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britain criticizes american gambling ban
Britain's culture secretary on Friday compared the U.S. crackdown on online gambling to the failed alcohol ban of the Prohibition as she prepared to host an international summit on Internet gambling next week. Tessa Jowell warned that the U.S. ban on Internet gambling would make unregulated offshore sites the modern equivalent of speakeasies, illegal bars that opened in 1920s America when alcohol was banned. U.S. Congress caught the gambling industry by surpr...
Oct 28, 2006, 7:46 am - LOTTOMIKE

internet gambling march scheduled in washington for november
October 28, 2006 -- The voices talking so loudly against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) on forums and blogs across are the internet will be leaving their keyboards on November 3-4 and will be headed to Washington D.C. to protest the latest US prohibition. The purpose of the demonstration will be to gain press coverage from major news organizations such as Fox, MSNBC, and CNN (who have all promised to attend the event) in order to get the message out to the...
Oct 28, 2006, 5:20 am - LOTTOMIKE

"CardPlayer.com Explains Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
Again, I don't have a dog in the fight because I have never gambled on the internet, period. But since this is such a hot-button issue here's something I dug up via FreeRepublic.com, search page with gambling as the subject. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=...
Jul 18, 2006, 11:34 am - konane

"Criminal alien exception blocked
Security of the US and its citizens from any threat from anywhere is not a concern of Democrats, period ... proven it time and time again. They're too busy constructing a socialist empire for them to rule from ivory towers to be bothered with our security. Democrat Barn...
Apr 6, 2006, 9:27 am - konane

Pelosi to Democrats: Support health bill, even if it kills career
Pelosi to Dems: Support health bill, even if it kills career ASSOCIATED PRESS Last Updated: 2:49 PM, February 28, 2010 Posted: 2:47 PM, February 28, 2010...
Feb 28, 2010, 4:13 pm - truesee

"Hoyer wants Pelosi facts out
Interesting video interview Sen. Kit Bond first article. Second one Pelosi doing the backstroke fast as she can. Way too power hungry for any high position, she does not wear it well. Wish she'd do the honorable thing and resign. ____________ Video: Sen. Kit Bond on Pelosi's CIA Claim...
May 16, 2009, 4:06 pm - konane

More Reid stupidity...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday that, if House Republicans would pass comprehensive immigration reform, the economy would add more jobs. Reid made the comments after a June jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics found the economy added 288,000 jobs last month. Reid said that number would have been better if the Senate's immigration reform bill had become law. Comprehensive immigration reform would have added an average...
Jul 16, 2014, 9:40 pm - emilyg

GOP blocks campaign donor disclosure bill
GOP blocks campaign donor disclosure bill WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans have blocked Democratic-backed legislation requiring organizations pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into campaign ads to disclose their top donors and the amounts they spend. GOP opposition prevented Democrats from getting the 60 votes needed to bring what is known as the Disclose Act to the Senate floor. The vote was 51-44. Democrats revived the act during a preside...
Jul 21, 2012, 8:34 pm - Tenaj

a penny saved becomes a penny spurned
July 7) -- We collect them in dusty jars, lose them under couch cushions and ignore them on the ground as we rush by. Once considered a good luck charm, the penny for many has become more of a copper-colored nuisance that has outlived its usefulness. Although the majority of Americans want to keep the penny in circulation, support for elimination of the 1-cent coin is building. Fueling the momentum: For the first time in history, it costs more than a penny to manufacture...
Jul 7, 2006, 4:32 pm - LOTTOMIKE

Brilliant move President Trump
As I see it President Trump does not want the big ruckus about shutting down the grubyment. It looks like he is going to hold off on signing future legislation that would not involve shutting down the grubyment. ______________________________ Donald J. Trump Verified account...
Dec 20, 2018, 10:45 am - JAP69