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Message: [QUOTE="wickedlovely, post: 665763, member: 23238"] From [URL="http://reason.tv/"]Reason.tv[/URL]: . . ."This story highlights the hypocrisy that surrounds gambling in this country," said Nick Gillespie, editor of Reason.tv. "States will gladly take your hard-earned money if you want to play the government's lottery. But if you sit down with some veterans to play Texas hold 'em you may end up with cops, in full riot gear, busting down your door. No one gets hurt when consenting adults sit down for a game of cards. And there's no reason for the government to get involved." Video Here: [URL="http://reason.tv/video/show/172.html"]Texas Close'em: Dallas Poker Raid[/URL] On a side note, for an interesting discussion of the militarization of U.S. police forces I highly recommend Bradley Balkos whitepaper "Overkill," available as a *.pdf download [URL="http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6476"]here[/URL]. [/QUOTE]