[TheEngineer]

July 26, 2007

The Honorable Barack Obama
United States Senate
713 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator Obama:

Some congressional Republicans resisted providing full aid to Hurricane Katrina victims on the grounds of “limited government”. However, when it came to trying to ban Internet poker, apparently no government was too big for these same politicians. Why is that? They wish to monitor banking transactions, censor the Internet, and have ISPs spy on American citizens! The DoJ flies around the world arresting people for.... gasp!... offering Americans the opportunity to decide to play a little poker in the privacy of their own homes with their own hard-earned money! In fact, rather than rebuilding New Orleans, they're preparing to send our hard-earned tax dollars to Antigua, the EU, Japan, and other nations in the form of trade concessions to get out of our WTO trade commitments allowing Internet gaming in America. Negotiations have already started. This all sounds very hypocritical to me.

I, and many of my fellow recreational Internet poker players, believe you could gain significant support by taking a stand against the Internet poker prohibitionists and for liberty. Rep. Robert Wexler and Rep. Barney Frank have certainly enjoyed great gains as a result of supporting freedom. Your gain would be many times that, as you are a national candidate. You’ll be able to highlight the hypocrisy of the prohibitionists while offering freedom and liberty to the rest of us. Now, there’s a winning combination!

I encourage you to take a stand against the Internet poker prohibitionists and for liberty. America will thank you!

Sincerely,

TheEngineer