Modern day man-stealers

One of the most depressing things about antebellum history is the apparent lack of traction gained by probably the best argument against the "peculiar institution"; that the very process of procuring "servants" involved man-stealing, a capital crime under the Torah. One would have thought that it might have gotten somewhere, but apparently not--at least beyond the Constitution's provision for a delayed end to the slave trade.

Sad to say, the "spend-u-more" bill shows that Senate Majority Leader Reid and President Obama are modern day man-stealers. How so? They got eight billion dollars dedicated to a high speed rail line from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.

And thus, we have a very interesting thing going on here; we have a Mormon Senator and the President putting pork into the "spend-u-more" bill to get more people to gamble (along with many other guilty parties) in Vegas, virtually guaranteeing that those who drive through Nevada will see a very sad sight more often--bankrupted gamblers hitchhiking their way home. It's not like the addictive nature of gambling isn't plain to see for anyone who pays attention when visiting Nevada.

(another example; I watched an old man feeding the slot machines being completely oblivious to the scantily clad waitress going within a foot of him to bring drinks to other patrons...anything that overrides a man's tendency to violate Matthew 5 has got to be powerful!)

No thanks, Senator Reid and President Obama, for taking part in this theft of the livelihoods of innocent citizens. I would have thought that you two, of all people, would have known better, but I am apparently wrong.