"Death to Poker Blogs"

Man the new legislation has done some damage to poker blogs. Blogs that I read frequently have not posted in a long period of time. The now have the Crypto syndrome and only post every couple of weeks. You know the fact the this legislation was attached to the Port Security Bill smells fishy when the President refuses to address it the day he signed the bill into law.

I have almost emptied all of my accounts and just praying that I receive the checks. My plan is to start looking for some local games, using this bankroll. I will then have some poker content to blog about.

The one thing that keeps running through my head is the huge impact this legislation has had and will have on the poker world. I doubt you will see 8000 entrants in the WSOP Main event in 2007. All that taxable money lost. I think the next move for our wonderful legislatures would be to cave in to big money Casino interests and allow US gambling monopolies to offer on-line poker. This would be a tax cow! It will got a long ways toward paying for Welfare and the 15 Million illegals in our country. Or we could set a world record for the largest wall along our borders. We could pay all the graffiti artists a large sum of money to paint the wall with images of Morality. Man we can educate the heck out of our children with that much money. Every legislator would be in the top 100 billionaires in just a few years.

The next legislation that will be tacked on to the Nuclear Weapons initiative will be the Banning of Poker blogs. An entire culture is on the verge of extinction. The "Blog Father" with have to write about his daily grind. Oh nooooooooooo!

Elections are only a few weeks away. I promise that I will NOT vote for a single incumbents. I am debating about sending all of my representatives an Ace of Spades. Not sure what good it will do, but I think I will feel better.

I decided to see what was happening on the Libertarian front. I had a poker game at my house and a friend made a comment that Williamson Country was 98% Republican and he was the only registered Libertarian. I quickly stated there were two registered Libertarians in Williamson County. The philosophies of the Libertarian party are closer to mine than any other party. The problem is that without more support we do not have a great chance to win. I decided to see what they were saying about the Port Security Bill. On the main page I found this headline:

Congress Chooses to Legislate Morality with Internet Gambling Ban - Over the past weekend, a bill was passed by Congress that essentially bans Internet gambling within the United States. Tennessee Senator and supposed presidential hopeful, Bill Frist, snuck the legislation into a port security bill which passed with only two dissenting votes. The new regulations, which will go into effect when George W. Bush signs the bill, will ban wire transfers to online gaming companies.

Several words jump out at me such as legislate Morality and Fist Fuck. Oops I mean Frist snuck! Our founding fathers certainly did not intend to legislate morality.

Here is another great quote from the website: "Tens of Millions of Americans Dealt a Losing Hand"

Oh I could not agree more than:

Supporters of the legislation accuse online gaming companies of being involved in money laundering operations and, according to the Washington Post, even fronts for terrorist groups.

"This goes beyond the absurd," exclaimed Shane Cory, executive director of the Libertarian National Committee. "Using the supposed War on Terror in defense of this legislation designed to legislate morality is sickening. Using this same reasoning, Congress should close Vegas as 9/11 Hijacker Mohamed Atta made a least two trips to the 'Sin City' before setting out to murder thousands of Americans."

In addition to citing money laundering and terrorism as excuses for the new Internet restrictions championed by Republican politicians, proponents also state that online gambling targets children and gambling addicts.

"Once again, we see politicians in Washington attempting to protect us from what they see as wrong in this world. I have news for them: Americans are smart people who can take care of themselves AND their children," continued Cory. "In restricting Internet activities, I think it would make much more sense to ban instant messaging within Congressional offices rather than ban the online hobbies of millions of tax-paying citizens."

I find myself addicted to NL Omaha-8 SNGs. I placed 2nd earlier and I am the chip lead on the one I am currently playing. It is extremely hard to blog, watch Miami Ink, and play NL Omaha.

I hope you enjoy this post. Check out the Libertarian website, then send your senator and Ace of Spades.

Poker blogs please do not die!

L8TR