Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kit Looks like it to me. Jerry (Brass) Lehrer Kit McChesney | Acmefoto wrote: > Surely this is reprinted from The Onion? ;-) > > K. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Kelly > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:27 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Does this mean we can't talk about Leicas????? > > Department of Homeland Security > "For a Safe and Secure NationT" > > > > > > Clampdown on Internet Subversives > - President says "we must stop this evil spread of ideas" > > Washington 2/5/03 > > > > In a far reaching announcement today, President Bush announced that an > imminent clampdown into the dissemination of subversive and dangerous > ideas via the Internet. > > Announcing this new initiative alongside director Tom Ridge, the > president said: "We must stop this evil spread of ideas. Far too many > people are being exposed to thoughts and concepts that challenge those > things this administration stands for. The Internet is clearly an > example of outmoded liberal ideas gone badly out of control." > > Director Ridge added: "It is unfair for the federal government to pass > the burden of this onto tax-payers and citizens. Instead, we are > proposing that the cost be shared between web site publishers and those > minority of the population who visit such things. Screening this > information is expensive and those costs must be passed on." > > The proposed charges will be in the region of $100 per web page to be > analysed for content and 10 cents per page viewed by visitors, this > charge will go towards an upgrade to the Carnivore systems already in > place. Sites belonging to government agencies are exempt, as are sites > belong to Fortune 500 companies - Director Ridge said "We can trust > major corporations to always act in the interests of the United States, > so we do not propose to screen their content. However, in the current > climate of terrorist threats we must consider everyone else to be a > potential subversive". > > Charges will be levied after 31st March 2003. For any queries or > comments, please contact our press office. > > This article is http://www.homelandsecurity.gov@subj.com/dhs/ > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html