New article to Digg (if you like it): Gambling Away the Republican Future?

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  1. TheEngineer TheEngineer is offline Rich Muny - PPA Board VP

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    Oct 29th, 2009 (10/29/2009 1:24pm)

    NewMajority.com ran an article I wrote on the GOP. Please Digg it if you like it.

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    Gambling Away the Republican Future?

    http://www.newmajority.com/gambling-...ublican-future

    October 29th, 2009 at 11:42 am by Rich Muny
    There have recently been positive developments in the Republican Partys fortunes. Polls show increased support for conservatism and the GOP, conservatives are actively protesting for their beliefs, and Congress is starting to take note. Republicans have a real chance in 2010 if they can form a cohesive conservative coalition.

    The Republican Party was once the party of limited government and personal responsibility. Unfortunately, the GOP has been pushing libertarian-minded conservatives from the party for some time. 2008 was the worst year ever for the traditional GOP coalition. The party establishment was openly hostile to Rep. Ron Pauls (R-TX) presidential run and the big government social conservative wing of the party even called for a plank in the party platform advocating federal internet censorship to stop adults from playing online poker. In essence, the party told poker players, internet freedom supporters, and limited government conservatives that they are no longer welcome in the GOP......
     
  2. TheEngineer TheEngineer is offline Rich Muny - PPA Board VP

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    Oct 29th, 2009 (10/29/2009 6:34pm) in reply to TheEngineer

    If you do Digg or Twitter it, can you respond with "dugg", twittered, etc.?

    Thanks!
     
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  3. TheEngineer TheEngineer is offline Rich Muny - PPA Board VP

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    Oct 29th, 2009 (10/29/2009 6:43pm) in reply to TheEngineer

    On a separate topic, please check out this week's podcast. I have a short blurb at 3:30, but the real story is IGC counsel Ian Ramsey's discussion of the Kentucky case at 4:30. I was at the hearing. I believe we came out ahead on the arguments, but we won't know until the ruling in two months or so, of course.

    Ian Ramsey's profile is at http://stites.com/attorneys/161/ian-t-ramsey.

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    </a> </td></tr></tbody></table> P5s Podcast, Oct 29, 2009 Thur, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST
     
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    Oct 29th, 2009 (10/29/2009 7:21pm) in reply to TheEngineer

    dugg
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    Oct 29th, 2009 (10/29/2009 7:29pm) in reply to TheEngineer

    Dugg!!!
  6. TheEngineer TheEngineer is offline Rich Muny - PPA Board VP

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    Oct 29th, 2009 (10/29/2009 7:44pm) in reply to apexironman

    For those not familiar with Digg.com: Digg.com is a social networking site where people vote on articles. Articles with enough votes get promoted to the front page, where they can get 25,000 or more views. The reason it gets so many hits is that many people like to view stories voted up by their peers. Digg.com is ranked #45 in the US for views: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/digg.com. It's huge for us to get our message out to that many people, so I ask that you all participate. Thanks!

    Here's how it's done:
    1. Click the link to the digg article. In this case, it's http://digg.com/political_opinion/Ne...ublican_Future
    2. If you don't let have an account, you can create it here. It's very simple. Just choose a name and a password and provide a birth date and an email address.
    3. You'll see a yellow badge with a number inside it. Click the word "digg" that appears below that.
    We've gotten many of these to the front page of Digg, so it's definitely worth doing.

    Thanks!
     
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  7. TheEngineer TheEngineer is offline Rich Muny - PPA Board VP

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    Oct 29th, 2009 (10/29/2009 7:44pm) in reply to palmerjoe

     
    Originally Posted by palmerjoe View Post

    dugg

     
    Originally Posted by apexironman View Post

    Dugg!!!

    Thanks!
     
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  8. TheEngineer TheEngineer is offline Rich Muny - PPA Board VP

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    Oct 29th, 2009 (10/29/2009 9:46pm) in reply to TheEngineer

    I updated the OP with friendlier Digg and Twitter icons:

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    Oct 29th, 2009 (10/29/2009 10:17pm) in reply to TheEngineer

    Dugg. Thanks Engineer. Keep up the good fight!
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    Oct 29th, 2009 (10/29/2009 11:15pm) in reply to TheEngineer

    dugg
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    Oct 29th, 2009 (10/29/2009 11:25pm) in reply to Xian22

     
    Originally Posted by Xian22 View Post

    Dugg. Thanks Engineer. Keep up the good fight!

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    Oct 30th, 2009 (10/30/2009 12:33am) in reply to Xian22

     
    Originally Posted by Xian22 View Post

    Dugg. Thanks Engineer. Keep up the good fight!

    Thanks for the kind words, and thank you for fighting back.
     
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