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travich · 06-06-2011, 06:37 PM

Not to be a negative Nancy, but how do we know posting on Facebook is very effective? How do we know if these committees even look at the FB posts?

Just hate to think we could be wasting time as our posts, etc. may never be seen or actually heard by committee members.

LastLife · 06-06-2011, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by travich

Not to be a negative Nancy, but how do we know posting on Facebook is very effective? How do we know if these committees even look at the FB posts?

Just hate to think we could be wasting time as our posts, etc. may never be seen or actually heard by committee members.

We know because of how many get deleted.

**TheEngineer** · 06-06-2011, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LastLife

We know because of how many get deleted.

+1

We are sure it's better than not doing it. We also know it shows that no one is lining up to post against the right to play.

shipit2kg · 06-06-2011, 09:42 PM

I just spent 15 minutes liking pro poker post's and posting myself. Seems like we have a strong response going on there, in fact it is nearly the only post's I read. : )

ArcadianSky · 06-06-2011, 09:47 PM

this is great, thank you

whiteleym · 06-06-2011, 11:32 PM

sent

HappyOD · 06-06-2011, 11:37 PM

Three letters sent.

Thanks for your hard work.

**TheEngineer** · 06-07-2011, 04:20 AM

Fight for Poker Rights: Tuesday, June 7th:

Let's continue expanding this effort. Today's action is to ask five more people to participate in the daily action plan. If you joined today as a result of being asked by a respected poster yesterday, please PM fellow poker players here, email friends, ask friends at the local B&M or home game, etc, but let's all put our personal recommendation into this effort. The daily action plan takes very little time and there's no denying it's way +EV for the time invested.

Once done, please post here that you made the request, along with posting your personal commitment to participate in the action plan. Thanks!!

Recurring actions:

Let's continue to own a lot of Facebook pages (senators, Congressmen, Congressional committees, etc.):

The House Financial Services Committee's Facebook page is here.
Let's get some posts on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce page (here)
The Dept. of Justice's page is here.
Senators' FB pages: Senator Facebook Listing
We need lots of posts on the issue of poker and lots of "liking" of pro-poker comments.

The updated PPA pre-written letters are up. Let's all send these letters and encourage others as well These will be updated when Rep. Barton's poker bill is introduced to the House (in other words, soon), so let's all get these new letters out.

Take Action Now and Contact your Lawmaker

Click Buttons to Send Letters in less than 60 seconds:

Once done, please reply ITT with "done", "sent", etc. to encourage others.

Thanks!

DrewOnTilt · 06-08-2011, 12:02 AM

I've missed a couple of days but will be catching up tomorrow.

I emailed the author of the recent Fox News article http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2011/0...oker-shutdown/ and asked about the possibility of doing a story about how Black Friday has affected non-pros.

I also submitted a comment on an article by Butters / Chad Hills from Focus on the Family. This article is so tilting it might make your eyes bleed: http://www.citizenlink.com/2011/05/1...kill%E2%80%9D/ I know that I won't change Hills' mind on anything, but if he publishes my comment and replies, it might well make readers of the article realize just how silly it is to try to argue with the authors of Freakonomics on whether or not poker is a skill game.

**TheEngineer** · 06-08-2011, 03:32 AM

Fight for Poker Rights: Wednesday, June 8th:

Let's write short (no more than 250 words) letters to the editors of our local papers explaining that we demand our right to play. Even if they don't publish them, it will help show these media sources that some of their readers care about this issue.

Let's also continue working on expanding this effort via recruitment of others. Our personal recommendations of this effort will go far. The daily action plan takes very little time and there's no denying it's way +EV for the time invested.

Once done, please post here that you made the request, along with posting your personal commitment to participate in the action plan. Thanks!!

Recurring actions:

Let's continue to own a lot of Facebook pages (senators, Congressmen, Congressional committees, etc.):

The House Financial Services Committee's Facebook page is here.
Let's get some posts on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce page (here)
The Dept. of Justice's page is here.
Senators' FB pages: Senator Facebook Listing
We need lots of posts on the issue of poker and lots of "liking" of pro-poker comments.

The updated PPA pre-written letters are up. Let's all send these letters and encourage others as well These will be updated when Rep. Barton's poker bill is introduced to the House (in other words, soon), so let's all get these new letters out.

