Outraged by the freezing of our funds??? I sure hope so! Let's take a stand and fight back.

OldBookGuy put together a nice action plan. Simply:

1. Got to http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact to send a letter to Obama.
2. Cut and paste the letter text below (editing to suit, of course).
3. Click here to Twitter an announcement of this alert.
4. Reply to the thread with "sent" "Twittered", etc to encourage others (you know the drill).

Takes less than 60 seconds!

Also, please sign the PPA petition to Obama at www.pokerpetition.com.<span title="processed" id="ptFirstEntry"><span>


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<span>Dear President Obama, </span>

<span> It seems your White House has not taken the Government Briefing Book very seriously. The number one issue in Technology is Online Poker. </span>

<span> Politics and political support as we all know permeates from the bottom up. So it is with issues. Though many pressing issues face you and me, more often than not it is the little -- and, to most in Washington, insignificant -- issues that personally affect the individual that matters most. </span>

<span> This technology issue, online poker, is VERY important to many Americans -- Americans who supported you and the Democratic Party, both locally and nationally -- in the belief your administration would treat poker players at least equally to those who play other online games such as Spades, Hearts, Solitaire and dozens of other games who enjoy the right of privacy in their own homes to play online games of skill both for real money and for fun. </span>

<span> Last week, YOUR Department of Justice continued the Bush era assault on poker players' privacy by freezing the personal funds of an estimated TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND (24,000) American Citizens in the estimated amount of THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS ($30,000,000) of your American Citizen supporters' money. </span>

<span> However, given the current action, if this belief was misplaced then support for Democratic candidates AND your administration will likely suffer. </span>

<span> I implore you to direct action be taken addressing this issue and treat me, a poker player with respect and equality.

Thank you for your consideration. </span>

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sent, twittered Is there going to be a new congressional letter any time soon? The reason I ask is because the Republican Congressman that was ousted in my district was replaced by a Democrat that has not responded to any poker related bills or emails. I think it's time we heat up the pressure on Dina Titus, especially those who live in her Las Vegas district.

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This is what I wrote with a little help from TheEngineer:

President Obama,

Last week, your Department of Justice continued the Bush agenda of restricting citizen's rights and poker player's rights by freezing the personal funds of an estimated twenty-four thousand (24,000) American Citizens in the estimated amount of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) that belongs to Americans.

The actions of the DoJ are wrong. By doing this they are keeping $30,000,000 out of the economy and out of the hands of tax paying Americans. More importantly though, you are legislating what people can or can't do with their own money. By freezing these funds you are saying that people cannot be trusted in their own homes with their own money.

I ask you to order the DoJ to desist with their assault on poker players. I also suggest that you support Barney Frank's bill on online poker which fairly offers solutions to most of the current problems with online poker.

Thank You