Dr. Neil Hair

About time… it appears that support for all things POKER have finally started to reach proportional representation. http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/25/news/midcaps/poker.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes don't get me wrong, when it comes to gaming I'm delighted people find it entertaining to watch and to participate in. I've even been more then happy to throw the odd party in its honor. But this acceptance/love stops when it invades my previously favorite channel of all time and turns it into the 'gambling channel' - of course I mean the Travel Channel. When I was last resident in the USA I fell passionately for it, hourly visits to different spots of the world, mad Australians traveling it, equally mad Cockneys visiting far flung places offering advice on surviving local culture and so forth. I learnt about wresling in Iran, dodging con artists in Egypt, living amongst Pigmys in South America, traversing the Amazon river, buggy racing in Libya and pod living in Japan. My biggest disappointment when returning to the US after a three year sabbatical in my home land was this major change in fortune (excuse the pun). Vegas is a great place, don't get me wrong, but it isn't a replacement for the rest of the world. Hopefully the nomenclature in charge of the Travel Channel will now return it to its former greatness. If America wants a Gambling Channel so be it, but market it as such, gambling does not serve my own needs in respect of international travel and I'm sure I'm not alone in this thinking. Travel = Poker… does not compute!