Jim Ray wrote:

"Americans hate the IRS, and if the only way they can get rid of it is to elect somebody who is communicating directly with the Planet Xorgon, then so be it." -- Dave Barry [on Steve Forbes]. 2/9/96

Not just this, but another data point about the current sentiment about Washington: In a movie theater today there was a preview of the upcoming movie "Independence Day," showing a flying saucer hovering over the White House, then destroying it. The audience cheered and clapped. I'm not sure this would've happened in, say, the early 1950s. (However, like the early 1950s, the producers of this upatriotic drivel may have to answer to the House Un-American Activities Committee, to explain their Indecent portrayal.) --Tim May (P.S. "Broken Arrow" was a fun flick. Sort of like "Fail Safe " on "Speed.") Boycott espionage-enabled software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^756839 - 1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."