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To: Machaon who wrote (131397)	3/12/2001 8:00:01 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

This involves all of us here: Just got his e-mail: >->Subject: Federal BIll 602p >>> >>> Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P 5-cents per E-mail sent. >>> It >>> figures! No more free E-mail! We knew this was coming!! Bill 602P will >>> permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent charge on every >>> delivered E-mail. Please read the following carefully if you intend to >>> stay online and continue using E-mail. >>> >>> The last few months have revealed an alarming trend in the Government >>> of the United States attempting to quietly push through legislation >>> that will affect our use of the Internet. Under proposed legislation, >the >>> US >>> Postal Service will be attempting to bill E-mail users out of >"alternative >>> postage fees". >>> >>> Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent surcharge >>> on >>> every e-mail delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source. >>> The consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP. >>> >>> Washington DC lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent this >>> legislation from becoming law. The US Postal Service is claiming lost >>> revenue, due to the proliferation of E-mail, is costing nearly >>$230,000,000 >>> in revenue per year. You may have noticed their recent ad campaign: >>> >>> "There is nothing like a letter." Since the average person received >about >>> 10 >>> pieces of E-mail per day in 1998, the cost of the typical individual >would >>> be an additional 50 cents a day - or over $180 per year - above and >beyond >>> their regular Internet costs. >>> >>> Note that this would be money paid directly to the US Postal Service for >a >>> service they do not even provide. >>> >>> The whole point of the Internet is democracy and non-interference. You >>are >>> already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because of bureaucratic >>> inefficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be >>delivered >>> from coast to coast. If the US Postal Service is allowed to tinker with > >>> E-mail, it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United States. >>> >>> Congressional representative, Tony Schnell (R) has even suggested a >>> "$20-$40 >>> per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and beyond the >>> governments proposed E-mail charges. Note that most of the major >>> newspapers >>> have ignored the story the only exception being the Washingtonian which >>> called the idea of E-mail surcharge "a useful concept who's time has >come" >>> (March 6th, 1999 Editorial). Do not sit by and watch your freedom erode >>> away! >>> >>> Send this E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and >>> relatives to write their congressional representative and say "NO" to >Bill >>> 602P. It will only take a few moments of your time and could very well be >>> instrumental in killing a bill we do not want. >>> >>> PLEASE FORWARD!

To: Machaon who wrote (131397)	3/12/2001 8:35:40 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

barry, >>Well, we certainly agree here that a pact between a priest and God is imaginary. The priest is just a man who makes a personal promise. All men are subject to the same temptations. Some will fail. barry >>>Well..... I have to admit that I am not the most versed when it comes to religious study, barry you hear or see what taking heads are saying, talking heads as accurate and truthful as mr. bill. Attacking or expressing an opinion that is derogatory based on that kind of lazy observation is typical of the morality of the Vacant liberal mind. barry >>>What about you? Do you personally feel ... barry my posts to little joe explains the flexibility that I believe accounts for all human actions. But rules define what is and is not an acceptable actions. All should be held accountable by the same standard. Message 15485880 barry this my be way to deep for you to see the elegant simplicity of it's truth. barry >>>Most dogmatic fundamentalists pick and chose what they want ... I'm a fundamentalist if you haven't noticed. Fundamentally I believe that one should treat others like one would like to be treated. If I were inside the womb of a woman I would not like to be murdered by having my brains sucked out or by being poisoned. All fundamental teachings of the Catholic church can be reduced to how Christ lived his life and about how others should be treated with love. Also remember that Jesus kicked the money changers out. Jesus rubbed the faces of the vacant liberal minds of that time in their stupidity. They were called the pharisee(2). I also know that there are a few who use religion as a cloak to mask their own self centered goals and missions in life. These few get press far far in excess of their small percentage. The thousands who toils humbly get no recognition. The press wants rev jesse cheat or al scumdem for color. jesse and al are the preachers of black victims need the doll fundamentalism. democrats preach the same victims need the doll fundamentalism. tom watson tosiwmee

To: Machaon who wrote (131397)	3/12/2001 9:03:53 PM
From: RON BL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"This tells me that they do not acknowledge that gays are the creation of God. This also tells me that these cults are acting thru ignorance and lack of knowledge about biology." Actually Barry the soul within all os us if far beyond the designation of male or female, gay or straight, black or white, liberal or conservative. What we do while within this body is basically all an illusion and a distraction from what is our real nature. In the myth of the cave, Plato described this quite nicely. Most religions at their core teach this. Fear and ignorance are their in politics and religion. We see it all the time