You bring up some very good points , Mike .
I wish everyone was aware of what the government does , however , most are
just interested in the hype .
>
>If I'm not mistaken, it was the federal law which created the FCC back
>sometime in the 20s that gave the airwaves to the American people. We are
>(were) free to monitor any and all frequencies regulated by the FCC,
>including military. However, lately we have been snookered into giving up
>our right to monitor certain frequencies or in some cases had them stolen
>from us. The police, afraid of losing revenue, have painted pictures of
>runaway speed demons and dead children on the highways to get some to give
>up their right to monitor speed radar freqs. The tele-communications lobby
>has bribed Congress into making it illegal to monitor cellular frequencies
>so that they can tell people that cell phones are "secure" so people will
>feel good about using them thus generating more revenue for the phone
>companies (are you starting to see a common thread here?). The
>tele-communications lobby also bribed Congress into giving them billions of
>dollars worth of the public airwaves for free (well, really in exchange for
>a few million dollars worth of bribes). You all remember the
>tele-communication act which was passes a couple of years ago, don't you?
>You don't?? I'll bet you remember the Communications Decency Act. The one
>that had everybody up in arms about porn on the net and the net being a
>playground for pedophiles. While we were all distracted with that is when
>the people who are supposed to be representing your interests in Washington
>stole your airwaves from you and gave them away. And if you like all that,
>wait till you get a load of what's coming while we're all drooling over
>stained dresses and windowless corridors. Is this a great country or what?
>
>
>--
>Mike Crumley mcrumley@airmail.net
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>I think deep down, all any of us really wants is to
>be accepted, especially by young, attractive models
>with plenty of money and an unquenchable desire for sex.
>
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Jack Hilton
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