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Guys, there is still time to watch, they are on a break and final statements follow.
It’s super interesting and I think quite encouraging.
Quote of The Day
They are talking to someone from the family research council.
“So you are against gambling if it is restricted or unrestricted?”
-“Yes”
“Is there any fun that you are for?”I would have to agree that it has been encouraging so far. Annie Duke did a great job and it looks everything is going towards legalization.
Give more reports please. I can’t view .rm files.
Thanks.
There has been a lot of discussion on whether it would be up to the states or federal government to enforce internet gambling regulation. Also if states will be able to opt out.
Annie Duke is not just a good poker player, but she is also a good speaker.
It was very interesting, the WTO came into the discussion throughout and is being taken seriously.
The DOJ rep admitted that gambling online in the US was NOT illegal. Only accepting money for it was illegal.
On the other hand she said “the DOJ operates under the belief” that all online gambling is illegal.
After that contradiction, she was confronted with the question about horse betting and she said it was illegal (not true). When asked if lotteries were illegal she said yes, and when asked about anyone being prosecuted for it she said she couldn’t think of a case but would look it up.
Yeah, right.
Then Goodlatte (should be selling coffee instead of sitting in congress :tongue:) tried to explain why fantasy sports was legal and admitted it was legal even for minors. He had never heard of a problem with it. Lol, it’s online betting!
I think the proponents of UIGEA looked like a bunch of fools.
Annie asked repeatedly how goodlatte could say that he gives the power to the states when UIGEA is federally enforced. No real answer to that either.
The DOJ is so far out of the ballcourt with what is and isn’t legal – lol – let’s see them prosecute the lotteries. Hilarious.
Another good point was that more people watch poker on TV than baseball. It’s a national past time a huge segment of US citizens engages in.
It was a long session and fascinating and I am at a loss to describe it all, maybe there will be transcripts available online.
It made me sit here and talk to my computer, lol!
you can still see it if you missed it.
Here’s the link:
The Washington Post has picked up on it:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/14/AR2007111401979.html
Yes it is quite amazing what a liar Bob Goodlatte is. When he first ran for office he said that anyone who stays more than six terms becomes corrupted, well the Liar Bob Goodlatte is on his eighth term. Another sad excuse of boot licking Republican Liar, but what is new.
Bado463:hattip:
…. But it cannot be the duty, because it is not the right, of the state to protect the public against false doctrine.
The very purpose of the First Amendment is to foreclose public authority from assuming a guardianship of the public mind through regulating the press, speech, and religion.
In this field every person must be his own watchman for truth, because the forefathers did not trust any government to separate the true from the false for us. …
Mr. Justice JACKSON, concurring
U.S. Supreme Court
THOMAS v. COLLINS, 323 U.S. 516 (1945)@titus 145212 wrote:
…. But it cannot be the duty, because it is not the right, of the state to protect the public against false doctrine.
The very purpose of the First Amendment is to foreclose public authority from assuming a guardianship of the public mind through regulating the press, speech, and religion.
In this field every person must be his own watchman for truth, because the forefathers did not trust any government to separate the true from the false for us. …
Mr. Justice JACKSON, concurring
U.S. Supreme Court
THOMAS v. COLLINS, 323 U.S. 516 (1945)God but thats a great quote!
@bado463 145176 wrote:
Yes it is quite amazing what a liar Bob Goodlatte is. When he first ran for office he said that anyone who stays more than six terms becomes corrupted, well the Liar Bob Goodlatte is on his eighth term. Another sad excuse of boot licking Republican Liar, but what is new.
Bado463:hattip:
Yes, this is the man I write letters to in Ohio, and get the same form letter back each time that gambling is “bad”, although theres no issue with spending your last $18 on scratch tickets.
