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

[Sean]

Somewhere on the net there is a form letter that has the proper
salutations. Use them and grammar/spell check everything. It sounds kind
of trivial but say not only that you oppose it but write WHY you oppose
it so they don't come up with some other type of similar bill. Keep your
letter short and very focused.

Also the michigan.gov website has links buried in it for both your senator
and your representatives. I believe it also has a lookup where yo put your
zip code in and it will tell you.



On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 SzidikM@mlcnet.org wrote:

>
> 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.
>
> ------------------
> Mark Szidik
>
>
>
>
>                     Matt Graham
>                     <danceswithcrows@u       To:     linux-user@egr.msu.edu
>                     sa.net>                  cc:
>                     Sent by:                 Subject:     [GLLUG] Re: The @#$%ing SSSCA
>                     linux-user-admin@e
>                     gr.msu.edu
>
>
>                     03/28/02 08:12 AM
>                     Please respond to
>                     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.
>
> --
>    There is no TRUTH. There is no REALITY. There is no CONSISTENCY.
>    There are no ABSOLUTE STATEMENTS.  I'm very probably wrong.
> There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
> _______________________________________________
> linux-user mailing list
> linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> http://www.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> linux-user mailing list
> linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> http://www.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user
>