Lotteries a threat to federal Web poker bill?

You make far too much sense... which means Ridge will likely accuse you of being a flaming liberal.

We do not need to rule the world with an iron fist.  Furthermore, given the nature of the threats today, a huge military may hinder us more than it would help.  For the most part, our enemies are not nations, they are individuals and small groups, and we need to be nimble so that we can target them while minimizing collateral damage.

F**K That mediabrat. I agree with ridge.  Our military is nearly not big enough.  I think we should raise taxes to ensure we finally have the biggest military in the world.   I think we should never settle for being number two.  I mean F**K what the rest of the world thinks.  When will we finally have the biggest goddarn military in the world? I dunno.

I mean when  9-11 happened we didn't have not one single plane to scramble! Ridge is right our military was too small to scramble.  BIGGER!!! BETTER!! BADDER!!

(Maybe Ridge doesn't realize but since an airplane once crashed into the EMPIRE STATE building, all large skyscrapers are engineered to withstand the impact of large airplanes) 

And WTC building 7 coveniently collapses in a controlled demolition after Larry Silverstein the lease holder orders the building to be pulled.  Explain that one ridge. And FEMA clean up crews were in N.Y. the Monday before 9-11 to prepare for cleanup.  Explain that one ridge.  Oh FOX news told you?  Wow thanks that cleared it up for me. Just do a search for TOM KENNEY one of the Fema clean up crew.

  As a matter of fact it already is the biggest!!  But it should be bigger!!  And we should put our boot on the neck of the world too!  And thrust it down with a vigourous crunch. Long live the New World Order.

But i digress.  I just want to play my lottery game online.  Is that too much to ask?

Can the U.S.  the greatest country in the world really be that f**king backwards?

Believe all the conspiracy theories you want, it doesn't change anything in the real world, only yours. If there are monsters under your bed and in your closet and you're abducted by aliens on occasion who probe you into nirvana, it makes no difference to me.

You can believe King Kong really climbed the Empire State Bldg and swatted planes like flies, yeah, I really don't care.

Elvis is alive and working at Arby's in Ann Arbor Michigan? Fine with me.

Black Helicopters track your every move? Oh well.

I realize there's no talking sense to nutjob conspiracy theorists who think there's government agents following them everywhere and space aliens probing them while they sleep.

But just because you spend your life in fear, kowtowing to bullies and doing what you're told to do in fear of an ass-whooping doesn't mean the rest of us should adopt your way of life. There are cowards in every society and in every generation of every society. They just have to be told to shut up and stay out of the way while the men take care of business.

The world is going up in flames and Americans are being brutally murdered because of a weak President and we have a chance to rid ourselves of him next month.

And what is your main concern amidst all of this? -- "I just want to play my lottery game online.  Is that too much to ask?"

What a guy.

Believe all the conspiracy theories you want, it doesn't change anything in the real world, only yours. If there are monsters under your bed and in your closet and you're abducted by aliens on occasion who probe you into nirvana, it makes no difference to me.

You can believe King Kong really climbed the Empire State Bldg and swatted planes like flies, yeah, I really don't care.

Elvis is alive and working at Arby's in Ann Arbor Michigan? Fine with me.

Black Helicopters track your every move? Oh well.

I realize there's no talking sense to nutjob conspiracy theorists who think there's government agents following them everywhere and space aliens probing them while they sleep.

But just because you spend your life in fear, kowtowing to bullies and doing what you're told to do in fear of an ass-whooping doesn't mean the rest of us should adopt your way of life. There are cowards in every society and in every generation of every society. They just have to be told to shut up and stay out of the way while the men take care of business.

The world is going up in flames and Americans are being brutally murdered because of a weak President and we have a chance to rid ourselves of him next month.

And what is your main concern amidst all of this? -- "I just want to play my lottery game online.  Is that too much to ask?"

What a guy.

Amen and hoping the great state of Virginia does the right thing here.

Well, I know the American people are smart enough to put the survival of the nation ahead of a false rumor about the lottery when they vote. Just because the Poker Players Alliance which is apparently composed of incredibly stupid people focused on a single dimensional issue is advocating for the Democrats, it doesn't foretell a sea change in voting preferences. Stupid people will always vote for stupid things.

And let's face it, the Democrats have had the "stupid vote" wrapped up for a long, long time now.

The world is going up in flames and Americans are being brutally murdered because of a weak President and we have a chance to rid ourselves of him next month.

The Man did what a republican couldn't do.  He got Osama Bin Laden.

How is that weak?

Or Maybe you think thats also a conspiracy theory?

Maybe you are right ridge, maybe it was aliens who got him.

"Stupid people will always vote for stupid things."

And that should apply equally to the people voting to put the ban on any form of Internet gaming on the Republican Party's platform. You already said nobody cares what is written into the platforms and I agreed.

As for "a false rumor",

"Millions of Americans suffer from problem or pathological gambling that can destroy families. We support the prohibition of gambling over the Internet and call for reversal of the Justice Department's decision distorting the formerly accepted meaning of the Wire Act that could open the door to Internet betting."

