Goverment has their boot on the bad guys

The founders of the three largest online poker sites were indicted on Friday in what could serve as a death blow to a thriving industry.

Eleven executives at PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and a number of their affiliates were charged with bank fraud and money laundering in an indictment unsealed in a Manhattan court. Two of the defendants were arrested on Friday morning in Utah and Nevada. Federal agents are searching for the others.

Prosecutors are seeking to immediately shut down the sites and to eventually send the executives to jail and to recover $3 billion from the companies. By Friday afternoon Full Tilt Poker’s site displayed a message explaining that “this domain name has been seized by the F.B.I. pursuant to an Arrest Warrant.”

Aren't you glad the government is squandering the hell out of your money to steal the freedom of people who aren't hurting anyone?  That's right, it doesn't matter if you're hurting anyone or not, you'll  conform to our religion do as we say.

Now, how about:

• Removing the shackles on drilling, refining, and transportation of oil? No?
• Lifting the oppressive taxes and regulation on the coal industry? No?
• Lifting oppressive regulation and taxes on businesses to facilitate job creation? No?
• Protecting out border? No?
• Protecting the currency? No?

Government = braying jackasses? Yes.