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Message: [QUOTE="icemonkey9, post: 984458, member: 32963"] [B][COLOR=Green]* Icemonkey9 already wrote to congress & fighting the powers that be. I didn't just stop at the UIGEA either ... [/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Black]Dear President-Elect Obama, I'm for freedom, after all, I live in the country that calls itself the land of the free and the home of the brave. I'm for any freedom that doesn't impose itself as restricting freedom on another. There are two specific issues that are important to me here in California. The first is the ability to have freedom on the internet. The recent midnight drop of the UIGEA is one of the most troubling and ridiculous things I've ever seen the Republican party attempt in my limited perspective of politics (I'm only 32 years old). These UIGEA regulations set a dangerous precedent for broader censorship of the Internet by the federal government. I hope that the new administration is considering licensing and regulation of online gaming - specifically poker, a distinctly American cultural gift to the world. Congressman Robert Wexler, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, Senator Robert Menendez, and others have sponsored bills that do just that. These bills provide protections for participants with excessive gaming habits. Bush's UIGEA regulations offer these people nothing. Second - the recent passing of Proposition 8 was a troubling effort by people living in fear to suppress the freedom of gay individuals. I am not gay, but I am not someone who enjoys a freedom in a country and turns around and tells others they cannot enjoy the same freedoms that I enjoy. I hope that tolerance (the first step towards harmony in a society) can be rooted on all levels and people don't live in fear. That's not the country that my grandfather (a World War 2 veteran and alumnus of the House of Representatives from Florida) would want, although the generational gap would admittedly probably put different perspectives on this issue but the spirit of freedom remains the same. I appreciate your review of this email. Please ensure that the "midnight drop" attempts by the failed Bush Administration do not pass - specifically the UIGEA. Finally, I hope that tolerance and acceptance for all peoples of color, religion, and gender will be a topic of discussion and importance in the coming years. Thank you, and God Bless the United States. [/COLOR][B][COLOR=Green] [/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]

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