Then let me make clear what I am saying. I believe that the corruption in Washington is like a cancer. I am not sure if it is reversible but non the less I can only hope that my theory on Trump fixing the problem can possibly turn things around. So I guess the equation is CANCER=COMPROMISED.

My freedom to play online poker has become a bargaining chip for lawmakers to use for financial purposes that are hidden from us all. My problem with this (online poker) is merely the tip of the iceberg. There are so many freedoms that bargained with everyday. I cant stand the fact that a Russian or any other nationality has the freedom to play poker in his underware and I dont. JUST SAYING!!

If that's your only hope, I feel sorry for your outlook on life.

Yeah. It's the important things that matter most.

Thanks for your concern but i will be just fine my friend.

I see freedom as important.

Sheldon Adelson and trump are buds.

Trump is going to make Washington dirtier then ever. He is setting precedents of grift that will take a long time to recover form.

Trumps AG Jeff Sessions aint giving you online poker. You will have to wait four to eight years. Maybe much more.

I have no doubt you're willing to sacrifice many others for your freedom.

His only hope is his theory on Trump. JUST SAYING!!!

Hope he didn't vote for him because of poker...

My point is Trump's pockets too deep and ego to big to be bought by anyone.

Rich people like trump always want deeper pockets. He will be the king of grift and corruption. Id guess.

Even though I'm not happy with the President pandering to whatever special interests there may be, I'd still prefer that to a President that's pandering to his own ego. At least with special interests, I know that there are multiple people who benefit, and there's a reasonable chance that there were others on the opposite side trying to pander as well, so that the system was in some way competitive.

If the President is primarily concerned about his own ego, there may be situations where he's the only one that stands to benefit from his decisions.

There are other ways to try to buy influence besides money. I believe Trump can be bought by stroking his ego. Or misled by the same mechanism.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video...83d_video.html

How you can make this statement about someone you don't know is beyond me. To know me is to know the exact opposite.

King of grift and corruption, you mean like the Clintons?

Lol. Look for someone else to defend the Clintons.

I make the statement because your list of citations of things that you think are incredibly important all appear to be things that focus on you. The thing "you can't stand":

I mean... totally. This is the thing that's completely intolerable about the US right now.

Fair enough. One can choose to believe whatever they want to believe for whatever reasons they choose to believe it. This includes willfully ignoring something like two minutes of raw video (that is, no commentary added) of the President that clearly makes the point that you don't necessarily need money to buy things from people who like their ego stroked.

All I am saying is that I live in Country that promotes our freedom as being what holds us apart from the rest. This is what I have been taught through my life and it is a little bit frustrating when I look up and see that ppl abroad have freedoms that I don't. This in no way means that I don't wish for the peace and freedoms of all people in this world because I DO. Freedom to play a game online should not even come into question imo. But it is obvious that the corruption issues that I talked about are the core reasons we are having these problems and like I said if voting in a crazy man like Trump has any chance of changing things I am in. The status quo is going NO WHERE!!!

I use the term crazy man so you could relate.

Again, you're totally making the case that you've got a clear sense in your head of things that are important compared to things that are not.

At some level, I agree. But probably for reasons that are quite different from yours.

Do you like where things are going now? If so, what do you like about it?

I can only assume that this is some reference to a guy wanting to be on the internet in his underwear.

Even when we agree on something you feel this need to separate yourself from me when you don't even know me. Why? You have no idea if your reasons are different than mine. We are brothers in humanity and its that simple. Stop looking for the difference between yourself and ppl that you classify as me.

Really? "Special interests" is mostly just a pejorative phrase for when civil society tries to influence politicians. Shouldn't we regard that as a good thing? Or do you accept the Rousseauian view that democratic leaders should govern solely according to the so-called general will of the people? Here is James Madison: