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Can anyone tell me why Democrats don't attach a Pro-Poker Legislation to the new bailout plan.....

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  1. kice32 kice32 is offline

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    Sep 25th, 2008 (9/25/2008 4:44pm)

    Dear Barney Frank,

    Please be a politician and attach your hard work on to this joke of a bailout plan, so poker players can at least be positive and people can spend their money on pokerstars, party poker, paradise poker, PokerRoom, Full Tilt Poker, or any other site negatively affected by having fewer US players.
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  2. Menstruating Menstruating is offline

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    Sep 25th, 2008 (9/25/2008 4:47pm) in reply to kice32

    I agree.

    I bet if P5'ers organized and set up a fund to contribute to campaigns, this would be a no brainer. Good idea though. Poker players are not good at taking action (except at the table) they do a better job of complaining though.
  3. The Universe The Universe is offline

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    Sep 25th, 2008 (9/25/2008 5:06pm) in reply to Menstruating

    because no one cares about poker when the country's economy is falling apart?
     
  4. AFink93 AFink93 is offline

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    Sep 25th, 2008 (9/25/2008 5:10pm) in reply to kice32

    Because attaching a pro poker bill to an economic bailout is about as dumb as it was to attach the UIGEA onto a safe ports act.
  5. Mr_BigQueso Mr_BigQueso is offline

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    Sep 25th, 2008 (9/25/2008 5:15pm) in reply to kice32

    bigger things on their plate
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  6. MarkFSU1 MarkFSU1 is offline

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    Sep 25th, 2008 (9/25/2008 5:20pm) in reply to The Universe

     
    Originally Posted by The Universe View Post

    because no one cares about poker when the country's economy is falling apart?

    Bush made a speech the other night and used the words "long deep recession." Not sure if that also means "depression", but if you look at history the US sees two recessions and one depression every 75 years. The US has had its two recessions and maybe three if you count 2001 (eventhough 2001 didnt meet the technical term of 2 consecutive quarters of decline) and hasnt had a depression since 1929. So pretty sure poker is about the last thing on anybodys mind...
     
  7. bbbbb33 bbbbb33 is offline

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    Sep 25th, 2008 (9/25/2008 5:29pm) in reply to MarkFSU1

    the euroz have all the monies anyways.
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  8. FourFives FourFives is offline

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    Sep 25th, 2008 (9/25/2008 5:41pm) in reply to kice32

    If they were smart, the Feds would make it illegal to play on any site except their own. They don't seem to have a problem with nationalizing the banks or insurance compainies, why not nationalize online poker? Why tax pokerstars' rake when you can take all the rake. Pokerstars generates about a million dollars a day in rake. I think they Feds could use another $365 million for their pet projects like buying AIG. The Feds should launch PokerAmerica.com immediately!
  9. dodgingjets dodgingjets is offline

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    Sep 25th, 2008 (9/25/2008 5:52pm) in reply to The Universe

     
    Originally Posted by The Universe View Post

    because no one cares about poker when the country's economy is falling apart?

     
    Originally Posted by Mr. Big Queso View Post

    bigger things on their plate

    I think that's kinda the idea behind slipping the poker legislation into this massive bail-out bill. Like they did for the UIGEA in the Port security bill.
    My sarcasm detector broke this am, I'm likely being leveled.
  10. allynlong allynlong is offline

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    Sep 25th, 2008 (9/25/2008 6:18pm) in reply to kice32

    Obviously none of you read the roll call from the vote on Franks Bill last week....NOT 1 Democrat but that braindead fool Maxine Waters voted for it...Every other vote was by a Republican. ALL the rest of the Democrats voted "Obama"...oops i mean "absent"
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    Sep 25th, 2008 (9/25/2008 6:45pm) in reply to FourFives

    not smart enough to do that.
     
  12. fly44 fly44 is online now

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    Sep 25th, 2008 (9/25/2008 7:36pm) in reply to FourFives

     
    Originally Posted by FourFives View Post

    If they were smart, the Feds would make it illegal to play on any site except their own. They don't seem to have a problem with nationalizing the banks or insurance compainies, why not nationalize online poker? Why tax pokerstars' rake when you can take all the rake. Pokerstars generates about a million dollars a day in rake. I think they Feds could use another $365 million for their pet projects like buying AIG. The Feds should launch PokerAmerica.com immediately!

    Or they can let an Indian Tribe run it and take like a 80% tax.
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    Sep 26th, 2008 (9/26/2008 5:06am) in reply to allynlong

     
    Originally Posted by allynlong View Post

    Obviously none of you read the roll call from the vote on Franks Bill last week....NOT 1 Democrat but that braindead fool Maxine Waters voted for it...Every other vote was by a Republican. ALL the rest of the Democrats voted "Obama"...oops i mean "absent"

    Not true, here's the voting record. Only 7 of the 30 votes for this bill were by Republicans. 23 of the 30 Yes votes were Democrats.

