George Bush Pushes Online Gambling Ban

The clock is ticking on the Bush administration. But with every passing minute George Bush seems bent on pushing through as much damaging legislation as possible, aimed at hurting Americans, and hurting the Obama administration (as if he hasn't done enough of that already).

While there are many issues to highlight, one that particularly annoys me is the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). It's designed to outlaw most forms of online gambling, despite a clear majority of Americans not wanting such a law.

I think this specific law is one that just stands out as an example of all that is wrong with the Bush administration. On day a group of Republicans led by Bill Frist stick a last minute addition to the must pass SAFE Ports Act of 2006. There was no debate, no reason to do it, just a personal agenda based on corruption and a general disdain for the democratic process.

Bush signed it into law in the beginning of 2007, and companies all over the world lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Americans lost yet another of the many rights that Bush has robbed them of during his term.

But now in the latest development the Bush administration is pushing the final portion of this law into effect, despite the protests, the fact it does not have the will of the people behind it, and even the banks have asked not to be placed under further pressures (it's not like they need any more in the current economic climate).

This law would make banks operate as police officers, looking for 'gambling' transactions that the government does not approve of. Of course they approve of day trading and horse race betting, but other forms of gambling from industries that didn't bribe enough Republicans, are left out in the cold, along with the American people. Again.

So the question remains, just how many stupid laws can Bush pass before he is kicked out of office? We can only hope that Obama is able to reverse as many of them as he possibly can.

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