MINTON: Obama axes the right to play Internet poker
MINTON: Obama axes the right to play Internet poker
MINTON: Obama axes the right to play Internet poker
The Washington Times ^ | April 23, 2011 | Michelle Minton
Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2011 7:28:07 PM by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Last week, while many people reported their income to the Internal Revenue Service, others suddenly found their source of income shut off. On a day now known among online poker players as “Black Friday,” the Department of Justice did us Americans the favor of saving us from ourselves by shutting down the three most popular and trusted online poker platforms.
Not only did the department seize the three domain names, it also froze 77 accounts around the world and charged the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker, among others. What’s there crime?
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The metric is $. This is absolutely ridiculous. Why does a crime become OK with enough money paid? If it is a crime (which I do not see here) then it is a crime. You shouldn’t be able to buy your way out of trouble. It just proves the corruption of our government (as if any of us had any doubts). I feel that this is just an example of how the GOV is showing us that they are in complete control of everything in our lives and that there is nothing we can do about it.
Rowdy