The Llano Ledger

Newsletter Text V158        ©2002, 2001, 2000, 1999  All Rights Reserved
July 8, 2002
 
 

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Index:

"President's" Business Practices Questioned
Federal Executions Ruled Unconstitutional
Opposition To "Patriot" Act Grows Nationwide
Facial-Recognition Software Installed
Terror Hearings Closed By Supreme Court
A Different Standard
Special Treatment Accorded Royalty
Charitable Choice
A Stunning Reversal
Texans For Public Justice
Ongoing E-Mail Privacy Dialogue With Lycos
Buchanan Volunteer Fire Department
Fraudulent Deletion Of Ledger Websites
Klee's Kaleidoscope
An Honest Business
Unbridled Fear
 


"President's" Business Practices Questioned

Glaring corporate greed is nothing new.  Certainly been around for the last hundred years, -- if not much longer.  Until now, been celebrated and revered, however.  … "Greed is good", according to one Hollywood movie, no?

The "President" of the United States made his fortune in the corporate world, -- with a little help from Daddy's name, of course.  Now, Ole' George "The Tush" hypocritically laments business practices of current corporate executives he aggressively engaged in himself while up and coming years ago.  An egregious example?

In 1989, the jackass currently occupying the White House was a board member of Harken Energy Corp..  At that time, the Securities and Exchange Commission forced Harken to amend its books.  Why?  Corrupt management criminally masked millions lost by sale of a subsidiary to insiders.  … Who'd a 'thunk' it, no?  Couldn't happen, could it?  Mr. Bush, not surprisingly, was also on the corporation's audit committee.  'Funny' thing, right?

That's not all, however.  George W. was the target of a totally separate Harken insider stock trade investigation by the Commission at that time.  Nothing came of any of this.  Absolutely, nothing.  Why?  Daddy Bush was President.  -- Again, who'd a 'thunk' it, no?  After all, both Daddy Bush and his predecessor, Ronald Reagan, lied like hell about Iran-Contra and their outrageous involvement in glaringly illegal activity.  Then again, when you're President of the United States you can usually do as you damn well please, -- with impunity.  After all, Nixon, one of the most corrupt and abusive presidents of all time, nearly got away with it.  … And would have, had he not arrogantly and foolishly taped criminal conversations.

With the current furor, be interesting to see if Mr. Bush is finally exposed as the corrupt and abusive jackass he clearly is.  Sadly, WorldCom and Enron are only the tip of the iceberg.



Federal Executions Ruled Unconstitutional

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff courageously ruled the federal death penalty unconstitutional: "The unacceptably high rate at which innocent persons are convicted of capital crimes, when coupled with the frequently prolonged delays before such errors are detected ... compels the conclusion that execution under the Federal Death Penalty Act ... denies due process and, indeed, is tantamount to foreseeable, state-sponsored murder of innocent human beings."  That's right, Judge.  Extraordinarily courageous of you, considering the level of bloodthirst in the United States.

The Nazi at the helm of the "Justice" Department is not a happy camper, however, and does not think the trial judge had authority to so rule.  Almost certainly be appealed.  After all, legalized murder is as dear to the fascist element in the United States as mom and apple pie.  Harvard constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe, however, apparently believes Rakoff to be on solid ground: "I think it is absolutely compelling…This decision was powerfully reasoned, and whatever the public reaction, it is bound to get a serious hearing before the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court."  Certainly hope so.  About time this horrendously barbaric act of legalized murder be forever banned as an option.

The "Justice" Department, however, is appalled a judge would have the audacity to question the perverse bloodthirst of government goons. U.S. "Justice" Department spokeswoman Barbara Comstock disingenuously opined: "The determination of how to punish criminal activity within the limits of the Constitution is a matter entrusted to the democratically elected legislature, not to the federal judiciary…Congress passed the Federal Death Penalty Act to save lives, and the Supreme Court of the United States has repeatedly said the death penalty is constitutional. Judge Rakoff's opinion to the contrary is under review."

