Eliminating proposed payroll tax benefits for employers main change so far, may just be negotiating tactic:

http://www.nationaljournal.com//cong...x-cut-20111205

praying cat seems appropriate at this point

One Time

Just for some perspective........check out how hard some Congress crazies with no understanding of the internet are going to bat with their anti-file-sharing legislation. They are proposing a massive draconian law placing the search engines and hosting providers in the same place UIGEA placed the banks.....as thier proxy cops. Their justification is the revenue one of those places we can't mention on 2p2 pulls in in advertising via popups, and almost nonexistent GOVERNMENT revenue on online sales of media supposedly "stolen" from the sites. We can debate how many peole would actually buy which pirated products somewhere else if file-sharing died. The DoJ would also be able to instruct blocking on their say so, almost theway the Patriot Act allows them to instruct telecoms companies to do illegal wiretaps.

What is the difference you ask? A united industry. Star media talent, distributors, and producers are aligned and giving massive sums of money to lobby. They have concentrations in certain Congressional districts where Ds and Rs both know which side they have to be on. Contrast this with poker. Every potential winning Congressional area is at odds with the other. The industry sections think or dream to eat the whole pie and shut the rest out. Every big name poker pro is too chicken **** to go all in for poker advocacy. And 99% of the American player base could care less.

Guess who has more chance of getting their bill attached as a rider, even though piracy will easily evade and circumvent most enforcement measures in ways poker can't. It makes one sick.

http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/

reid talking on senate floor

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c-span epic fail

feels more like a wild empty dream than a legit sweat.

but whatever...*blows on hands* daddy needs a new pair of shoes...come on!

Kyl talking about the payroll tax cuts now

http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/

Kyl not in favor of extending the payroll tax cuts is a pretty bad sign.

Those cuts are almost certainly getting extended

Kyl just wants a way to off set the costs.

Hes such a ***

I agree with this, but I think it's pie-in-the-sky optimism to think poker comes along for the ride.

"Yes fellow senators, I am in favor of extending these tax cuts that predominately benefit working-class citizens. (Please quote me on that part! ) However, some of our fellows (and fellowettes) are trying to sneak in online GAMBLING (gasp) for our people under the pretext of 'paying for it' along the way! Hopefully something can be done about this travesty."

I suppose hope never killed anyone, but this is runner-runner royal flush draw vs made quad aces...

Yeah, imho this isn't even sweat worthy.

that very well may be. but i'm glad this thread is turning into a Reid Rail for attachment opportunities cause if we're just posting hopeless meaningless **** now, then the entire thread is just as hopeless and meaningless, and therefore easier to bin after a few of us get a little too vitriolic with our public statements of contempt for these ****ing clowns.

for titles of the real sweat thread, if there is one, i'm thinking 'Reiding Railroad', but i feel like it's too far of a walk for not that great of a pun. and **** puns anyway, wtf am i doing thinking of puns. asterisks with 5 stars in the corner is what everybody's gonna be looking for anyway.

Sometimes, in poker, you just have to trust your Reid.

sick reid.

kyl can't reid

Try to reid between the lines.

I wouldn't reid too much into this. I doubt the first thing Republicans and Democrats will agree on is online poker.

rs and ds alreidy agreed on online poker.

I reidy don't like you.

Ok let's stop the politarding guys.

So has Reid said whats in the compromise yet?

FYP