The UK Fights Back

Thank god for online poker advocate groups, I tell you what. I really cannot fathom the way that the U.S. government goes about upholding its laws sometimes, and ignoring the rights of others, having a total disregard for international law. We have this sort of, “we’re a super power, we’ll do whatever we want and there won’t be any consequences” kind of attitude. Of course, our economy sucks, our dollar is worth little more than half of a Euro, and we can’t figure why.
You know in some places in Europe, if you show an U.S. passport, you’ll get a discount as a “sorry about your economy” type of thing.
Well, anyway, as I mentioned in my previous blog, the hypocrisy of our government in internet poker rooms has come at astonishingly higher levels, and I’m pretty sure that the UK is coming to the point where they’re not going to take it lying down anymore.
We’ve had a blatant disregard for international legislation, and as such, we’ve had more than one government try us. AND! We’ve had to negotiate about internet gambling, and our enforcement of the UIGEA on overseas websites, come to settlement agreements, etc etc. We haven’t paid the settlement, we’ve sort of just ignored that we have any responsibility for our actions. I swear, this is the most arrogant country when it comes to what we perceive as “morality.”
So I am hoping that the RGA’s upcoming battle over internet gambling will finally make us open mouth, insert foot. On the other hand, I hope there isn’t another large settlement, because I don’t think we can afford it at the time. Maybe we could open our doors to the internet sites, and work off our debts.
I will leave my dear readers with this photograph, from an avian poker fan, who through it all, still manages to squeeze in a good game of Texas Hold’em.