Bush tells us what we can't do with our money

[smokeman]

I just logged into my casino.net to play a bit this week..Guess what?I got till oct 14 to remove all my cash from there....Congress passed the law and bush signed it.....Deleted by CalHunter...,,This is MY MONEY,I shall spend it how I want to...He signs a bill for this but won'tdo anything toremove the illegals from our country...This is BS of king george and the government to tell me what I can spend my money on......If I want to ...Deleted by CalHunter... it away in the wind,it's my choice to do so,no ones elses....

[Knightia]

Well if they stoped you how can you do whatever you want>?

I dont think you can set it on fire etc(aginst the law- to distroy US legal tender i think) i think you can let it go in the wind tho while taking a whiz.

Im going to go to the indian casino sometime near riverton here- "they" The Us goverment tryed to stop them to& from shooting bald eagles on the res)

[Knightia]

Well it was both the state& federal goverment not just one -who tryed to stop the native casino& eagle harvest etc here i believe.

I think the US goverment will get you tho- also if you dont pay your taxes owed legaly to the goverment, with some of the moneys your get to.So nope cant just do whatever you want with the(your) moneys ussally in the respect either for a long time now.

[cameronmclain]

Smokey- you shouldn't be gambling anyway...

[BenGarrett]

Smokeman, I can understand your frustration, although I personally agree with the bill.

However, it's a little laughable that it is Bush's name alone that is attached on your post. Bush played a small part in telling you what you can do with your money.

Internet gambling is effectively prohibited in the U.S. by the Federal Wire Act of 1961, which reads:

Whoever being engaged in the business of betting or wagering knowingly uses a wire communication facility for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of bets or wagers or information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or contest, or for the transmission of a wire communication which entitles the recipient to receive money or credit as a result of bets or wagers, or for information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

This law was signed by John F. Kennedy, a Democratic president.

Now whether this law actually can include Internet gambling has never been ruled upon by the high court. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that it does NOT apply to Internet gambling, but nevertheless, it has effectively kept online gambling operations out of the states. This was bolstered by an opinion issued by the Justice Department during the Clinton administration (Democratic president) that said that the Federal Wire Act of 1961 does, in fact, prohibit Internet gambling.

The only way you've been able to gamble through casino.net is because of a loophole that allows foreign gambling sites to target U.S. customers. This bill closes that loophole by prohibiting banks and credit card companies from making payments to online gambling sites. So, technically, this bill doesn't do anything with your money. It enforces something that was made illegal years ago but was made possible today by technologies not available when the original law was passed.

But that's all just details. What's funny is that your post mentions only Bush, and makes no mention of one of the bill's chief sponsors (Sen. Bill Frist). And it's hardly only Republicans who were responsible for this. One could argue that Dems (and some Republicans) in the House and Senate who voted for this bill last week were only doing so because it was attached to an unrelated bill regarding port security . . . that ugly game Dems and Republicans both play in Washington to force their counterparts across the aisle to vote a certain way. BUT, the House considered this same bill, unattached, in July and voted 317-93 in favor of it. Voting aye were 201 Republicans and 115 Democrats.

Oh, and the one person your post mentions ("King" George) isn't even a player in this yet. He has not yet signed the bill. Ironic, isn't it?

All we hear from some of you guys on this board is Bush this and Bush that. If Bush was helping a little old lady across the street you guys would accuse him of trying to push a helpless senior citizen into oncoming traffic. Sorry, I just find it hilarious that your post is all about what Bush is telling us what we can't do with our money whenever Bush hasn't even weighed in on this bill yet. Here, however, is a list of all the U.S. Representatives who also want to tell you what you can't do with your money:

Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Allen
Bachus
Baird
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Barrow
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bass
Bean
Beauprez
Berry
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd
Bradley (NH)
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brown (OH)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Buyer
Calvert
Camp (MI)
Campbell (CA)
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Cardin
Cardoza
Carter
Case
Castle
Chabot
Chandler
Chocola
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Cramer
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cubin
Cuellar
Culberson
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Tom
Deal (GA)
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Doggett
Doolittle
Drake
Duncan
Edwards
Ehlers
Emanuel
Emerson
English (PA)
Etheridge
Everett
Fattah
Feeney
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Ford
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Granger
Graves
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Gutknecht
Hall
Harman
Harris
Hart
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth
Higgins
Hobson
Hoekstra
Holt
Hooley
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Jefferson
Jindal
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
Lowey
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Lynch
Maloney
Manzullo
Marchant
Marshall
Matheson
McCarthy
McCaul (TX)
McCollum (MN)
McCotter
McCrery
McHugh
McIntyre
McKeon
McMorris
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Mica
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murphy
Murtha
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Oberstar
Obey
Ortiz
Osborne
Otter
Oxley
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Pomeroy
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Ross
Royce
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Ryun (KS)
Sabo
Salazar
Sanders
Saxton
Schmidt
Schwartz (PA)
Schwarz (MI)
Scott (GA)
Sensenbrenner
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Sherman
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Skelton
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Sodrel
Souder
Spratt
Stearns
Stupak
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tanner
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thomas
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Turner
Udall (CO)
Upton
Van Hollen
Visclosky
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Waxman
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (NM)
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Wu
Wynn
Young (FL)

[James B]

. Looks like it aint just a BUSH thing. Good Post.

[ipscshooter]

Dang Ben, are you telling us that the bill had broad bi-partisan support? That's impossible!!!

Hey Smokeman, if you want to give your money away, send me some!

[burniegoeasily]

Ben beat me too it. Ill admit he did a much better job than I could have.

[frontier gander]

Well, Think on the bright side, Bush just saved you some extra funds!

[Canuck_Buck]

Got to protect those poor cash starved vegas casino owners...

All hail the Decider !