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1. I think it is a great idea to spread the money over a number of charities. It is odd how people react to anyone just picking one charity to support, but this is a great way to use the money. The Sudan stuck in my head because of an NBA player named Manute Bol. He was the son of a Sudanese tribal chief and played in the NBA for about 10 seasons. He was the second tallest man to ever play in the NBA at 7′7″. The reason I thought about him is that he spent ever cent he made in his time in the NBA to help stop the violence in his Sudanese homeland (an estimated 5 million dollars). Now there is some charity.

   orie | Nov 19, 2007 | Reply

2. dk I will donate the money this tournment generates to a charity you have chosen. Not sure the one maybe all of them.

   I just learned about the prision one reading the blog, that is new to me.

   I visit a prision for troubled young men every Thursday and see the need for something like this there. Anyway I plan of donating my winnings to a charity…

   bwnbwn

   bwnbwn | Nov 19, 2007 | Reply

3. bwnbwn

   That is fricken awesome that you do that EVERY week! That is a huge donation of your time.

   dk

   dk | Nov 20, 2007 | Reply

4. dk there is an old saying somewhere in a Book “Don’t lay up Treasures were moths can eat it and robbers can steal, lay them up were no man can touch them…” or close to this anyway. It is tough sometimes to do but I have been doing it now going on 7 years.

   I see this event as the same and I am very well aware of the time it is chewing up getting this organized. You have a big heart dk.

   Thank you for this event it will be my only playing I do there as I was once addicted to the game among other things but a Miracle happened. I don’t gamble anymore as to the reason I will give my winnings back.

   Maybe we can chat on this during the game.
   bwnbwn

   bwnbwn | Nov 20, 2007 | Reply

5. bwnbwn,
   I would love to hear the story.
   If you win, (which I hope you do!) you can just have the check made out to my company and I will put it in the pot for the charities, or to any one of the charities directly and I would be more than happy to mail it.

   dk

   dk | Nov 20, 2007 | Reply

6. Keep me in mind for the next one. I’d love to play and possibly assist in finding sponsors.

   Anthony
   http://www.OldSchoolSEO.com

   Anthony a.k.a. OldSchoolSEO | May 8, 2008 | Reply

7. Anthony,
   Stay posted here for details about sponsoring coming up.
   I am also going to put you on my mailing list for the poker tournament, and my our other upcoming event. If you prefer not to be on the mailing list, just send me an e-mail.
   Much Love,
   dk

   dk | May 8, 2008 | Reply

8. What they do at Criminon is great. Prisons were never meant to be a place to be punished in thier own right, they were meant has holding places for criminals until they recieved punishment (work yard, torture, death, fine, ect.) or until they had some way of rehabilitating themselves. Now we throw people in vast prison’s for punishment and rehablitation but, between this not being an effective punishment (people keep going back in) and the prison system not having the funds (to many people in jail for trivial things) to rehabilitate the inmates, many of them cycle through over and over. This leads to a never ending cycle of wasted resources and an ever increasing lack of recourses to acomplish return provention (rehablitation, education, therapy and training). Only good things can come from endeavors like Criminon’s.

   Patience | Jun 3, 2008 | Reply

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