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I appologize to Mr. McCullagh
I want to apologize to Mr. McCullagh for my previous blog. I was given the wrong facts about who glued the net gambling law to the port security bill. Upon checking more into it, I was embarrassed and ashamed to discover that it was actually a small group of Republicans that railroaded this through. I again want to apologize to Mr. McCullagh. His article was right on about the Republicans being criticized. I guess I had better triple check what I am told next time.
John Sirko
May 1, 2007

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Get your facts correct before posting article
As a poker player and a Republican I was very upset by Declan McCullagh's story on the lifting of the federal ban on net gambling due to the mis-representaion of the facts in his story. Yes, President Bush signed a law outlawing online gambling but only because it was "glued" to the Port Security Bill. He stated "Republican congressional leaders have been criticized for gluing it onto an unrelated port security bill". In truth it was two DEMOCRATS from the west coast who "glued" it to the Port Security Bill a matter of hours before the vote allowing no time for debate on the law. It was the Republicans who blasted these two Democrats for the way they slipped it in. Mr McCullagh should research his facts before he commits them to print. Also, alot of Republicans and democrats have been calling for the repeal of the law or of changing the wording of this bill. The article makes it sound like Mr. Frank is the first to do so.

John Sirko
May 1, 2007

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