{"id":630,"date":"2006-07-18T14:14:41","date_gmt":"2006-07-18T19:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2006\/07\/us-government-is-full-of-balderdash\/"},"modified":"2006-07-18T14:14:41","modified_gmt":"2006-07-18T19:14:41","slug":"us-government-is-full-of-balderdash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2006\/07\/us-government-is-full-of-balderdash\/","title":{"rendered":"US Government Is Full of Balderdash"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Do You Feel Safer Now?<\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Joe Duffy (<a\nhref=\"http:\/\/p6.hostingprod.com\/@joeduffy.net\/\">JoeDuffy.net<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><a name=\"OLE_LINK1\">Thank you Department of Justice for<br \/>\nmaking the world safer for democracy.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'><br \/>\n<\/span>Thank you United States Congress for protecting us all against our own<br \/>\nstupidity. The <\/a><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style='mso-bookmark:\nOLE_LINK1'>United States<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><span\nstyle='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'> is winning the war against our greatest threat:<br \/>\nthe boogie man. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>Or at least the<br \/>\nbookie man. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>First, the House<br \/>\npassed legislation that is designed to prevent you from using your credit to<br \/>\nplace a bet and may even block out websites that have the audacity to take that<br \/>\nbet. Didn\u2019t our own government lambaste <\/span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span\nstyle='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>China<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><span\nstyle='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'> for doing the same thing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>A few years ago the<br \/>\nSupreme Court said it\u2019s okay to have \u201cvirtual\u201d child pornography because it was<br \/>\nsimulated. That\u2019s fine they ruled, but apparently playing poker for money is<br \/>\nnot. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>Republicans out of<br \/>\nthe right side of their mouth preach personal responsibility.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>They also sing the virtues of creating new<br \/>\nways to create tax revenue instead of simply raising taxes.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Then out of the other right side of their<br \/>\nmouth, they demand a crackdown on online gambling because you are too stupid to<br \/>\nknow gambling is the axis of all evil. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>Democrats sermonize<br \/>\nabout privacy.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>You should be able to do<br \/>\nwhatever you want in the privacy of your own bedroom as long as you don\u2019t<br \/>\ndouble down on 11. Out of the other left side of their mouth, many support the<br \/>\nProhibition of the new century: betting. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>What kind of country<br \/>\ndo we live in when there is a greater outcry for the alleged privacy rights of<br \/>\nsuspected terrorists who are not even citizens of the <\/span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span\nstyle='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>United States<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><span\nstyle='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>, yet minimal indignation when your basic civil<br \/>\nright to put your money where you mouth is becomes under attack from our own elected<br \/>\nbureaucracy? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>The stuffed suits<br \/>\ntalk about fears of fully legalized gambling leading to a progression of<br \/>\naddiction.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>There goes that kooky expectation<br \/>\nof individual accountability. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>However, we know our<br \/>\ncivil servants would never be hypocritical, so surely we can outlaw other<br \/>\naddictive vices such as alcohol again, credit cards, video games (not because<br \/>\nthey are addicting, just because too many are idiotic), and cheesesteaks.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Oh, and what is more addictive than Laura<br \/>\nDhue, the blonde who puts the \u201cfox\u201d in Fox News? What in the name of Bill Frist<br \/>\nare we waiting for?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>Outlaw Laurie Dhue<br \/>\nnow before I max out my credit cards buying any more HDTVs and VCRs so I can<br \/>\nhave all Laurie, all the time.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>The <\/span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span\nstyle='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>US<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><span\nstyle='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'> will never catch Osama Bin Laden, but they got<br \/>\ntheir big fish, David Carruthers, CEO of previously unknown terrorist group<br \/>\nBETonSports. Reports say they are linked to an insurgency organization known as<br \/>\nMillennium Sports. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><span class=SpellE>Curruthers<\/span><br \/>\nwas arrested on a 22-count indictment of racketeering, conspiracy and<br \/>\nfraud.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>We can only assume the fraud<br \/>\ncharge was a result of again making Peyton Manning a favorite in a playoff<br \/>\ngame. We are still researching the reasons for the other charges.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>I sent an email to Judge <span class=SpellE>Wapner<\/span>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>I will let others<br \/>\ndebate which laws are constitutional or can be enforced.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>We spend too much time dilly-dallying about<br \/>\nwhether the government can stop you from placing a bet, rather than the real<br \/>\nissue of why they wish to have such a police state to begin with. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>Will one of our<br \/>\nelected officials take time away from accepting bribes and explain to me why we<br \/>\nhave laws to deter us from choosing to place a bet or not to place a bet? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>Open appeal to Bill<br \/>\nO\u2019Reilly or even Keith Olbermann and your 16 viewers: feel free to have me as a<br \/>\nguest on your show to expose the illogic of the Big Brother I never had\u2026 or<br \/>\never wanted. My email is joeduffyATjoeduffyDOTnet.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'>What say you Bill? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Catch Joe Duffy\u2019s<br \/>\ndaily free information and advice at <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/p6.hostingprod.com\/@joeduffy.net\/\">JoeDuffy.net<\/a>.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>  <\/span>His premium plays are available at <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.godspicks.com\/\">Godspicks.com<\/a>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do You Feel Safer Now? Joe Duffy (JoeDuffy.net) Thank you Department of Justice for making the world safer for democracy. Thank you United States Congress for protecting us all against our own stupidity. The United States is winning the war against our greatest threat: the boogie man. Or at least the bookie man. First, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2006\/07\/us-government-is-full-of-balderdash\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US Government Is Full of Balderdash<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}