Why does government have to control every aspect of life. When do you actually see freedom when government gets to say weither gambling online is wrong, immoral and illegal. I love gambling. I like the challenge of playing online poker not facing the opponent, makes it more challenging.
Used to be easy setup a checking account or savings account deposit money and that was it, but now the laws changed any bank caught allowing deposits of funds into any casino or gambling ring gets fined for allowing such supposed illegal activity.
Weird nothing is illegal in the United States unless the government doesn't see a portion of the winnings or earnings from either party.
Why, how and when do we stop our government from controling how we spend our already taxed earnings and how do they get the right to tell me what I do with my money. I paid my duty already when they tax it before I get my paycheck.
We don't penalize shipments of components or parts from another country when there U.S based coming out of africa,china,japan yeah theres a fee or tax but we put Americans out of jobs everyday and government lets that slide as saving money.
When do we stand up and put a end to how there ABUSE of power is to much. Do you tell me I can't have 30 children because I live on public aid. They make it okay to have kids left and right and live of the governemnt and never do anything to curb it when these folks live of mine,yours and every hard working American but to drop mm money remember that MY MONEY into playing a little game called gambling i'm stopped and told it is illegal cause we can't get our hands in the earnings pot.
Government is unfair unless there hands are reaching into the mix of it all. Politicians are unruley and take bribes from corporate america, laws get passed to help the rich get rivher as poverty increases. As long as corporate america gets what they want the poor impoverished get poorer.
It's past time for folks to take power of there government and show them who controls America, just cause we vote and put them there, our interests aren't ever in there mind. There wallets getting fatter off mine,yours hard labor is what they truly think about.
It's my right to gamble weither it's on land,online,on the river when and where I want not governments right to tell me,you how we ration out our money to or whom we give it to.
Credit card companies are regreting the laws they paid millions to get into effect on bankruptcy cause it's costing them more than before laws changed.
STAND UP,TAKE NOTE AND STOP LETTING GOVERNMENT CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS, LOOK AT THE BUSH's FAMILY THERE MONEY WAS CREATED BY REPUBLICANS TAKING BRIBES, WORKING THE SYSTEM AND ROBBING HARDWORKING FOLKS. THEY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE LAWS THEY PASSED AND LOOK AT THE AMERICAN LIVES SHED IN IRAQ AND TELL ME I'M WRONG.
REMEMBER WHO HEADS CONGRESS NOW AND WHO USED TO.
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I was on the same page as you until you took a nasty partisan turn for the worse. You write such a great article -- and then you lost credibility with me for a needless, angry Bush bash. Bush bashing is too easy and juvenile in 2007.
I am an independent who typically votes Democrat.
We all have opinion's on our elected body of American representation.
We have the most outstanding violence in the education system today then we had with any President in History.
We have so many people on the public aid system that have no reason to be there, then to pop kids collect a check and never give one single thing back to this country but racial unequality speeches.
We got so many orginizations collecting funds for disasters and charities that half the funds collected never seem to make it to the purpose intended.
Bush bashing or not were in a rapid decline in this country because the lies,deciet and unjustified means bush has gone about solving these crisis.
The longer we keep talking about bush bashing and not focusing on the real issues that need revised,fixed and implemented were going to continue the downward spiral till what we actually see on TV and the Movies actually happens......you know where you see every city rundown,filth filling the streets and people being shot just cause a few views they don't share with the president.
If action isn't sooner then later we'll all be headed towards a rough road that we never imagined.
I want my kids to grow up in a civilized world, I want my kids to make the right choices and make something out of there lives after i'm dead and gone. I want to see everyone treated equal, I want to feel safe taking a vacation in another country but Bush has helped rip those fabrics once loosely weaved and left them hanging for the next generation to try and mend.
Firstly, I want you to know that I am not going to argue with you in any way or rebut your views. But what I will do is offer some perspective that I believe is needed in order to really make a change. I am a leaning Democrat, but these problems with American society so transcend George Bush. I know he is the easy target, but that is the problem. He is too easy of a target.
I am a lot older than you so that is one reason why I am not blinded by partisan anger. I served in Vietnam, my friend. I was there from '68 until '72. I've seen society crumble and rebuild. I have seen ugly and lived through it. If you want, I can surely give you a very detailed history lesson of American society and the role of the president, but Wikipedia could probably do a much better job.
The problems with society are real, but I hate to say this: a Democrat walking into the White House will not magically make this place a Utopia. But if all you can do is lay the blame on one man in Washington DC, then you are extremely misguided. For instance, society was much worse in my opinion during Clinton's first term when crack wars ran rampant. I was in L.A. at the time and parents could not let their children wear certain Starter jackets or Nike shoes because kids were killing other kids for them. L.A. was ground zero. Not pretty.