… Hey, Barbi?  How in hell does the death penalty save lives?  What independent studies conducted by non-Religious Right researchers support your extremely ignorant and false assertion?  There aren't any.  None.  No murderer ever thinks he or she will be caught.  Falsely think, they're too smart.  -- Or don't care.  … Or as more usually the case, act in the moment without fully thinking of the consequences.  The fact a Nazi Supreme Court has repeatedly in the past ruled the death penalty constitutional means absolutely nothing and is only a sad reflection on the level of fascism that pervades the Court.  After all, this is the same Court that egregiously ignored First Amendment requirements of church-state separation.  Repeatedly.  Wake up, you jackass.

Equally pointedly, just because Congress enacts unconstitutional legislation, doesn't mean it should not be reviewed by the judiciary and thrown out.  There is nothing sacrosanct about any particular branch of government.  All three were designed by the Founders to be a check and balance on one another.  … Or have you forgotten?  Or is it simply inconvenient and not part of the agenda, -- the shameless imposition of fascism? Working definition of fascism for new readers? An abusive and dangerous oligarchy based on a pernicious blend of government, big business, and religion. ... A boot-heel cynically placed on the throat of the masses, justified in principle by perversion and bastardization of religion.


Opposition To "Patriot" Act Grows Nationwide

To their great credit, cities across the United States are beginning to confront the glaringly unconstitutional and highly abusive "Patriot" Act.  The following have passed resolutions authorizing resistance to federal goons:

Cambridge, Mass.
Northampton, Mass.
Amherst, Mass.
Township of Leverett, Mass.
Carrboro, N.C.
Berkeley Calif.
Ann Arbor, Mich.

Portland, Ore. police have refused to cooperate with FBI goons in their harassment of innocent Middle Eastern students.  Boulder, Colo. is also considering a resolution similar to others already passed by the cities listed above.  Denver, Colo. has passed a resolution not quite as strongly worded.

Federal prosecutors, not surprisingly, are exceptionally perplexed and not happy campers.  Tough.  Hopefully, the list of cities and other governmental authorities will exponentially grow as people finally become aware of just how fascist and abusive the "Patriot" Act truly is.  … Before it is too late and liberty is completely eviscerated by the jackass occupying the White House and his equally fascist compadres.

Fascists shamelessly and falsely assert the Constitution is not a suicide pact and civil liberties must be abridged during a time of war.  Unadulterated self-serving nonsense.  Absolute bullsh-t.  First, the Founders wisely knew anyone willing to trade liberty for security deserves and winds up with neither.  Pointedly, the Constitution has been repeatedly bastardized and eviscerated over the years by tyrants more interested in preserving their power and best interests as opposed to those of this once formerly great nation.  The jackass currently occupying the White House is a prime example.

Second, the evisceration of liberties by our tyrants provides the enemy with a victory it could have never achieved on the battlefield.  Most recent egregious example?  The "Patriot" Act.  One especially glaring prior case in point?  The horrendous incarceration of Japanese-Americans in detention camps during the Second World War.  Patriotism?  The Nazis pledging allegiance on the Capitol steps last week after decimating the Bill of Rights by passage of the "Patriot" Act have no idea what patriotism is.  Absolutely none.

For the briefest of moments, they ought to seriously ponder at least temporarily removing their heads from a bodily orifice seldom seeing the light of day and consider the shining example of patriotism displayed by Japanese-American soldiers whose battalions won the highest percentage of medals for valor on the battlefield.  … Young Japanese-American citizens who bled and heroically died knowing what their families were being forced to endure in American concentration camps.  All of these young soldiers, volunteers.