It's on page 32 of the Republican Party Platform. http://www.gop.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012GOPPlatform.pdf

Do you believe "millions of Americans" are pathological gamblers or that the 47% of voters paying zero in taxes will vote for Obama when nation wide 55% of voters 65 and older (the majority of them paying zero in Federal taxes) voted for McCain in 2008?

If the Republican Party is more intelligent, why is their math wrong?

The math in Kentucky is simple whether my reasons for voting one way or the other is based on one issue, several issues, or a coin flip; Romney will get all 8 KY electoral votes.

The world is going up in flames and Americans are being brutally murdered because of a weak President and we have a chance to rid ourselves of him next month.

The Man did what a republican couldn't do.  He got Osama Bin Laden.

How is that weak?

Or Maybe you think thats also a conspiracy theory?

Maybe you are right ridge, maybe it was aliens who got him.

But more importantly, I hope you don't have to go all the way to the store to buy your lottery tickets.

Thank you kindly sir.

It is better to play online.  Everytime I start up my car I contribute to global warming and the destroying of the polar ice caps.  Think of the thousands of cars that could stay off the road! (I wish Al Gore was running, he is our environmental saviour)

The less I drive, the less Carbon Tax i will have to pay.

As for who is gonna win the election it doesn't really matter, policy has already been decided by the CFR and the Bilderberg group.

As for me I am gonna do what Monty Brewster says to do,

VOTE NONE OF THE ABOVE!

I trust you Ridge to make the correct choice in November on behalf of the entire populace and myself. Return us to Paradise whereby all the problems of the world will be solved with one swift push of the lever.  And return the NeoCons unto the throne where they can rule with compassion and with love for all.

Because surely they wont lift the iron hand in the silk glove. Who needs a constitution anyway?  We will be happier and safer under a North American Union. <snip> terrorists, dont they ever sleep?

LB, you'll do very well by just leaving it alone. Any reasonable, level-headed individual should be able to find some good in BOTH CANDIDATES no matter what the good may be. I was actually very pleased to see Gov. Romney step with such an extreme aggression as he did...he actually HAD to for the masses.

However, I'm sure you remember Mohammed Ali and his boxing strategy called the "Rope-A-Dope". Lure his opponent in, let him pound on him while he hugs the ropes. The masses get all happy and the opponent thinks he's doing very well...winning even.

Do you remember the outcomes? If you do, then you should have no problem with my very first sentence.

L.L.

Good Lord, save us from people like mediumbratwurst.

Get a load o' this:

"...given the nature of the threats today, a huge military may hinder us more than it would help."

Who gave ya that pearl of wisdom? Governor Moonbeam? Al(massage down there please)Gore? Michael Dukakis? John(Horseface)Kerry? Harry(GirlyVoice)Reid? Nancy(BotoxMonster)Pelosi? Bawney Fwank? Not exactly a West Pointer, are ya son? 

Here's another gem:

"...we need to be nimble so that we can target them while minimizing collateral damage."

Jiminy Christmas, I don't even know where to start on that one. That was Jimmy (the Peanut Picker) Carter's strategy. And it was a colossal failure. He cut our military to ribbons, just as you advocate, and the buzzards started to circle overhead immediately. The hyenas and jackals of the world saw that and followed suit. That was the last time before just recently that we had an American Ambassador killed. It was under Carter because he was weak and chicken-livered just like Obama. That's also when the hyenas in Iran overran our embassy and took our diplomats hostage for 444 days. They were released the day Ronald Reagan took office. Why? Because they knew Reagan wouldn't play games and beg and negotiate from a position of weakness like Carter did and like Obama does. 

Tell ya what, son, just play your video games and march in your marches and leave the masculine things to the men. You remind me of the King's son in the movie Braveheart. Or maybe his boyfriend who flew out the window.

And immediately Ridge goes to the name calling.  What a surprise... not.

I'm not in favor of dismantling the military.  I just don't want to conquer the world, nor do I find it necessary to do so.  You, on the other hand, want to drop a bomb on the Middle East that would make the atomic bombs we dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki look like firecrackers.

The idea that Reagan secured the release of the Iranian hostages -- whether directly or because Iran was scared of him -- is yet another fiction perpetuated by the spin artists in the Republican party.  Iran gave in because they needed money for their war against Iraq and the US agreed to turn over several billion dollars in Iranian assets that had been frozen in American banks after the embassy was invaded.  The release of the hostages on Inauguration Day was merely a coincidence.

More importantly, the Algiers Accords -- the agreement that ended the hostage crisis -- included a provision that the US would stay out of Iran's internal affairs.  The US's insistence upon sticking its nose in everyone else's business is one of the chief reasons why we have so many enemies.  Did it ever occur to anyone that they'll be happy to leave us alone provided we leave them alone?  Nah, why do that when we can conquer the world and rule it with an iron fist?