In article , John Larkin wrote:
On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:34:30 -0500, flipper wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:16:52 -0700, John Larkin
wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:27:53 -0500, flipper wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:10:36 -0700, John Larkin
wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:00:58 -0500, flipper wrote:



I suppose that means we can look forward to GSE Big Macs after they
'regulate' away, to 'save' our fat ass, the fast food market.


The requirement to list trans fat content has worked very well. Most
packaged stuff no longer has trans fats. Since it's likely a killer,
they could have made it illegal.

I wish the government would require disclosure of MSG.

The issue wasn't 'disclosure labels' or else we could solve your
presumed gambling problem

I don't have a gambling problem. Casino type gambling is boring. I
only gamble when I control the game and the odds are in my favor.

You consider gambling a 'problem' that you want to 'fix' by making it
illegal.


by having them include "Warning, the Federal
Government has determined that loosing all your money could be
hazardous to your economic health," as if even the worst 'gambling
addict' didn't already know that.

Nor was I talking about 'labels', what with a bevy of groups demanding
dictates, or 'taxes', on what foods can, and cannot, be sold.

It's reasonable to prohibit the sale of poisons, carcinogens,
biohazards, and other things that are really bad. This is simply
keeping one class of people from harming another, like laws against
drunk driving and fraud. Mandatory warnings can be effective, too.

Oh yes, because we have so many deaths from folks swilling a pint of
poisonous 'gambler', driving while 'gambler', and 'biogambler waste
disposal'.

I began by saying I was not entirely unsympathetic to the case but the
more arguments you present the more I'm pushed in the other direction
because of the hysterical absurdity in comparing gambling to drinking
poison and the rest.

You are free to ignore the warnings, or make your own dangerous foods
for your private consumption.

Not in your preferred and 'wished for' solution to make gambling
illegal.

Casino and lottery gambling used to be illegal in all the states and
is still illegal in many of them. Lately many state governments have
seen professional gambling as a means of generating revenue, so the
moral concerns are being overridden by the need for cash.


Seems I know the family of one of the fathers of the number game.
Family still runs a bar.
I think the numbers started in the 30's. The new casino in Casino in Pittsburgh is
drawing about half of what was expected. Did they know about the economy ?

Trying to get table games.

Oh don't forget about our local TV station that rigged some numbers drawn from
the state lottery machine. As I remember, they injected fluid into them.


RIP Bob Stupak, from Pittsburgh. I like his Stratosphere dream.

greg