Let’s Fight for Our Rights!!

TheEngineer — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:00:34 +0000

Welcome! I look forward to continuing working with everyone here to stand up for our rights as poker players and as Americans.

We’ve been advocating for our right to play poker on the Internet, in card rooms, in casinos, and at kitchen tables with friends for some time now. We’ve had some successes, but we need to keep fighting to win this battle. I urge you to write to Congress today. Fortunately, the Poker Players Alliance has created a tool that allows us to send letters to Congress in only 60 seconds, at www.pokerplayersalliance.org.

Proud to play poker,

Rich Muny, aka “TheEngineer”
PPA Board Member & KY State Director

Presidential Candidates and Internet Poker Rights

My guide on the our nation’s presidential candidates regarding their respect for YOUR right to play poker.

Congress and Internet Poker Rights

PPA’s ratings of our nation’s senators and congressmen regarding their respect for YOUR right to play poker.

The Leach List

The Leach List, named in “honor” of anti-poker extremist former Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA) is comprised of 26 congressmen and four senators opposed to poker rights who are in tough reelection fights.

Poker Players Tell The GOP To Keep Their Hands Off The Internet

Poker players, enthusiasts, and freedom lovers from across the country stormed the 2008 Republican Party Platform site, at www.gopplatform2008.com, to demand that the 2008 Republican Party Platform not include a call for a ban on Internet poker (as the 2000 and 2004 platforms did). Read the 200 pro-poker comments here.

Our Letter to Congress

The PPA KY State Committee letter to GOP Rep. Davis (KY-04), who has continually voted against our liberties. This letter is in response to his recent vote against the H.R. 5767 King Amendment.

My Article in Townhall.com

A Mississippi congressional district that voted for President Bush by a twenty-five point margin in 2004 recently elected a Democrat to Congress. In fact, Republicans have now lost three special congressional elections in a row in previously reliable Republican districts. What is wrong with the Republican Party? To be sure, many Americans are upset about the economy. Everyone feels the impact of high gas prices, high grocery prices, and the housing meltdown. However, what really bothers many Americans is that the Republican congressional leadership of 2005 and 2006 ignored these burgeoning national problems in favor of wasting time and energy on misguided attempts at legislating morality. These GOP leaders claimed that their beliefs in limited government principles and free markets prevented them from taking any action on the issues Americans care about. However, they had no problems with big government when it came to social issues. In these cases, the sky was the limit! This was especially true with Internet poker…..

My Trip to D.C. to Advocate for Our Liberty

I had a business trip around D.C. so I stopped in to visit the staffs of Rep. Davis, Sen. McConnell, and Sen. Bunning to tell them we demand our liberty! The visits went well and were productive. I went with PPA Executive Director John Pappas and two PPA lobbyists……

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