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Thanks for going to all that trouble html-formatting this pdf file instead of just linking to it. Golly gee your karma must be soaring!

Well, I admit it's tangental, but the fight to fully legitimize Internet poker is a tech issue, of a sort.

To that end, the Poker Players Alliance has put together a guide to the presidential candidates' stances on the issue.

The Poker Player's Alliance is encouraging people to fly to Washington DC for two days later this month to lobby congresscritters for legal online poker.

I dunno if the WTO's statement will help or hurt this effort, to be honest. There might be a backlash.

Well then relocate your servers to Antigua.

I am paying for this. Many other people are too.

http://www.pokerplayersalliance.org/

FTA:

...one of his trademark tactics is throwing around numbers that might or might not be considered, well, a bluff. He talks of the million players who have already joined the poker association -- a misstatement that prompted his handler, presidential style, to clarify that what the former senator meant is that the group hoped one day soon to have that many names on its rolls.

So as long as you frame everything in terms of playing a game, this is a "bluff". To everyone else it is a lie. Maybe that's the problem with some folks, it's all just a game....

(Aside: the Poker Players Alliance actually solicits donations to support its cause. Wow. Give them money so they can fight for your right to lose money.)

I guess you missed PartyPoker's huge push to get people to join the Poker Players' Alliance ( http://www.pokerplayersalliance.org/ ) and send letters to their congressmen, eh?

Sure, they COULD have done what most industries do and buy the votes... but that wouldn't solve the problem, it would just make it go away for one congressional session. Then they have to start buying senators and representatives all over again.

For those of you interested, there is a grass roots organization called the Poker Players Alliance which is attempting to lobby against this bill.

More information at http://www.pokerplayersalliance.org/press.html

Where did I say it was?

You didn't, I never said you did. I said they did, by they I mean them Which is what I've been talking about this whole time as that is where i pulled the first quote.

Why are you such a flaming idiot that you make up argumnets and read things that don't exist?

If you would read the parent post, then you would know what I was discussing. Additionally, no need for insults around here. We're all having a friendly discussion.

As to the strength, California says poker is a skill. I really don't think anyone gives two shits about your opinion, especially since it's stupid (because you make up arguments and can't read for comprehension

Nice, I did not know that California says poker is a skill. Can you tell me where I can look this up? Obviously, you give two shits about my opinion, and it wasn't stupid enough for you to reply. Given that you say I can't read for comprehension, I hope you go read the link the parent poster posted (again if need be.)

Time to join the Poker Player Alliance, which has been specifically formed to fight legislation like this. Besides, they've got a pretty neat T-shirt.