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If the house loses on Wall

NCD — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 23:38:06 +0000

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If the house loses on Wall Street...well...$$$$..that's why you're getting 0.0005% on your savings. The big money game is rigged.

As for cleaning up online gambling, if you had another $300 to spare, would you consider sending it to Senator Lindsey Graham? His quest is to protect America!

Oh just one clarification. I

Richard Day — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 22:45:21 +0000

In reply to Sorry you lost that money. Of

Oh just one clarification.

I mean I 'lost' the 300 over a six month period.

That is a hobby, not an obsession.

The indictment was real and that whole damn site went down, like that.

And there were hackers and I am sure it was an inside job and the 'middlemen' really did steal from idiots like me.

My question, and maybe Paypal answers this:

How do you regulate it?

I mean they regulate in Vegas and Atlantic City. How much? I do not know.

Super PC's and super software control Wall Street and will control internet gambling.

Of course, internet gambling is personified by Wall Street anyway, so who cares?

Sarcasm. Libtard is used by

NCD — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:48:26 +0000

In reply to Yes, I get it. That's why I

Sarcasm. Libtard is used by the right when we advocate government doing things for the hungry, sick or poor.

If any right wingers come by here I feel it good to shock and awe them with the hypocrisy of their Party in using similar Nanny reasoning to ban online gambling at the behest and profit of, what else, a gambling billionaire.

The right is now blaming the bad GM starter switch (from 2005-06) on Obama. (A redesigned part was used from 2007 on).

I am writing Darrell Issa to demand an investigation into why Obama let that happen, when George W. Bush kept us safe for 8 years.

Yes, I get it. That's why I

Ramona — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 16:36:00 +0000

In reply to Senator Graham's legislation

Yes, I get it. That's why I said this:

Sheldon Adelson sees the problem and is exploiting it for his own gain, and the religious busybodies, always on the lookout for signs of immorality that don't jibe with their own, also see ways they can capitalize off of it.

BTW, you lost me at "libtard".

Senator Graham's legislation

NCD — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:56:52 +0000

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Senator Graham's legislation has nothing to do with sad stories.

The GOP generates untold numbers of tragic outcomes for Americans by their actions and inaction in government.

Refusing to expand Medicaid for poor families, cutting food stamps, closing health clinics used by women, cutting unemployment etc, things you have blogged about.

This legislation is, of course, all about money.

Campaign money for the Senator and gambling money for Adelson. Republicans are lining up in Vegas to get Adelson cash to do anything Adelson wants them to do. It is a shining example of what the GOP is all about.

They believe in a Nanny state, for themselves, and their wealthy supporters.

No to all of the above. I

Ramona — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 01:35:48 +0000

In reply to Would you agree that online

No to all of the above. I despise Adelson and most Republicans who hold office and many who don't, but you talked about internet gambling and I gave you my reasons for being wary of it. It has nothing to do with anyone's perceptions of a nanny state. It could be I'm off-topic but when I read Richard's story I jumped at the chance to give my two cents about it.

It's like those ads we used to see about sticking all your gold jewelry in a prepaid bag and sending it to some company whose address is on the label in hopes that they'll give you a fair price for your treasures. There are just some things going on out there that scream danger, danger, Will Robinson. For me, online gambling is one of them. As I said.

Would you agree that online

NCD — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 01:25:54 +0000

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Would you agree that online gambling is one of the biggest issues facing America in 2014 and beyond? That it is more critical than any other legislation presented or promoted by Obama or anyone else in recent memory?

Would you also agree that Senator Graham is showing the courage of his convictions when he goes on a very personal crusade to save America from this scourge?

Don't you believe that Sheldon Adelson's millions in support of the GOP in this fight is derived from no less a laudatory goal than ensuring that American families can evade the temptations of intemperate gambling and resulting destitution?

Sorry you lost that money. Of

NCD — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 01:15:02 +0000

In reply to I got into internet gambling

Sorry you lost that money. Of course I would rather max out my credit card or get cheated in Vegas. They got the free outdoor shows and other....stuff...Jolly can tell us about.

It used to be a rock solid Republican principle that you are on your own out there, and they ran for govment to make sure you are on your own with all the freedom.

Lost your job - your fault.

Homeless - too bad.

Kids hungry - sorry, just cut your food stamps.

Pregnant and poor - didn't keep a 2 cent aspirin between your legs.

Crazy guy shoots up a crowd, not touching it, in fact loosen gun laws.

No health care - go the the Emergency room sucker.

NOW....Lost some cash playing online poker, kids stole your credit card and gambled? Adelson and Senator Graham to the rescue. Nanny govment. It sticks in my craw.

I have no problem with bricks

Ramona — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 01:13:42 +0000

In reply to GOP Backs Casino Mogul's Nanny State

I have no problem with bricks and mortar casinos but when internet casinos came on board HUGE red flags went up. No regulations, no overseers, not even a sense of who is running them or where in the world they are. And yet people give over their credit card numbers and hope the shadow people they're dealing with are honest and will do the right thing.

On the internet. Right.

I don't want to see the internet reined in or confined in most instances, but with internet casinos I might make an exception. It's a crazy business, rife with inevitable dangers.

Sheldon Adelson sees the problem and is exploiting it for his own gain, and the religious busybodies, always on the lookout for signs of immorality that don't jibe with their own, also see ways they can capitalize off of it.

Be advised that I'm in no way getting in bed with that bunch, but I wouldn't hate it if internet casinos went away.

I got into internet gambling

Richard Day — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 23:33:30 +0000

In reply to GOP Backs Casino Mogul's Nanny State

I got into internet gambling a couple three years ago.

I only lost about $300. They (the middle men, as they say) just plain stole money from me.

And then, my bank hit me with charges that approached $100? I went and complained to the bank, shut off the 'card' and I found the over charges erased. Then I read about how you can complain for over charges and that was that.

DO NOT GAMBLE ON LINE.

EVER!

I assume that paypal might save your ass, but the problem involves hackers who get into the game and read your cards!

This is all a fraud.

At least in Vegas, you can at least pay on an 'even' field.

Oh and the site I gambled at was indicted in NY and other places and shut down.

Just remember this

OTHERS WILL READ YOUR CARDS.