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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:
- Got to http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact to send a letter to Obama.
- Cut and paste the letter text below (editing to suit, of course).
- Click here to Twitter an announcement of this alert.
- 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.
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Dear President Obama,
It seems your White House has not taken the Government
Briefing Book very seriously.
The number one issue in Technology is Online Poker.
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.
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.
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.
However, given the current action, if this belief was
misplaced then support for Democratic candidates
AND your administration will likely suffer.
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.
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Thanks for all the hard work! Sent and Twittered, Dugg the articles too. Glad to see people rallying together.
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ICHI19
(United States)
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06-10-2009 12:31 PM
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Once again thanks for all the hard work and making this easy. Sent
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Sent. Thanks for all your hard work Engineer
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sent. funny how during a near depression that the gov't is trying to deny citizens money by denying cash outs. How ironic is that?
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Sent!
CONTACT US
President Obama is committed to creating the most open and accessible administration in American history. To send questions, comments, concerns, or well-wishes to the President or his staff, please use the form below:
You can also call or write to the President:
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Phone Numbers
Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
TTY/TDD
Comments: 202-456-6213
Visitors Office: 202-456-2121
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any thoughts on what i am about to send? i think maybe the keno part at the bottoms may be too much?
Dear President Obama,
I'm a 28 year old proud American citizen. The first time I voted in my life was for you. I saw in you what I hadn't seen before on the national level. Never was I more proud to be an American than during your campaign and the day you were elected.
However, I feel my rights as a citizen are being trampeled upon by the Department of Justice. In the past week or so, they have frozen the personal funds of over 30,000 Americans totally an estimated 30 million dollars of poker players payouts from various internet poker sites.
We in the poker community are law adiding, tax paying citizens who enjoy particpating in a game of skill. Some rely on this for a living and others like myself enjoy this as a hobby in which from time to time I am able to make an income.
In the past month I have been laid off from my job and was counting on withdrawing money from these sites to help me get through these tough times. Its money I have earned and now I may not have access to that money for quite some time.
I ask you for your support when it comes to this very important issue. Withing walking distance from my house I am able to play Keno, purchase stratch tickets which is truly gambling. However, poker which is a game of skill I am unable to play in the privacy of my own home now. I feel there is an assault being launched against myself and those in the community.
Sincerely,
Charles xxxxxxxx
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telks
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06-10-2009 12:43 PM
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sent. ty for all the dedication engineer
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fly44
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1,595
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Joined
05-29-2008.
06-10-2009 12:45 PM
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any thoughts on what i am about to send? i think maybe the keno part at the bottoms may be too much?
Dear President Obama,
I'm a 28 year old proud American citizen. The first time I voted in my life was for you. I saw in you what I hadn't seen before on the national level. Never was I more proud to be an American than during your campaign and the day you were elected.
However, I feel my rights as a citizen are being trampeled upon by the Department of Justice. In the past week or so, they have frozen the personal funds of over 30,000 Americans totally an estimated 30 million dollars of poker players payouts from various internet poker sites.
We in the poker community are law adiding, tax paying citizens who enjoy particpating in a game of skill. Some rely on this for a living and others like myself enjoy this as a hobby in which from time to time I am able to make an income.
In the past month I have been laid off from my job and was counting on withdrawing money from these sites to help me get through these tough times. Its money I have earned and now I may not have access to that money for quite some time.
I ask you for your support when it comes to this very important issue. Withing walking distance from my house I am able to play Keno, purchase stratch tickets which is truly gambling. However, poker which is a game of skill I am unable to play in the privacy of my own home now. I feel there is an assault being launched against myself and those in the community.
Sincerely,
Charles xxxxxxxx
I think this is a good letter.
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any thoughts on what i am about to send? i think maybe the keno part at the bottoms may be too much?
Dear President Obama,
I'm a 28 year old proud American citizen. The first time I voted in my life was for you. I saw in you what I hadn't seen before on the national level. Never was I more proud to be an American than during your campaign and the day you were elected.
However, I feel my rights as a citizen are being trampeled upon by the Department of Justice. In the past week or so, they have frozen the personal funds of over 30,000 Americans totally an estimated 30 million dollars of poker players payouts from various internet poker sites.
We in the poker community are law adiding, tax paying citizens who enjoy particpating in a game of skill. Some rely on this for a living and others like myself enjoy this as a hobby in which from time to time I am able to make an income.
In the past month I have been laid off from my job and was counting on withdrawing money from these sites to help me get through these tough times. Its money I have earned and now I may not have access to that money for quite some time.
I ask you for your support when it comes to this very important issue. Withing walking distance from my house I am able to play Keno, purchase stratch tickets which is truly gambling. However, poker which is a game of skill I am unable to play in the privacy of my own home now. I feel there is an assault being launched against myself and those in the community.
Sincerely,
Charles xxxxxxxx
Looks great to me. Thanks for sending it!
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Done in 60 seconds, be silent, stay silent when your game is gone!
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