From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #241 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Thursday, May 20 1999 Volume 02 : Number 241 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 May 99 10:41:22 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Fw: The Pluperfect Virus/Humor (fwd) On May 13, Kevin McGehee wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] LOL! Kevin McGehee Fairbanks/North Pole, AK mcgehee@mosquitonet.com http://www.mcgeheezone.com/ - ----- Original Message ----- From: Kort E Patterson To: Oregon Mensa email list Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 11:06 PM Subject: fwd: The Pluperfect Virus/Humor The Pluperfect Virus By Bob Hirschfeld Special to The Washington Post A new computer virus is spreading throughout the Internet, and it is far more insidious than last week's Chernobyl menace. Named Strunkenwhite after the authors of a classic guide to good writing, it returns e-mail messages that have grammatical or spelling errors. It is deadly accurate in its detection abilities, unlike the dubious spell checkers that come with word processing programs. The virus is causing something akin to panic throughout corporate America, which has become used to the typos, misspellings, missing words and mangled syntax so acceptable in cyberspace. The CEO of LoseItAll.com, an Internet startup, said the virus has rendered him helpless. "Each time I tried to send one particular e-mail this morning, I got back this error message: 'Your dependent clause preceding your independent clause must be set off by commas, but one must not precede the conjunction.' I threw my laptop across the room." A top executive at a telecommunications and long-distance company, 10-10-10-10-10-10-123, said: "This morning, the same damned e-mail kept coming back to me with a pesky notation claiming I needed to use a pronoun's possessive case before a gerund. With the number of e-mails I crank out each day, who has time for proper grammar? Whoever created this virus should have their programming fingers broken." A broker at Begg, Barow and Steele said he couldn't return to the "bad, old" days when he had to send paper memos in proper English. He speculated that the hacker who created Strunkenwhite was a "disgruntled English major who couldn't make it on a trading floor. When you're buying and selling on margin, I don't think it's anybody's business if I write that 'i meetinged through the morning, then cinched the deal on the cel phone while bareling down the xway.' " If Strunkenwhite makes e-mailing impossible, it could mean the end to a communication revolution once hailed as a significant timesaver. A study of 1,254 office workers in Leonia, N.J., found that e-mail increased employees' productivity by 1.8 hours a day because they took less time to formulate their thoughts. (The same study also found that they lost 2.2 hours of productivity because they were e-mailing so many jokes to their spouses, parents and stockbrokers.) Strunkenwhite is particularly difficult to detect because it doesn't come as an e-mail attachment (which requires the recipient to open it before it becomes active). Instead, it is disguised within the text of an e-mail entitled "Congratulations on your pay raise." The message asks the recipient to "click here to find out about how your raise effects your pension." The use of "effects" rather than the grammatically correct "affects" appears to be an inside joke from Strunkenwhite's mischievous creator. The virus also has left government e-mail systems in disarray. Officials at the Office of Management and Budget can no longer transmit electronic versions of federal regulations because their highly technical language seems to run afoul of Strunkenwhite's dictum that "vigorous writing is concise." The White House speechwriting office reported that it had received the same message, along with a caution to avoid phrases such as "the truth is ... " and "in fact ...." Home computer users also are reporting snafus, although an e-mailer who used the word "snafu" said she had come to regret it. The virus can have an even more devastating impact if it infects an entire network. A cable news operation was forced to shut down its computer system for several hours when it discovered that Strunkenwhite had somehow infiltrated its TelePrompTer software, delaying newscasts and leaving news anchors nearly tongue-tied as they wrestled with proper sentence structure. There is concern among law enforcement officials that Strunkenwhite is a harbinger of the increasingly sophisticated methods hackers are using to exploit the vulnerability of business's reliance on computers. "This is one of the most complex and invasive examples of computer code we have ever encountered. We just can't imagine what kind of devious mind would want to tamper with e-mails to create this burden on communications," said an FBI agent who insisted on speaking via the telephone out of concern that trying to e-mail his comments could leave him tied up for hours. Meanwhile, bookstores and online booksellers reported a surge in orders for Strunk & White's "The Elements of Style." - -- Kort E Patterson http://www.hevanet.com/kort [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 May 99 11:21:16 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: cnn poll (fwd) On May 14, Shimm, David wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] It may be like closing