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Re: Fight for Online Poker!! Weeks of 11/5 & 11/12
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Dude, don't spam one site too much, that's counterproductive. One long, well thought out response will get the point across better, without making yourself look like a shill for the gambling lobby. [/ QUOTE ] Long responses get NO respect here! D$D [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] |
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Re: Fight for Online Poker!! Week of 11/19
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Re: Fight for Online Poker!! Week of 11/19
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Re: Fight for Online Poker!! Week of 11/19
One more action. Please make sure you're registered to vote for the primary. Also, if your state only allows you to vote in your party's primary, please ensure you're registered in the right party. And, if you'll be out of town for the primary election, please get an absentee ballot. Thanks.
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Re: Fight for Online Poker!! Week of 11/19
Here's my post-hearing letter to the Committee. I hope you'll all write to your congressman and senators about the hearing. Any opinions on the letter? Thanks.
-------------------------------------- November 21, 2007 House Judiciary Committee 2138 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Conyers and the House Judiciary Committee: I am writing in response to the Committee’s Hearing on Establishing Consistent Enforcement Policies in the Context of Online Wagers. Specifically, I am writing concerning Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s statements that online gaming should be a state issue. I agree one hundred percent, which is why I disagree with Rep. Goodlatte position on this issue one hundred percent. Rep. Goodlatte said he favors leaving gaming law under the purview of the states, even with regard to online poker. He said (to Ms. Annie Duke): [indented in letter]“That is the whole point of the legislation that was passed, to enable individual states to enforce their laws regarding the laws that they have in those states.” However, he readily admitted at this hearing that his goal is to take from states the right to allow their residents to play interstate or international Internet poker. He said (again, to Ms. Annie Duke): [indented in letter]“But the fact of the matter is that I would like to have a ban on all interstate transactions with regard to betting. I would support any legislation that did that, but I will also support any legislation that goes as far as I can possibly take it to go, and that is exactly what the legislation we passed is.” One notable aspect of Internet poker as it exists today is that a large number of players are drawn from across the globe. This provides economies of scale and competition between sites, both of which keep costs down and quality up. The large player pool also allows for a superior product, as there are always many games of various types and stakes from which to choose. Rep. Goodlatte advocates taking this right from the states. In its place, he proposes forcing states that do not wish to prohibit their residents from playing Internet poker to set up in-state operations that may be far inferior to and more expensive than those obtainable in the broader market. As states can already make interstate Internet poker illegal within their borders, a federal ban on interstate Internet poker is unnecessary. Rep. Goodlatte has a piece of paper signed by forty-eight state attorneys general stating that they do not regulate or license Internet gaming, but only a handful of those states actually prohibit Internet poker. If these states wished to not have interstate Internet poker, they would have passed legislation prohibiting it, especially if they wanted the federal government to take the unusual step of enforcing it. Unlike bans like as the one Rep. Goodlatte advocates, both HR 2610, the Skill Game Protection Act (SGPA), and HR 2046, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA) respect and enhance the traditional rights of states to legislate gaming within its borders. SGPA clarifies that the Wire Act does not apply to Internet poker and other games of skill, thereby allowing states to decide if they will permit its residents to play online poker or not. IGREA respects the rights of states to determine what gaming it permits within its borders by permitting states to opt out. States only stand to gain with passage of these pieces of legislation. The bottom line is that I want to keep my right to play poker online. I am an American and I vote. Last year’s Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 woke up millions of other poker players just like me. We will all vote for their freedoms in 2008. I encourage the members of the Committee to listen to the voters and support SGPA and IGREA. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, TheEngineer |
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Re: Fight for Online Poker!! Week of 11/19
