as many of you may have heard, our government has big issues with online gambling. our congress have nearly unanimously voted to make it illegal for financial institutions to let you take your money and transfer it to such a website. the casual us players (the ones who bled the money) have largely been chased off by this. even i have reduced my gambling over the past year by over 90%, although i would contend it is largely for unrelated reasons. just as in vietnam and now iraq, the government is winning all the battles.
but, as always, they are losing the war. prohibition pushed things underground and there are always those who will figure out a way around it. i was solicited for this method yesterday and i must say that i am impressed http://www.mypaycall.com/index.html it's a telephone service, but the rates are hugely high, so no one will use it as such. if you wanted to use it as such, you'd let them draft an ach from your account and then type in your number and the number you'd want to call. then your phone would be called and you'd be connected through to the other party. as both of you are receiving phone calls, there would be no charge to either landline, so they'd become your phone company for billing purposes. what really happens though is that the number you enter to "call" is that of your favorite gambling site. your phone rings. you hear a recorded message. you are charged, say, $50 for this phone call. that $50 then mysteriously gets deposited into your gambling account. for all anyone knows, all you've done is make a very expensive phone call. in the end, government tyranny cannot stamp out human creativity. they can make war on the people all day and every day, but the people will somehow figure out how to do what they want. stalin, hitler, dubya -- they all pass. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
