Tweets and facebook done for Thursday.

Done 2/25

Just did all of the tweets from the past few days.

I discovered a few hotkey tricks for FireFox that make posting even easier than it already is.

1. Download Snaplinks if you don't already have it: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...on/snap-links/
2. Open the tweets/FB pages/etc
3. Make your post
4. Hotkey: hit Control-W to close the tab once you have posted OR
5. Hotkey: hit Control-Tab to switch to the next tab once you have posted

Online poker is being discussed on Capitol Hill and in statehouses across America. Let's all do our part through the weekend to ensure lawmakers hear from us!

1. Let's send House Subcommittee for Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Chair Mary Bono Mack and the rest of the subcommittee NEW tweets requesting a markup for HR 2366: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
2. Let's send Sen. Reid, Sen. McConnell, Sen. Kyl, Rep. Boehner, and Rep. Cantor NEW tweets: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
3. Let's send a NEW prefilled tweet promoting the daily action plan HERE, and let's share this action on our own Facebook walls HERE.
   

Please reply in this thread with "tweeted", "done", etc.to encourage others to participate. The past 165 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!


If you wish to do more today, please consider posting pro-poker comments to some the Facebook walls of some the mainstream media HERE and some potentially anti-poker lawmakers HERE. We can't do them all at once, of course, but let's all try to hit three of these each day.

Let's also keep contacting the Senate Homeland Security Committee:

Homeland Security Committee: Facebook (2/21 plan)
Lieberman, Joseph I. (Chair): Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter (2/21 plan)
Akaka, Daniel K.: Facebook Twitter (2/21 plan)
Begich, Mark: Facebook Twitter (2/21 plan)
Brown, Scott P.: Facebook Twitter Twitter (2/21 plan)
Carper, Thomas R.: Facebook Twitter (2/22 plan)
Coburn, Tom: Facebook Twitter (2/22 plan)
Collins, Susan M.: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter (2/22 plan)
Johnson, Ron: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter Twitter (2/22 plan)
Landrieu, Mary L.: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter (2/22 plan)
Levin, Carl: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter (2/23 plan)
McCain, John: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter (2/23 plan)
McCaskill, Claire: Facebook Twitter (2/23 plan)
Moran, Jerry: Facebook Twitter (2/23 plan)
Paul, Rand: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter (2/23 plan)
Portman, Rob: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter (2/23 plan)
Pryor, Mark L.: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter (2/23 plan)
Tester, Jon: Facebook [Post where we can comment] Facebook [Post where we can comment] Twitter (2/23 plan)

facebook and tweets done for the weekend

tweeted

I started an online petition in support of online poker at Change.org, a nonpartisan online petition site (not affiliated with Change.gov), at https://www.change.org/petitions/let...g-online-poker. I hope we'll all sign it.

I know the first question will be, "what good will it do?" The answer is that Change.org emails the petition recipients when we sign:

done and signed the petition

Done 2/27

Online poker is being discussed on Capitol Hill and in statehouses across America. Let's keep demanding action on online poker licensing legislation:

1. Let's sign the pro-poker online petition HERE and then let's promote it via the new prefilled tweet HERE and by sharing the post HERE on our own Facebook walls.
2. Let's send members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee NEW tweets requesting addition of online poker licensing to the Cybersecurity Act: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
3. Let's send Sen. Reid, Sen. McConnell, Sen. Kyl, Rep. Boehner, and Rep. Cantor NEW tweets: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE and HERE.
4. Let's send a NEW prefilled tweet promoting today's action plan HERE, and let's share today's action on our own Facebook walls HERE.

Please reply in this thread with "signed', "tweeted", "done", etc.to encourage others to participate. The past 166 actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!


If you wish to do more today, please consider posting pro-poker comments to some the Facebook walls of some the mainstream media HERE and some potentially anti-poker lawmakers HERE. We can't do them all at once, of course, but let's all try to hit three of these each day.


I answered a few questions from posters on the rationale and effectiveness of the online petition:

Didn't we do the Change.gov petition some time ago?

Change.org is a nonpartisan online petition site that is not affiliated with Change.gov.

What good will it do?

Change.org emails the petition recipients when we sign, helping increase overall effectiveness and ensure we are heard from:

Also, this one isn't to Obama. It's to Reid, McConnell, Kyl, Boehner, and Cantor.

Additionally, PPA lobbyists will be able to hand deliver the results.

Waste of time! I'm sorry PPA I support you guys but these things are a joke.

We are pretty fortunate to be in an era where others have made tools for us, like Twitter, Facebook, and 2+2, that we use every day in our fight back. Now we have Change.org -- another free tool where we can reach out our elected representatives beyond the standard constituent letter.