the barn door after the horse has gotten out, but there is a poll on the "gunshow loophole" on the CNN website. BTW, we're losing. --david [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 May 99 17:35:52 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: PETITION: Gun Control and Crime (fwd) On May 14, C.D.Tavares@www.nynow.com wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Hop over and sign it -- it can't hurt. The petition is located at: http://www.e-thepeople.com/petition.cfm?PETID=132035 - --------------------------- This petition is hosted by E- The People, http://www.e-thepeople.com, a free, nonpartisan Web service promoting better communication between citizens and their government. At E- The People, you can: -Send a letter to any one of 170,000 local, state, and federal officials in 9,600 towns and cities! -Start a petition to fix a pothole or change a policy, and promote it on our national site! -Sign a petition about a cause you care about! [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 May 99 15:45:48 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: [Fwd: [Fwd: URGENT -- Need Guns Save Lives Storries for Atlanta Journal Constitution (fwd)]] (fwd) On May 15, 206140826@worldnet.att.net wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] > Prevent drunk driving deaths. Register cars and license drivers. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 21:16:09 -0400 > From: Nancy > To: Undisclosed.Recipients@mindspring.com > Subject: URGENT -- Need Guns Save Lives Stories for Atlanta Journal Constitution > > Ray: Please forward to as many as possible! > > Thanks! > > The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is soliciting letters and e-mail > relating to TRUE stories about the personal ownership and use of firearms. > > The letters need to be signed, 600 words or less, and true stories - not > opinion or debate. > > They want to know if you used a gun to protect yourself or someone else from > a carjacker, mugger or rapist or if the weapon you used for protection was > involved in an accident or suicde. > > Submissions to oped@ajc.com , fax to 404-526-5611 , or mail to: 72 Marietta > St., NW Atlanta, GA 30303. > > This is a great chance for all those who have used firearms for protection > to make their voice heard. You read these stories every month in American > Rifleman - but that's like preaching to the choir. Let's make believers out > of the rest! > > Thanks. > > Don Cely > When women are disarmed, a rapist will never hear - Stop or I'll shoot! [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 May 99 15:47:19 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Spotted Al's FCC, "Internet", Tax is back! The FCC seems to be intent on bringing back the, "Internet", Tax, so that the, "glory", of making our schools available to child molestors can go towards Spotted Al's Presidential Campaign, and the bucks to his Cronies. What they aren't saying, is that the schools are _allready_wired_in_ to the Internet, thanks to the extra phone fees we've allready payed! When are those extra phone fees going to disapear? The Vote takes place, (I think he said), on the 27th, so there's not a lot of time to waste. Another good point to bring up is that the FCC _cannot_Legally_ levy Taxes. There's a lot more to it, but I could only catch so much of it as I had a phone call. :-( Heard about on the Rush Limbaugh show..... - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 May 99 20:00:45 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Fw: Surviving a Heart Attack When Alone (fwd) On May 16, Kevin McGehee wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] On its face it seems like a kind of do-it-yourself heart massage... Kevin McGehee Fairbanks/North Pole, AK mcgehee@mosquitonet.com http://www.mcgeheezone.com/ - ----- Original Message ----- From: Kort E Patterson To: Oregon Mensa email list Sent: Saturday, May 15, 1999 10:02 PM Subject: fwd: Surviving a Heart Attack When Alone - ------begin forwarded message---------- HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE (Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this article seemed in order.) Without help the person whose heart stops beating properly and who begins to feel Faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a phone and, between breaths, call for help. Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could save their lives! - --from Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via Chapter 240's newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES ON... (reprint from The Mended Hearts, Inc. publication, Heart Response) - -- Kort E Patterson http://www.hevanet.com/kort [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 May 99 11:44:46 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: *Re: Fwd: CONTACT INFO - LIBBY DOLE (fwd) On May 17, David Gonzalez wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] On Mon, 17 May 1999, by way of Douglas Davis wrote: > Dear Fellow Shooters, > > Many of us are very upset over finding out that Elizabeth Dole > believes that law abiding Americans should not even carry a > firearm for self defense. Some of us are not surprised. If you > would like to "enlighten" her and share you viewpoints... If what I heard in the radio a few minutes ago is true, she's going to be too busy chasing old Bob around the mulberry bush, trying to swat him in the kiester with the transportation