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RebuyFoolAA United States. Dec 27 2007 08:54. Posts 45

I wrote this a couple weeks ago and kinda felt like posting it somewhere else so here it is.

2008 is a big year for America, perhaps one of the biggest years of the coming century. Yet, I feel pessimistic about our future as a country, and our ability to co-exist with our neighboring countries peacefully. I feel pessimistic about the value of our dollar, also about the interference of the government in personal matters. Directly and indirectly affected by the above I have been inspired to write about it. I think I have realized that as of right now I still have the freedom of speech, I still have the ability to type this letter freely and to write words to express my truest thoughts. For in the future who knows what kind of freedoms we may be left with, as it is my opinion that we as the general public have given up to many civil liberties in the past years. I would like to give reference to just one example from above to try and illustrate a point. I challenge you the reader as an independent thinker and a contributing member to society to read as much as you can about the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. The following is just a representation of my understanding on the subject. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was passed at midnight the day congress was adjourned for the 2006 elections. It was tacked onto the SAFE Port Act and contained little to no traces of the Act itself. What this Act exactly did compromised my civil liberties as an American and treads on personal freedoms across the nation. This Act made it illegal for a financial institution to transfer funds to an Internet gambling website WITH THE EXCEPTION of Fantasy Sports, Online Lotteries, and horse racing. This directly affected me by denying me to deposit money from my bank into an internet pastime of recreational gambling in poker. Many Americans will have mixed perceptions on poker in general, but one perception that any American should not have, is whether the government is allowed to tell us what we can and cannot do with our own money in the privacy of our homes. The Constitution laid the groundwork for this provision and it has been swept out from underneath our feet at the stroke of midnight as if it was no big deal. The point of this article however is not to address the issue of online gambling, it is to address the issue of our Constitutional freedoms and civil liberties being given up. As I said before, this is just one case that directly affects me. My question to you is how many freedoms and liberties are you willing to give up?
As I ponder writing this next paragraph of my personal opinion I feel that somehow this will no longer be published. That someway I will lose credibility. Perhaps this is exactly what will happen, but as long as one person reads and acts upon this I feel I have accomplished something. I urge you as an American who does not want to see your freedoms and liberties to go to waste act now! There is one candidate who is advocating a smaller national government, vowing to lower taxes and even do away with income tax, and more importantly trying to protect the rights our forefathers set forth for every American. Ron Paul is a very strong Republican candidate, yet somehow he is overlooked in the mass public media such as television and newspapers. I hope somehow this was made available to you by the two, I hope that you take the time to just do a bit of research about Ron Paul and his beliefs, I hope that after reading this article, no matter the differences in our beliefs that you remember America was founded on personal freedoms and no man should have the right to take those away.

Thats the end of it, let me just wrap all that up by saying I am unsure how much longer America can continue in this downward spiral. I know a lot of you guys are European/Asian so it will be interesting to see your view on some of these points. Anyhow, yesterday was a big day for me, I got to play a pretty big amount of hands (relatively speaking). 700 hands and I ran pretty hot throughout them and made 4 buy ins so I am pretty stoked. My bankroll has finally eclipsed the 10k mark which feels huge at the moment. As soon as I make ~1300 more and feel like taking a shot I will be sitting at 400nl so wish me luck. On a side note, Jamie if you read this post can you shoot me a PM, IDK how to do so and I had a question for you. Yesterday below, enjoy guys! :-D

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Last edit: 27/12/2007 08:56