Ah I  love the smell of 'for the children in the morning'   Now that the scourge that is internet gambling , or as some like to call it the ability to spend your money how you chose there's some time left over saving us from ourselves.

"MySpace.com has been a center of drug activity, of gang activity, and of Internet predators," said Rep. Mark Kirk, an Illinois Republican. "Isn't it entirely appropriate that the state get involved?"

Actually Mark no it's not.  Here are  a lot of reasons why in this Cnet post  Seems  that if you want to require people to ID themselves online with age verification then adults have to  accommodate the parental choices to leave their  <18 year old in front of a computer,  whereabouts and associations unknown   by proving your age.    This country  is not by the children and for the children.  Maybe we need a webcam licence ( for the children)  A ban on camera phones for those under 18 (for the children)  NO  unfacilliated communication between a person under 18  or one over without parental exemption  after the parent's have passed a drug test and filed  with the state for permission of course. 

Protect me,  Protect me from those that want to protect me!!!