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Online Gambling Leads to Crime and Hurts Young, So Why Encourage It? Asks Spencer Bachus

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Maybe you should have done a better parenting job, not the rest of the nations problem. Don't infringe my rights to do what i like with my money because one bad kid (even if it was 1000 bad kids/ there are millions of responsible adults with rights). It is not our nations job to make sure your son doesn't steal your credit cards and guns (You don't keep your guns locked up from your underage son?). Put a password protection on your computer. Take away his personal computer. Do what YOU need to do. And you can win, just need to play a skilled game like poker and not bet on things you have no control over. I am sorry for the tough times on your family but it really is not a reason to violate the rights of millions of voting Americans. (Senator, Poker is very popular. Keep that in mind during you next election)
To the actual issue: As far as taking billions of dollars out of the US, YOU DON"T ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE HERE GENIUS, don't be mad because your religious views/morality stop you from getting a piece of this HUGE market. There are to many in the religious right trying to force their beliefs on the rest of us through these senators' votes. In the mean time, I will continue to play and receive checks (7 days to get my money is not as good as hours, but it will have to do). Don't worry senator, I will do my best to keep those US dollars in the country and maybe even bring in some Euros too. Why don't you get smart and get the US taxpayers their cut of a Billion dollar industry. Sorry God won't let you. You keep protecting bobby from her/his son. when he gets out he will be old enough to take the car and TV and credit cards to Vegas. Maybe you should close down Vegas. I mean those darn kids might be making fake IDs and sneaking in. Most poker sites need a photo ID and other form of proof of residence. If your son took you id a

JB of PA 1:02PM July 23, 2010

Maybe you should have done a better parenting job, not the rest of the nations problem. Don't infringe my rights to do what i like with my money because one bad kid (even if it was 1000 bad kids/ there are millions of responsible adults with rights). It is not our nations job to make sure your son doesn't steal your credit cards. Put a password protection on your computer. Take away his personal computer. And you can win, just need to play a skilled game like poker and not bet on things you have no control over. I am sorry for the tough times on your family but it really is not a reason to violate the rights of millions of voting Americans.
To the actual issue: As far as taking billions of dollars out of the US, YOU DON"T ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE HERE GENIUS, don't be mad because your religious views of morality stop you from getting a piece of a HUGE market. There are to many in the religious right trying to force their beliefs on the rest of us through these senators' votes. In the mean time I will continue to play and receive checks (7 days to get my money is not as good as hours but it will have to do). Don't worry senator, I will do my best to keep those US dollars in the country and maybe even bring in some Euros too. Why don't you get smart and get the US taxpayers their cut of a Billion dollar industry. Sorry God won't let you. You keep protecting bobby from her/his son. when he gets out he will be old enough to take the car and TV and credit cards to Vegas. Maybe you should close down Vegas.

JB of PA 12:45PM July 23, 2010

Maybe you should have done a better parenting job, not the rest of the nations problem. Don't infringe my rights to do what i like with my money because one bad kid (even if it was 1000 bad kids/ there are millions of responsible adults with rights). It is not our nations job to make sure your son doesn't steal your credit cards. Put a password protection on your computer. Take away his personal computer. And you can win, just need to play a skilled game like poker and not bet on things you have no control over. I am sorry for the tough times on your family but it really is not a reason to violate the rights of millions of voting Americans.
To the actual issue: As far as taking billions of dollars out of the US, YOU DON"T ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE HERE GENIUS, don't be mad because your religious views of morality stop you from getting a piece of a HUGE market. There are to many in the religious right trying to force their beliefs on the rest of us through these senators' votes. In the mean time I will continue to play and receive checks (7 days to get my money is not as good as hours but it will have to do). Don't worry senator, I will do my best to keep those US dollars in the country and maybe even bring in some Euros too. Why don't you get smart and get the US taxpayers their cut of a Billion dollar industy. Sorry God won't let you. You keep protecting bobby from her/his son. when he gets out he will be old enough to take the car and TV and credit cards to Vegas. Maybe you should close down Vegas.

