Post Emails You've Sent to Senator Frist Here

[Xhad]

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Umm....just a guess here, but it might not be the best idea in the world to make death threats to a US Senator online.

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meh, intelligence is generally smart enough to realize it is a joke.

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I doubt the FBI/SS/whatever is going to read this thread but actually sending some of these as emails could (would?) result in some unwanted legal attention.

[PA32R]

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it's really funny how many people sent emails to him rife with grammatical and spelling errors

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Yes, it will certainly work to confirm his opinion that internet poker players are primarily high schoolers ditching class to play with daddy's credit card money, thereby "fraying the fabric of society."

Sigh...

[dwatts1350]

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Senator Frist,

As a lifelong Conservative Republican, your recent crusade on online gambling is sickening to me. You've attempted to and apparently successfully taken something I enjoy a great deal and basically criminalized it under the guise of preventing terrorism.

I find it unconscionable that the party who says the value states rights and small government has taken steps to limit American's access to things they love to do. Your big government mentality has made me ashamed to say I'm a Republican and actually has made me change party affiliation to undeclared.

We are a nation of gamblers, of innovators and of people who yearn to life free. Your actions regarding online gambling are pathetic and are simply part of your pandering to the religious right that has unfortunately taken hold of your party.

I choose to gamble online, even though I have a poker room a half hour from my house because I enjoy it. I don't have to risk to much money to play (you cannot sit at a card table at my local casino with less than $80) and it's less of a hassle. I bet on sports online rather than the numerous bookie's I know because I can shop competitively and I can only wager what I actually deposit, rather than getting in over my head with someone who will break my legs if I don't.

Just like with alcohol and tobacco, which I have yet to see you go after, maybe I missed that bill, gambling is a recreational activity for a vast majority of people and a problem activity for a minute minority. Sadly, rather than fulfilling the contract with America and ridding us with an overburdenous government, as majority leader, you've made every complaint the left has with Republicans true.

I never thought I'd say this, but I'm glad I have Schumer and Clinton as my Senators rather than you. At least they're honest with their constituents and don't do things under the guise of homeland security to further their 'moral' agenda. Thanks Senator Frist.

Btw, I'm off to go play keno and scratch offs at my local bar, maybe head over to the casino for some slot machines, then over to the church for some bingo. If I get home early enough, maybe I can catch the last race at Santa Anita via the OTB.

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If online gambling sways your opinion on conservatism, then you weren't a good conservative republican to begin with.

Honestly if amazed at how much people are overreacting to this. I love to play poker and I live in the middle of now where West Virginia. If I don't play online, I don't play bascially. However, I understand there are far more important issues at hand than legality of online gambling. Certainly not so much I would switch parties or be thankful Hillary Clinton was my senator.

How about we all calm down, wait a few weeks and see what happens.

Personally, I think this was done out of greed. Several billion dollars a year that the US government couldn't tax. Once they find a legit way to do it, I'm sure it will be done and we'll be back to betting and losing our houses via the internet.

[scarfire]

Can't believe I wasted 20 minutes reading this thread. Are you all under 18? But thank you to inspectorgadget and dedmoney for the only 2 serious responses. Very well said!

[ubercuber]

Dear Frist,

The baby Jesus LOVES lotteries and horseracing, but not poker. Consider yourself a lock for heaven. Also, as a special reward, you can be president.

God

PS I am just kidding, you suck and will burn. Enjoy!

[BenA]

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Mr. Frist,

Notice I did not address you as Senetor Frist. This is because I do
not consider you worthy of the title. I believe you are more suited
for a prison cell in guantanamo bay, rather than the senate.

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In my opinion you have
violated my right to a persute of happiness and as such you have
violated your oath of office. Furthermore this violation, in my
opinion, constitutes treason. Hence my comment about guantanamo bay.

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You are a tratior to this nation. I will conclude by stating that
not only to a consider you an enemy of the state, but I also think you
are a jackass.

