I don't think Adelsonwrong is taken. That would be short and to the point.

I googled that, did not see any hits on the first page, but I did get some hits on some articles disagreeing with Adelson's position. I will link to a couple when I am on a different device.

Firstly, Adelson has just one 'd' - be sure to get that right.

Personally, I like: AdelsonIsAddled.com

It's cute, but from a legal standpoint I think your name is problematic. Mine is simply a name conveying an opinion while yours conveys a fact. A fact that we can't prove.

dontlethimwin.org - something about stopping the billionaire curmudgeon from buying his own laws and destroying democracy

PlayersAgainstAdelson
StopTheAdelsonAgenda
ProhibitAdelsonNotPlayers
RegulationBeatsProhibition
ProtectInternetChoice
StatesRightsVsAdelsonAgenda
FreedomFromAdelsonHypocrisy
SayNoToAdelsonBribery
AdelsonBuysCongress
BanAdelsonBribery

Theppa.org.

OldGreedyEvilLittleHypocrite.com

Here is something that might indicate what type of man Adelson is.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...upted-me.html#

According to Jack Abramoff, Adelson is engaging in bribery in his fight against online gaming.

http://humanevents.com/2014/07/29/abramoff/

According to another site, Adelson made an illegal campaign contribution to a PA politician.

http://articles.mcall.com/2014-06-11...on-mike-barley

SenatorHoldfast.org or MeetSenatorHoldfast.org or WhoIsSenatorHoldfast.org

Adelson as Holdfast, the prototypical villain. It would take some educating, but



From Woden’s Day Wisdom: Holdfast, the ultimate super-villain

this has my vote

AdelsonThePretender
TricksterAtWork
WhitedSepulchre
DissimulationOfAdelson
SheldonTheMephisto
TheNewAdelsonFascism
BigBrotherSheldon
TheBillionaireAutocrat
TyrannyInAmerica
TheAmericanDespot
RepublicanPuppetmaster
MartinetOfTheGOP
GOPPwnd
CancerInOurDemocracy

The ******* in me likes TheNewAdelsonFascism.

I would avoid taking partisan swipes . . . there are no allies on the left, so if you dis the entire right, we could lose the support we have from them

It's about Adelson steering the GOP agenda with his money, not the GOP being a bad hat.

It does imply that the GOP is bad though. BTW, Dems have their rich donors too.

Are any of the Dems' rich donors a billionaire casino mogul who is morally opposed to a form of gambling?

'steering the agenda' is a huge overstatement. This is is a fringe issue that has a lot of internal disagreement within the GOP. It is 2 to 1 in favor of online poker/gambling in House GOP bills.

My point is, and it is important, that it is a mistake to couch the debate in partisan terms, we simply don't have any allies on the left. Not even Reid. We need to court more support from the GOP, not alienate that which we have now

I think you are under-estimating the influence of Adelson's money. We have seen a number of Republican politicians publicly flip on this issue due to Adelson. Although previously a fringe issue, prohibition is becoming a public Republican issue due to Adelson.

While we obviously don't want to alienate our friends, we also can't ignore Adelson's method of making this a pet Republican issue through his political bribery.

I believe UIGEA was a GOP pet project that was basically passed by one or two people using the cover of fear that 9/11 brought upon us.

The primary mover was Senator Bill Frist who was wanting to be President and he slipped it into the Safe Ports Act.

While true, it has also been pointed out that there was no real political opposition to UIGEA at the time. If there was time to bring it to a vote on its own it still likely would have passed.

So, if the Republicans are the bad guys in this debate, who are our friends on the left?

My speech was very well received. Of course, Toastmasters is more about presentation and delivery than content. The audience seemed genuinely appalled by the hypocrisy. I got some laughs when I said "slots for tots" and "click a mouse, lose your house."

Thanks for the update kdub. Good to hear your audience recognized the hypocrisy we are dealing with. Good luck with your future speaking engagements! Public speaking is not an easy thing to master for sure.

It would seem though that Adelson or some other donor was backing this. It's sad to think one person was able to basically write legislation and get it passed without due process. Un-American.

You and I see this, but I believe not enough people care about this issue and the politicians know this and use the poker community for gain with little to no action. There are exceptions (Barton, Frank etc..). Am I wrong?

Anyhow, Adelson's true intentions are not protection of underage or problem gamblers. It's about keeping problem gamblers in his pits.

The Pokerstars model was the best because there were no pit games to blow hard earned MTT dollars on. Blowing money in the pits is something I know all to well. When I was able to play stars, it was not something I did believe it or not.

I'm sure there is some study if others had similar experiences. Should be used against him.