Take Action Now and Contact your Lawmaker

Click Buttons to Send Letters in less than 60 seconds:

Once done, please reply ITT with "done", "sent", etc. to encourage others.

Thanks!

LastLife · 06-08-2011, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrewOnTilt

I've missed a couple of days but will be catching up tomorrow.

I emailed the author of the recent Fox News article http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2011/0...oker-shutdown/ and asked about the possibility of doing a story about how Black Friday has affected non-pros.

I also submitted a comment on an article by Butters / Chad Hills from Focus on the Family. This article is so tilting it might make your eyes bleed: http://www.citizenlink.com/2011/05/1...kill%E2%80%9D/ I know that I won't change Hills' mind on anything, but if he publishes my comment and replies, it might well make readers of the article realize just how silly it is to try to argue with the authors of Freakonomics on whether or not poker is a skill game.

Would be nice if this article's comments were public.

edit

They are now..

TopPairNine · 06-08-2011, 05:24 PM

Done!

DrewOnTilt · 06-08-2011, 11:20 PM

Made the Facebook rounds again.

Sent the PPA letters again.

Mailed the letter below to several newspapers in my area, including the Philadelphia Inquirer. Feel free to copy and paste this letter, as I consider it from all of us.

Quote:

On April 15th, the Department of Justice indicted three providers of online poker. Ten million Americans, including me, play this skill game as a hobby. In this time of economic trouble and government budget overruns, why is our government focused on busting up poker games? This action is wasteful, and it starts us down a dangerous path towards government interference in our daily lives.

Regulating and taxing this industry makes sense. The major players in the industry are practically begging to be regulated and taxed, yet our government has declined time and again to do so. Our government leaders should create a regulatory framework that allows responsible operators to provide Internet poker, defines rules for dealing with problem gamblers and minors, and establishes a tax structure. One recent Congressional study estimates that taxing Internet poker could generate $42 billion in taxes over ten years; this money could be used to fund Medicare, Social Security, and other programs that are running dry.

Furthermore, it is the job of the government to defend my right to life, liberty, and property. It is NOT the government’s job to protect me from myself. That is MY responsibility. Responsible adults who want to play poker, a game of skill, should be allowed to do so from the comfort of their own homes.

Please contact your Congressmen and request that they support the regulation and taxation of Internet poker. It makes good sense from both a personal freedom and a tax revenue point of view.

**TheEngineer** · 06-09-2011, 01:17 AM

Thursday's plan:

Let's resume contacting mainstream media to ask them to increase coverage of our issue. Let's go with NBC/MSNBC/CNBC for this action (CNBC has covered us in the past).

Contact info:

Click here to email MSNBC
Reader Inquiries (to submit questions, comments and feedback about msnbc.com, NBC News and MSNBC TV programs.)
Click here for the CNBC feedback web form

Friday's plan:

Let's reach out to ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/Site/page?id=3068843

The weekend plan:

Recognizing that one day was not enough for everyone to finish a letter to the editor, let's all take the weekend to write short (no more than 250 words) letters to the editors of our local papers explaining that we demand our right to play. Even if they don't publish them, it will help show these media sources that some of their readers care about this issue.

Recurring actions:

Let's continue to own a lot of Facebook pages (senators, Congressmen, Congressional committees, etc.):

The House Financial Services Committee's Facebook page is here.
Let's get some posts on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce page (here)
The Dept. of Justice's page is here.
Senators' FB pages: Senator Facebook Listing
We need lots of posts on the issue of poker and lots of "liking" of pro-poker comments.

Let's all send the PPA pre-written letters to our lawmakers. These will be updated when Rep. Barton's poker bill is introduced to the House (in other words, soon), so let's all get the current letters out before that. Once done, please reply ITT with "done", "sent", etc. to encourage others. Thanks!

Take Action Now and Contact your Lawmaker

Click Buttons to Send Letters in less than 60 seconds:

Finally, let's recruit others. Our personal recommendations of this effort will go far. The daily action plan takes very little time and there's no denying it's way +EV for the time invested. Once done, please post here that you made the request, along with posting your personal commitment to participate in the action plan.

Thanks!

tyysf · 06-09-2011, 08:43 PM

done