Re: Free The World Web Server project.. :)
PE> Rather than spend five minutes writing something on your own you'd end PE> up something that looks totally fake. I believe that what is going on No, that's "rather than not writing anything at all". I know how to call and write to my congresscritters. The idea of the WWW page is for those who wouldn't take the initiative to do it in the first place. PE> would be discerned by a staffer in moments. Crap like this is called They should know, because they send form letters to constituents all the time, only they don't bother to vary it a bit. PE> "astroturf" by staffers, to distinguish it from "grass roots" efforts. Meanwhile, back at the ranch... If one of our DC members can set up an Imail-FAX gateway, we can publicize some nifty Iddresses for folx to send things in their own words, if possible, and if they don't have any words of their own, they can borrow some. Boilerplate has to be better than nothing. * Is there such a thing as a "gruntled" Postal employee? --- * Monster@FAmend.Com *
MONTY HARDER writes:
PE> would be discerned by a staffer in moments. Crap like this is called
They should know, because they send form letters to constituents all the time, only they don't bother to vary it a bit.
Misdirection. This has nothing to do with my point. The staffers will STILL toss your stuff.
PE> "astroturf" by staffers, to distinguish it from "grass roots" efforts.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch.
In other words, you are choosing to ignore me. Regardless of whether you are paying attentoion, however, you will still not be able to alter the facts of life in Washington.
.. If one of our DC members can set up an Imail-FAX gateway, we can publicize some nifty Iddresses for folx to
Perhaps people who can be bothered to spell out "folks" properly also are willing to write letters that will be paid attention to. As you seem to prefer to ignore the fact that you will be ignored, why are you willing to spend effort setting up an "Imail[sic]-FAX gateway"? .pm
FWIW: The Christian Science Monitor ran an article a week or so ago, reporting that Congressional mail loads have doubled in the last three years, that it's inconvenient to deal with all that mail, and nobody is paying any attention to their mail any more. I've never had a meaningful response from any of my (non-) representatives. Representative government, hah! bd On Wed, 19 Jul 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
MONTY HARDER writes:
PE> would be discerned by a staffer in moments. Crap like this is called
They should know, because they send form letters to constituents all the time, only they don't bother to vary it a bit.
Misdirection. This has nothing to do with my point. The staffers will STILL toss your stuff.
PE> "astroturf" by staffers, to distinguish it from "grass roots" efforts.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch.
In other words, you are choosing to ignore me. Regardless of whether you are paying attentoion, however, you will still not be able to alter the facts of life in Washington.
.. If one of our DC members can set up an Imail-FAX gateway, we can publicize some nifty Iddresses for folx to
Perhaps people who can be bothered to spell out "folks" properly also are willing to write letters that will be paid attention to. As you seem to prefer to ignore the fact that you will be ignored, why are you willing to spend effort setting up an "Imail[sic]-FAX gateway"?
.pm
PE> Rather than spend five minutes writing something on your own you'd end PE> up something that looks totally fake. I believe that what is going on
No, that's "rather than not writing anything at all". I know how to call and write to my congresscritters. The idea of the WWW page is for those who wouldn't take the initiative to do it in the first place.
PE> would be discerned by a staffer in moments. Crap like this is called
They should know, because they send form letters to constituents all the time, only they don't bother to vary it a bit.
PE> "astroturf" by staffers, to distinguish it from "grass roots" efforts.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch... If one of our DC members can set up an Imail-FAX gateway, we can publicize some nifty Iddresses for folx to send things in their own words, if possible, and if they don't have any words of their own, they can borrow some. Boilerplate has to be better than nothing.
I hereby offer to setup an Email-FAX gateway for the DC/N. VA area if there is enough interest and some way can be found to defray an Internet feed, phone line, etc. Unfortunately I live just over the line where a local line to DC costs $.50/mo.... At my house it costs $100/mo. However, I have a number of friends (and could probably find others) that a PC with Linux and two phone lines/modems could be placed at to handle this. I might even have a junk PC that could handle it. Anyone who spends much on DC faxes now could save a bundle... I'm familiar with setting up the tpc.int software, so it should integrate well. I'm way too busy and overloaded to both pay for and completely set this up however.
* Is there such a thing as a "gruntled" Postal employee? --- * Monster@FAmend.Com *
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