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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (109171)	9/17/2007 1:26:24 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Wayne, I knew that LBJ was lying about just about everything, but I believed our ships were attacked in The Gulf of Tonkin. So, even skeptics can sometimes be fooled by a well crafter lie.

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (109171)	9/18/2007 8:39:08 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

"When Bonus Whores get old and wrinkled." I enjoy receiving bonuses from online poker rooms, but the passage of the anti-poker law has made depositing money and cashing out much more difficult and time-consuming. I had not made a deposit to a poker room since Neteller was kicked out of the USA. For awhile, there was E-checks, but I could see that that wouldn't last long and didn't want to get caught with my money in limbo, so I never used it. There are other Neteller imitators, such as EPassporte, which are still doing business. But, with a C- grade from their local version of The Better Business Bureau and scads of online complaints about rip-offs and phantom raids of checking accounts, I decided to avoid them. I am also a bit concerned about the financial viability of some of the poker sites since the Puritans returned to power in America. I am not worried about Party, Stars, Full Tilt or Ultimate. Bodog is fine unless Calvin Ayres has jet problems and has to make an emergency landing in the USA as he zips between Costa Rica and his homeland of Canada. So, I haven't really cared that DeweyCheatumandHowe Poker.com has a 100% bonus offer. I didn't "need" to make deposits. I have been earning profits at a decent rate and make a withdrawal every month to pay for my lifestyle, shabby though it is. I have still been able to build my account balance at poker sites. Then, my main site (which will go unnamed because there is no reason to notify the Gestapo) offered a 25% bonus and I wanted some of that. So, I decided to see if I could make a deposit. The only safe way seemed to be a money order or cashier's check sent by registered mail. Smith Blarney used to give me free cashier's checks, but, alas, they will now not even give me the secret code to the Men's Room. They will be sorry once they figure out why their hallway plants are all dying so young. <G> And, the Postal Service has always been fussy about making me pay for registered mail. But the poker site does not deal with regular mail. So, I got dinged $4 for the money order and $11.05 by my local Post Office. Now, these fees aren't the end of the world, but they reduce my $125 bonus to $109.95. Ah, Neteller not only did this stuff for free for me, they also did it within seconds and entered my name in a contest I never won. Yes, Grandnieces, I was in the old Neteller Army. It really did exist. Now, the problem is, will my missive reach this foreign country in time for me to be credited with the bonus? I know that registered mail moves much slower than regular mail. I have emailed the cashier with all of the details and have made it clear that I acted on the first business day after the offer was made. If my money doesn't get there in time, I should still receive the bonus. Everything is dated and stamped and all that crap. Stay tuned for more updates of the adventures of an oline poker pro trying to exist under the Bush Misadministration.