7/06/09 Men Of the Year Honor shared by Joe Brennan Jr. iMEGA chairman and Congressman Barney Frank
Joe Brennan Jr. iMEGA chairman
iMEGA stands for Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association.
The association is currently working on a number of issues:
- Court challenge by iMEGA against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).
- To reverse the attempt by Governor Steven Beshear to steal 141 Internet domain names. iMEGA has already prevailed in the court of Appeals in January 2009 and the horrible Governor Steven Beshear appealed the decision before the Kentucky Supreme Court. It would be extremely surprising if the Kentucky Supreme court did not reach the same conclusion as the Appeals’ court.
- Stopped the state of Minnesota that finally dropped their stupid idea asking Internet service providers to enforce a “black list” of about 200 gambling sites. This ridiculous idea was clearly legally invalid, and violated the First Amendment of the Constitution and the Commerce Clause.
The online gambling industry has its shares of bums and bad people. There are many mentally immature people, inexperienced and irresponsible people, crooks, liars, and people that can’t be trusted. The simple fact that they are into online gambling, makes regulation of the industry even more necessary. You can only control these idiots by regulating and taxing the industry.
Many of these junk people think that they are very smart and clever to criticize Joe Brennan Jr. and iMEGA. They only demonstrated how stupid they really are, because they failed to understand simple things, and the realities of the American system.
Considering how unpredictable decisions can be in the United States, Joe Brennan Jr. and iMEGA are doing a great job, and I fully support their honest and genuine efforts to correct all the unjust and unfair situations and decisions.
If the online gambling industry had half brains, they would fully support Joe Brennan Jr. and iMEGA, regardless of what happens in some occasions. Joe Brennan Jr. and iMEGA are doing the right things, and in the long run, it’s the right way to address all these issues.
Congressman Barney Frank is the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
Barney Frank is working on reversing some of the mistakes committed by the abominable Bush administration. The incompetent Bush administration mislead the American people in so many ways and it will take many years and a lot of money to correct these terrible mistakes.
The American people and the United States, have, and will continue to suffer as a direct result of the numerous serious mistakes committed by the Bush administration. The sooner these are corrected, and the better.
Barney Frank rightly wants to regulate and tax online gambling, and give adult American people the freedom and the right to enjoy what they like doing, free of government or political interference.
Barney Frank is doing the right things, and he deserves to be admired for his courage and tenacity to correct the horrible mistakes committed by the Bush administration.
The abominable Bush administration managed to seriously damage the United States’ worldwide credibility. They also discouraged investors to put their money in the United States because it’s too hard to predict how regulations or situations will be interpreted.
The loser and awful Spencer Bachus from Alabama is trying to oppose Barney Frank’s efforts for personal, religious, or moral reasons. Spencer Bachus is a disgusting hypocrite. The United States is the country with the most land-based casinos in the world. How do you explain that gambling in a land-based casino is good for you, but not when it’s on the Internet?
Spencer Bachus has no credibility whatsoever, and it’s surprising that some people even listen to his rubbish.
If Spencer Bachus was honest and genuinely interested in what is good for people, he would try to help the massive obesity epidemic in Alabama, because the number of fat people is out of control in his own state. The massive obesity epidemic is a real and serious problem. Online gambling is not. The only way to control the issues with online gambling is to regulate and tax the industry.
Alabama’s residents should stop voting for Spencer Bachus before Alabama gets boycotted.
A few rotten and incompetent politicians cannot continue to try to dictate what adults can, and cannot do inside their homes. The United States cannot afford to continue to break World Trade Organization and European Union trade agreements and other regulations. The United States should lead by giving good examples, and not by setting up horrible precedents.
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