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I think that reads pretty well. If we can get several thousand signatures, that should be enough “outcry” for Senator Frank. I suspect he is expecting our industry to do this to prove his point, so let’s not disappoint.
CGW wrote:pearl, I have looked into this all weekend and I have found out a couple things…I believe the petition should be run through http://www.petitiononline.com/create_petition.html which hosts the petition for you. If we want this to be as big as it needs to be it has to be able to handle hundreds of thousands of signatures on a host that moves quickly.
The petition also needs to have a strong written arguement, and once that arguement/petition is formed it can never be changed. Also, the petition should be hand delivered to Barney Frank or another congressman once it is complete. The petition can run indefinately, but it needs to be promoted by everyone, not just one site so that it reaches millions of players, not just a few.
The following is an arguement of one of our writers as what the basis of the petition should be (I’m personally not sure how this should be formed or worded but I am still researching)…
As an American, I am outraged to learn that Congress has passed legislation that will severely restrict my ability to have certain freedoms in my own home.
Unfair passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act is clearly designed to restrict the freedoms of voters who sent you to office to represent them, and prevent us from making mature decisions about how we spend our leisure time and money.
I am further outraged to learn that the bill was added at a late hour to the Safe Port Security Bill without the ability of debate and only 15 minutes prior to a vote on a must pass bill.
It is improper for Congress to declare itself the overseer of American Morals and to enact legislation that dictates ideology instead of common sense.
The United States, in so enacting this law, has willfully violated World Trade Organization rules and the WTO has ruled against the United States on this issue, in favor of the country of Antigua. Now the European Union is considering similar action as this is seen globally as protectionism.
I urge you to use your considerable power and influence to ensure that this unfair legislation is repealed post haste, and our right to freedom is preserved.
I acknowledge by signing this petition that I agree to a repeal of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
I agree with you and I will update http://www.repealuigea.com to include a link to the petition on http://www.petitiononline.com/create_petition.html. Does someone want to create the petition? I will remove the petition from my site and just updated regularly on news about the UIGEA. In the mean time the content is on http://www.repealuigea.com/blog
I think if we can all work together we can achieve good results.
Hey Karim,
Your blog is ‘not found’.
Please make a post here about what we are to post on our home pages, since I see the link may have changed.
A short screed and a link is what I had in mind – but above the fold…
If the screed needs to be lengthier, I will still post on home pages but with a link to my law page carrying the content.
I’m not a US citizen but, if everyone thinks it’s OK, I’ll be happy to write to the Florida Senator. Not that it’ll do much good – we’re a hold-out state
ntaus
ntaus8 wrote:Hey Karim,Your blog is ‘not found’.
Please make a post here about what we are to post on our home pages, since I see the link may have changed.
A short screed and a link is what I had in mind – but above the fold…
If the screed needs to be lengthier, I will still post on home pages but with a link to my law page carrying the content.
I’m not a US citizen but, if everyone thinks it’s OK, I’ll be happy to write to the Florida Senator. Not that it’ll do much good – we’re a hold-out state
ntaus
The blog is on http://www.repealuigea.com I have since removed the petition because of people accusing me of harvesting email addresses, which is definitely not what I am interested in doing. We will be adding content to the site as often as we can write it, feel free to use it just link back.
I added the last your post to my blog with a back link of course.
I’m waiting for the next UIGEA articles and news :hehe:I think something that would benefit the cause would be something like what internet radio broadcasters are currently doing. If you go here: http://www3.capwiz.com/saveinternetradio/issues/alert/?alertid=9631541
They have a pre-written letter where all you need to do is sign it (print your name) and put your address. Then they automatically send it to your senators and house of representatives. It takes less then a minute and I think is a very good way to call attention to an issue.pearlgaming wrote:I just registered repealuigea.com and can setup a script to collect petitions against the uigea. Anyone want to help out?I also have a site I registered a couple of months ago, but hadn’t had a chance to put up yet.
http://repeal-uigea.org is up now.
Please go by and make a comment. I’ll also post links to any other blogs, pages, etc. like http://repealuigea.com that discusses this topic.
Just let me know.
I also have repeal-uigea.info (it was .99) that I haven’t developed yet. If anyone wants to do something with it, let me know. :hattip:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/306149419?ltl=1177341828
I don’t know if you guys will like this petition, however, we have finally put it up. It is up to all of you to spread the word and get it signed.
Good luck.
liked your words CGW.
well put sir.
This link is very easy to use:
Repeal Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
Target: Barney Frank, Congressman, U.S. Congresshttp://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/306149419?ltl=1177341828
make sure you dont just copy the link :1Dopey:
is the full link
Good job. Everyone here needs to sign this. For those of you in the US, you have the option of showing your name as Anonymous.
I sent all the info to a very high powered radio station here, to a host who plays online poker non stop.. Crossing fingers I hear about it on the way home.
I hope you didn’t give them that long URL because nobody can remember it. Maybe someone could redirect an easier to remember domain straight to the petition for stuff like this.
They have a website, they can add the url there and tell the people to go there.
