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06-23-2011 , 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by sajeffe
May I please get some "likes" on these three? Only one was open posting, so the other two are comments in response to their latest postings.

Although the legislation they introduced is just for taxes, without it, the Barton (or other) bill will not pass so we need to show them some love. Thanks.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/barneyfrank

http://www.facebook.com/CongressmanJ...ref=ts&sk=wall

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/JohnCampbell
I'm not seeing enough love on these pages, people! On Barney Frank's page just click on the comments to his first post. Same with Campbell's page. For McDermott, just click on "most recent." Thanks!
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06-23-2011 , 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by vicnice
I think San Francisco deleted us. I get a content unavailable error.
Try this one:

http://www.facebook.com/sanfrancisco...58908#!/SFGate
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06-23-2011 , 10:59 PM
Thank you for doing this every day. It really feels like we are part of something big and that we are being heard as a group.
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06-23-2011 , 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by MoneyFunnel
Thank you for doing this every day. It really feels like we are part of something big and that we are being heard as a group.
+1
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06-24-2011 , 01:47 AM
Just started a discussion thread on the Washinton Post Facebook website.

http://www.facebook.com/washingtonpost

Go to the link and click on the "Like" button and then click on Discussion on the left side of the page.

The name of the thread is "Black Friday", A dark day for online poker. Please go there and post your thoughts.
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06-24-2011 , 03:23 AM
With the introduction of the Barton online poker bill, let's all make sure we are respectfully telling Congress that we demand our rights! As the bill drop is on a Friday, let's hit this on Facebook and follow up with emails next week.

Let's focus on members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (The ones with an x in front of their names means they don't have open posting. Just respond to a post already on the page.) As we have a new event with the introduction of this poker bill, let's go ahead and own these pages for the weekend.

For manageability, I subdivided them into daily groups:

Friday
Saturday
Sunday
* Thanks Sajeffe for putting this list together

Last edited by Rich Muny; 06-24-2011 at 12:19 PM.
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06-24-2011 , 04:43 AM
Did about half the list so far. Gonna do the rest later today. I'm excited that Bartons bill is finally out.
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06-24-2011 , 10:31 AM
Day 2 in a row following action plan; with the Barton bill in motion I will likely find time to keep doing this when I return to WSOP next week. Glad I got to meet Engineer & others @ PPA booth in Rio.
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06-24-2011 , 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve Williams
Day 2 in a row following action plan; with the Barton bill in motion I will likely find time to keep doing this when I return to WSOP next week. Glad I got to meet Engineer & others @ PPA booth in Rio.
Thanks! Great meeting you as well.
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06-24-2011 , 12:21 PM
I just updated the plan to subdivide the actions a bit to make things more manageable.
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06-24-2011 , 02:28 PM
Just did all of today's facebook list. Hope everyone is pushing forward. I'm excited about the potential of the Barton bill. We need to keep up the good work.
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06-24-2011 , 04:48 PM
Just fb commented most of the reps. I love seeing all the comments in the last hour, keep up the good work everyone!
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06-24-2011 , 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by LastLife
Anybody who doubts that hitting up Facebook has any real effect needs to think again. This article is on a Philly blog written by a guy who is not a poker player. He saw the posts that we were making on the Philadelphia Daily News FB page, replied in the thread here (FB handle is "A Proctor the Patriot"): https://www.facebook.com/permalink.p...83&id=10225873 and then did a good story.
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06-24-2011 , 05:18 PM
I don't know why, but I really want to get our number of likes in the triple digits on our posts. Let's get 100+ likes on these suckers! Gogogogogogo!
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06-24-2011 , 05:35 PM
One small issue: in cases where the person doesn't have open Facebook posting, let's be careful to not post in threads where it is totally inappropriate. A prime example is this one:

https://www.facebook.com/Congressman...94876827230447

John Barrow makes a post announcing that he is going in for prostate cancer treatment, and there are a bunch of cut/paste poker comments in the responses. That doesn't look good.
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06-24-2011 , 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by DrewOnTilt
One small issue: in cases where the person doesn't have open Facebook posting, let's be careful to not post in threads where it is totally inappropriate. A prime example is this one:

https://www.facebook.com/Congressman...94876827230447

John Barrow makes a post announcing that he is going in for prostate cancer treatment, and there are a bunch of cut/paste poker comments in the responses. That doesn't look good.
Yea, that's a bit overzealous (to be kind)
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06-24-2011 , 06:00 PM
List of Facebook pages that allow wall posting. From HERE. Full List of Congress HERE. Full list of Senate HERE.
For

Don Young – (AK) Facebook
Jeff Flake – (AZ) Facebook
Mike Thompson – (CA) Facebook
Doris Matsui – (CA) Facebook
Lynn Woolsey –( CA) Facebook
George Miller – (CA) Facebook
Barbara Lee – (CA) Facebook
Michael Honda – (CA) Facebook
Howard Berman –(CA) Facebook
Adam Schiff – (CA) Facebook
Maxine Waters – (CA) Facebook
Bob Filner – (CA) Facebook
Jared Polis – (CO) Facebook
Ted Deutch –( FL) Facebook
John Lewis – (GA) Facebook
Judy Biggert – (IL) Facebook
Andre Carson –( IN) Facebook
John Yarmuth – (KY) Facebook
John Dingell – (MI) Facebook
Bennie Thompson –( MS) Facebook
Jeanne Shaheen - (NH) Facebook
Frank LoBiondo – (NJ) Facebook
Leonard Lance – (NJ) Facebook
Steve Israel – (NY)* Facebook
Edolphus Towns – (NY) Facebook
Maurice Hinchey – (NY) Facebook
Charles Rangel – (NY) Facebook
Eliot Engel – (NY) Facebook
Bill Owens – (NY) Facebook
Tim Ryan – (OH) Facebook
Jim Gerlach – (PA) Facebook
Marsha Blackburn – (TN) Facebook
Steve Cohen – (TN) Facebook
Joe Barton – (TX) Facebook
Al Green – (TX) Facebook
Michael McCaul – (TX) Facebook
Ron Paul – (TX) Facebook
John Carter – (TX) Facebook
Bobby Scott – (VA) Facebook
Peter Welch – (VT) Facebook
Jim McDermott – (WA) Facebook
Tammy Baldwin – (WI) Facebook
Ron Kind – (WI) Facebook
Gwen Moore – (WI) Facebook