she borrowed from Hillary, to pay any attention to us! According to what I heard, it seems that Mr. Dole had no better sense than to tell some reporters that he doubted Liddy's ability to maintain her campaign posture if elected and that he (Bob) had even contributed to the campaign of John McCain, which fact he *hopes* that Liddy doesn't find out about (he tells the reporters)! - ---David the amused Troglodyte [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 15:05:35 -0400 (EDT) From: John Curtis Subject: Re: *Re: Fwd: CONTACT INFO - LIBBY DOLE (fwd) > >According to what I heard, it seems that Mr. Dole had no better sense than >to tell some reporters that he doubted Liddy's ability to maintain her >campaign posture if elected and that he (Bob) had even contributed to the >campaign of John McCain, which fact he *hopes* that Liddy doesn't find out >about (he tells the reporters)! > Ms. Dole is running for VP, make no doubt about it. That's the reason her stances are so "infomercial", don't want to contradict the principal candidate's position. ciao, jcurtis - - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 May 99 10:54:29 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Fw: EIA Communique - 5/17 (fwd) On May 17, Kevin McGehee wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 11:28 AM Subject: EIA Communique - 5/17 The Education Intelligence Agency COMMUNIQU=C9 - May 17, 1999 Now on the Web at http://members.aol.com/educintel/eia + Over the weekend in Tampa, delegates to the Florida Teaching Profession-NEA convention voted to merge the union with the Florida Educa= tion Association/United, the state's AFT affiliate. The margin was 84% to 16%. You'll find this news nowhere else. EIA scoured three dozen Florida newspapers, the FTP- NEA, FEA/United, NEA and AFT web-sites all weekend t= o find one report on the convention. All unsuccessfully. FEA/United will ho= ld its vote this weekend. + The Florida delegates were very much up in arms about vouchers -- to t= he point that some of them want the NEA delegates (who will be in Orlando fo= r the national convention in July) to spend as little money as possible in = the state, so as not to indirectly contribute to vouchers. There is a minor movement to get the national delegates to vote against staging any future= NEA conventions in Florida until the state's new voucher law is overturned. The unions are also upset about Gov. Jeb Bush's authorization for alternative teacher associations to have access to public school teacher meetings, mailboxes, and payroll deduction of dues. The Professional Educators Network of Florida plans to take immediate advantage. PEN's byl= aws do not allow it to bargain collectively for teachers. Its annual dues are $95, compared to more than $400 for the state's two major teachers' union= s (destined to rise because of the upcoming merger). + Teacher union delegates in Rhode Island finally had their fill. The delegate assembly of NEA Rhode Island voted long-time President Harvey Pr= ess out of office and replaced him with Vice President Larry Purtill. The vot= e was 148 to 128. The election turned on the pension scandal, in which Pres= s continued to pursue a court case to get state pensions for high-ranking u= nion officers. The delegates also voted to cut off funding for that effort, wh= ich was denied review by a federal appeals court last week. What will Purtill bring to the union? Well, one of his first initiatives will be, you guessed it, a PR campaign. "Our members want to = see us promoting ourselves more," he told the Providence Journal-Bulletin. "W= e need to look at ways to improve and address our public perception." Meanwhile, the fraud trial of Press' predecessor, Ronald L. DiOrio, and former NEARI executive director Donald C. Hill, concluded last week. = A ruling is expected next month. + Delegates in North Dakota voted to go ahead with support for a ballot initiative that would raise the state's income tax from 14% to 17% of the federal income tax. In an effort to make it palatable to the voters, half= the projected $81 million raised would go towards property tax relief, while = the other half would be targeted to improve teachers' salaries. + The Washington Education Association dropped its plan for automatic cost-of-living increases for teachers, but the Tennessee Education Association immediately picked up the ball. The union's delegate assembly passed a measure to lobby for legislation that would give all public scho= ol employees an annual COLA pay hike. + Two teachers' unions in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York, have stopped endorsing candidates for school board seats, joining a growing trend in t= he area. The reason? The endorsements were having detrimental effects on the= ir candidates. The unions in Williamsville and Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda joi= ned unions in Lancaster, West Seneca and Orchard Park in the "no endorsement" camp. "There's the perception that if you endorse, the person's in your pocket," Kenmore Teachers Association President Donald Benker told the Buffalo News. "That's not true, but that's the common perception." Over t= he last two years, union endorsements have raised voter turnout for opposing candidates. + The New York Post is stirring things up (well, that's what it does), f= irst by publishing some awful writing samples of Queens middle-school students= , and yesterday by publishing writing