Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #299
This is a very good site to look at information on stuff like that. It show
hoaxes and myths here.
http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/bltop25.htm
This is the main page for the site.
http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
Thomas Hathorn
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From: "Lyle Rockwell" <rocky.r@cyber-quest.com>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 5:42 AM
Subject: Re: pumpkins DIGEST V1 #299
> Please stop the nonsense.. This hoax email is so old it has dinasaur
> crap on it. I think I saw Grandma's rocking chair marks on it. There
> never has been, and never will be a bill 602P, so please stop bashing
> one of America's greatest icons, the United States Postal Service.
>
> FmrJohnsPumpkins@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > I apologize if it is incorrect of me to send this to our list,
> > however, since it involved e-mail, and important pumpkin e-mail at
> > that, I thought I should let the list see this. It came from a
> > usually reliable source. Thank you. Eda
> >
> > Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P charges 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 noninterference. 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 our 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.
>
> --
> Rocky Rockwell
> http://www.PGPGA.com
> http://home.cyber-quest.com/rocky.r
>
> A man who wants to do something, will always find a way.....
>
> A man who doesn't, will always find an excuse.....
>
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