I apologize!!This was evidently a hoax,and I was dumb enough to believe it!!!Very sorry.Pat Pat Ralston ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Ralston <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; Burns, Justin <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 8:02 AM Subject: Fw: Please forward unless you want to pay .05 cents per email.. > > > Pat Ralston > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Linda Rechterman <[email protected]> > To: Carolyn Milligan (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Chris Reed (E-mail) > <[email protected]>; Darren Limback (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Frankie > Taber (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Fred Taber (E-mail) <[email protected]>; > Fred Troxel (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Jason Netherton (E-mail 2) > <[email protected]>; Jenni Goodin (E-mail) <[email protected]>; > Mark Goodwin (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Mary Bliefnick (E-mail) > <[email protected]>; Pam Cringan (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Patty Ralston > (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Richard Clayton (E-mail) > <[email protected]>; Robin Miller (E-mail) <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 6:54 AM > Subject: FW: Please forward unless you want to pay .05 cents per email.. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: JACK&LINDA [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 1:03 PM > > To: SUSAN MARTIN; PAM SWOFFORD; Harold Martin; GEORGE AND BETTY LONG; > > CINDY VANOVER; cathy magruder; BOB&SHORON WYSE; Archie Martin > > Subject: Fw: Please forward unless you want to pay .05 cents per email.. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: e.g. Harold Goodall <[email protected]> > > To: Dennis Martin <[email protected]>; BERNIE MILLER > <[email protected]>; > > COLLEEN EVANS <[email protected]>; GOODALL JAN <[email protected]>; > > Brain Evans <[email protected]>; JENNIE GOODIN > > <[email protected]>; JACK AND LINDA MCKEE <[email protected]>; > > Jeanette Goodall <[email protected]>; JESSICA <[email protected]>; > > Susan Martin <[email protected]>; TRACI WYSE <[email protected]> > > Date: Monday, August 28, 2000 11:52 AM > > Subject: Fw: Please forward unless you want to pay .05 cents per email.. > > > > > > > > > > > > >---------- > > >From: Frazier <[email protected]> > > >To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > > >[email protected]; [email protected]; > > >[email protected]; [email protected]; > > >[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > > >[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > > >[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > > >[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > > >[email protected]; [email protected]; > > >[email protected]; [email protected] > > >Subject: Please forward unless you want to pay .05 cents per email.. > > >Date: Monday, August 28, 2000 5:03 AM > > > > > > > > > > > >>>VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!! > > >>>I guess the warnings were true. Federal > > >>>Bill 602P 5-cents per E-mail Sent. It figures! > > >>>No more free E-mail! We knew this was coming!! > > >>>Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government > > >>>to charge a 5-cent charge on every delivered E-mail. > > >>> > > >>>Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay > > >>>online, and continue using E-mail. The last few months > > >>>have revealed an alarming trend in the Government of the United > > >>>States attempting to quietly push through legislation that will affect > > >our > > >>>use of the Internet. Under proposed legislation, the US > > >>>Postal Service will be attempting to bill E-mail users out of > > >"alternative > > >>>postage fees". Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge > > >>>a 5-cent surcharge on every E-Mail delivered, by billing Internet > > >>>Service Providers at source. The consumer would then be billed in turn > by > > >>>the ISP. Washington DC lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to > > >>>prevent this legislation from becoming law. The US Postal Service is > > >>>claiming lost revenue, due to the proliferation of E-mail, is costing > > >>>nearly $230,000,000 in revenue per year. You may have noticed their > > >>>recent ad campaign: "There is nothing like a letter." > > >>>Since the average person received about 10 pieces of E-mail per > > >>>day in 1998, the cost of the typical individual would be an additional > > >>>50 cents a day - or over $180 per year - above and beyond their regular > > >>>Internet costs. Note that this would be money paid directly to the US > > >>>Postal Service for a service theydo not even provide. The whole point > > >>>of the Internet is democracy and noninterference. > > >>>You are already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because > > >>>of bureaucratic inefficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a > > >>>letter to be delivered from coast to coast. If the US Postal Service is > > >>>allowed to tinker with E-mail, it will mark the end of the "free" > > >Internet > > >>>in the United States. Our congressional representative, Tony Schnell > > >>>has even suggested a "$20-$40 per month surcharge on all Internet > > >>>service" above and beyond the governments proposed E-mail > > >>>charges. Note that most of the major newspapers have ignored the > > >>>story -the only exception being the Washingtonian - which called > > >>>the idea of E-mail surcharge "a useful concept who's time has come" > > >>>(March 6th, 1999 Editorial). Do not sit by and watch your freedom > > >>>erode away! Send this to E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all > > >>>your > > >>>friends and relatives with their congressional representative and > > >>>say "NO" to Bill 602P. It will only take a few moments of your time and > > >>>could very well be instrumental in killing a bill we do not want. > > >>>Please forward! > > >>> > > >>> VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!! > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > > >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > > >Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > > >http://profiles.msn.com. > > >