THURSDAY & FRIDAY POKER ACTION PLAN: Tell MI lawmakers to support online poker - Page 108 - Poker Legislation

We need to get on Mary bono mack's FB page. She asked today if people support Ipoker there are some negitive comments and I have also noticed some of the regular posters haven't commented on it yet.........

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10-26-2011 , 05:34 PM

#2678

Mandy83

journeyman

Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 204

done

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10-26-2011 , 06:29 PM

#2679

Odds_Master

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 139

Glad to finally be a member on one of the most recognizable poker sites in the world!

Now that I have cleared that notion. I'm "Done" with all the instructions. Thanks to the official poster who created this great platform to voice all opinions and advocate the longevity of online poker! It only take a few minutes to make a crucial change in poker history. So take a stand and "tweet" for the cause of human ambition!

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10-26-2011 , 06:48 PM

#2680

ScreaminAsian

For President

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 33,333

^^w00t!

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10-26-2011 , 06:51 PM

#2681

Odds_Master

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 139

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Originally Posted by TheEngineer

Fight for poker rights: Friday, May 13th

Visit the House Financial Services Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/GOPFinancialServices. Post comments and like pro-poker comments made by others.
While on the HFSC Facebook page, please vote in the poll: http://www.facebook.com/questions/10...36/?qa_ref=ssp
Visit www.theppa.org/takeaction and finish that up
Join the Skype Poker Advocacy Group by PMing me with your username.

Thanks again for setting up all these thorough instructions, it's greatly appreciated! I'm "Done" with all the following. Will be PM'ing you my username to have Skype initiated

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10-26-2011 , 06:57 PM

#2682

Odds_Master

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 139

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Originally Posted by TheEngineer

No difference. Users can add their own poll questions.

Question: Who see's this poll anyway? Any important public officials for the most part?

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10-26-2011 , 07:02 PM

#2683

Odds_Master

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 139

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Originally Posted by TheEngineer

Bachus is a big ruckus! The House Committee better not delete my post. Otherwise i'll be there worst spammer they're ever seen

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10-26-2011 , 07:15 PM

#2684

Odds_Master

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 139

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Originally Posted by ChaosReigns

I, too, think this daily approach is a great idea and I agree that it should be cross-posted here and NVG. I also have a few suggestions that will increase the effectiveness in my opinion.

1) Next time, post earlier in the day.
2) Make it individual, non-commentable threads each day so people don't have to wade through pages and pages of comments trying to find the next daily action.
3) Create a separate action comment/suggestion thread so they can suggest actions and comment on the actions posted by Rich and the other suggestions.

What do people think

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Originally Posted by PokerXanadu

+1. How about making the daily action thread one sticky. Just add the new day's actions as a new post in the same thread, and update the title with the new date. That way all past actions can be seen in one thread so people can catch up. Keep thread closed, and separate comment/suggestion thread as chaos suggested.

Superb idea! Stickies always worked great in the office environment and they'll surely play a crucial role as to promote/advertise daily actions in the poker world!

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10-26-2011 , 07:26 PM

#2685

Odds_Master

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 139

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Originally Posted by TheEngineer

They're deleting our comments, so at least we know they are being read.

Indeed. I just posted one on the house Committee 10 minutes ago and it was deleted. They could momentarily erase our comments but are concerns and desires will not die!

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10-26-2011 , 07:30 PM

#2686

Odds_Master

centurion

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Originally Posted by RazzSpazz

So disgusting. I have been permanently been banned from posting on Kyl's facebook page for several weeks now. The first and only comment I wrote was not inflammatory or antagonistic at all. Doesn't matter if I 'like' him on facebook, no comments allowed. All other facebook pages work fine.

Please write your article TheEngineer. People need to hear that lawmakers are constantly censoring politely worded comments from American citizens on their social networking pages. This is probably occurring with other topics well, not just online poker.

The Engineer has a great approach to go around things... and I'm simply amazed by it all! I would definitely write an article about it. Aren't public officials pages suppose to be "up and active" to promote the citizens concerns... or just to feed there own personal agenda?

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10-26-2011 , 07:51 PM

#2687

RiverAnAce

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,227

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Originally Posted by TheEngineer

October 26, 2011

Yesterday's online poker hearing went very well. Let's all take 30 seconds today to thank subcommittee Chair Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) for holding the hearing and to share with her the fact that bots can be countered. Thanks!

Does the PPA know an expert that will meet in private with them and tell them some of the ways to catch bots? I wouldn't think he would want that info public.

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10-26-2011 , 08:12 PM

#2688

Odds_Master

centurion

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Originally Posted by TheEngineer

Weekend of August 27th, 2011

Will you take a few moments to stand up for poker? These items take just ten seconds each. Thank you for participating!

