Monday Action Plan: Ask the DoJ to speed up the FTP remission process! - Page 14 - Poker Legislation

KingKongGrinder · 06-01-2011, 08:42 AM

Jump on here and help take care of Mark White. We can't have this as the last post on Fox.

Fox News Sunday FB page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fox-Ne...ay/10674237167

Also, the CNN wall has 2mm likes and there is a lot of time betwen wall posts. We can own the CNN wall if we all get involved.

beachbum · 06-01-2011, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TheEngineer

Fight for Poker Rights: Wednesday, June 1st:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/cnn?sk=wall

Are we still doing this one? There are no comments on CNN's FB page yet. Are they deleting our posts?

DrewOnTilt · 06-01-2011, 05:46 PM

beachbum you have to hit the "Top Posts" link to show comments posted by the public. By default Facebook shows only the comments of the page owner/administrator. There are a handful of poker comments on there.

ladybruin · 06-01-2011, 06:12 PM

I missed a few days in this thread. Did the Barton plan drop?

sba9630 · 06-01-2011, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ladybruin

I missed a few days in this thread. Did the Barton plan drop?

No, but the Ivey bomb did.

demon102 · 06-01-2011, 08:52 PM

Jesus any poker comments are drowned out by idiots wishing CNN a happy birthday. I found 1 or 2 other then my own and liked them.

**TheEngineer** · 06-02-2011, 05:04 AM

Fight for Poker Rights: Thursday, June 2nd:

I just updated the PPA pre-written letters to Congress. They will be there only until Rep. Barton's poker bill is introduced to the House (in other words, not very long), so let's all get this new letter out. As always, they are at www.theppa.org/takeaction.

Recurring actions we can take:

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.

Thanks!

DrewOnTilt · 06-02-2011, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by demon102

Jesus any poker comments are drowned out by idiots wishing CNN a happy birthday. I found 1 or 2 other then my own and liked them.

Yeah, we hit some bad timing on this one with CNN's anniversary and the Ivey dramabomb.

TE, I vote that we give this Ivey mess a day or two to settle and then hit CNN again.

thedinergetsby · 06-02-2011, 10:17 AM

So the Barton bill's not happening this week? I know nothing on the Hill ever happens on time, but I had my hopes up that it would be introduced. I guess it still could today, but why do it the day before recess starts?

River Donk · 06-02-2011, 10:36 AM

I know that Huffington Post does not have live broadcast like the major news networks but I think we should be contacting them and encouraging them to continue to support us with articles like this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-m..._b_854134.html

River Donk · 06-02-2011, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by thedinergetsby

So the Barton bill's not happening this week? I know nothing on the Hill ever happens on time, but I had my hopes up that it would be introduced. I guess it still could today, but why do it the day before recess starts?

TheCapital.net says recess isn't until Monday.

thedinergetsby · 06-02-2011, 12:23 PM

True but most members head back to their districts on Fridays, and legislation is hardly ever introduced, keep your fingers crossed for this afternoon if you expect it to happen this week.

glenrice1 · 06-02-2011, 08:48 PM

I just clicked on Ivey's Facebook page. It would be nice to convert the 8 million billion people who post there into PPA supporters and letter writers.

Can the PPA find a way to get in touch Ivey or even guys like Negreanu and Hellmuth to get them emphasize legislation more to their social media followers? I feel like the bigger name players are being underutilized. Also having guys like Hellmuth talking about legislation on TV would go a long ways for getting more casual fans involved.

schlucky1 · 06-02-2011, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by glenrice1

I just clicked on Ivey's Facebook page. It would be nice to convert the 8 million billion people who post there into PPA supporters and letter writers.

Can the PPA find a way to get in touch Ivey or even guys like Negreanu and Hellmuth to get them emphasize legislation more to their social media followers? I feel like the bigger name players are being underutilized. Also having guys like Hellmuth talking about legislation on TV would go a long ways for getting more casual fans involved.

Yeah, bigger name players would be great. I was amazed with Ivey's page after his announcement. His statement had 600+ "likes" in the first 2 hours. Our facebook comments are getting about 30 "likes" after 2 weeks.

rwperu34 · 06-02-2011, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by glenrice1

I just clicked on Ivey's Facebook page. It would be nice to convert the 8 million billion people who post there into PPA supporters and letter writers.

Can the PPA find a way to get in touch Ivey or even guys like Negreanu and Hellmuth to get them emphasize legislation more to their social media followers? I feel like the bigger name players are being underutilized. Also having guys like Hellmuth talking about legislation on TV would go a long ways for getting more casual fans involved.

I've been thinking the same thing.