> "Uncle Vic" withheld.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns98558DACBE422vicman@216.196.97.136...

>> Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Gantz (darth.gantz@gmail.com)
>> made the light...

>duke cox.net> wrote:
>

>> and please note that I have never been wrong on this ng.

>
>Which newsgroup are you talking about? alt.religion.fairy-tales?
>alt.christian.nutjobs? alt.newsgroups.laughingstock?

> The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act recently passed in the Republican
> controlled Senate and had already passed in the Republican controlled
> House of Representatives. President Bush is expected to sign it into
> law. And that's wrong because according to a recent poll 74%% of
> Americans don't want internet gambling banned. There's an estimated
> 70,000,000 Americans who play poker alone, according to the Poker
> Players Alliance, which has over 110,000 members. Isn't this supposed
> to be a democracy, where the majority of people decide things? Isn't it
> supposed to be a government "of, by, and for the people?" Aren't we
> supposed to have the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of
> happiness?" But the Republicans don't care. They're always representing
> wealthy special interests, in this case the National Football League,
> against the interests of the majority of our people. Awhile ago it was
> the Medicare Reform Act, which was written by the drug companies and
> has actually resulted in costing more while providing less to the
> recipients. The difference is a huge windfall right into the pockets of
> the greedy drug companies. Even former Republican Speaker of the House
> Newt Gingrich admitted this Medicare Reform has been a "disaster." If
> we re-elect these guys in November they're going to be right after ...