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Re: No money for health care, or food but for a laptop we got it
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 21:29:40 -0500
By the way, I should state that I am trying to be nonpartisan. I will be happy to pass on (and have in the past) such deep comments by Gore, Clinton , Dole etc Dave Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 18:24:22 -0800 (PST) From: "Brock N. Meeks" <brock () well sf ca us> To: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu> cc: interesting-people mailing list <interesting-people () eff org> Newt also lauded the fact that "Americans" can now participate in the legislative process, instead of merely the "Washington elite." He said he was looking forward to hearing from the "wealth of great minds" that are on the Internet. Small Catch Mr. Speaker: Only a paltry handful of Congressmen have links to the Internet themselves. How then, I asked him, during the press conference, are you and the rest of the legislators going to be able to tap into this wealth of ideas that you expect to come streaming forth? Are you implying that legislators (read: staff aides) going to actively monitoring and interacting with all these knowledgable Americans? "Well, you have to realize there are indeed time constraints... this is very much a work in progress..." he said. Translation: He talks a good game, but "the vision thing" doesn't get you squat. Another question: "What are you going to do when the 'average joe' starts to read the full text of these bills and decides they are really written in a foreign language because they are so dense and arcane? Do you propose to reform the language of the bills, making them readable by people other than lawyers?" Newt: "We'll look at getting 'resource materials' online as well." Great, now we'll need a "Congress-to-English" dictionary. Maybe he can ask the Ways and Means Committee to fund it... Brock Meeks CyberWire Dispatch
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