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E pluribus doodah
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* Reply to msg originally in Cypherpunks
BK> Currently, Jock Gill is
BK> working in an office located in the Old Executive Office Building
BK> across the street from the White House. At this point, he is
BK> working alone, without a staff.
This week's news indicates to me this will probably not improve.
BK> The White House itself employs a large
BK> staff to handle snail mail.
According to Monday night's news, this is from where these vaunted
"symbolic" 25% White House staff cuts will come.
BK> All things in their time. Once the
BK> E-mail address was circulated together with the heading the "White
BK> House", everyone understandably believed a real system was up and
BK> running.
Yes, silly us...particularly with the "CLINTON" AOL address.
BK> SUGGESTION: Use the compuserve address you have judiciously,
BK> reserving it for absolutely vital contacts.
Oh, yes, _certainly_! The _vital_ stuff should go into a nonexistant
system. Naturally!
BK> Until such time that a
BK> real public access White house E-mail system is operational,
BK> consider relying on the traditional means of contacting the
BK> administration. Given what they had to start with from the
BK> previous administration (scratch), I have every reason to expect
BK> that Jeff Eller and Jock Gill will work well--and as quickly as
BK> possible--to get an interactive system up and running. But it will
BK> take time and patience.
Can anyone say, "VAPORWARE"?
BK> We can all help them achieve that effort
BK> best if we refrain from acting as if that non-existent system were
BK> already in place. PLEASE HELP RELAY THIS CONTEXT AND SUGGESTION TO
BK> OTHER NETWORKS AND INDIVIDUALS. Thanks.
Pass it around? You bet. It's f*cking _hilarious_! My guess is that
this gaffe will (or at least ought to) get Gill fired, assuming he
survives this "symbolic" staff downsizing. I might add that nothing
could be more "symbolic" than the announcement that the cuts will come
from those who actually respond to public input. This "go away & don't
bother us" move on the part of the Clinton administration indicates that
it obviously doesn't care _what_ America thinks.
. There is a _bright side_ to this, however: Would such an
indifferent administration spend resources trying to break our codes
when it doesn't care what we have to say anyway? 8-)
JN
... We want information./You won't get it!/By hook or by crook, we _will_!
... Forgive your enemies but remember their names.
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