Post by fubar on Oct 19, 2006 5:53:36 GMT -6
What a farce. Local news reports the state police raided a local country bar for the crime of gambling - having the house take a cut from the players in, of all things, a Bouree game. Full State Police complement, cops, cars, guns radios - wonder why the Swat Team was not called in.... Arrested the scofflaws - who could believe (with apologies Capt Renault) - "I'm shocked, shocked that gambling is going on here!" The report indicated that the cut of the house was all of $80.
Let's see - La Constitution says no gambling but allows the Legislature to define gambling
The La Legislature defines gambling as that which pays them and their friends lots of money (and puts ex-governor's in jail).
Millions of dollars are flowing into the state's coffers from these "games" that are not, exactly, gambling - as the legislature has decided that they are not, leaving the State Police with having to raid two-bit Bouree games in poor country bars and rounding up all of the usual suspects to parade before the cameras to make the cops look good, while all kind of evil is going on out there.
Wonder what it cost the taxpayers to pay for all of the cops, cop cars, guns, radios, etc to make the brilliant raid on the country bar to stop the evilness of Bouree???
Probably much more than $80.00
fubar
Let's see - La Constitution says no gambling but allows the Legislature to define gambling
The La Legislature defines gambling as that which pays them and their friends lots of money (and puts ex-governor's in jail).
Millions of dollars are flowing into the state's coffers from these "games" that are not, exactly, gambling - as the legislature has decided that they are not, leaving the State Police with having to raid two-bit Bouree games in poor country bars and rounding up all of the usual suspects to parade before the cameras to make the cops look good, while all kind of evil is going on out there.
Wonder what it cost the taxpayers to pay for all of the cops, cop cars, guns, radios, etc to make the brilliant raid on the country bar to stop the evilness of Bouree???
Probably much more than $80.00
fubar
