Hey everyone,

I wish to share the email action alert I just received from former Rep. Ron Paul:

Rich,

Can I get you to post this in my thread on Reid and Adelson in NVG?

I'd do it but I don't know how to do more than make a link to this thread.

Doc

Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty just emailed a follow-up action alert:

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Dear Rich,

History shows that when government tries to save us from ourselves, the cure is much worse than the disease.

It always results in far more government intrusion into our lives and liberty than anyone imagined.

The latest target is Internet gambling.

While the federal government has no interest in shutting down the 1,500 casinos in all 50 states, it has targeted the 2,000 Internet gambling sites.

Please don’t fool yourself into thinking this bill has anything to do with helping people with a “problem.”

It’s about more federal preemption of state laws and more government control over the Internet and what you do.

And it’s about appeasing one well-connected billionaire casino owner who is the driving force behind the legislation.

Arguably, if statists pass the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act” (S. 2159/H.R. 4301), they could even shut down a MeetUp site if a couple of members make a friendly wager on a college rivalry football game.

If you think this is farfetched, remember this is the same federal government that sent a SWAT team to raid a small Amish farm because they sold milk straight from the cow.

Right now, inside sources are reporting special interests are making a last-minute effort to add this bill to the Omnibus spending package Congress will consider this week.

So we must act right away.

Please call your U.S. senators and your U.S. representative at 202-224-3121 TODAY. Demand they oppose and vote against the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act,” including on any attempts to combine it with any other legislation

Senator Lindsey Graham is leading the charge on this new radical scheme inside Congress, with “bipartisan” support.

Why can’t they just leave the Internet alone?

Why can’t they just leave YOU and ME alone?

After all we’ve learned about the national surveillance state, we can’t afford yet another bill that would pave the way for federal bureaucrats to increase their spying on Americans’ Internet activities.

Call your U.S. senators and representative at 202-224-3121 TODAY. Demand they oppose and vote against the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act.”

Rich, this bill also tramples on states’ rights by usurping state authority over this issue.

Currently, several states allow Internet gambling, and others are considering it.

But this legislation strips away that sovereignty, giving yet more power to an already obese central government.

If it passes, it will set a precedent for federal nullification of state laws – laws protecting your liberties from Congress and the federal bureaucracy.

It will send a signal that it is open season on your personal liberties.

So it’s imperative you take action right away.

Please call your U.S. senators and your U.S. representative at 202-224-3121 TODAY. Demand they oppose and vote against the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act,” including on any attempts to combine it with any other legislation.

In Liberty,

Deb Wells
Senior Director of State Operations

P.S. The “Restoration of America’s Wire Act” (S. 2159/H.R. 4301) is a new radical scheme that would create more federal control over the Internet.

It tramples on states’ rights by stripping away state sovereignty, gives even more power to an already obese central government, and appeases the well-connected at the expense of all Americans’ liberty.

It’s imperative you call your U.S. senators and representative at 202-224-3121 TODAY. Demand they oppose and vote against the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act.”

Yes, of course.

done. took less than a minute.

Thanks.

Is the PPA sending out a similar action alert to its 1M+ members?

how random...i just called up the senators in the ppa email and came here to see if they were posting about it. in my head as im clicking poker legislation im thinking "god if ron paul had been elected we wouldnt be dealing with any of this bs" and the first thread is about ron paul....spooky!

edit: done just left message with baxter.

I received mine. They are being targeted to various constituents of specific lawmakers.

Tomorrow's DAP will include us calling our lawmakers.