<nettime> The War on David Nelson

[J.A. Terranson]

On Sun, 18 May 2003, Dave Paris wrote:

> On Saturday, May 17, 2003, at 21:48 US/Eastern, J.A. Terranson wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Fri, 16 May 2003, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
> > [...]
> > <snip>
> >
> >> ... people who want to see if their name is on either list or who
> >> want to make a complaint, can call the agency's contact center at
> >> 866-289-9673 or send an e-mail to TellTSA at tsa.dot.gov.
> >
> > Since this inquiry will no doubt result in a listing where none 
> > previously
> > existed, I would suggest that everyone reading this make an inquiry -
> > *especially* those of us with very common names.  Let the system break 
> > under
> > it's own weight.
> > [...]
> 
> Unfortunately, the burden will be borne by local governments and the 
> airport operators, not the TSA. 

I don't really care *who* is funding this - I just want it to stop.  The fact
is (as you correctly asserted) that the local governments are already hurting
for cash due to 9/11 BS: making this program a financial elephant will speed
it's demise.


-- 
Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin at mfn.org