I had family, friends and anyone else I could sign the last 2 or 3 and nothing came of them.

I thank you for having them sign the petitions, but how can you say nothing has come of that effort? Five years ago, the House voted to ban online poker by a 3 to 1 margin (that was, fortunately, watered down in the Senate backrooms before becoming UIGEA). They are now looking at licensing it, knowing that if they don't, states will. Even Bachus isn't entertaining the idea of passing legislation to amend the Wire Act to include online poker.

It seems quite a lot has come from our efforts as a community.

Obama promised to respond to 2 of them (and did not).

We're simply not a traditional issue. We won't be treated the same as more mainstream issues, unfortunately. Again, the House voted 3-1 to ban us in 2006. There's a reason for that.

Ipoker will come back when those in power decide to let it. Be it state or fed level.

They won't just wake up and have an epiphany. It's not like they'll say, "you know....no one has asked for online poker legislation, but let's go ahead and license it." They'll decide to back us when they feel their constituents want it.

if the big money casino corp. can't get the people they pay to get elected to act on their behalf our petition with 500 signatures isn't going to mean squat.

Casinos are lobbying for this, as is PPA. We'll just have to keep pushing forward.

even if its highly unlikely they read the petition or not, it took me under a minute to do and another minute to share on my wall.

+1

Can anyone imagine the NRA saying "well, there's no use in writing to Congress....they'll do whatever they want on guns"? Neither side of the abortion debate has decided to stop being active on the assumption that Congress will just magically come around to their side on their own. Our opponents didn't stop asking Congress to ban online poker and online gaming in the run up to the 2006 legislation. I'm glad you see how obvious it is that we have to do our part to tell Congress what we want here.

any one have a link to the old popvox(sp) HR2366 link?

I posted the petition to the PPA FB wall: http://www.facebook.com/theppa/posts/307758242617861

Done.

Done 2/28

Done and signed petition.

The petition just hit 2,000.

Online poker is being discussed on Capitol Hill and in statehouses across America. Let's keep demanding action on online poker licensing legislation:

1. The online poker petition HERE has over 2500 signatures already! If you've not yet signed it, please do so. Let's all have our friends and family sign it too.
   
2. Let's promote the petition via the NEW prefilled tweet HERE and by sharing the post HERE on our own Facebook walls. We have 103 tweets and 92 shares of the FB wall post already, so let's keep that growing!
   
3. Let's send members of the House Committee on Homeland Security NEW tweets requesting inclusion of online poker licensing into the House version of the Cybersecurity Act: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. Let's also post to the committee's FB wall HERE.
4. Let's send Sen. Reid, Sen. McConnell, Sen. Kyl, Rep. Boehner, and Rep. Cantor NEW tweets: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
5. Let's ask President Obama for his response (a response he owes us) to the We the People poker question via the prefilled tweet HERE and on his Facebook walls HERE and HERE.
   
6. Let's send a NEW prefilled tweet promoting today's action plan HERE, and let's share today's action on our own Facebook walls HERE.

Please reply in this thread with "signed', "tweeted", "done", etc.to encourage others to participate. The past 167 actions have generated triple-digit participation, and the past 1 action generated four-figure participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!


If you wish to do more today, please consider posting pro-poker comments to some the Facebook walls of some the mainstream media HERE and some potentially anti-poker lawmakers HERE. We can't do them all at once, of course, but let's all try to hit three of these each day.

Happy leap day! Done.

Bump.

We just hit 4,000 signatures! Not bad for two days' work.

Let's keep demanding action on online poker licensing legislation:

1. The online poker petition HERE has over 4000 signatures -- in just two days! Let's promote the petition via the NEW prefilled tweet HERE and by reaching out to others (friends, pros, etc.) to ship the tweet and to share the post HERE on their Facebook walls.
   
2. Let's send members of the House Committee on Homeland Security NEW tweets requesting inclusion of online poker licensing into the House version of the Cybersecurity Act: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. Let's also post to the committee's FB wall HERE.
3. Let's send Sen. Reid, Sen. McConnell, Sen. Kyl, Rep. Boehner, and Rep. Cantor NEW tweets: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
4. Let's send a NEW prefilled tweet promoting today's action plan HERE, and let's share today's action on our own Facebook walls HERE.

Please reply in this thread with "signed', "tweeted", "done", etc.to encourage others to participate. The past 168 actions have generated triple-digit participation, and the past 2 actions have generated four-figure participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!


If you wish to do more today, please consider posting pro-poker comments to some the Facebook walls of some the mainstream media HERE and some potentially anti-poker lawmakers HERE. We can't do them all at once, of course, but let's all try to hit three of these each day.

Done 2/29

in

signed petition 3/1

Done 3/1