No, not the war, not the 655,000 Iraqi non-combatant deaths, not the torture, record energy prices, domestic spying, the child predators, Katrina, or any one of other innumerable failures will lead to the monumental failure of modern conservatism (and conversely NOT some success of the liberal alternative). It's the moral prejorative that the elitist few attempt to mandate on the masses, with the greater story being how this is actually an emblamatic problem of American culture, ideology, and politics, and not a thin, isolated example.
Placing bets over the Internet was effectively criminalized by the federal government yesterday, as lawmakers work to eliminate an activity enjoyed by as many as 23 million Americans who wagered an estimated $6 billion last year.
How does this happen? Who has pushed for this ban? Who loses, who wins, and why?
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1 Thogek // Oct 31, 2006 at 5:31 pm
There may be more to it even than that. For example:
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2006/pulpit_20061006_000987.html
http://www.techliberation.com/archives/040831.php
Scary enough that our government is [again] presuming to legislate morality in this fashion, but even more when considering how seedy this bill may actually have been…
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