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Pure blackmail. Modern day Piracy.
Its a scary thought when a state :
“If they refuse, Kentucky could block access to the sites by users across the world, Brown claimed.”I hope it doesn’t get to a stage where ICANN is forced to bend to any governments will.
If it looks like a farce, smells like a farce, probably is a farce.
Hello All:
I feel that Governor Steven Beshear of Kentucky is nothing but a two faced hypocrite. It is all right to allow land based casinos that create more problems than online casinos to be in business but that is okay. It seems to me there are more problems with addictive gambling at land based casinos especially when most land based casinos serve alcohol to their patrons. I wonder if the Governor is smart enough to realize this or is he another hillbilly hick giving the great state of Kentucky a bad name. As well it is okay for the state of Kentucky to make money in taxes from land based casinos as well as from horse racing, but then that makes Governor Steven Beshear nothing but a two face hypocrite in my opinion.
Maybe Governor Beshear will be flushed down the toilet:flush: in the next state election.
Best regards,
bado463
If it looks like a farce, smells like a farce, probably is a farce.
I believe it’s a Golden Palace trick
Sorry, bado463 … but it seems that the people of Kentucky approve of Gov. Beshear’s actions so far. A poll today says that he’s enjoying a 60% approval rating, which is pretty high for an American politician: http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080930/NEWS01/809300325. The poll was taken last week, though, so it could easily change if this thing drags out over the course of a few months, which it very well may do.
Unofficially, I believe that Gov. Beshear’s actions are gestures to Kentucky’s huge horse racing interests. I don’t think it’s going to be successful, and I think that maybe they know it won’t be successful, but it’s the sort of “moral” crusade that a lot of U.S. voters gobble up.
It’s too bad, too. Kentucky really is a beautiful state with some really friendly people, but all this is just going to increase its reputation as some kind of unsophisticated backwater.
sure its for the horses.
and that’s also why the high rating of approval. That whole state pushes the horses and anything that’s good for them is going to be good for the state’s opinion of that politician.
pretty simple really and no big surprise he has a big approval rating. I’d be surprised otherwise.
@Dominique 177828 wrote:
Pure blackmail. Modern day Piracy.
Bang on. Just a mechanism to extort money and I’d be amazed if it’s allowed to happen. If it dies, ICANN have a lot to answer for and every industry is then open to this fraud.
Quick question. Is the governor a Democrate or a screwed Republican?
This is old but I have to check the news today so got nothing better else to do. Just because he has a high approval rating that doesn’t have anything to do with this case or the people of Kentucky supporting this case. I believe his popularity will drop once more media starts to cover this and backlash occurs. An example would be angry poker players in KY, they would go out of their way to make sure he doesn’t get in and it’s a group that would make a lot of noise.
NathanCAP;178355 wrote:Sorry, bado463 … but it seems that the people of Kentucky approve of Gov. Beshear’s actions so far. A poll today says that he’s enjoying a 60% approval rating, which is pretty high for an American politician: http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080930/NEWS01/809300325. The poll was taken last week, though, so it could easily change if this thing drags out over the course of a few months, which it very well may do.BeShear is a Democrat, believe it or not. This is real, and should not be taken lightly. I remember all those that doubted that UIGEA would ever get signed into law….don’t forget the past. Anyway, blow-by-blow can be read at:
Thanks or pointing that out. I new Reid was in the pocket for the Vegas casinos and Nancy was in the pocket for the Indian casinos, but I did not know aout the Kentucy governor. I thought that it was just the right wing Republicans that were trying to be me out of business!
