Posted: 7/9/2013 9:31:53 AM EDT
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the article In April Florida Governor Rick Scott approved a ban on slot machines and Internet cafes after a charity tied to Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll was shut down on suspicion of being an Internet gambling front -- forcing Carroll, who had consulted with the charity, to resign. Florida's 1,000 Internet cafes were shut down immediately, including Miami-Dade's Incredible Investments, LLC, a café that provides online services to migrant workers, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The owner, Consuelo Zapata, is now suing the state after her legal team found that the ban was so hastily worded that it can be applied to any computer or device connected to the Internet, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Miami Herald. The ban defines illegal slot machines as any "system or network of devices" that may be used in a game of chance. And that broad wording can be applied to any form of computer, according to the Miami law firm of Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, who worked with constitutional law attorney and Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz. Making everyone a criminal, one state at a time. Attacking the architecture of free speech is a bonus. When called on it, they will plead that technical illiteracy makes them unaccountable. This was passed by a majority Republican House, majority Republican Senate, and signed by a Republican governor. |
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the law the article In April Florida Governor Rick Scott approved a ban on slot machines and Internet cafes after a charity tied to Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll was shut down on suspicion of being an Internet gambling front -- forcing Carroll, who had consulted with the charity, to resign. Florida's 1,000 Internet cafes were shut down immediately, including Miami-Dade's Incredible Investments, LLC, a café that provides online services to migrant workers, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The owner, Consuelo Zapata, is now suing the state after her legal team found that the ban was so hastily worded that it can be applied to any computer or device connected to the Internet, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Miami Herald. The ban defines illegal slot machines as any "system or network of devices" that may be used in a game of chance. And that broad wording can be applied to any form of computer, according to the Miami law firm of Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, who worked with constitutional law attorney and Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz. Making everyone a criminal, one state at a time. Attacking the architecture of free speech is a bonus. When called on it, they will plead that technical illiteracy makes them unaccountable. This was passed by a majority Republican House, majority Republican Senate, and signed by a Republican governor. What's worth noting here is that this was a hasty, shittily-worded law was passed as a knee-jerk response to a problem that was only really a problem because it made some politician look bad. and was immediately used by law enforcement to shut down a whole sector of businesses that were providing legitimate services to customers. |
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This had exploded into basically gambling in every strip mall. All the old folks in there burning down their retirement. I can't speak for the law but I think it was getting a little out of hand. Yeah, definitely need to save people from themselves.  this thank you for saving them from themselves 
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I'm not suggesting that Democrats are any better (because they're not - they're worse, so don't ride my dick about it), but WTF is wrong with a lot of Republicans, lately? "Limited government" my aching white ass. Lately? You need a kick in your lily white ass if you think the reblubs aren't as freedom hating as democraps. They choose to use the guise of patriotism to pull off their bullshit.
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This had exploded into basically gambling in every strip mall. All the old folks in there burning down their retirement. I can't speak for the law but I think it was getting a little out of hand. Yeah, definitely need to save people from themselves. this thank you for saving them from themselves When I visited Portland, OR, just about every bar had some type of gambling machine in it. I thought it was brilliant. 
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the law the article In April Florida Governor Rick Scott approved a ban on slot machines and Internet cafes after a charity tied to Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll was shut down on suspicion of being an Internet gambling front -- forcing Carroll, who had consulted with the charity, to resign. Florida's 1,000 Internet cafes were shut down immediately, including Miami-Dade's Incredible Investments, LLC, a café that provides online services to migrant workers, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The owner, Consuelo Zapata, is now suing the state after her legal team found that the ban was so hastily worded that it can be applied to any computer or device connected to the Internet, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Miami Herald. The ban defines illegal slot machines as any "system or network of devices" that may be used in a game of chance. And that broad wording can be applied to any form of computer, according to the Miami law firm of Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, who worked with constitutional law attorney and Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz. Making everyone a criminal, one state at a time. Attacking the architecture of free speech is a bonus. When called on it, they will plead that technical illiteracy makes them unaccountable. This was passed by a majority Republican House, majority Republican Senate, and signed by a Republican governor. Thanks for the heads up. I'm going to be certain to vote straight Democrat in the next election. You should too........................not really. |
