Saving Face

I had a bad restless night of sleep over this shutdown of our access to Online Poker thing(In case you missed it yesterday.). The big three have all been indicted and our ability to play real money games has been taken away from us. Supposedly our government is that stupid to let all this new tax money slip through their fingers. To me and any other sane person at a time of huge government deficits and joblessness it seams crazy to let this free money get away.Hmm... maybe there is a method to this madness. I have come up with a major theory about why this has happened and what the future brings. Drum rolls please.... IMHO - This whole indictment is a pre-planned agreement between the government and the sites. Why would this be you ask? Quite simple the time is finally here for the US government to get their head out of their ass and do the right thing to legalize and regulate the Online Poker world. Isn't it odd that the major Poker sites signed these partner agreements with big US Casino companies a few weeks ago? I believe they knew this was coming and wanted to be ready to jump legit once the law is changed. Think about it the US government could never grant known lawbreakers a license without looking totally useless without punishing the Sites first. This is what will happen. 1) The major sites will all pay huge crazy fines. 2) Upper management will all pay personal fines and get suspended sentences or maybe have to resign. 3) After a "Cooling" off period the government will let these new partnerships get licenses for Online Poker and everything will be right in the world. Just think how much sense this makes. The government looks good by protecting us from these evil offshore companies. They collect their fines(bribes) from the former law breakers. The sites sit out and can come back as reformed entities. Online Poker grows even stronger as a legit business in the USA. Jobs are created and money is generated toward paying down our debt. What a great country and world we live in. what does everyone else thing is going to happen? Tony

P.S. - Am I just hoping this will happen and that our country hasn't faded more towards communism...hmm we will see.