On Saturday 16 November 2002 10:38 am, David A. Bandel wrote: > On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 10:19:08 -0500 > > begin [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed forth: > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 09:06:02AM -0700, Collins wrote: > > > On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:33:22 -0800 Ken Moffat > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > step > > > > > > Hey, this is simple! I hope everyone does it. > > > > I cut and pasted the text, modified for my own situation, > > and then printed copies of the letter for each my senators and > > representatives. I think snail mail may get more attention > > these days -- legislative offices are as flooded with spam > > as the rest of us (which makes me wonder why we don have better > > anti-spam legislation in place). > > Because Senators and Representative don't read their e-mail (or their > snail mail either for that matter), they have paid serfs that do that > kind of grunt work. They codify letters categorically and present > their boss a pretty report that says: xxx constituents agree w/ blah, > yyy constituents disagree w/ blah, and include one or two of the > better comments on each side. If said senator doesn't have a large > lobby breathing down his throat (like RIAA, M$, etc.) and otherwise > has no interest in topic blah (i.e., his party doesn't have a defined > position and no one has paid him to have a position), then (s)he goes > with the majority of constituents. After all, we're talking about a > politician here. It's not about you or me, it's about numbers and/or > favors. Period. So don't expect to see spam legislation until the > either the politicians actually start using their own e-mail or the > situation get so bad they're cut off from their constituents because > of it (or a big lobby gets behind said legislation). > > Ciao, > > David A. Bandel
Well we can dream: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,70270,00.html -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 11/16/02 10:58 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "Two wrongs are only the beginning." _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
