Remember Remember

Those of you who read my blog regularly will notice that I have been going through what one might call a movie drought. I have been subjected to such shit as X-Men 3 and War of the Worlds recently which is enough to make one simply stop watching movies.

But a few months ago I was fortunate enough to be invited to see V for Vendetta with some friends. I went and was fortunate enough to witness what I believe to be the best movie of the year. I even went so far as to pre-purchase the movie on DVD so that I could receive it on the day of release.

There are plenty of reviews and opinions you can read about this movie, so I won't bore you with stuff you can read elsewhere. This movie is exceptional, and I have watched it three times in the past week. Just go rent it or buy it today, I promise you will not be disappointed.

Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici

Thanks Frist

Yesterday I received my first blow off letter from a politician. Good old boy Bill Frist had one of his underlings send me a nice blow off letter about HR4411. I had written to him to ask him to oppose HR4411 on the basis that it was an unworkable law that made no sense. If HR4411 is passed into law ISPs will be required to scan every page they serve to their subscribers and filter out links to gambling sites (like they do in China). The government will be allowed to check everyone's bank account for evidence of receipt of money from an online gambling site. The law will actually do little to prevent any of the bad side of Internet gambling, but will infringe the civil liberties of American citizens yet again, even if they have never gambled online.

Over 70 million Americans play poker, 23 million of those do so online. This outrageous bill seeks to take away rights not only of poker players but non-poker players alike. But as usual no one cares. No one cares that taxing in regulating online gaming could create $3.3Bn in tax revenue almost overnight. No one in politics seems to care that there are real and pressing issues that need to be addressed.

So thank you for the blow off letter Dr. Frist. Too bad you are just too busy and important to address the real issues facing this nation.

If you are angry about your rights being taken away and believe that in a free country anyone of age should be allowed to play poker online, click here to send a letter to your Senator. Then maybe you too can get a standard blow off letter from the underling of a politician who doesn't care.