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I hate to be a wet blanket, but in all seriousness, this is exactly the kind of email we do NOT want to be sending to our congressman. The whole thing was vile, but telling a senator he isn't really a senator, that he is a traitor guilty of treason, a jackass who shouldn't ever have found a woman... this is disgraceful. Senator Frist is not my favorite human being at the moment, but why are we representing ourselves as an angry bunch of degenerates that are mad that our 'addiction' was taken away? (in their view). How about some real arguments. There were exactly 2 letters in this whole thread worthy of being sent. There is nothing wrong with expressing anger, but accusations of treason are only gonna hurt the poker world.

And stop sending death threats. Its ridiculous. How low do you want to sink? Geez. I, as a poker player, believe we are in the right, but not enough to warrant this kind of behaviour. Its not gonna alter the law. It just makes us all look like immature, irrational idiots. I don't want to feel ashamed to be part of this group, do you? Why don't we present ourselves respectably.

[ThePenguin]

This thread has saddened me. WTF good will insulting or threatening Frist do? Just tell him you strongly disagree, explain why it's wrong, and say that you will not support him or the Rupublican party (as it seems that is the only thing that would affect him).

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this is the first email ive sent to this [censored], there will be
many to follow

Mr. Frist,

Notice I did not address you as Senetor Frist. This is because I do
not consider you worthy of the title. I believe you are more suited
for a prison cell in guantanamo bay, rather than the senate. Your
decision to vilotale the rights of americans you play the game of
poker is a slap in the face of every patriot who fought and died for
this beautiful country. What makes you believe that you should use
your position as Senate Majority leader to force your personal
religous beliefs on the people of america? In my opinion you have
violated my right to a persute of happiness and as such you have
violated your oath of office. Furthermore this violation, in my
opinion, constitutes treason. Hence my comment about guantanamo bay.
If in you limited capacity to reason fail you accept my logic let me
give you further evidence. You accept money from lobbyists, in turn
for supporting the legisation they want. However, your role should be
to support legislation that best supports, protects, and defends the
constitution. It is not your role to pass legislation to the highest
bidder. In doing so you again so that you are not a true american.
You are a tratior to this nation. I will conclude by stating that
not only to a consider you an enemy of the state, but I also think you
are a jackass. This is probably be cause you sell out my rights and
freedoms (that many have died for) to the highest bidder. Moreover, I
think you are an ugly man. I am surprise you were able to find a
wife. Please to all americans and our children's children a favor and
resign your position. You are not worthy of it. I will now inform
you of my intended actions, that my opinions of you lead me to
undertake. I will be voting against you, and all republicans. This
is unfortunate for you because I was a PRIMARY REASON BUSH WAS ELECTED
IN THE FIRST PLACE. You see, Mr. Frist, I voted for him. I will NOT
EVER VOTE FOR YOU!

[/ QUOTE ]this is the kind of letter that frist would go onto fox news to read to justify the bill.

[BenA]

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this is the first email ive sent to this [censored], there will be
many to follow

Mr. Frist,

Notice I did not address you as Senetor Frist. This is because I do
not consider you worthy of the title. I believe you are more suited
for a prison cell in guantanamo bay, rather than the senate. Your
decision to vilotale the rights of americans you play the game of
poker is a slap in the face of every patriot who fought and died for
this beautiful country. What makes you believe that you should use
your position as Senate Majority leader to force your personal
religous beliefs on the people of america? In my opinion you have
violated my right to a persute of happiness and as such you have
violated your oath of office. Furthermore this violation, in my
opinion, constitutes treason. Hence my comment about guantanamo bay.
If in you limited capacity to reason fail you accept my logic let me
give you further evidence. You accept money from lobbyists, in turn
for supporting the legisation they want. However, your role should be
to support legislation that best supports, protects, and defends the
constitution. It is not your role to pass legislation to the highest
bidder. In doing so you again so that you are not a true american.
You are a tratior to this nation. I will conclude by stating that
not only to a consider you an enemy of the state, but I also think you
are a jackass. This is probably be cause you sell out my rights and
freedoms (that many have died for) to the highest bidder. Moreover, I
think you are an ugly man. I am surprise you were able to find a
wife. Please to all americans and our children's children a favor and
resign your position. You are not worthy of it. I will now inform
you of my intended actions, that my opinions of you lead me to
undertake. I will be voting against you, and all republicans. This
is unfortunate for you because I was a PRIMARY REASON BUSH WAS ELECTED
IN THE FIRST PLACE. You see, Mr. Frist, I voted for him. I will NOT
EVER VOTE FOR YOU!

