Just emailed the ACLU about the SAFE PORT ACT - Gambling Addition

[kwblue]

Excellent work! Very informative and way to take action!

[Mister]

I submitted a long email to ACLU. Hope they can do something...There is also
a place where you can submit your stand for Net-Neutrality....Only takes a few minutes (as it just takes filling in the blanks and just changing the subject line)....It might help our cause too......

[The Watchdog]

Is anything, but related to online gambling...

It was dishonestly passed and without the awarness of millions of americans.

The issue is not only about gambling in this huge soap opera. I like people interested in standing againts this type of moves by the US gov. Today is gambling, tomorrow who deserves to drink water...

Remember who has the best marketing team in the world... UNFORTUNATELY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GOVERNMENT... its a fact.

I won´t get in to details, but this bill is perfectly written to defend interests of minority groups which have such an economic power, that regular janes and joes don´t even think about.

So yes, gambling is dangerous, fun, nice, terrible, adictive and a reality. If you stand in a news stand in a major city of the US you will see thousands of products with the same description.

Remember a wise short phrase... ITS ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS

[WagerWitch]

Thanks guys- you're A#1 in my book...

And no doubt... But I do think the Benjamin's are the wrong denomination. GRIN.

[sdaddy]

Any updates on this?

My most realistic short-term hope for stopping the UIGEA is a court challenge. I really hope that a well-funded organization like the ACLU will take this on. I'm going to be writing them soon myself.

[WagerWitch]

I haven't received a reply yet - to my knowledge - I did receive an acknowledgement to my original letter.

But I have a spam monster that eats EVERYTHING - and deletes it quickly.

So things can get past me.

I would love to hear from them - and have pointed them in this direction.

Meki

[The Watchdog]

I am waiting for the World Trade Organization to act on this...

If they don't, it will be another example of how the US' tentacles reach every organization in the planet.

For me its simple, the UN, WTO and IADB are just ways for the US to make whatever they want.

If I am not mistaken, the UK wants more involvment from the WTO in this matter since Antigua's actions have not paid much.

I am very frustraded that my country has not taken the same position of these countries towards US' actions. We seem to be whores for the US, just my point of view.

[dhayman]

Although we're talking a major uphill battle, there are several developments that are surely going to help us, rather than hinder us:

- The Democrats owning Congress is a BIG win. Unfortunately, if we had
withstood a few hours the night this bill got attached to the Ports Bill,
coupled with a DEMs win, we would never even be discussing this right
now.....sigh.......

- Blair is on the way out in U.K.. He's not liked there, he's being identified
with Bush, and everyone is glad to get rid of him. With Blair's
departure forthcoming, Parliament seems to be more at ease, and willing
to defy his doctrines. The UK's recent pro-gambling stance is indicative
of this. As a result, we may see the UK exert some influence in the WTO,
and that coupled with a Democratic US Congress, may be a vehicle for
challenging this idiotic law.

- The new Senate majority leader (Reid) is very pro-gambling. This may
be a mixed blessing. Although implementation of the UIGEA may die a
slow death under his watch (i.e., the banks say they cannot comply, and
Congress says "thanks anyway for trying guys"). However, his ties with
land-based casinos may pave the way for legalized online gambling via
the land-based sector. As such, he may very well want the international
gaming sector to fall over and die first.....I dunno, the jury is out on this
one. If the latter statement is true, the ultimate end result may be good
for online gamblers, BUT bad for online affiliates.

- With a Democratic Congress in place, ALCU action may player a bigger
role than I previously thought. Democrats generally speaking identify
with ALCU causes, so the power of this group (yes, well funded) may
come into play now. It should be interesting to see what comes of this.

Time will tell. Let's see what happens. I'm very happy that the Republicans have been held responsible for the actions of the last 5+ years. The Gambling Prohibition is a microcosm of what this party has done to deface the reputation of our once great nation. There are bigger things that this party has been responsible for - senseless killing, corruption, falsifying economic data, etc. I could go on for hours about this, but I'll spare everybody the ideology thesis.

I gotta play some Poker now......