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you could also note the irony of endangering american lives to prevent a fundamentalist islamic government from forming in IRAQ, when we can't prevent a fundamentalist christian government from imposing it's religion on the citizens here in America.

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You were probably just looking to vent, but...restricting this to the UIGEA topic (the rest is for Politics Board), since when are Casino, NCAA, and NFL lobbyists fundamentalists?

It was general "insider gossip" that a key reason the UIGEA was pushed hard at the last minute was pressure from the NFL lobby.

My faaabulous Senator Feinstein, not exactly a "fundamentalist" is a big-time opponent of online gaming.

Poker-lovers need to stop assuming those who disagree with us are all Southern Baptists. Politicians generally oppose online gaming for a variety of reasons, and we need to deal with those issues.

Fundamentalist Christian groups have not been able to prevent the growth of lots of legal poker rooms in areas of this country, so they alone weren't able to drive this legislation either.