Gore to Cantwell

I hope you've all seen the latest EPIC bulletin. Gore's letter to Cantwell:

>        "On the other hand, we agree that we need to take action this
> year to ensure that over time American companies are able to include
> information security features in their program in order to maintain
> their international competitiveness.  We can achieve this by entering
> into a new phase of cooperation among government, industry
> representatives and privacy advocates with a goal of trying to develop
> a key escrow encryption system that will provide strong encryption, be
> acceptable to computer users worldwide, and address our national
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> security needs as well.

Horses have blinkers on the sides of their eyes so that they look straight.
Do politicians have eyes at all?

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> 
> Horses have blinkers on the sides of their eyes so that they look straight.
> Do politicians have eyes at all?
>

Octupus. Octopus have eyes, yet no backbone.  And not much for brains, 
either. 

Oh, and don't forget the tentacles. 

- paul