Repressive GOP seeks to limit the people's entertainment options - pay up or else Chimpy W. Bushitler's friends will do you in.

Republicans last week held a “field hearing” in rural Iowa to gather feedback from voters on the proposed online gambling ban that passed the House of Representatives this summer, but is on hold in the U.S. Senate.

Led by Rep. Jim Leach (R-Iowa), with an appearance by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) the meeting featured speakers who opposed the online gambling ban, as well as those who were in favor of the bill, known as House Resolution 4411, and called the Internet Gambling Prohibitition and Enforcement Act (IGPENA). The meeting has no bearing on the pending Senate version of the bill, however, because it is simply a fact finding tool for use by the House.