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.



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> 
> 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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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
>