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10-03-2006, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Buzzerbeater Kiddie porn sites are illegal. | That was sarcasm, he was saying that they're banning online poker, but are doing nothing about the kiddie porn that can easily be googled.
Trying to keep Joe from getting neg repped into oblivion...besides they're having a hard time working on the kiddie porn issue, the congressman in charge of that just resigned....
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10-03-2006, 12:14 PM
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Y'know...I always said I couldn't think of ANY reason to EVER vote for Hillary....
Turns out I was wrong....as soon as I get out of the tatoo line, I'm voting Blue!
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10-03-2006, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by RTBrandy Y'know...I always said I couldn't think of ANY reason to EVER vote for Hillary....
Turns out I was wrong....as soon as I get out of the tatoo line, I'm voting Blue! | Not to get too much of a battle started in this forum, but do you really think that Red/Blue makes a difference on this or on most legislation?Crap like this happens all the time with amendments being added to bills.
The best representation of this I found in an article today was this nugget about the amendment: According to Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.), no one on the Senate-House Conference Committee had even seen the final language of the bill. But Lautenberg managed to see $100 million within the Safe Ports Act go to New Jersey for rail, port, bus and chemical plant security, so he turned a blind eye towards the Internet gambling measure being stuffed into the bill at the last minute and voted for HR 4954.
So go ahead and call the 'blue' NJ rep if you want or many other Democrats who voted 'yea' for this (it was a voice vote for the amendment, too, so I don't know if it will be possible to get a record of the number of yeas and who was on what side) -- US politics is and has always been about money and greasing the wheel. This is no different than the countless daily bills that are passed and the recent trend to 'protect' americans through repressive legislation.  |
10-03-2006, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Q10 soooted Not to get too much of a battle started in this forum, but do you really think that Red/Blue makes a difference on this or on most legislation?Crap like this happens all the time with amendments being added to bills.
The best representation of this I found in an article today was this nugget about the amendment:
According to Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.), no one on the Senate-House Conference Committee had even seen the final language of the bill. But Lautenberg managed to see $100 million within the Safe Ports Act go to New Jersey for rail, port, bus and chemical plant security, so he turned a blind eye towards the Internet gambling measure being stuffed into the bill at the last minute and voted for HR 4954.
So go ahead and call the 'blue' NJ rep if you want or many other Democrats who voted 'yea' for this (it was a voice vote for the amendment, too, so I don't know if it will be possible to get a record of the number of yeas and who was on what side) -- US politics is and has always been about money and greasing the wheel. This is no different than the countless daily bills that are passed and the recent trend to 'protect' americans through repressive legislation. | I agree, wholeheartedly, but this is where a presidential veto would come in handy....and that AIN'T gonna happen....
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10-03-2006, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by RTBrandy I agree, wholeheartedly, but this is where a presidential veto would come in handy....and that AIN'T gonna happen.... | The poker sites should buy big stakes in oil companies or Haliburton and then they'd get the veto
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10-03-2006, 01:03 PM
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BTW, I still don't think I could vote for Hillary...  
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10-03-2006, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by RTBrandy BTW, I still don't think I could vote for Hillary... | BTW, I still don't think it would matter...
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10-03-2006, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by RTBrandy BTW, I still don't think I could vote for Hillary... | A little bribery goes a long way...
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10-03-2006, 06:02 PM
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A Blue President probably wouldn't veto this bill either. This isn't Red vs. Blue. This is THEM vs. US. The people have to let the ones in office know their sick of the bulls***. |
10-03-2006, 07:45 PM
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so do I pull my money out now and let the dust settle? |
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