In a move that can only be designed to make America more like China, some of our great politicians voted on Tuesday July 11th to ban online poker.The House Of Representatives voted by 317 to 93 to outlaw various gambling web sites. This insane legislation known as H.R. 4411 sponsored by Jim Leach, R-Iowa prohibits banks and credit card companies from processing money from online gaming sites. And in an even more China-like move it would require US based ISPs to block or disable hyperlinks to web sites that offer gambling.
That's right folks. Internet service providers that currently offer every kind of porn access imaginable will be required to write special software to filter out links to certain gambling web sites.
But for some inexplicable reason this legislation gives a free pass to online horse betting, Internet lotteries, and some fantasy sports. So poker and certain online gaming is evil and needs to be stamped out, whereas horse betting is just fine.
So with all of the social and economic problems created by the Bush administration, they are debating flag burning and online poker. It's great to see that they have their priorities in the right place.
In a recent poll 74.2% of Americans said they believed that the government should not prevent people from playing online poker in the privacy of their own homes. In the same poll when asked if the government should prevent people from playing poker, an overwhelming 90% said no. It is time these politicians listened to the people instead of wasting valuable government time on such unnecessary and unpopular legislation.
If any of this makes you angry and you want to take action, check out the Poker Player's Alliance, and see what you can do about the situation.