[/ QUOTE ]this is the kind of letter that frist would go onto fox news to read to justify the bill.

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Yup. Everyone who sends this kind of letter, death threats, or bad jokes to Frist or any other senator... grow up. Make an impact, don't just make yourself feel better. Everything in this thread that was not sent, but simply a joke, is exexmpt from this tirade. I did think they were funny, IF they were only for 2+2ers. Be rational, mature, articulate, convincing, and stern as I know you all can be, but don't be contemptible. We're smart people, so let's act like it.

[Tom Barrister]

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Dear Senator Frist,

Congratulations on forcing your anti-internet-gambling bill through as an attachment to the Port Security Bill. That was very clever. It was obvious that you were never going to get that bill through Congress on its own merits.

It's also obvious that you don't have the interest of protecting gamblers from ruination. People can still buy lottery tickets online and at their corner store. People can still play dozens of racetracks online, at OTB's, and at the tracks themselves. People can still go to legal casinos all over the country and gamble. I haven't seen you championing any bills to prohibit those. And we both know why.

I seriously doubt that you or the other lawmakers---or the federal, state, and local governments---care about the social problems related to gambling, the increased crime, the broken families, the burden compulsive/pathological gamblers put on society, etc. If you and the rest of the powers-that-be cared, casino gambling wouldn't have spread like wildfire, as it has in the past 15 years. There are few places in the contiguous 48 states where one can stand and be more than 100 miles from some form of legalized gambling. More and more gambling venues are opening every year.

As we both know, Senator, the keyword is "legalized". It's fine for the compulsives to lose their paychecks, gamble away their savings, lose their homes, businesses, etc.---just as long as the government gets its share of the proceeds. I can clearly see legalized internet gambling down the road, run by the casinos, and of course contributing a share of the revenue to the various governments. It may not happen this year or even this decade, but it will surely happen, just as the racetracks prospered for years, the lotteries blossomed in the 1970's and 1980's, and the riverboat casinos and Native American casinos sprang up seemingly everywhere in the 1990's. Online gambling is inevitable, and the legalized version of it will surely carry the blessing and endorsement of the United States government (along with the accompanying taxes).

Do you honestly think that putting a ban on internet gambling will save the multitudes from destruction? Gamblers will find a way to get into action. If they care to do it legally, they'll travel to casinos, play lotteries, church bingo, racing, or a trip to Vegas to bet sports.

And guess what, Senator Frist? You didn't kill what you call "illegal gambling". You just transferred much of it from mostly reputable offshore companies---the poker sites, sportsbooks, and such----to the home poker games and neighborhood bookies which will now sprout again like so many weeds as they were a decade ago, fed by the many gamblers who no longer have a place to bet their favorite teams and who may not wish to drive to a crowded casino to play poker.

Nor will you completely kill offshore gambling. The people who seriously want to play online will find a way to stay in action. Much of the offshore industry will find workarounds to help them do that.

About all you accomplished, besides diverting gamblers from mainly-reputable offshore sites to the not-always-reputable local bookies and games, is to put a burden on the banking industry to attempt to block these transactions to the thouands of offshore gambling sites in dozens of foreign countries, and to create a burden on the government to staff the various agencies that will enforce this bill (at the taxpayer's expense, of course).

I realize that you needed to push this bill through, as you're not running for reelection, but I'm afraid that your intentions were misguided in this instance.

Respectfully yours,

Tom Barrister

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The initial email, which I scrapped in favor of the above, went like this:

Dear Senator Frist,

Go blow a goat.

Respectfully yours,

Tom Barrister.