I got an email from Party Poker Alliance (oops, Poker Players Alliance). It mentioned I could email elected officials to combat them banning online poker. I usually don't do those things but I figured I could vent a little. So, I sent this letter (email) via their site. It went to Bush 3 state reps. This kind of dumb, but I think they should focus on bigger issues, rather than babysitting us. Here it is:

What is the reason behind banning online poker? I assume to protect US consumers from foreign entities that the US cannot regulate nor prosecute? No matter what you do, US citizens will find a way around it. This puts US consumers at greater risks as they go through other less secure channels to pay and play. People like to gamble. People play Keno. Why not shut that down? Why not shut church bingo down?

I prefer the officials I elect to focus on real issues and not police or babysit adults. One issues that deserves full attention:
Outsourcing US jobs so big companies and execs make money while the middle and lower class suffer. I'm a computer programmer currently. Will I be able to say that in 3 years? Probably not. Hopefully I'll be good enough at online poker to make a living by then. I don't know how you guys can look in the mirror every day and think you have any integrity. No matter who we vote for, we lose. At one point I though Bush was a good moral person. Boy was I fooled. You give incentives to big companies to hire foreign labor to produce goods to sell back to the people you took jobs from. This whole UAE port management is insane. Nevermind the fact that they are terror supporters, but why outsource OUR ports to a foreign owned business? Why was a british company doing this in the first place? What the heck is wrong with you people?