----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Scritchfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 12:18 PM Subject: RE: [RLUG] Ensign named to High Tech Task Force
Jay MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >FYI, our representative has been appointed Chairman of the Senate >Republican High Tech Task Force. As his constituents hopefully he'll >listen to us regarding matters of technology, so let's become a voice. >Most likely as a conservative politician he's already in the pockets of >big business, but there's no harm in trying. Unless, of course, the harm comes in the form of getting your name on a list of subversives. This sounds like fun. Rich But that's just the paranoia talking. Then there's the question - does leadership mean a leader listens to his constituents, or does he take the mere fact that they elected him as validation of his pre-conceived ideas about the world? But then, this is only tangentially on-topic, in that open source philosophy is a political philosophy. Larry __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
