JD is my man... but he won't make 6 figures this year.
Prove me wrong, bud.
As for the rest of this thread, I agree with a lot of what Robb is saying, but he's forgetting one thing. While technically not LEGAL in the U.S. right now, PLAYING online poker is not prosecuted. If things take a turn for the worse and the U.S. decides to start cracking down on it's players - *poof* - so long player base at all the major sites. You can pretend it won't affect you because you lived outside the U.S., but it will.
Fortunately, I don't see that happening. I expect NOTHING to happen for quite a while, but eventually, I think the U.S. will wake up and legalize it here, so they can start getting their cut. No one would be happier than the online poker rooms about this, believe me. That is a tax they would LOVE to pay!