I just wanted to throw up the beginning of an article that appeared in the Boston Herald earlier this month. The article began with...

"Perhaps the biggest government blunders in U.S. history have been prohibitions.

"The prohibition against alcohol led to black market smuggling and speakeasies, and reaped huge profits for organized crime. Today, the prohibition on Internet gambling promises to funnel players underground, diminishing society’s ability to deal with serious challenges such as underage and problem gambling, and, more importantly, interferes with the right to individual liberty and privacy.

"Rep. Barney Frank’s (D-Mass.) efforts to deal with this outrageous
legislation are heroic. "

One more thing about the article... it appeared in the opinions section of
the paper and was written by Alfonse D’Amato, chairmen of the Poker Players
Alliance.

It's good to see the PPA finally getting some articles into major newspapers' opinion pages, but next time, Mr. D'Amato, leave the theatrics out of it. Calling Barney "heroic" for introducing a Bill about gambling is pathetic.