samples of some Brooklyn teachers. "I= n sample after sample," writes Post reporter Andrea Peyser, "one teacher af= ter another demonstrates a grasp of written language that one might reasonabl= y expect from a low-functioning second- grader." Here is a small example, w= arts and all, from a teacher concerned about a student's inability to keep up = in class: "Why is he not learning or learning so but so little, with my help. How comes his past teachers have been passing him from grade to grade wit= hout he advancing or progressing academicly. I will like to know what is causi= ng the mental blockage." Peyser contacted United Federation of Teachers spokesman Ron Davis, who knew exactly why this had happened. "With some of the lowest wages in= the state, we have difficulty attracting and retaining the best and brightest teachers," he said. + With all the post-Columbine High massacre hysteria, it was inevitable.= A high school teacher in Howell, New Jersey, was arrested for fabricating a bomb threat. Dana Kukielka told police she was frightened for her safety because of what had happened in Littleton. Her phony bomb threat led to a two-hour evacuation of the school. She was summarily fired. + Quote of the Week: "Our citizens say they don't want an income tax, bu= t they stampede across the state line every weekend into other lower sales = tax states to spend Tennessee money." -- Tennessee Education Association President Velma Lois Jones. # # # The Education Intelligence Agency conducts public education research, analysis and investigations. Director: Mike Antonucci. Ph: 916-422-4373. = Fax: 916-392-1482. E-Mail: EducIntel@aol.com [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 May 99 11:25:40 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Fw: TO BILL - THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES (fwd) On May 18, Rae Starr wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Received a copy of the following, no date, no way to check authenticity. But the argument probably stands on its own. >Subject: TO BILL - THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES > >As I was making my daily journey to the Post Office the other day, >I patiently waited for a car to vacate a parking space near the door. >As the rear of the vehicle came toward me, I noticed a bumper sticker, >which read, in big, bold letters, "THANK ME. I VOTED CLINTON-GORE." > >Pondering the message of the brave, stubborn soul in the car ahead of >me, I considered all the things I could be thankful for as a result of >the Clinton-Gore regime. Indeed, I discovered the list was long and >varied. > >Thank you for reminding us that the government that gave us the Internal >Revenue Service and welfare also lusts for control of the greatest >healthcare system in the world. > >Thank you for reminding that the FBI, who has a file on millions >of Americans, including myself, can give those files to people powerful >enough to demand them. > >Thank you for giving us a President who supports partial-birth abortions. > >Thank you for introducing us to Jennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Monica >Lewinsky and about two dozen other names that we might not have met and >known otherwise. > >Thank you for allowing a WAR HERO and the author of one of the most >successful military campaigns in history to leave the presidency >because, no matter how successful he was, in all our moral outrage, we >just wouldn't tolerate someone who would lie to the American people by >promising "no new taxes" and then going back on his word. We certainly >can't have a liar in the White House, now can we? > >Thank you for giving us a President who discusses his choice of >underwear with teenagers. We always wondered if presidents wore boxers >or briefs. > >Thank you for installing a man who reminds us of those good old days of >pot smoking (without inhaling, of course) and war PROTESTING. > >Thank you for showing us that the ridiculous plot of the movie, "Wag the >Dog," could really be plausible after all. > >Thank you for showing all the men and women in America that sexual >harassment in the workplace, and on the job, is okay as long as it >involves powerful middle-age executives and young women half their age >under their power. It is, after all, a "private matter." > >Thank you for revealing that the agenda of the National Organization of >Women only includes some women. Women like Anita Hill and not women >like Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky, et al. > >Thank you for reintroducing the concept of "impeachment" to a new >generation that missed the discussion surrounding it the last time it >was brought up. > >Thank you for curing me of my addiction to the evening news. > >Thank you for reminding us that, when all is said and done, >"CHARACTER" really, really DOES matter. > >And, in comparison to recent days: > >Thank you for making Dan Quayle look like a Rhodes Scholar. >Thank you for making Jimmy Carter look competent. >Thank you for making Gerald Ford look graceful. >Thank you for making Richard Nixon look honest. >Thank you for making Lyndon Johnson look truthful. >Thank you for making John Kennedy look moral. >Thank you for making Al Gore look positively presidential. >Thank you for reminding us of the importance of term limits. > >And really, thank you not once, but twice! Why, if not for YOU, instead >of the current, interesting discussion all over the television