Annie Duke - Mills and Locke?

From Annie’s prepared Congressional Testimony scheduled for Wednesday:

"At its most basic level, the issue before this committee is personal freedom -- the right of individual Americans to do what they want in the privacy of their homes without the intrusion of the government. From the writings of John Locke and John Stuart Mill, through their application by Jefferson and Madison, this country was among the first to embrace the idea that there should be distinct limits on the ability of the government to control or direct the private affairs of its citizens. More than any other value, America is supposed to be about freedom. Except where one's actions directly and necessarily harm another person's life, liberty or property, government in America is supposed to leave the citizenry alone. Examples of Congress straying from this principle are legion, but few are as egregious as The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, or UIGEA."

Ok Annie, I whole-heartedly agree with you on the entire topic, if people are stupid enough to lose all their money, who are we to stop them…..however, tell us true now, who wrote your opening statement?

Not that I question that a woman, or a poker player or anyone else would or would not be familiar with Mills and Locke…..but really this just oozes of Poli-Sci Geek/Lawyer speak.

It will be interesting to see if they(her handlers) catch the typo or if she reads it this way:

"If we all agree that puffing (my bold) and driving and other elements of golf are skill components then whether someone is a good putter or a bad putter doesn't change whether putting is a skill or not. It is the same in poker. If someone is poor at betting or good at betting has no bearing on whether the betting component of the game itself is a skill component."