from: john.nieder@f33.n125.z1.fidonet.org * Reply to msg originally in Cypherpunks BK> Currently, Jock Gill is BK> working in an office located in the Old Executive Office Building BK> across the street from the White House. At this point, he is BK> working alone, without a staff. This week's news indicates to me this will probably not improve. BK> The White House itself employs a large BK> staff to handle snail mail. According to Monday night's news, this is from where these vaunted "symbolic" 25% White House staff cuts will come. BK> All things in their time. Once the BK> E-mail address was circulated together with the heading the "White BK> House", everyone understandably believed a real system was up and BK> running. Yes, silly us. BK> SUGGESTION: Use the compuserve address you have judiciously, BK> reserving it for absolutely vital contacts. Oh, yes, _certainly_! The _vital_ stuff should go into a nonexistant system. Naturally! BK> Until such time that a BK> real public access White house E-mail system is operational, BK> consider relying on the traditional means of contacting the BK> administration. Given what they had to start with from the BK> previous administration (scratch), I have every reason to expect BK> that Jeff Eller and Jock Gill will work well--and as quickly as BK> possible--to get an interactive system up and running. But it will BK> take time and patience. Can anyone say, "VAPORWARE"? BK> We can all help them achieve that effort BK> best if we refrain from acting as if that non-existent system were BK> already in place. PLEASE HELP RELAY THIS CONTEXT AND SUGGESTION TO BK> OTHER NETWORKS AND INDIVIDUALS. Thanks. Pass it around? You bet. It's f*cking _hilarious_! My guess is that this gaffe will (or at least ought to) get Gill fired, assuming he survives this "symbolic" staff downsizing. I might add that nothing could be more "symbolic" than the announcement that the cuts will come from those who actually respond to public input. This "go away & don't bother us" move on the part of the Clinton administration indicates that it obviously doesn't care _what_ America thinks. . There is a _bright side_ to this, however: Would such an indifferent administration spend resources trying to break our codes when it doesn't care what we have to say anyway? 8-) JN ... We want information./You won't get it!/By hook or by crook, we _will_! --- Blue Wave/Opus v2.12 [NR] -- John Nieder - via FidoNet node 1:125/555 UUCP - ...!uunet!hoptoad!kumr!fidogate!33!John.Nieder INTERNET - John.Nieder@f33.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG