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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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sent it's about time to put an end to all this nonesense.As an american i want the right to play online poker and not be told what i can and can not do, as we are suppose to be the land of the free. keep up the good work rich.
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sent, appreciate all of your hard work in helping online poker.
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yes any game played online for cash is considered gambling
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fpdog
(United States)
390
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Joined
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06-11-2009 10:39 PM
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sent, expecting an audit any day now
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snaggs
(United States)
1,170
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Joined
12-29-2006.
06-12-2009 12:02 AM
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Again I hate to send form letters so this was mine: I am EXTREMELY disappointed in the recent seizure of online poker funds. While this didn't affect me directly in this instance, the online poker issue is one of the reasons that, as a registered Republican, I supported Obama, and many other candidates I might not have otherwise.
Ultimately the buck stops with the President on this latest action as, if my 8th grade civics is standing me in good stead, enforcement is one of the President's responsibilities. Of course what law is being enforced here? The Wire act? it has never been tested with regards to poker and was designed specifically for sports betting. The UIGEA? that doesn't go into affect until December.
So ultimately I am left to wonder, what is going on in an administration that would seem to have bigger fish to fry AND a responsibility to the voters who stuck out their necks because of a perceived support of freedom and an end to the nanny state who voted for Obama.
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