Re: Cheerleading and Democracy 101

[Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>]

  Because I know the way the Hill works.
  
  Guess you were "misled," huh?
  
  -Declan
  
  
  At 22:37 -0500 12/10/97, charles mueller wrote:
  >        How do you know it's a "fantasy"?
  >
  >At 09:49 PM 12/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
  >>At 21:17 -0500 12/10/97, charles mueller wrote:
  >>>        Members of Congress, unless I've been misled, don't allow their
  >>>incoming mail to be trashed d.o.a., dead on arrival--whether by their
  >>>clerical staffs or computer programs.  It may be routed around but,
  >>>ultimately, it all lands on their desks.
  >>
  >>This is, of course, nothing but a fantasy.
  >>
  >>If you really want to pursue Democracy 101, wrest power from federal
  >>bureaucrats and return it to the American people. If you go the route of
  >>special interest lobbying, whoever has the most $$$ usually wins. Recent
  >>case in point: the criminal copyright bill about to become law, bought by
  >>the software industry and Hollywood, that makes sharing a few copies of
  >>Microsoft Office a federal felony: jail time and a quartermillion dollar
  >>fine. For both the person who lends the software and the person who copies
  >>it.
  >>
  >>This is not cynicism, BTW. This is stone-cold reality.
  >>
  >>-Declan
  >>(A Washington, DC political reporter)
  >>
  >>
  >>