Let's focus on deficit super committee member Sen. Rob Portman:

Submit a pro-poker comment to Sen. Portman's new Reduce the Deficit site HERE.
- Either cut-and-paste, "Please ask the deficit super committee to support HR 2366, Rep. Barton's (R-TX) Online Poker Act. This bill raises $$$ without raising taxes. Thank you." or write your own.
Send a prefilled, editable pro-poker Twitter message HERE
"Like" the main FB page HERE
- You can unlike the page when you're done if you'd like
Post a pro-poker comment under the post HERE and like the other poker comments
- Either cut-and-paste, "Please ask the deficit super committee to support HR 2366, Rep. Barton's (R-TX) Online Poker Act. This bill raises $$$ without raising taxes. Thank you." or write your own.
Please reply in this thread with "tweeted", "done", etc. to encourage others to participate as well.

Thanks!

Dusting my hands off...

Tweeted and Done!

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10-26-2011 , 08:16 PM

#2689

RiverAnAce

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,227

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Originally Posted by LastLife

Round 16

Thanks LastLife for using that line and all the rest you do for us.

Done Round 16.

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10-26-2011 , 08:25 PM

#2690

sajeffe

banned

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 5,058

Done.

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10-26-2011 , 08:28 PM

#2691

Odds_Master

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 139

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Originally Posted by TheEngineer

Here's the comment I posted:

Please support HR 2366, raise revenue without raising taxes

As a voter and a resident of greater Cincinnati, I am writing to ask you to support legislation that licenses Internet poker in the U.S. This bill raises revenue without raising taxes.

In response to the demands of millions of Americans for licensed online poker, Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) and a bipartisan group of his House colleagues introduced H.R. 2366, the Online Poker Act of 2011. This bill does not authorize video poker or any other house-banked casino-style game. Rather, it provides for sensible regulation of the game of online poker -- the electronic version of the game families across America play at the kitchen table -- and is limited to this person-to-person game of skill.

I ask that you please bring this bill to the attention of the deficit reduction super committee. This legislation will provide much needed federal and state revenue without raising taxes. It will also bring American companies into the Internet poker market, bringing needed jobs to Ohio with them. It will provide strong consumer protections and age verification requirements as well. U.S.-based horse race wagering sites have proven that online betting sites can successfully implement these important protections. The game of poker deserves no less.

Former Homeland Security Advisor Tom Ridge supports federal licensing of online poker because it addresses control and accountability of cash flows. Additionally, WiredSafety, the world's largest Internet safety group, commissioned an in-depth study of this issue. The study, which was conducted by Harvard University, examined issues like blocking of underage participation, prevention of money laundering, and providing of consumer protections against fraud and abuse. The study concluded that "combining a thoughtful regulatory scheme with education, technology tools, and support appears to be the most effective means of handling the realities and risks" of online poker. This groundbreaking study can be found at www.theppa.org/harvardstudy.

Many conservatives oppose efforts to prohibit online poker, including Grover Norquist, George Will, Rep. Joe Barton, Rep. Ron Paul, Rep. John Campbell, Rep. Peter King, and many others. In fact, I interviewed Mr. Norquist on this topic. That interview is on Townhall.com at http://poker.blogtownhall.com/2010/0...ne_poker.thtml.

Every federal dollar wasted on efforts to stop American adults from playing online poker is another dollar added to the federal deficit. Licensing and regulating U.S.-based poker will work better than prohibition. Quite frankly, there's simply no reason not to pass HR 2366 into law.

Please support my freedoms by supporting this bill. Thank you for your consideration.

So informative, yet elegantly put!

It's true. Prohibition in many sectors of American living has not worked. Early liquor prohibitions just stemmed the uprise of alcohol related crimes. By punishing a few of the notable people who schemed by profiteering off of online poker... by the millions who look to poker as a great pass time and of a highly educated game- is a crying shame!

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10-26-2011 , 08:39 PM

#2692

sajeffe

banned

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 5,058

LastLife, can you set up this one (or something similar) next?

Huge untapped industry! Job creation w/minimal government investment! Billions in revenues for #deficit from HR2366!

(I listened to a little bit of the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee hearing today. The lack of govt investment into a new project is pretty important in the context of the super committee.)

(And hoping "huge untapped industry" might raise an eyebrow or two.)

Thanks!

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10-26-2011 , 08:48 PM

#2693

Odds_Master

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 139

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Originally Posted by TheEngineer

Friday, August 26, 2011

Will you take a few moments to stand up for poker? These items take just ten seconds each. Thank you for participating!