networks >and newspapers, we would be focused on a whole slew of trivial matters >such as global defense, the economy, nukes in North Korea, genocide in >Africa, the containment of terrorism, and all those other boring topics. > >So, thank you, thank you, thank you! Oh, and if you voted for Ross >Perot, thank you, too. You deserve just as much of the credit as my >friend with the bumper sticker. > >Since Bill Clinton took office, here are some of the "GOOD" things that >have happened: > >*72 House and Senate witnesses have plead the fifth. >*17 witnesses have fled the country to avoid testifying. >*19 foreign witnesses have refused to be interviewed by > US investigative bodies. >*19 prosecutions from Whitewater investigations. >*14 convictions from Whitewater investigations. >*8 imprisonments from Whitewater investigations. >*55 total charges in all Clinton scandals. >*32 total convictions (so far) in all Clinton scandals. >*14 total imprisonment's (so far) in all Clinton scandals. >*938 overnight stays at the White House for Clinton donors. >*$40 million-cost of Clinton's trip to China. >*62 House of Representative seats that have changed > from Democrat to Republican. >*12 Senate seats that have changed from Democrat to Republican. >*13 Governorships that have changed from Democrat to Republican >*1,200 state legislative seats that have changed > from Democrat to Republican >*353 elected Democrats who have switched parties > since Clinton took office. > >Yes, it's been an interesting six years for "the most ethical >administration in the history of the Republic." But then ... >everybody knows it's ALL the fault of the "Vast right-wing conspiracy." >Go figure...! > >(By an Episcopalian Minister in Georgia) [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 May 99 16:47:10 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Slightly off subject, but... (fwd) On May 18, Doug Spittler wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] >Sen. Smith: GOP at risk of third-party rebellion >By Ralph Z. Hallow >THE WASHINGTON TIMES > > >New Hampshire Sen. Robert C. Smith, a candidate for the >Republican presidential nomination, yesterday warned that fellow >conservatives are on the verge of rebellion against the party's >leadership in Congress. > >That rebellion, Mr. Smith said, could coalesce into a third party >that would run a conservative presidential ticket against the GOP >and Democratic nominees next year. > >In an unusual move for a declared candidate for his own party's >presidential nomination, Mr. Smith did not rule himself out as the >man who would head the 2000 ticket of the threatened new party. > >"Once in a while, things happen, the horse begins to gallop and >you have no choice but to ride and hold on," he said at a luncheon >meeting of editors and reporters at The Washington Times. > >"It's going to get to that point if this keeps up, because the >impression out there is that [Republicans] do not stand up for what >we believe in, that we let [President] Bill Clinton win time and >again," he said. "He wins on closing down the government, on >Kosovo, on guns, on abortion. > >"All the Republican pollsters come in to tell us to stay away from >abortion, don't talk about controversial issues," he said. > >Many Republicans contend that Ross Perot's third-party candidacy >cost President Bush re-election in 1992. > >"I am not leading or advocating this, but I believe you may well >have seen the beginnings of a third-party movement in this >country, which will spell the end of the Republican Party," Mr. >Smith said. "There's a lot more people talking about it than you >think, and it's serious talk." > >"Do I support doing it today? No. But do I support talking about >it? Yes," he said. > >He contended that third-party talk was not necessarily suicidal for >conservative Republicans because, if conservatives formed a third >party before the 2000 presidential elections, a competitive three- >way general election would not assure the victory of Vice >President Al Gore or former Sen. Bill Bradley, the two >Democratic presidential hopefuls. > >He argued that a conservative party headed by a credible candidate >would be more formidable than was Mr. Perot's Reform Party. > >"I'm worried for the sake of my party. I don't want the Republican >Party to go away," he said. "I want our values and our beliefs to be >what the party is all about. But if it's not going to be about that, >then we have no choice." > >He said the Republican establishment takes conservatives like >himself "for granted." > >"We're the guys that are there for you. When the [GOP] leaders >need somebody, they don't whip [conservative senators such as] >Bob Smith, Jim Inhofe, Tim Hutchinson or Jesse Helms," he said >of his fellow senators from Oklahoma, Arkansas and North >Carolina, respectively. > >Mr. Smith complained that GOP moderates are constantly wooed >by the party's leadership. "They get all the attention. We've got to >do this for them. . . . There's a lot of anger about it." > >"If you take the pro-life, pro-gun and Christian conservative >people out of the Republican party, well, you don't have a >Republican Party," he said. > >He said he told Sen. Arlen Specter, the liberal Pennsylvania >Republican who is chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs >Committee: "You're the chairman of a major committee because >of 'those people.' " > >He said "moderates" in the party are frustrated, too, and that a >realignment is shaping up that would see the moderates switch to >the Democratic Party, just as conservative Democrats have >switched to the GOP. > >"Unfortunately, all the conservative Democrats we can get, we >have already gotten," he said. > >Mr. Smith, like many Republicans, has been a hawk on military >defense, but a dove on the Yugoslav war. Yesterday, he criticized >the GOP leadership for ducking the question of whether to declare >war on Yugoslavia. