners, and the losers would be the Americans who are addicted gamblers already forking over good money after bad to not only Las Vegas, Reno, and Atlantic City Casino's with their LEGALIZED theft, but also the Indian Gaming Casinos that are ripping off the LOCAL populations where they operate...

Bawney Fwank, along with Chris Dodd are the same individuals who are MOST RESPONSIBLE for Fannie May and Feddie Mac and their irresponsible lending practices that have brought our economy to the BRINK of collapse - why in the world should ANYONE trust this MORON'S judgment on anything?

**With all the money he makes - why doesn't he have teeth?

Bravo Mr. Frank

I say bravo and hope that the rest of the Congress and Senate think the same way. Poker is definitely a game of skill and is considered as such by the IRS according to the tax code. Call your Congress people and Senators and urge for passage.

Larry Maske

Poker Players Alliance Member

re: us founding fathers

although i agree with you on gambling that the majority of gambling is stupid and will most likely result in you losing money. but then again i guess thats your choice if you want to lose money there are many ways to do it gamblings one of them. however unfortunately games of skill have been included in the ban. ie: non house games which include poker. there are most definately great tournament poker players whos ability to win poker tournaments is astounding completely nullifying the argument that poker is about luck. as a matter of fact just recently at the world series of poker a man succeeded in winning the same 800-900 person tournament 2 years in a row and took 2nd in the same event the year before. 3 YEARS IN A ROW beating 800-900 people. the man has major poker skills NOT major poker luck.

i guess im kind of against gambling as i found out through my sister that my mother had a slot machine gambling problem in her later years, apparently over the last few years before she got sick she had probably lost about 50k. i found out after she had passed and never actually even knew that she went to the casinos so much, i went with her once and noticed that she enjoyed it but had no idea how much. but anyway according to the ogic of the anti internet gaming law brick and mortar casinos should be shut down too bc they support problem gamblers. i believe legitimate AMERICAN gambling sites should be able to restrict problem gamblers a lot easier than brick and mortar casinos, and for that matter who here believes noone under 21 has ever been able to gamble at a casino without getting carded? or for that matter showing a fake id (which would never get past security scrutiny at online casinos).

im gonna let everyone in on a big secret, america is going to have online gambling legal, just as soon as harrahs and the other greedy fat cats who lobbied millions of dollars into certain crooked politicians pockets get the format ready. its big business using the american legal system to make sure theyre the one who get the bigget piece of the pie. to them why comete on a level playing field with the other sites when they can have the us govorment strongarm them and whoever else that doesnt give unnamed congressmen and senators briefcases filled with unmarked bills.

finally back to poker. this is absolutely and undisputedly a game of skill and should be exempted from the law to begin with.

money transfers

the internet gambling bill makes it

difficult to transfer money to and from

legal horse betting sites. Lets repeal it.

Abraham Lincoln

You Tell them Abe.

"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.

Abraham Lincoln"

US Founding Fathers

This country was founded by people who realized the dangers of gambling. Their disdain for gambling was so great that they made it a requirement for territories to abolish gambling before the territory was allowed to become a state in the United States of America. That is one of the reasons it took so long for Colorado and California to become states.

Then, gambling crept back into the states. The Louisiana Lottery became so corrupt that the USA abolished gambling AGAIN in the late 1800's.

Then, gambling crept back into the states again. Does anyone see a pattern here? Gambling is not new. Why have so many generations of people found it necessary to outlaw it? It's because gambling is simply a form of theft---theft by permission. Two individuals each want the other's money without giving anything of value in return.

Can someone explain why anyone would be so eager to give away their money? I don't understand this desire to lose money. These online gambling outfits don't exist to make other people rich. They exist by taking away customers' money and enriching themselves. I say if you want to be their sucker, go ahead and give them your money!

Irony

It has come to this folks. Democrats are defending your personal liberties and arguing for a less intrusive government. Let that sink in you Reagan Republicans.

I applaud Mr. Frank's stand on this issue. And especially note the fact that he is fighting for what people want, not what special interests have paid him to pretend is best for the American people.