Let's keep the focus on debt super committee co-chair Sen. Patty Murray. Click HERE and HERE to send NEW prefilled pro-poker Twitter messages to both of her Twitter accounts (they're editable).
"Like" Sen. Murray's Facebook page HERE (you can unlike the page when you're done if you'd like).
Post a pro-poker comments under the post HERE. Either cut-and-paste "Please support HR 2366 and the licensing of online poker. Thank you." or write your own.
Like the pro-poker comments posted to the post HERE. (It's the same link as #3. The first poker comment is Aug. 12th...click "View Previous Comments a few times to see them all.) You can speed it up by searching [CTRL-F] for "poker" and "2366".
After sending the letter, please reply in this thread with "sent", "done", etc. to encourage others to participate as well.

Thanks!

Tweeted and Done.

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10-26-2011 , 08:59 PM

#2694

mantasm

adept

Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,164

There is not much poker action on the super committee's facebook pages lately, here is a link to all of their facebooks:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...postcount=1512

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10-26-2011 , 09:05 PM

#2695

Odds_Master

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 139

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Originally Posted by TheEngineer

Monday, August 29, 2011

Will you take a few moments to stand up for poker? These items take just less than one minute to complete. Click your mouse and tell the House...and the Senate...that we demand our rights!

Let's focus on deficit super committee co-chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) today:

Send a prefilled, editable pro-poker Twitter message HERE.
"Like" his main FB page HERE.
- You can unlike the page when you're done if you'd like.
Post a pro-poker comment under the post HERE and like the other poker comments.
- Either cut-and-paste, "Please ask the deficit super committee to support HR 2366, Rep. Barton's (R-TX) Online Poker Act. This bill raises $$$ without raising taxes. Thank you." or write your own.
Please reply in this thread with "tweeted", "done", etc. to encourage others to participate as well.

The past NINE actions have generated triple-digit participation, so let's keep it growing. Thanks!

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If you wish to do more today, let's send prefilled, editable Twitter messages to the entire super committee:

Republicans

Representatives:
Jeb Hensarling, co-chair: HERE (view all poker tweets here)
Dave Camp: HERE (view all poker tweets here)
Fred Upton: HERE (view all poker tweets here)

Senators:
Rob Portman: HERE (view all poker tweets here)
Jon Kyl: none
Patrick Toomey: HERE (view all poker tweets here)

Democrats

Representatives:
James Clyburn: HERE (view all poker tweets here)
Xavier Becerra: HERE (view all poker tweets here)
Chris Van Hollen: HERE (view all poker tweets here)

Senators:
Patty Murray, co-chair: HERE & HERE (she has two Twitter accounts) (view all poker tweets here & here)
Max Baucus: none
John Kerry: HERE (view all poker tweets here)

Tweeted. And went Beyond

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10-26-2011 , 09:10 PM

#2696

jack frost

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,335

odds master,

we appreciate your support and are glad to have you but are you looking at the date of stuff youre doing? Some of it dates back to almost BF. Check the first post of this thread each day as the first is changed daily to include what we are doing for the day.

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10-26-2011 , 09:13 PM

#2697

LT22

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 12,842

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Originally Posted by Ricepaw1226

we need some more peeps on mary's wall.....
the trolls are out this morning.

good lord

we really REALLY REALLLLLY need to get those in favor of freedoms on our side.

They hear the word "regulation" and they have a heart attack and mash their keyboard, "NO MORE REGULATIONSSSLKJ!!!!!!!!!!!"

We are already over-regulated by a virtual prohibition.Future regulations will make government SMALLER.

These regulations should not dictate what happens at the poker table. It should dictate what happens to the corporations/regulator. The regulator should establish bylaws that clearly indicate player rules such as cheating/bots/etc, but nothing else. If I want to play $5/$10 razz, I should be able to do so.

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10-26-2011 , 09:18 PM

#2698

Odds_Master

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 139

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Originally Posted by TheEngineer

True. Also, a few of us have changed our locations to promote the action plan. I hope more will.

What do you mean by change locations?

BTW, sent you PM... not sure if you received though.

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10-26-2011 , 09:21 PM

#2699

Odds_Master

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 139

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Originally Posted by jack frost

Sorry.

I did note the dates but I thought my words will still have an effect on current issues. As we still have not reached a decision. But thanks I'll look at the new Twitter and FB notifications

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10-26-2011 , 09:38 PM

#2700

Odds_Master

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 139

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Originally Posted by TruFloridaGator

@Roxie, you're afraid of passing this bill because you perceive we're "spamming" this wall? So you're against allowing Americans to play poker and have freedom of speech as well? We're organized, strong, and passionate about a basic American freedom!

Amen!

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