[GLLUG] Re: The @#$%ing SSSCA

Thu, 28 Mar 2002 08:48:18 -0500

Matt,

Thanks for doing the legwork of getting the email addresses for our
senators.  You made it easy for me to email my senators for the very first
time.  I hope everyone on the list will take the 10 seconds to forward this
note to them.

What did I write?  A one liner.  "I am writing to inform you that I
strongly oppose S.2048."  I hope thats all that is necessary.

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Mark Szidik

                    Matt Graham                                                                                          
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                    03/28/02 08:12 AM                                                                                    
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                    danceswithcrows                                                                                      

On Thursday 28 March 2002 05:42, you wrote:
> According to what I have read at
> wired.com, this bill would allow regulation for pretty much any
> software (open source too), and hardware. The article below, is where
> I read this.
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51274,00.html

> Do you folks think that something like this could
> actually get passed into law?

Yes.  Similarly horrible laws have been passed in the past; Google for
"Alien and Sedition Acts", "Hawley-Smoot Tariff", and "Senator Joe
McCarthy".

> I would like to write my legislators,
> but I never really written them before, and I not sure whom I should
> address.

Levin, Carl   (D - MI)
269 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6221
senator@levin.senate.gov

Stabenow, Debbie  (D - MI)
702 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4822
senator@stabenow.senate.gov

If you call, tell them you live in (insert name of Michigan district
you live in) and you oppose Senate bill S 2048.  They don't care about
*why* you oppose it.  E-mail can be a little more verbose, but don't
expect anyone to do more than glance at it.

Slashdot also ran a story about last Friday, you can find more info
about political actions you can take there.

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