Edit: Redstate.com picked up this review of my article. It's at http://www.redstate.com/macaoidh/200...s-out-of-power.

Digg: http://digg.com/political_opinion/Re...s_Out_Of_Power

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Hi all,

I will be writing a biweekly op-ed for www.biggovernment.com. I hope you'll find them interesting. The first one is online now, at http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/10/...d-online-poker.

In my opinion, we need to change public opinion to win, so I hope you'll all support things like this. If you do Digg, Twitter, post a comment (on either Digg or biggovernment.com), please reply with "Dugg", "Twittered", etc. to encourage others.

Thanks!

Rich
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Digg: http://digg.com/political_opinion/Bi...t_Online_Poker
Twitter --> go to www.twitter.com and cut-and-paste the following:
<blockquote>RT @TheEngineer2008: BigGovernment.com: The GOP's Bad Bet Against Online Poker: http://digg.com/d319dPa #digguser #nation #tcot #tlot #c4l
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Raising on Aces and Eights: The GOP’s Bad Bet Against Poker
by Rich Muny

http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/10/...d-online-poker

The GOP has historically been the party of limited government and personal responsibility. President Ronald Reagan said it best in his frequent citations of Thomas Paine’s famous axiom – “the government governs best that governs least.” Unfortunately, the party moved away from the limited government conservatism of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan during the George W. Bush Administration. In fact, the 2008 Republican Party Platform regrettably went so far as to advocate a federal prohibition of online poker.

Poker is not a crime, nor should it be. Millions of Americans – including the president and many in Congress – play the game at their kitchen tables, on the Internet, and at their local card rooms. It is a great American pastime. During that failed era of big government “conservatism”, however, some big government social conservative groups like Focus on the Family wished to use the power of the federal government to stop Americans from playing online poker in their own homes........

 

Originally Posted by allin4flush

Tweeted!

Thanks!

 

That first link to the article is faulty, but the link at the header of the article near the bottom works just fine.

Thanks for the heads-up. I just fixed it.

 

Originally Posted by deej_0607

dugg, good article

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

 

Originally Posted by cbolt21

Everyone is against gambling online except for the people who gamble online. GOP is no different than the libs when it comes to this. Liberals are about BIG government and controlling our lives with their agenda. They wont make a concerted effort to change gambling laws, imo.

That's why we have to tell them that their other priorities are harmed by opposition to online poker.

 

Originally Posted by cbolt21

and controlling our lives with their agenda.

That's funny. I can quote megabytes of history that says conservatives do that quite a bit.

But we won't derail this thread with that, Limbaugh, Jr.

Gambling enemies are our enemies. Unite.

After reading jennifear's thread about her interview with her bank I was thinking about shooting Breitbart a message in support of our cause. Funny that it's already happened.

Well done!

 

Originally Posted by Adam

Great article, and obv Dugg :)

Thanks Adam, for this and all the support for poker rights!

Good article for sure

I can't even begin to understand how people who have more than likely never played poker, and don't understand anything about it can make these laws...just doesn't make since.

maybe im posting this in the wrong place, and not even sure if i can get a real answer here, I know the legal system and the tax system are two completely different things. My question is, if I leave the US to play online poker, have my money sent to a foreign bank, pay all my taxes legit as a US citizen, is it illegal/am I breaking any US rules/laws by having that money in a legit foreign bank/account then sent to the US?

 

Originally Posted by MarkFSU1

maybe im posting this in the wrong place, and not even sure if i can get a real answer here, I know the legal system and the tax system are two completely different things. My question is, if I leave the US to play online poker, have my money sent to a foreign bank, pay all my taxes legit as a US citizen, is it illegal/am I breaking any US rules/laws by having that money in a legit foreign bank/account then sent to the US?

Under the current laws, no. You would be just fine.

Hell, under the current laws, you could make the money selling drugs. If you report the income, you are golden!

 

Originally Posted by apexironman

Dugg!!!

Thanks!

so...are conservatives allowed to post in this thread? Just want to know before I bother typing something up.

 

Originally Posted by TheEngineer

Redstate.com picked up this review of my article. It's at http://www.redstate.com/macaoidh/200...s-out-of-power.

Digg: http://digg.com/political_opinion/Re...s_Out_Of_Power

Great news. The RedState article hit the front page if Digg. This should bring us good attention.

I am just tired of hearing crap about the GOP and the UIGEA. Now that the dems have total control of Congress and the executive branch each and every day that passes with the UIGEA still on the books is their responsibility. Here, I'll even save them the time and draft up the legislation:

The Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act is hereby repealed in full.

Cut and paste this gem into the next bill one hour before it passes. Everyone that voted for democrats imagining that they would change this law should feel like a dupe. Now we will have the UIGEA and higher taxes too. Sweet.

 

Originally Posted by TheEngineer

I was afraid that's what you meant by "conservative". It seems there are a bunch of Republicans who feel that any criticism of the GOP is unfair, and any discussion starts and ends with "but what about the Democrats?" Sean Hannity typified this, at least IMO.

Speaking of which, I posted this to the forum at Hannity.com and got banned. :-) Not an introspective bunch over there.

I probably crashed their servers, as their systems couldn't handle everyone responding with, "that's unfair....what about the Democrats!!!" all at once.