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4. Regularly write to newspapers and post to blogs. A few posts here and there can start to put us in the national zeitgeist. [/ QUOTE ] I did an interview with the Rounders radio show, at www.bigpoker.ca . The show is at www.bigpoker.ca/resources/rounders/Rounders_The-Poker-Show_2007-11-18.mp3 . I am a better writer than an off-the-cuff (90 minutes notice) interviee, but I think (hope) I spoke okay for what we're all trying to do here. |
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Re: Fight for Online Poker!! Week of 11/26
Fight for Online Poker!! Week of 11/26 & 12/3
Based on our discussions and posts here, let's do the following: 1. We have three more weeks to sumbit our comments on the proposed UIGEA regulations (Dec. 12th) so let's make a lot of comments between now and then. Please go to https://pokerplayersalliance.org/new...le.php?DID=293 for instructions on submitting your comments and for ideas on what to submit. 2. The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Internet gaming on Nov. 14th. Please write and call your congressman to remind them of our victory. The letter we all co-wrote with PPA is at http://capwiz.com/pokerplayersallian...46&type=co. Sending that takes less than one minute; adding info about the hearing takes only a few extra minutes. Regardless of when you last called, let's call this week. Phone numbers are at http://capwiz.com/pokerplayersalliance/dbq/officials. And, please contact the committee at http://judiciary.house.gov/contact.aspx to express your support for online poker. We won -- let's make sure we continue to be heard. 3. Write to your governor to tell him state laws should support your freedom to play. If you have ANY connection to MA, please contact Gov. Patrick and tell him you won't tolerate a ban on Internet poker. If you have ANY connection to KY, please contact governor-elect Steve Beshear and ask him to ensure that Internet poker is not excluded in his proposal to legalize casino gaming in the state. 4. Regularly write to newspapers and post to blogs. A few posts here and there can start to put us in the national zeitgeist. Thanks everyone! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] -------------------------------------------------------- Contact Info: Your senators: www.senate.gov Your representative: www.house.gov House Judiciary Committee: http://judiciary.house.gov/contact.aspx 2138 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-3951 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) 528 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-3542 http://reid.senate.gov/contact/email_form.cfm Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) United States Senate 361-A Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-2541 http://mcconnell.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm Michael Duncan (from Kentucky) Chairman, Republican National Committee Republican National Committee 310 First Street, SE Washington, D.C. 20003 email: Chairman@gop.com Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Office of the Speaker H-232, US Capitol Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-0100 http://speaker.house.gov/contact/ email: AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov Rep. Steny Hoyer House Majority Leader H-107 Capitol Building Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-3130 Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) Office of the Republican Leader H-204 The Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4000 Fax: (202) 225-5117 Pres. Bush: comments@whitehouse.gov Horse tracks: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...=0#Post12335695 Democratic National Committee: http://www.democrats.org/contact.html Letters to the editor, Washington Post: letters@washpost.com Letters to the editor, New York Times: letters@nytimes.com |
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Re: Fight for Online Poker!! Week of 11/26
To comment on the UIGEA regs:
Click here to comment at the FRB site Click here to comment at the Treasury Dept site. Select "DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY*" at line 2 (the circled "2"), click submit, then click the comment icon to right of the UIGEA proposed rule. To review sumbitted comments: Clck here to view comments made to the Federal Reserve Click here to read UIGEA regulations comments at the Treasury Dept site. Select "DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY*", click submit, then click the link to the far left of the UIGEA proposed rule ("TREAS-DO-2007-0015"). |
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Re: Fight for Online Poker!! Week of 11/26
Less than a minute to write your 3 Congressman:
http://capwiz.com/pokerplayersallian...46&type=co I'm tired, so I just fired off the one there. More tomorrow, I hope everyone just takes a few seconds to do the same. |
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Re: Fight for Online Poker!! Week of 11/26
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Less than a minute to write your 3 Congressman: http://capwiz.com/pokerplayersallian...46&type=co I'm tired, so I just fired off the one there. More tomorrow, I hope everyone just takes a few seconds to do the same. [/ QUOTE ] Thanks. I hope everyone will do this who hasn't yet. |
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