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert voted with >the Democrats on a resolution backing Mr. Clinton's policy of >bombing Serbia. House Whip Tom DeLay and a majority of other >GOP House members voted against it. > >"Congress has the power to declare war and we are abrogating a >tremendous responsibility at grave risk," he said. "We attacked a >sovereign nation, unprovoked, as far as I'm concerned." [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 May 99 07:52:01 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: "James Boyes" : CEANet917: Let My Children Go -- New VHS Video (pt) (fwd) On May 19, E. Ray Moore wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] - --------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: "James Boyes" To: "CEANet (pt)" Subject: CEANet917: Let My Children Go -- New VHS Video (pt) Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 23:37:19 -0700 Message-ID: <02e501be99e6$bbeaaf00$c6780ccf@default> ======================================= Christian Education Awareness Network (CEANet) Message 917 ======================================= Internet: http://www2.whidbey.net/jmboyes E-mail: jmboyes@whidbey.net ======================================= Exodus 2000 VIDEO RELEASE For Immediate Release, May 9, 1999 Contact Information: Exodus 2000 PO Box 6646 Columbia, SC 29260 Phone: (803) 714-1744 Internet: http://www.exodus2000.org ==================== "LET MY CHILDREN GO" ==================== A Jeremiah Films Video Production by Exodus 2000, May 7, 1999 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exodus 2000 Director, E. Ray Moore, Jr., has written a script for a new video entitled "Let My Children Go," produced and distributed by Jeremiah Films, one of the leading evangelical Christian video companies in the US. "Let My Children Go" has been prepared to encourage Christian families to forsake Pharaoh's school system (government schools) for the promised land of Christian schools or home-schooling. It is hoped that friends and supporters of Exodus 2000 will show "Let My Children Go" in local churches, before civic groups, and on their local cable access or Christian TV stations. Also, it is requested that special showings be made for pastors, church deacon/elder boards, and denominational or ministry leaders. This excellent VHS outreach tool can be ordered immediately by calling Jeremiah Films at (800) 828-2290. Also, you may wish to order extra copies of the "Let My Children Go" promotional flyer to give to your friends, family, and post on church bulletin boards. Exodus 2000 supporters who function as CERT's (Christian Education Renewal Teams), will want to use this video in their communities and local churches as a primary means to promote the Exodus 2000 vision and plan. There are approximately 12-15 million evangelical Christian children remaining in Pharaoh's school system (perhaps over 80-percent of evangelical Christian families). "Let My Children Go" can be used to assist these Christian families in building a Biblical world-view on education, such that they will recognize the need to free themselves from the bondage of government schools. Supporters of Christian schools and home-schooling can use this video as a major tool in helping them win their families, friends, pastors, and fellow church members to join the children's exodus. Early support and circulation of this video is important as the summer months are needed to win over reluctant or hesitant Christian families. We hope to reach these parents with our message before they place their children in Pharaoh's school system for another year where they are in harm's way physically, spiritually, morally, and academically. Many families make these sorts of decisions about their children's education during the summer months. Some pastors and church boards will make decisions to start Christian schools over the summer, given sufficient demand and support from their memberships. Those who have conservative or Christian newsletters, publications, or E-mail loops are also asked to help distribute the news of this challenging new video. - ---------------------------------------------- ORDERING INFORMATION: - ---------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please order this video and promotional flyer through Jeremiah Films. Video Title: "Let My Children Go" (VHS, 43 min.) Cost: $24.95 (Remember to order extra copies of the promotional flyer to help advertise this excellent video production.) Jeremiah Films PO Box 1710 Hemet, CA 92546 Order Line: (800) 828-2290 Phone: (909) 652-1006 Fax: (909) 652-5848 Internet: http://www.jeremiahfilms.com Please allow 2-to-3 weeks for delivery. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feel free to share this message far and wide. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### - --------- End forwarded message ---------- ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ End of roc-digest V2 #241 *************************