All is not fair in this Casino War...

So they have turned the tide on one of the most lucrative industries in the United States, online casino gambling. President Bush signed the Safe Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 on the rather inauspicious date this October, Friday the 13th.

I find it hard to be that a public so hell bent on their right to democracy and not being 'terrorized' by external forces, would allow their basic right to freedom of association and the right to freedom of expression to be clamped by the anvil of the law?

What are we as Americans saying to the rest of the world about online gaming really? Apart from the past unsavory views on casinos being the despot of our communities and our moral obligation to stamp it out, what ill has online gambling brought to a society that is already so keen and focused on reaching that ever elusive "American Dream?"

If at all online casino gambling has done anything, it has opened our eyes to new technologies and the shortcomings of a society that loves to dangle that juciy carrot in front of the faces of millions of unsuspecting American faces in the hope that someday one of them will find their pot of gold.

I don't think the US govt. realizes the amount of 'gold' they've just discarded with this Bill, but I'm sure they're soon going to find out. The question to my informed public is, how much have you given up or lost through the introduction of the Bill? Will you ever find your pot of gold after this?

Mine is still awaiting me at the rainbow over the hillside so I'd better give my boots a good 'spit 'n polish' and get to a walkin'...