I need Strut to come hold my hand and tell me everything is going to be ok.
Is that too much to ask?
I also paid my taxes, however the movement of money may appear to be laundering to someone other than me.
I wasn't talking about taxes. But what WVU said re money-laundering is viable.
We got this losing administration in Washington. Losing the fight against massive illegal immigration (tho they never really fought it); losing in Iraq, and not winning in Afghanistan; losing any war they may be fighting over the blanketing of the US by criminal gangs.
Losing on all fronts. Except one. Their brilliantly executed blitzkreig war against ------- US! You and me. The people who bet online. They got us begging for mercy; just like they wanted.
First, they test the waters by nailing Carruthers, and a big book closes and stiffs a huge number of bettors. Strike One.
Then, somehow (we still do not have the full story) they force the biggest and best online bet site to close the door on Americans. Strike Two.
Then, and almost immediately following, they bust a few guys with heft at Neteller (which was almost certainly done with deliberate malice, after the online bettors were stampeded in withdrawing money from Pinnacle and via Neteller to our banks, where a lot of it was in transit and easily grabbed).
And Neteller suspends payment to Americans. Strike Three.
And now the home nine from the Dubya Dept of Justice step up to the plate. Seeking to put this one on ice.
Which will be to go after big users of Neteller. Perhaps. Which may be the reason FH disappered. Has he heard something? And did he feel particularly vulnerable inasmuch he was a big guy on this forum? I mean, his departure has the aroma of panic.
A prosecution of big online bettors would be a home run out of the park for the otherwise losing Bush Admin. Most of the online bettors will scatter to the wind, hide under the bleachers.
Iraq Resistance 60 - Bush 0
Bush 75 - Online Bettors -forfeit of game