From: mddallara@cc.memphis.edu (Mark Dallara)
Newsgroups: alt.censorship,comp.org.eff.talk,alt.politics.datahighway
Subject: My Day of Protest
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 19:44:35 GMT
Organization: University of Memphis Biomedical Engineering
Message-ID: <4akm1r$o1p@oolong.memphis.edu>
Reply-To: mddallara@cc.memphis.edu

Well, I think the Day of Protest is having an effect on the offices of
the House/Senate Conference Committee members.  Several had obviously
been receiving many, many calls on the subject.

At midnight last night, I sent out a faxed letter to every motherfuckin'
last one of them.  (Well, a handful continually gave me BUSY signals or
COMM ERROR).  My cover sheet for each fax read like this:

"Congress has severely angered the users of the 'Net.
 Get ready for a busy day."

I chuckled as I went to sleep, leaving my computer buzzing and beeping in
the background as the fax/modem software churned out its task list of
letters.

This morning I also faxed Congressman Ed Bryant (R-TN), Senator Bill Frist
(R-TN), and Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN), and called their offices as
well.  Then the fun began...

I started working my way through the phone numbers of the Committee
members.  The first two would not give me any information about how many
people were calling about this issue, so I quit asking, but a few of
the conversations made me grin.  Here are a few highlights...

Senator Trent Lott:
	"Hello, I'm calling to voice my opposition to several proposals in the
	 House/Senate Conference Committee on the Telecommunications Reform Bill.
	 Specifically, I'm referring to those which would trample the First 
	 Amendment rights of citizens using online communications."

		"Yes, we've been getting your calls all day."

	"You have?  Excellent..."


Senator Ted Stevens:
	"Hello, I'm call-"

		"You don't want the Senator to regulate the Internet, right?"

	"Yes, precisely."  *grin*

		"Thank you for calling."


Senator Jimmy Exon:  (he's a lost cause, so I decided to fuck with 'em)
	"Hello, I'm calling to voice...blah..blah..blah..."

		"Thank you, I'll pass your concerns on to the Senator."

	"I'd also like to add that this issue will be a primary litmus test
	 for me with regard to future elections.  If public officials can not
	 at the VERY LEAST respect the Bill of Rights, then they are too ignorant
	 to hold office.  If the Senator insists on pushing this ridiculous 
	 legislation, then his retirement comes not a day too soon."

	 	(brief pause)  "Thank you for calling."

*ROFL*... a few other offices said things to the effect that they were
being inundated with calls.  KEEP IT UP!
 	
--
Mark Dallara | Grad Student | Biomedical Engineer | Florida Gator
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