There has been an enormous moral decay in society that is deep and most likely irreparable. I hate to see this be the case, but I am a realist and do not let emotions cloud my objective eye.
I agree on the can't just blame one man for the deteriation of society.We all are guilty of the breakdown in moral and ethical values, but we do know there are some severe issue everyone needs to read,research and find ways to change many area's of our society to better things for the nation in general.
I feel for you and my father for both of you served in Vietnam. You've both seen sides of evil thinking and torture some only see in movies or hear about from others who have lived and seen these acts in person.
You speak of L.A supposedly being the groundzero of crack wars and stealing of certain articles of clothing and shoes in the clinton era, but i'll have to disagree on the groundzero portion and the clinton era and this is why.
I lived in LittleRock,Arkansas from 1985-1990 these Crack Wars and clothing thefts and shoes being stolen of your feet were well before clinton's era. Yes Clinton was Governor of Arkansas at that time to but these thefts were done by gangbangers, not just your everyday robber, or scumbag this was a gang related problem,yes there were other cases,but it mostly revolved around gangs I know cause i had a Georgetown Hoyas jacket stolen and jordan shoes....I was beat down by a group of gangbangers cause they had no ethical or moral values but what you have is mine not yours.
You speak of age as you've got to be a certain age to understand certain aspects of life. Because I or many may have not experienced things doesn't make us any less relavent in understanding the events taken place, we may not be able to say hey we were there or hey I know what happened and the cause of the breakdown, but we can research,read, breakdown events and try to come to a greater aspect of events taken place or part of a think tank into stopping further events from coming to light.
There has been moral decay of society for decades. Take Walmart or Sams Club owned by the Waltons or Shareholders. Sam Walton founder was a realist, believed in wholesale prices and believed in keeping his products in his stores American Made.
Sam Walton treated all his staff as real people regardless of the millions he was earning......Sam Walton drove a old ford pickup rusted till the day he passed away and his kids put into control of Walmart.
Once the walton children took over the stores we began to see made in China,Made in Taiwan, lawsuits of harassment of every sort, lawsuits of unfair wages,forced to work hours off the clock, passed on promotions cause of gender,ethical background and management lining pockets with undeserved raise increases.
We also as well started seeing illegals being used to work for cheaper wages for bigger corporate profits.
Moral of the story is one man had a vision of bringing good quality,but cheaper goods through bulk buying. He created thousands of jobs in many area's through out the country,he was loved by many, but as soon as he passed on and his children began running Walmart/Sam's Club the business began to change yes it globalized moved further out but quality got cheaper things became more import and every form of harassment and ethics began to unravel cause of greed.
What we once had as a good family owned business, created by a well known man of integrity ("meet him a few times"), his children spotted with greed,unethical behavior and moral issues went out the door after he passed away.
We the people are the only ones going to make changes in this country. Seeing or reading everyones opinion isn't law just a single or group of peoples views.
Until we break the racial divide that sections us all out we'll never see peace of any sense. Until we come together as a whole we'll never feel security, until we agree to disagree on things we'll never see one change that will help everyone invloved
I do not have time to reply to all your points at this time, but I will say that when I spoke of ground zero in LA...of course you can find examples other places...and other eras. But the gangs of LA set the pace for the country. Red/Blue. Crips/Bloods. They are the one's that got the press. The were the one's people tried to emulate from the movie COLORS. Believe me when I say that LA was worse than Little Rock. You say that it was "done by gangbangers, not just your everyday robber, or scumbag this was a gang related." Well, of course it was. No kidding. And the LA gang culture was the pacesetter.
Also, I did not intend to insinuate that you need to be a certain age to understand or be relevant. But the fact of the matter is that you have to be of a certain age to have experienced certain things. You do not speak with authentic experience. You may know from the history book. But you were not there. You did not live through it. And this is why someone like myself may have a similar, but slightly different viewpoint. If all you can do is blame George Bush, I have a lesson for you.
You can read about the civil rights movement, Vietnam, or even the Sistine Chapel...but if you did not EXPERIENCE this (or go see the art firsthand), your view is not as authentic as someone who has.
I nearly died more times than I want to recount. I love this country. But I cannot stand this political posturing that is absolute nonsense today. While I served in Vietnam I knew what was going on over here and it hurt me. Once I had to ride the bus with my uniform on and nobody would sit next to me. People would 3-to-seat up before sitting next to me. It trivialized me. And for those who politicize everything, I think very lowly of...and this is from authentic experience.
P.S. I am a black male. So when you speak of racial justice, you are preaching to the choir. I served in Vietnam, yes, but before that I proudly served in the civil rights movement.
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