Jim Leach
He's the fine congressman from Iowa who is sponsoring legislation to ban internet poker. Yeah, like people playing poker online is really crippling America. Hey, how about LEGALIZING internet poker and using the taxes from it to help pay for the damn war in Iraq?! 10% of Americans play poker on the internet and he wants to make it illegal?
What really pisses me off is that up until a couple of years ago Jim Leach was the congressman from the district I just moved to. He switched with Jim Nussle so therefore I can't call and complain as a constituent of his. I've signed the petitions and written my congressman; have YOU?
Sure, I could go play on the boat that's about 10 minutes from my house but that even pisses me off more even thinking about it. If saving me from myself is the rationalization that the fine congressman is using to pass this bill, why is it ok to play poker on a boat with higher stakes that I'm comfortable with compared to what I play for online? If I play 3/6 on the boat I stand risking a couple of hundred dollars while playing 1/2 online I'm only risking 1/3 the money.
Maybe I'm just mad because I've run well the past couple of days with my big hands holding up and hitting some draws ;)
On the cooking front I've unpacked most of my cookbooks and I'm up to 37 books. I used to have more but I donated a dozen or so to goodwill just because I didn't care for them. In my next post I'll finally get to some preliminary reviews and some recommendations for a core set of books if you're just starting out.
Bankroll $264.89
What really pisses me off is that up until a couple of years ago Jim Leach was the congressman from the district I just moved to. He switched with Jim Nussle so therefore I can't call and complain as a constituent of his. I've signed the petitions and written my congressman; have YOU?
Sure, I could go play on the boat that's about 10 minutes from my house but that even pisses me off more even thinking about it. If saving me from myself is the rationalization that the fine congressman is using to pass this bill, why is it ok to play poker on a boat with higher stakes that I'm comfortable with compared to what I play for online? If I play 3/6 on the boat I stand risking a couple of hundred dollars while playing 1/2 online I'm only risking 1/3 the money.
Maybe I'm just mad because I've run well the past couple of days with my big hands holding up and hitting some draws ;)
On the cooking front I've unpacked most of my cookbooks and I'm up to 37 books. I used to have more but I donated a dozen or so to goodwill just because I didn't care for them. In my next post I'll finally get to some preliminary reviews and some recommendations for a core set of books if you're just starting out.
Bankroll $264.89
posted by Eric at 10:42 PM
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