JB of PA 12:41PM July 23, 2010

I have just experienced the issues with internet gambling. My son stole all my jewelry, guns in excess of $27,000 to play on line sports betting on bodog.com. A total rip off site who requires pre paid credit cards. All at my expense. They have no way to verify the age of anyone they allow to gamble. My son ended up in the nut house and can face up to six to seven years in prison for the crime. Why can't we stop this insanity? Our states are creating monsters by allowing this. Local poker rooms in my state, Oregon are making so much money on sick people. The local officials do not care, close their eyes to the breaking of their own city ordinances regarding that one client may only spend up to $200.00 in a 24 hour period. They take in excess of $2,000 per client many times. There exists NO self responsibility once a person becomes so pathologically addicted that they will steal from their own family and hur all their friends to get their high on the computer of which you will NEVER win!

bobby of OR 5:34AM May 02, 2010

I can' read wwwu.snwesz.com in Firefox 8.4, just thoght I mgth let you knoiw.

seo lace of AL 1:21AM May 02, 2010

ITs a violoation of our rights plain and simple because the government wants a piece of the of action. As for sending billion out of this country get reral we purchase billions in oil from countries that we know support terrorism. Give me a break. When american stops buying oil from our Enimies and starts drilling for our own ill consider online gambling is bad. whata joke

jon of AR 2:17PM February 16, 2010

THere is no difference whatever in 'protection' schemes by EITHER the governments or the criminal element. When people are forced into submission by creation of 'laws' supported by irrational explanations in order to 'protect' them from their own actions, this is no different whatever than being on the receiving end of the force that criminal agents use to 'protect' their clients. Protection racket need done away with in their entirety and as has been said in the bulk of this thread, people need to be left alone to make their own decisions until those decisions DIRECTLY cause non debatable and provable harm to another. The actions of a few should NEVER, EVER, dictate the actions of the many. And it does not matter if that few are the people harming themselves or politicians attempting to use those few as a an excuse to 'protect' the many. Self responsibility and objectivity are the only two 'rules' neccesary for social order and laws to insure this have been in place for centuries; there need not be more 'laws'. Instead ALL law should be examined with a thorough and crtical eye to validity and consequence and a great deal of them either overturned or rejected entirely. This gambling prohibition is one that needs rejected immediately before it is added to a long list of abusive and invasive regulation designed to sequester the individuals RIGHT to freedom, personal property and the pursuit of happiness

S.Norton of AZ 7:15PM June 15, 2009

"In the history of our country, the federal government has never authorized or sanctioned gambling of any kind."
Every single state has a Lottery which is GAMBLING! Your position is outrageous in claiming that the government does not sanction gambling.
It is not the business of the government to tell adults what they can and can not do in their own homes when it is something that I can drive to a location and its perfectly legal.
Please remove your opposition to online poker and let Americans have their game back in their homes.

Rob B of RI 7:02AM June 15, 2009

"Unfortunately, this came too late for Greg Hogan's family..."
This just reeks of the lawsuits against Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, et al who were drug into the court room because misguided and money hungry lawyers and parents wanted someone to blame but themselves for their failures.
As asked in a previous comment, what if there was a casino nearby? It would be ok if it was a tribal casino since it is sanctioned & allowed by the federal government.
Corrupt, ego driven, self righteous politicians need to stay the hell out of dictating what's "ok" for us meer citizens.
Leave me alone & let me do what I want to do, I'm not hurting anyone playing poker.
Ban water, that stuff kills/hurts more people every day than poker does.

Corey Goodall of SD 3:29PM June 11, 2009

I would like to point out that banning online gambling isn't going to protect families and communities. I would also like to point out that alcohol and pornography are legal in the United States, provided you have reached legal age. I would also like to point out that GAMBLING is LEGAL in the U.S. Why can't I gamble in the comfort of my own home once I have reached legal gambling age?
It is disappointing that so many Americans are so ill informed on a wide range of topics. You can have your misguided morals. You can keep your Bible. I will continue to live my life as an upstanding citizen with NO criminal record or outstanding gambling debts. I also apologize that you have not been blessed with the gifts of clear thinking and paragraph structure.
It seems to me that some people are trying to infringe on my rights because of a few stupid and irresponsible individuals. I say no to anyone who wants to take away my rights and no to anyone who things that is okay. Patrick Henry had it right in 1775 when he said, "Give me liberty or give me death".

Steve of MA 1:24PM June 09, 2009