Against

Jo Bonner – (AL) Facebook
Robert Aderholt – (AL) Facebook
Mike Ross – (AR) Facebook
Trent Franks – (AZ) Facebook
Ken Calvert – (CA) Facebook
Joe Baca – (CA) Facebook
Ed Royce – (CA) Facebook
Dan Lungren – (CA) Facebook
Diana DeGette – (CO) Facebook
Jeff Miller – (FL) Facebook
Ander Crenshaw – (FL) Facebook
Cliff Stearns – (FL) Facebook
C.W. Bill Young – (FL) Facebook
Debbie Wasserman Schultz – (FL) Facebook
Mario Diaz-Balart – (FL) Facebook
Sanford Bishop – (GA) Facebook
David Scott – (GA) Facebook
Donald Manzullo – (IL) Facebook
Lynn Jenkins – (KS) Facebook
Rodney Alexander – (LA) Facebook
Roscoe Bartlett – (MD) Facebook
Michele Bachmann – (MN) Facebook
Walter Jones – (NC) Facebook
Sue Myrick – (NC) Facebook
Patrick McHenry – (NC) Facebook
Jeff Fortenberry – (NE) Facebook
Kelly Ayotte - (NH) Facebook
Scott Garrett – (NJ) Facebook
Michael Turner – (OH) Facebook
Jim Jordan – (OH) Facebook
John Sullivan – (OK) Facebook
Tom Cole – (OK) Facebook
Tim Murphy – (PA) Facebook
Charles Dent – (PA) Facebook
Robert Brady – (PA) Facebook
Joe Wilson – (SC) Facebook
Gene Green – (TX) Facebook
Michael Burgess – (TX) Facebook
Lloyd Doggett – (TX) Facebook
Lamar Smith – (TX) Facebook
Randy Neugebauer – (TX) Facebook
Kay Granger – (TX) Facebook
Kevin Brady – (TX) Facebook
John Cornyn – (TX) Facebook
Louie Gohmert – (TX) Facebook
Rob Bishop – (UT) Facebook
Eric Cantor – (VA) Facebook
Cathy McMorris Rodgers – (WA) Facebook
Dave Reichert – (WA) Facebook
F. James Sensenbrenner – (WI) Facebook
Shelley Capito – (WV) Facebook



Hasn’t Chosen Side

Duncan Hunter – (CA) Facebook
Eleanor Holmes Norton – (DC) Facebook
Chris Coons – (DE) Facebook
Paul Broun – (GA) Facebook
Tom Graves – (GA) Facebook
Mike Quigley – (IL) Facebook
Janice Schakowsky – (IL) Facebook
Aaron Schock – (IL) Facebook
Joe Donnelly – (IN) Facebook
Harold Rogers – ( KY) Facebook
Steve Scalise – (LA) Facebook
John Fleming – (LA) Facebook
Donna Edwards – (MD) Facebook
Gregg Harper – (MS) Facebook
Denny Rehberg – (MT) Facebook
Martin Heinrich – (NM) Facebook
Louise McIntosh Slaughter – (NY) Facebook
Steve Austria – (OH) Facebook
Marcia Fudge – (OH) Facebook
Kurt Schrader – (OR) Facebook
Pedro Pierluisi – (PR) Facebook
Ted Poe – (TX) Facebook
Rick Larsen – (WA) Facebook
Paul Ryan – (WI) Facebook
Cynthia Lummis – (WY) Facebook
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06-24-2011 , 08:47 PM
I will not support the PPA because they conceded to blackout periods. Blackouts favor millionaire casino owners and Congress. Blackouts are not in the best interest of online poker players. By supporting blackouts, the PPA is doing a great disservice to people that earn their income from online poker.
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06-24-2011 , 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by GoAheadPutMeOnAK
I will not support the PPA because they conceded to blackout periods. Blackouts favor millionaire casino owners and Congress. Blackouts are not in the best interest of online poker players. By supporting blackouts, the PPA is doing a great disservice to people that earn their income from online poker.
First! What on earth are you talking about?
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06-24-2011 , 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by rwperu34
First! What on earth are you talking about?
I would likely support the PPA if they took a firm NO BLACKOUT stance.
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06-24-2011 , 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by GoAheadPutMeOnAK
I would likely support the PPA if they took a firm NO BLACKOUT stance.
I'm not sure if you're aware, but the blackout we are enduring right now was put forth by the SDNY, not the PPA.
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06-24-2011 , 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by GoAheadPutMeOnAK
I would likely support the PPA if they took a firm NO BLACKOUT stance.
We are in a blackout. I don't think the PPA supports it.
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06-24-2011 , 10:49 PM
Wow, I just had my liking privileges revoked on Facebook. Ive musta like 200 posts today and looks like some others are getting this too.

Last edited by demon102; 06-24-2011 at 11:03 PM.
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06-24-2011 , 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by GoAheadPutMeOnAK
I would likely support the PPA if they took a firm NO BLACKOUT stance.
I believe with this bill we are only looking at a 6 month blackout period before it goes into affect once passed, which is much better than the permanent blackout we are in now.
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