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the law the article In April Florida Governor Rick Scott approved a ban on slot machines and Internet cafes after a charity tied to Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll was shut down on suspicion of being an Internet gambling front -- forcing Carroll, who had consulted with the charity, to resign. Florida's 1,000 Internet cafes were shut down immediately, including Miami-Dade's Incredible Investments, LLC, a café that provides online services to migrant workers, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The owner, Consuelo Zapata, is now suing the state after her legal team found that the ban was so hastily worded that it can be applied to any computer or device connected to the Internet, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Miami Herald. The ban defines illegal slot machines as any "system or network of devices" that may be used in a game of chance. And that broad wording can be applied to any form of computer, according to the Miami law firm of Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, who worked with constitutional law attorney and Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz. Making everyone a criminal, one state at a time. Attacking the architecture of free speech is a bonus. When called on it, they will plead that technical illiteracy makes them unaccountable. This was passed by a majority Republican House, majority Republican Senate, and signed by a Republican governor. Thanks for the heads up. I'm going to be certain to vote straight Democrat in the next election. You should too........................not really. He already was, not that it matters. |
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This had exploded into basically gambling in every strip mall. All the old folks in there burning down their retirement. I can't speak for the law but I think it was getting a little out of hand. Right do it for the people shit while we are at it for the people ban guns Get a grip let dumbasses crash and burn. It is gene pool chlorine |
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the law the article In April Florida Governor Rick Scott approved a ban on slot machines and Internet cafes after a charity tied to Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll was shut down on suspicion of being an Internet gambling front -- forcing Carroll, who had consulted with the charity, to resign. Florida's 1,000 Internet cafes were shut down immediately, including Miami-Dade's Incredible Investments, LLC, a café that provides online services to migrant workers, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The owner, Consuelo Zapata, is now suing the state after her legal team found that the ban was so hastily worded that it can be applied to any computer or device connected to the Internet, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Miami Herald. The ban defines illegal slot machines as any "system or network of devices" that may be used in a game of chance. And that broad wording can be applied to any form of computer, according to the Miami law firm of Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, who worked with constitutional law attorney and Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz. Making everyone a criminal, one state at a time. Attacking the architecture of free speech is a bonus. When called on it, they will plead that technical illiteracy makes them unaccountable. This was passed by a majority Republican House, majority Republican Senate, and signed by a Republican governor. Thanks for the heads up. I'm going to be certain to vote straight Democrat in the next election. You should too........................not really. Yeah, instead lets bury our head in the sand and ignore the problems with the Republican Party. I mean, it isn't like the Democrats are going to use this against them. Republican strategy has been working so well lately... |
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Damn, Rick Scott seems to be a big fan of casting out a wide net in efforts to make his entire state felons. I am of course speaking about the BULLSHIT law he passed that made carrying bongs or pipes a felony. Than again, I must be a dumb "doper" rather than someone who takes civil rights seriously.
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This had exploded into basically gambling in every strip mall. All the old folks in there burning down their retirement. I can't speak for the law but I think it was getting a little out of hand. Sigh...and of course we being an "enlightened" society can not allow them to starve in the cold (lol FL) because they are fools. Of course I don't consider that to be enlightened at all, because an enlightened individual sees that it breeds either more government  or dependent fools
But what do I know...it isn't like my observations are 100% true or anything. 
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I'm not suggesting that Democrats are any better (because they're not - they're worse, so don't ride my dick about it), but WTF is wrong with a lot of Republicans, lately? "Limited government" my aching white ass. This is why I am saying "screw this" and going to the Libertarian Party in the future. Quoted:
This had exploded into basically gambling in every strip mall. All the old folks in there burning down their retirement. I can't speak for the law but I think it was getting a little out of hand. Here's the zero fucks I give about other people choosing to burn their retirement.
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the law the article In April Florida Governor Rick Scott approved a ban on slot machines and Internet cafes after a charity tied to Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll was shut down on suspicion of being an Internet gambling front -- forcing Carroll, who had consulted with the charity, to resign. Florida's 1,000 Internet cafes were shut down immediately, including Miami-Dade's Incredible Investments, LLC, a café that provides online services to migrant workers, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The owner, Consuelo Zapata, is now suing the state after her legal team found that the ban was so hastily worded that it can be applied to any computer or device connected to the Internet, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Miami Herald. The ban defines illegal slot machines as any "system or network of devices" that may be used in a game of chance. And that broad wording can be applied to any form of computer, according to the Miami law firm of Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, who worked with constitutional law attorney and Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz. Making everyone a criminal, one state at a time. Attacking the architecture of free speech is a bonus. When called on it, they will plead that technical illiteracy makes them unaccountable. This was passed by a majority Republican House, majority Republican Senate, and signed by a Republican governor. What's worth noting here is that this was a hasty, shittily-worded law was passed as a knee-jerk response to a problem that was only really a problem because it made some politician look bad. and was immediately used by law enforcement to shut down a whole sector of businesses that were providing legitimate services to customers. That sounds familiar. |