New FoF Internet Gaming Action Plan

[TheEngineer]

This may not deserve its own thread, but I figured we should all see it:

www.citizenlink.org/FOSI/gambling/A000004244.cfm

World Trade Organization Promoting Internet Gambling

Citizens are encouraged to write United States Trade Representatives (USTR) and urge them to uphold the law prohibiting illegal, foreign Internet gambling in the United States. Supported by 49 state Attorneys General and approved by overwhelming House and Senate approval, citizens and Congress clearly want illegal online gambling stopped.

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 put teeth in existion laws that protect families from dangerous, foreign, illegal Internet gambling operations. The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the European Union are attempting to dictate U.S. policy concerning Internet gambling, opening millions of homes to thousands of online casinos. The USTR needs to hear from Americans that do not want 3,000-plus online casinos invading their homes.

Contact the USTR:

Phone: 202-395-7360

E-mail: contactustr@ustr.eop.gov .......

Also, this Chad Hills guy has a letter urging banning of ALL Internet gaming (even the precious horses), at www.citizenlink.org/pdfs/fosi/gambling/USTR_Comments_US_Gambling-Policy-8-31-2007.pdf (which is linked to his Action Plan).

[HelloandGoodby90]

These letters will only make the USTR, more likely to fight the WTO. The more the United States fights, the more likely the WTO is going to force them to legalize gambling, with more severe penalties. So, this may inadvertently work in our favor.

Was the UIGEA really supported by 49 state Attorney Generals, or is that just propoganda? Which state was the odd one out?

[tangled]

This is the propaganda that has to be stopped. The WTO is not trying to force internet gaming on the US. In fact if the US were to stop all internet gaming, the WTO would not be involved at all. The FOF knows that if Americans think someone else is trying to force us to do something, anything, there will be a huge negative reaction against it.

God how these people can lie.

[TheEngineer]

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This is the propaganda that has to be stopped. The WTO is not trying to force internet gaming on the US. In fact if the US were to stop all internet gaming, the WTO would not be involved at all. The FOF knows that if Americans think someone else is trying to force us to do something, anything, there will be a huge negative reaction against it.

God how these people can lie.

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True. I wrote them a letter some time ago calling them on that fact. I told them that I thought they were afraid to go against certain politicians, now that they're a big business, and that they have to choose to stand for principles or for profits. I told them I'd know what they decided by what was in the next Hills' update.

I wonder if that linked Hills letter isn't their attempt to have it both ways (yeah, we want to ban all Internet gaming...honest we do...really [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] ).

[CompatiblePoker]

Everytime I read one of the FOF's action plans I want to throw my mouse across the room. They speak to their members like they're little children that can't think for themselves.

[Uglyowl]

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Everytime I read one of the FOF's action plans I want to throw my mouse across the room.

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There are not many people I hate, James Dobson is one of them.

[MiltonFriedman]

.... Membership in FoF is self-selective.

[MiltonFriedman]

"Was the UIGEA really supported by 49 state Attorney Generals, or is that just propoganda? "

Sure, they were all in a little room on Capitol Hill at 11:30 pm on the Friday night when the UIGEA was introduced and they all read it and signed off on it.

Ask FoF how many banks and financial instituions supported another unfunded requirement that they screw around with their own customers' desires to use their services...

[canvasbck]

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Was the UIGEA really supported by 49 state Attorney Generals, or is that just propoganda? Which state was the odd one out?

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What I'm about to say is purely speculation but I'm pretty sure that the Port Security Bill was supported by 49 State Attorney Generals. FoF just claimed that the AG's supported UIGEA and failed to mention that it was a rider on a must pass bill.

[Legislurker]

Supposedly theres a letter signed by 49 or 50 state AGs asking to ban internet gambling. Im sure if you stuck that in front of a state AG he/she would sign it.