Whew! I Feel Safer! You Feel Safer?
Thank God those geniuses in Washington have made it illegal for banks and credit cards companies to make payments to online gambling sites.
I mean, wow, those online gambling sites could have snuck across our open borders or smuggled something in through our wide-open ports and, you know, maybe have performed some heinous act that could have killed scads of people and punched a big fucking hole in our economy. Or they could have, you know, threatened our freedoms or liberties in some vague unrealized fashion.
Now I can slip into sleep resting easy that this #1 threat to our country has been nullified by squashing Americans' freedom to gamble online!
Thanks, Mr. President! Thanks, Congress! Thanks for having your priorities straight!
Fucking morons.
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I thought a Republican priority was to make industries fat and happy.
Good call, Scott. And…we have two parties in this country. And…last I checked there were some Democrats in Congress. And…it appears that the bill in question passed with a 409 to 2 vote in the House. So unless you're saying that there are 409 Republicans in the House, which is clearly not true, then please explain yourself.
Because Democrats don't want Republicans to have the talking point that the Democrats are for evil foreign Internet gambling sites. And they don't gain anything for voting against this Republican-backed bill.
You're absolutely right. The talking point that online gambling actually isn't evil and this is yet another attempt by the religious right to legislate morality–a perfect talking point to use in this day and age to drum up voters who are scared of having people who talk to imaginary friends run their lives–yeah, that's nothing gained, yup, you're sure right. Can't argue with that logic.
Okay, fine. The Democrats voted for the bill so that the gaming industry will give them money when they take over Congress. Craven enough for you?
Hey, the question shouldn't be directed at me. I'm not the one who supports them. You're the Demo. Is it craven enough for you?
I'm not thrilled by it. But considering the two parties, you know which party I have to choose.
Yes, I know. The party that hates you less.
Well, yeah. There's no viable third option.