Good op-ed piece by Rich Muny (@TheEngineer2008) that lays out the current poker argument on our issue. Nothing you haven\’t heard before, but Muny\’s not preaching to the typical choir … he\’s addressing conservative small-governmenters and in addition to laying out some legislative history, explains why (spoiler alert:) regulating online poker and gambling ≠wild, rights-infringing government expansion.
The GOP’s Bad Bet Against Online Poker
You know, I\’m obviously not running the poker-political show, though I do try to follow it. And I\’m starting to think it\’s time to amp-up the aggression on a grass-roots level. Drew Lesofski, the PPA\’s director of grassroots and external affairs may not be as visible as the typical spokespeople (Pappas, Frank, D\’Amato, Raymer) but he\’s effectively rallied the troops — on state and federal levels — and while I\’m pretty sure the new tweetforpoker.com has a purpose … bottom line … and this is only me talking here, not the PPA … might it not be time crash a few tea parties?
The message:
Take our goddamn fuckin\’ money! And take it now! We want our damn personal freedoms back, and yeah, we expect America to be a better place to engage in a recreational activity legal in 48 states than Malta. We want to pay you, and those who oppose this pursuit don\’t have to pay squat. And even though we don\’t expect these bogus societal problems to emerge … hey, guess what, if they do, we\’ll pay to clean\’em up. Cool?
Hey, have you met our new 21-year-old posterboy Joe Cada? Pretty good kid …