Mike Angwin wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
RJ>Mike Angwin wrote in a message to Robert Plett:
 MA> At least we agree this is a bad thing to allow to happen.  
 MA> Whatever our causes for disapproval, if this can be combated 
 MA> and renounced, if it can be prohibited from being done, I 
 MA> suggest we will all, ultimately, be the winners.
RJ>The only problem with that is that this stuff is going to have to be de
RJ>with in the courts,  and it's the courts that are doing it to us in the
RJ>first place,  lots and lots of lawyers and judges that all see fit to i
RJ>this kind of crap when there are huge amounts of money and power involv
 MA>        Either in the courts or at the polls.  I thinks we ought 
 MA> ask those running for office in the upcomming term, point 
 MA> blank, how they feel about government selling the rights of 
 MA> citizens and whether they support such sales like the one under 
 MA> consideration with the tobacco industry of not.  If nothing 
 MA> else, we can do as I am doing, and run for office ourselves to 
 MA> oppose this type of stuff and, in the process, make an issue 
 MA> out of it forcing our opponents to take a firm position one way 
 MA> or the other. 
I think that those who are running for office are going to ignore tough 
questions and latch on to those things that are going to make a "feel good" 
kind of impression on the voters,  as in "See what I'm doing (or would like 
to be doing) for YOU" kind of stuff.
I was in a conversation last night about a bunch of other issues,  and 
they're doing exactly the same sort of thing here in PA,  with regard to 
Workman's Comp.  If you work for a company that uses it (and most do),  you 
_don't_ have the right to sue them if you're covered by WC in that particular 
situation...
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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