Online gambling to be attached to defense bill???- article Uh oh!!!

[ubercuber]

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There is no question in my mind that skilled and well connected lobbyists could definitely "win" this battle.


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Interesting. Thanks again for keeping us up to speed.

[DuderinoAB]

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And how many of your ridiculed my 75% change of passage perdiction? Where there is an evil politician, there is a way...and most all politicians are evil - particularly during election season.

---Leavenfish

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You're kind of like the guy that goes all in when dominated, sucks out, and then berates the rest of the table. If the bill passes, it doesn't mean there was a 75% chance of passage...just means you happened to get lucky...kind of.

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Touchy.

Of course I hope I am wrong and I have never berated anyone as you well know. Your attempt and a cute analogy does not hold water. I was simply pointing out that certain people have sometimes tried to make short work of any opinion that this thing was likely to pass by saying essentially that others and myself were claiming the sky was falling or not very politically astute. Quite the contrary. I live in TN and what has always tipped my thoughts towards 75% has been my argument that Frist and Co. would pull out all the stops to get this thing passed in an election year - if only to make it appear to certain constituents that they can be trusted to 'get things done' by core party faithful. And they appear willing to do just that. It's sad...but a reality that a politicans level of ethics usually goes out the window when election time comes.

---Leavenfish

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The first line of your statement makes it seem as if you were taunting us. I've always taken exception to your view (and the view of a few others) that the sky is falling. I've disagreed, and I don't think it is particularly productive. My aim is to be productive in fighting this legislation. It is not to sit around and say that this thing is going to pass and put a percentage on it. When have you posted one thing in this forum that has provided information pertinent to the issue at hand (that issue being the defeat of this legislation)? Every post that I've seen from presents a view that the sky if falling and not much else. You seem to be pretty excited that there is now a pretty good chance you will be correct. What does this accomplish?

[Neurotoxin]

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There is no question in my mind that skilled and well connected lobbyists could definitely "win" this battle.


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Let's go break Jack Abramoff out of jail.

[scoobylee]

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And how many of your ridiculed my 75% change of passage perdiction? Where there is an evil politician, there is a way...and most all politicians are evil - particularly during election season.

---Leavenfish

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You're kind of like the guy that goes all in when dominated, sucks out, and then berates the rest of the table. If the bill passes, it doesn't mean there was a 75% chance of passage...just means you happened to get lucky...kind of.

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Touchy.

Of course I hope I am wrong and I have never berated anyone as you well know. Your attempt and a cute analogy does not hold water. I was simply pointing out that certain people have sometimes tried to make short work of any opinion that this thing was likely to pass by saying essentially that others and myself were claiming the sky was falling or not very politically astute. Quite the contrary. I live in TN and what has always tipped my thoughts towards 75% has been my argument that Frist and Co. would pull out all the stops to get this thing passed in an election year - if only to make it appear to certain constituents that they can be trusted to 'get things done' by core party faithful. And they appear willing to do just that. It's sad...but a reality that a politicans level of ethics usually goes out the window when election time comes.

---Leavenfish

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The first line of your statement makes it seem as if you were taunting us. I've always taken exception to your view (and the view of a few others) that the sky is falling. I've disagreed, and I don't think it is particularly productive. My aim is to be productive in fighting this legislation. It is not to sit around and say that this thing is going to pass and put a percentage on it. When have you posted one thing in this forum that has provided information pertinent to the issue at hand (that issue being the defeat of this legislation)? Every post that I've seen from presents a view that the sky if falling and not much else. You seem to be pretty excited that there is now a pretty good chance you will be correct. What does this accomplish?

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Best post of the day

[Custer]

Anthony Curtis at LVA (a trusted source) just posted that he heard recent information that the people behind the DOD bill (possibly McCain?) are not going to let anything be attached.

[Lawman007]

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And how many of your ridiculed my 75% change of passage perdiction? Where there is an evil politician, there is a way...and most all politicians are evil - particularly during election season.

---Leavenfish

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You're kind of like the guy that goes all in when dominated, sucks out, and then berates the rest of the table. If the bill passes, it doesn't mean there was a 75% chance of passage...just means you happened to get lucky...kind of.

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Touchy.

Of course I hope I am wrong and I have never berated anyone as you well know. Your attempt and a cute analogy does not hold water. I was simply pointing out that certain people have sometimes tried to make short work of any opinion that this thing was likely to pass by saying essentially that others and myself were claiming the sky was falling or not very politically astute. Quite the contrary. I live in TN and what has always tipped my thoughts towards 75% has been my argument that Frist and Co. would pull out all the stops to get this thing passed in an election year - if only to make it appear to certain constituents that they can be trusted to 'get things done' by core party faithful. And they appear willing to do just that. It's sad...but a reality that a politicans level of ethics usually goes out the window when election time comes.

---Leavenfish

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The first line of your statement makes it seem as if you were taunting us. I've always taken exception to your view (and the view of a few others) that the sky is falling. I've disagreed, and I don't think it is particularly productive. My aim is to be productive in fighting this legislation. It is not to sit around and say that this thing is going to pass and put a percentage on it. When have you posted one thing in this forum that has provided information pertinent to the issue at hand (that issue being the defeat of this legislation)? Every post that I've seen from presents a view that the sky if falling and not much else. You seem to be pretty excited that there is now a pretty good chance you will be correct. What does this accomplish?

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Best post of the day

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You don't have very high standards, do you? LOL

[CasinoPimp]

There MAY be some developments - I carry a live feed on one of my sites. One of the new headlines reads:

Frist Fails to Piggyback I-Gaming Bill...
Interactive Gaming sub Fri Sep 15 22:09:00 EDT 2006

The url to my page w/ the live feed is http://www.winyourwager.com/gaming_news.html

Unfortunately I don't have a subscription to log in. This site/organization is very well known. Can anyone here log in and see what the full story is?

[Busted_Flat]

I can't get in either and the subscription is ridiculously expensive, but here is the first paragraph from the Interactive Gaming News website:

Frist Fails to Piggyback I-Gaming Bill
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's effort to attach prohibitive online gambling legislation to the FY 2007 Defense Department Conference Report (DCR 07) has yet to materialize. The conference committee on the Department of Defense (DOD) authorization bill reportedly removed "Leach-type language" from the bill.

If this is the case, the language was in the bill and then removed, this sounds like good news. I am cautiously optimistic.

[Tuco]

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Frist Fails to Piggyback I-Gaming Bill


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KING ON THE TURN BABY!

Tuco.

[ZBTHorton]

I want the rest of that article..lol