JM>  MS>     Don't believe everything out of ARRL.  They 
JM>  MS> have their own agenda, and many hams don't believe 
JM>  MS> in it.  All you have to do to get deluged by their 
JM>  MS> "only we can save the hobby from Washington" crap 
JM>  MS> is get a ham license.  I got deluged with the-sky-
JM>   
JM> I agree with you 1000% on that one! However, the same concerns are 
JM> being 
JM> much covered in Pop Comm and Mon Times as well as others.
    So many of the advocacy groups reach that stage fast: become largely a 
self-perpetuation machine as its first priority of fundraising.
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