The Illegal Recreation Problem
May 07, 06 | 9:26 pm by John T. KennedyPlay a hand, go to jail. For ten years.
That’s your legal jeopardy for playing online poker in Washington state come June.
You may be thinking we don’t have enough jails for all these criminals but Big Tent conservatives have the answer to that. And with online poker being a felony they’ll be able to make citizen’s arrests instead of just dropping a dime like the Minutemen.
This isn’t about recreation folks: It’s about illegal recreation!
May 8th, 2006 at May 08, 06 | 9:49 pm
91% Republican support in the Senate, 90% Republican support in the House.
Yeah. That’s the cow-county vote coming in alright: “Jesus told me to have men with guns stop you from gambling.” Somebody remind me again how good a job right-wingers are doing defending my freedom, wouldja? About September 2008, when Hillary’s up by ten points in the polls and the Republican blogs are shitting themselves - that’d be a good time.
Sick ironies to note:
* The Google ads (Doesn’t this state suck in enough from the 8.x% sales tax? Obviously not - but they somehow have enough dough to be repaving the street in front of my place over and over and over again) coming up on those pages: mostly for gambing sites. Ha, ha.
* The “What do you think”? online poll button on those pages. What the fuck does it matter what I think?
* I just got coupons for six bucks’ worth of Washington State lottery tickets in the mail.
May 9th, 2006 at May 09, 06 | 8:50 am
When internet gambling sites are outlawed, only outlaws will have internet gambling sites.
May 9th, 2006 at May 09, 06 | 11:28 am
Lopez,
If you’re not gonna be needing your poker books anymore….
May 9th, 2006 at May 09, 06 | 7:41 pm
Fuck you.
Actually, I can loan you Greenstein’s book if you haven’t read it. There’s a pretty interesting chapter that touches on government gambling vs. private sector gambling. What’s interesting is both how right and how wrong Barry gets it, all at once. You’ll know the reason why, of course.
May 9th, 2006 at May 09, 06 | 8:31 pm
You clearly have no respect for the law.
May 9th, 2006 at May 09, 06 | 9:39 pm
Oh, I respect the law.
I have the same respect for the law that I have for a snarling dog on a leash, and for pretty much the same reasons. It’s probably not a good idea to walk up and slap puppy in the chops, nor is it worthwhile to try and reason with the brute (”Nice doggie. Nice doggie. Ouch! Shit!”). Better idea is to just walk around him.