    Ackerman, Gary (D) -- Yes
    Baca, Joe (D) -- Yes
    Bachmann, Michele (R) -- No
    Bachus, Spencer (R) -- No
    Barrett, J. Gresham (R) -- No
    Bean, Melissa (D) -- Yes
    Biggert, Judy (R) -- Yes
    Brown-Waite, Ginny (R) -- No
    Campbell, John (R) -- No
    Capito, Shelley Moore (R) -- No
    Capuano, Michael (D) -- Yes
    Carson, Andre (D) -- no show
    Castle, Michael (R) -- No
    Cazayoux, Don (D) -- Yes
    Childers, Travis (D) -- no show
    Clay, Wm. Lacy (D) -- no show
    Cleaver, Emanuel (D) -- Yes
    Davis, Geoff (R) -- No
    Davis, Lincoln (D) -- no show
    Donnelly, Joe (D) -- no show
    Ellison, Keith (D) -- Yes
    Feeney, Tom (R) -- no show
    Foster, Bill (D) -- Yes
    Frank, Barney (D) -- Yes
    Garrett, Scott (R) -- No
    Gerlach, Jim (R) -- Yes
    Green, Al (D) -- no show
    Gutierrez, Luis (D) -- Yes
    Heller, Dean (R) -- Yes
    Hensarling, Jeb (R) -- No
    Hinojosa, Ruben (D) -- no show
    Hodes, Paul (D) -- no show
    Jones, Walter (R) -- No
    Kanjorski, Paul (D) -- Yes
    King, Peter (R) -- Yes
    Klein, Ron (D) -- Yes
    LaTourette, Steven (R) -- No
    Lucas, Frank (R) -- No
    Lynch, Stephen (D) -- Yes
    Mahoney, Timothy (D) -- no show
    Maloney, Carolyn (D) -- no show
    Manzullo, Donald (R) -- no show
    Marchant, Kenny (R) -- no show
    McCarthy, Carolyn (D) -- Yes
    McCarthy, Kevin (R) -- Yes
    McCotter, Thaddeus (R) -- no show
    McHenry, Patrick (R) -- no show
    Meeks, Gregory (D) -- No
    Miller, Brad (D) -- no show
    Miller, Gary (R) -- no show
    Moore, Dennis (D) -- Yes
    Moore, Gwen (D) -- Yes
    Murphy, Christopher (D) -- Yes
    Neugebauer, Randy (R) -- no show
    Paul, Ron (R) -- no show
    Pearce, Steve (R) -- No
    Perlmutter, Ed (D) -- Yes
    Price, Tom (R) -- no show
    Pryce, Deborah (R) -- Yes
    Putnam, Adam (R) -- No
    Roskam, Peter (R) -- No
    Royce, Ed (R) -- No
    Scott, David (D) -- No
    Shays, Christopher (R) -- Yes
    Sherman, Brad (D) -- Yes
    Speier, Jackie (D) -- no show
    Velazquez, Nydia (D) -- Yes
    Waters, Maxine (D) -- Yes
    Watt, Melvin (D) -- Yes
    Wilson, Charles (D) -- Yes
  14. The Universe The Universe is offline

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    Sep 26th, 2008 (9/26/2008 11:14am) in reply to Jennifear

    owned! but, std republican liar. diagf.
     
  15. funnygut funnygut is offline gone hollywood

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    Sep 26th, 2008 (9/26/2008 11:41am) in reply to The Universe

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    Sep 26th, 2008 (9/26/2008 11:46am) in reply to kice32

     
    Originally Posted by kice32 View Post

    Dear Barney Frank,

    Please be a politician and attach your hard work on to this joke of a bailout plan, so poker players can at least be positive and people can spend their money on pokerstars, party poker, paradise poker, PokerRoom, Full Tilt Poker, or any other site negatively affected by having fewer US players.

    And why don't the networks bring back your favorite TV shows?
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    Sep 26th, 2008 (9/26/2008 2:51pm) in reply to AFink93

     
    Originally Posted by AFink93 View Post

    Because attaching a pro poker bill to an economic bailout is about as dumb as it was to attach the UIGEA onto a safe ports act.

    uhhhh exactly
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  18. Jennifear Jennifear is offline

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    Sep 26th, 2008 (9/26/2008 5:19pm) in reply to kice32

    I, for one, wouldn't mind seeing Frank do this. It would serve Frist and his cronies right. Fight fire with fire!

    (obviously I don't know how practical this would be)
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