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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. Thanks for the hard work
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Jims14
(Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)
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06-10-2009 12:02 PM
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Sent!!!!
This is the thread that should have 100 pages of responses. Send and forward to your friends
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SENT. Thank you for your help.
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Have sent the letter with a few added comments about the Govrnment acting
like the rulers of the old Soviet Union.
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fly44
(United States)
1,154
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Joined
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06-10-2009 12:23 PM
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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
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I think I might send a more personal letter gonna get a little creative
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