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  • TheGambler
    SBR Wise Guy
    • 07-16-06
    • 972

    #1
    Quote of the Day!! What a joke!!
    Jim Leach, a Republican from Iowa who piloted the measure through Congress, said online betting was like injecting drugs without needle marks, and quoted an Illinois professor's quip that "you just click the mouse and lose your house".


    Wow, last time I checked my house was still there and the mortgage check was in the mail. Give me a frickin' break!!
  • moses millsap
    SBR Hall of Famer
    • 08-25-05
    • 8289

    #2
    That's too funny. Giving serious consideration to making it my signature here.
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    • LVHerbie
      SBR Hall of Famer
      • 09-15-05
      • 6344

      #3
      you can also click your mouse and pay for your house too...

      But whatever, I would ask him why the admendment to ban all online gambling in USA didn't pass when the house passed their orginal bill... I guess he, and his fellow republicans, don't have a problem with people losing their house on horse racing or the lottery huh?
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      • isetcap
        SBR MVP
        • 12-16-05
        • 4006

        #4
        Hmmm, I click my mouse and it pays for 6 houses in 3 different countries. I guess he didn't use that one because it's not quite as poetic.
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        • nosuzieno
          SBR Wise Guy
          • 09-18-06
          • 593

          #5
          Reminds me of following from Two For the Money:

          Walter Abrams: This is dangerous territory we're getting into. You understand that. But I'm gonna bump you. Now talk to me about Monday night because everyone, and I mean everyone, is gonna double down after the hole you put 'em in.
          Brandon Lang: Monday night's fine.
          Walter Abrams: You bet your mother's house on it?
          Brandon Lang: I don't bet, Walter.
          Walter Abrams: If you did?
          Brandon Lang: I like the pick, Walter.
          Walter Abrams: On your mother's house or not?
          Brandon Lang: With my mother in it.
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          • ourbet
            SBR Sharp
            • 12-23-05
            • 464

            #6
            That’s an interesting analogy by the ‘respected’ Republican from Iowa. Of course, he probably became such a specialist of this type of hedonism from his many years of snorting his preferred favor (instead of injecting), whilst masturbating to kiddie porn.
            Originally posted by Jim Leach
            online betting is like injecting drugs without needle marks
            Jim Leach, you are such a prick!
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            • pags11
              SBR Posting Legend
              • 08-18-05
              • 12264

              #7
              I like the two for the money quotes...
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              • Willie Bee
                SBR Posting Legend
                • 02-14-06
                • 15726

                #8
                Meanwhile, Leach fully supports the casinos in Iowa. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Anyone who votes for a GOP incumbent this fall is a numbnuts.
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                • Bulldog
                  SBR Wise Guy
                  • 06-22-06
                  • 839

                  #9
                  I f*cking hate fake moralists azzholes like this piece of shit...
                  Wasnt this the Republican that was bangin 17 yr old interns...
                  Who was that scumbag? Then talks about morality...
                  F.U. Jim Leach!!!
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                  • jjgold
                    SBR Aristocracy
                    • 07-20-05
                    • 388179

                    #10
                    The Rep is actually right, online gambling has destroyed many lives and it is just too easy to lose money.
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                    • pags11
                      SBR Posting Legend
                      • 08-18-05
                      • 12264

                      #11
                      this is probably the same guy that has another type of addiction...it's always guys like this that are the biggest hypocrits...
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                      • Dark Horse
                        SBR Posting Legend
                        • 12-14-05
                        • 13764

                        #12
                        Originally posted by jjgold
                        The Rep is actually right, online gambling has destroyed many lives and it is just too easy to lose money.
                        Alcohol has destroyed many lives.

                        Guns have destroyed many lives.

                        Sex -the extra-marital kind - has destroyed many marriages.

                        And so on.


                        The point is that it is not up to the government to tell us how to live our lives. That is not its role. People can choose to go to churches for that type of 'guidance', but that is voluntary. A government enforcing its own morals on the people is way out of line.
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                        • Illusion
                          Restricted User
                          • 08-09-05
                          • 25166

                          #13
                          I'm sure his views would change if the government could tax online gaming.
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                          • slacker00
                            SBR Posting Legend
                            • 10-06-05
                            • 12262

                            #14
                            I agree with you guys 100%, except one thing.

                            Politics has nothing to do with ethics, morals, right & wrong. It's all about votes. Sure, politicians may appear to be moralizing or debating, but in reality they are just posturing in a way which gives them the most votes or other political leverage. That's why politicians talk out of both sides of their mouth. Most voters are too stupid to know better, much less care. The ones that do care are fanatics and/or lunatics such as those that feed off Rush Limbaugh. Rush could say virtually anything, and his fanbase would still adore him. Politics isn't about truth or justice, that's for the courts to decide.
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                            • chano
                              SBR Wise Guy
                              • 07-02-06
                              • 602

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Dark Horse
                              Alcohol has destroyed many lives.

                              Guns have destroyed many lives.

                              Sex -the extra-marital kind - has destroyed many marriages.

                              And so on.


                              The point is that it is not up to the government to tell us how to live our lives. That is not its role. People can choose to go to churches for that type of 'guidance', but that is voluntary. A government enforcing its own morals on the people is way out of line.
                              The United States of America can do anything they want whenever they choose. PERIOD. Welcome to the land of the FREE.
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                              • chano
                                SBR Wise Guy
                                • 07-02-06
                                • 602

                                #16
                                Originally posted by TheGambler
                                Jim Leach, a Republican from Iowa who piloted the measure through Congress, said online betting was like injecting drugs without needle marks, and quoted an Illinois professor's quip that "you just click the mouse and lose your house".


                                Wow, last time I checked my house was still there and the mortgage check was in the mail. Give me a frickin' break!!
                                Not all Gamblers are bonus whores/sharps looking to **** books.
                                Most are loser squares who buy fancy houses for guys like Calvin.
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