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aka_red

11-10-2008, 05:54 PM Post subject: ***ACTION ALERT*** Poker Players Alliance UIGEA

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I know this has already been posted in another post. However, that one had a lot of random links to click and digging to do. I feel this is pretty easy no TLDR etc. etc. So for simplicities sake here is exactly what the PPA sent me.

Dear Erik,

Help Stop UIGEA Finalization Just one week after a historic election the Poker Players Alliance is pitted in a fight to keep anti-Internet poker regulations from being enacted and we NEED YOUR HELP!

The current Administration is hastily finalizing a number of “midnight rules” before they leave office and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is on the list. See the 11/06 story in Dow Jones. Just like UIGEA was snuck into legislation in the dark of night in 2006, our opponents are again trying an 11th hour sneak job. We need you to help us expose and stop this reckless rulemaking.

Please call the U.S. Federal Reserve and tell them not to approve the UIGEA regulations -- Consumer Complaints, 888-851-1920 or Public Affairs, 202-452-2955.

Tell them:

* The federal agencies responsible for our nation’s economy should not be focused on Internet poker regulations.
* Finalization of the UIGEA rules will add additional burdens on our already crippled financial systems.
* Internet poker is a game of skill and form of recreation for millions of Americans; it should be exempted from the UIGEA.
* Please do not finalize the UIGEA regulations until their impact on our banking systems and average Americans has been fully studied.

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Your call will make a huge difference and will add the public’s voice to these last minute policy decisions our government is poised to make. We can’t stand idly by while they make decisions that will impact our right to play America’s card game. PLEASE CALL TODAY!

Proud to play,
Alfonse D’Amato, Chairman
Poker Players Alliance

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a500lbgorilla

11-10-2008, 06:01 PM

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<@spoonitnow> OH NO THE SKY IS FALLING
<@spoonitnow> THERE ARE FLYING MONKEYS AND BILL FRIST IS SHITTING ON EVERYONE'S CARDS
<@spoonitnow> INTERNET POKER IS DOOMED
<@spoonitnow> THE UIGEA IS GOING TO FUCK EVERYONE UP THE ASS WITH A GIANT PLASTIC BASEBALL BAT
<@spoonitnow> lol oh wait had a flashback, thought it was 2006
<@spoonitnow> I wish all these motherfuckers who have been playing for like 6 months would shut the fuck up

Smithers, use the amnesia ray.
You mean the revolver, sir?
Precisely.

Stacks

11-10-2008, 06:42 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

<@spoonitnow> OH NO THE SKY IS FALLING
<@spoonitnow> THERE ARE FLYING MONKEYS AND BILL FRIST IS SHITTING ON EVERYONE'S CARDS
<@spoonitnow> INTERNET POKER IS DOOMED
<@spoonitnow> THE UIGEA IS GOING TO FUCK EVERYONE UP THE ASS WITH A GIANT PLASTIC BASEBALL BAT
<@spoonitnow> lol oh wait had a flashback, thought it was 2006
<@spoonitnow> I wish all these motherfuckers who have been playing for like 6 months would shut the fuck up

So obvious spoon is talking about me.

spoonitnow

11-10-2008, 06:57 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by XxStacksxX

Quote:

Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

<@spoonitnow> OH NO THE SKY IS FALLING
<@spoonitnow> THERE ARE FLYING MONKEYS AND BILL FRIST IS SHITTING ON EVERYONE'S CARDS
<@spoonitnow> INTERNET POKER IS DOOMED
<@spoonitnow> THE UIGEA IS GOING TO FUCK EVERYONE UP THE ASS WITH A GIANT PLASTIC BASEBALL BAT
<@spoonitnow> lol oh wait had a flashback, thought it was 2006
<@spoonitnow> I wish all these brotherfuckers who have been playing for like 6 months would shut the fuck up

So obvious spoon is talking about me.

FYP

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Originally Posted by Ripptyde

I only have 2 simple rules when I am coaching a new student.

Rule # 1: don't ask questions

Rule # 2: don't ask questions

I have no interest in discussing strategy with a protege'. Your job is to remain quiet and listen. I have a very systematic approach that I will share with the right candidate and I promise that I will turn you into a force of nature and show you elements of the game of poker that you never knew existed.

zook

11-10-2008, 07:19 PM

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Double-posting b/c this is important:

I just called. I waited ~30 seconds to speak with someone and talked to her for ~ a minute. The woman said they've been getting lots of calls today. BUT LET'S GET MORE!

If you're too lazy to call, go to this webpage and submit comments:

http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsev.../20071001a.htm

The woman I spoke with said that the Board of Governors told the phone operators that we should submit our comments there if we wanted to ensure our voices were heard.

will641

11-10-2008, 07:24 PM

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i made a call.

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ProZachNation

11-10-2008, 07:34 PM

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I made a call and made a comment.

I also threatened to go V for Vendetta on their ass...

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BankItDrew

11-10-2008, 09:25 PM

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BankItDrew will become famous soon enough

why are there people not rating these threads as 5 spades?

i made a call to the 888 number and was told to call someone else at a number not provided. not sure if it was the place i wanted to be.

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11-10-2008, 09:56 PM

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Just made a call and wrote a comment. FUCK THIS

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fjuanl

11-11-2008, 02:00 AM

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submitted comment

Ragnar4

11-11-2008, 06:45 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

Is this a level or is spoon actually suggesting that, what seems to me is his main source of income is under attack, and he thinks any sort of organized reaction is over-reacting?

Seriously, I agree with spoon about 99% of the time, but this is pretty silly.

Dubya managed to fast-track Patriot acts one, two, and three on A) Sept 11th's merit, and B) two pieces of fluff farming legislation (acts II, and III via piggybacking). Bush is so retarded he'd consider making waterboarding the penalty (the torture, not the sport).

The older I get, the more I start wondering; Just what in the hell is going on here?

will641

11-11-2008, 02:33 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ragnar4

Seriously, I agree with spoon about 99% of the time, but this is pretty silly.

im sorry.

Cash Rules Everything Around Me.

Ltrain

11-11-2008, 02:41 PM

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Submitted a comment; let's hope this stalls until the new administration.

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swiggidy

11-11-2008, 11:57 PM

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http://digg.com/political_opinion/Bu...ght_regulation

Digg this, it's actually on the front page today

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11-12-2008, 07:56 AM

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