Sender: •••@••.••• (El Tiburon) >All of this pleads not for a government hands-off policy, but on the >contrary for judicious and publicly-controlled government intervention. As >far as I know, the better-informed countries are those where both private >and public information channels exist side by side with comparable scope, >for instance England, Canada or France since part of its TV system was >privatized... A better informed country is exactly what we should be striving for. An amendment or addition to the Freedom of Info act declaring that All sen/reps etc have homepages and email addresses that are monitored and displays ALL their activities on Capital Hill including voting records and voting tallies for the upcoming votes. Sure the would demand thousands of dollars for each to maintain it, but they would syphon that money from us anyway. Lets make it do some good. We have the ability to be well-informed and make decisions based on the fact that we have been given the necessary data to make that decision. Now, we make decisions based on name recognition, party affiliation and which had the best commercial during campaign time. This would show us all if our rep is representing us. AND you know.... if it isnt acted into law-they woulnt do it. We had to force the freedom of info act on them in much the same manner. _M_ Internet Users Consortium 7031 E. Camelback Ste 102-515 Scottsdale, AZ 85251 URL: http://www.indirect.com/www/molsen/index.html The only way to be heard, is by making a little noise. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by -- Andrew Oram -- •••@••.••• -- Cambridge, Mass., USA Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) World Wide Web: http://jasper.ora.com/andyo/cyber-rights/cyber-rights.html http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~hwh6k/public/cyber-rights.html FTP: ftp://jasper.ora.com/pub/andyo/cyber-rights You are encouraged to forward and cross-post messages and online materials, pursuant to any contained copyright & redistribution restrictions. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~