These men were some of the best and most dedicated military personnel of the Second World War.  When captured by the enemy, received the worst and most tortuous treatment by their Japanese captors.  -- The absolutely worst treatment reserved solely for them by an enemy who was extremely racist and had nothing but contempt for those of Japanese descent that had the audacity to fight the bastards.  Mercilessly tortured and killed, -- while knowing their family members at home were in concentration camps.  … This in no way lessens the atrocity of what happened to countless thousands and thousands of other American soldiers at the hands of the Japanese.  It simply means the Japanese were especially cruel to those who shared common ancestry.  A fact well-documented since the War.

Precisely why, current profiling and detention of "detainees" indefinitely since 9/11 without access to attorneys and courts is so disturbing.  Already, it has happened to at least two American citizens.  Only a matter of time before it happens to all of us.  … While the aggressively stupid public sleeps soundly on.


Facial-Recognition Software Installed

Virginia Beach is the second city to install facial-recognition software to spy on the masses, -- Tampa being the first. Deputy Police Chief Gregory Mullen recently disingenuously declared: "We're adding to our ability to prevent crime and keep Virginia Beach safe."  No, Chief.  You're not.  You're simply eviscerating the Fourth Amendment in an effort to destroy any semblance of privacy left in this formerly great nation.  Big Brother at its worst, sir.  Then again, we're living in a time where rights mean nothing as a fascist police state is created.

Advisory board member Cornell Fuller does not think the system abusive of rights, falsely asserting:  "If you go to the ocean I don't think you should have an expectation of privacy. You give up part of your privacy when you venture out into the public domain."  Mr. Fuller, you do need to remove your head from a bodily orifice seldom seeing the light of day.

First, citizens DO have a right to an "expectation of privacy" no matter where they venture.  Would you willingly tolerate an officer sticking his hands into your pockets in an effort to discover contraband with absolutely no probable cause to do so?  Would you willingly tolerate the same government goon asking for identification when he has no probable cause to request it?  Officers cannot constitutionally stop a vehicle without probable cause and conduct a "routine" "license check".  Why should an innocent citizen be subject to and have to tolerate the same bullsh-t in a public location?  Wake up, you jackass.

Second, NO citizen willingly gives up privacy when they "venture out into the public domain".  They're forced to forfeit it by Nazi officers who think like you.  -- In glaring violation of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, egregiously ignored by the fascist judiciary and law enforcement.  No, Mr. Fuller.  There are at least a few of us who don't want to live in a Nazi police state as envisioned by you and those who "think" like you.

The aggressively stupid and cowardly public, however, willingly tolerates this outrageous bullsh-t. Johnstown, Pennsylvania resident Bonnie Satterlee, 39, foolishly asserts:  "It's for our protection. If you're not doing anything wrong, you don't have anything to worry about."  Ms. Satterlee, wake up.  First, anyone willing to trade liberty for security deserves and winds up with neither.  Second, innocent people will be harassed by officers.  The software is far from perfect and abusive officers DO enjoy getting their cookies off exercising "authority".

Third, what's next?  Shall we allow government goons to install cameras in our homes?  After all, it's for our "protection" and safety, isn't it?  Would certainly catch those using illicit drugs, wouldn't it?  Or cheating on taxes, no?  Or having illicit sex, right?  Or beating the hell out of their spouse or children.  Extremely useful, no?  Pointedly, Ms. Satterlee, what kind of world do you want to live in, madam?  One where every movement and action is carefully observed by government goons?  Where government thugs are literally constantly looking up your ass?



Terror Hearings Closed By Supreme Court

Outrageously, the U.S. Supreme Court June 28 stayed a lower court order requiring terror hearings be held publicly.  The emergency request was made by Nazis in the Bush "Administration" in an effort to conceal its glaringly unconstitutional and abusive policies.  Once again, clearly demonstrates the extraordinarily fascist nature of the Court.


A Different Standard

As reported earlier in this publication, FBI Special Agent Christopher Braga, 35, wantonly fired a round into the face of Joseph C. Schultz, 20, on March 1.  For absolutely no reason.  His jaw was shattered and he has undergone reconstructive surgery.

What happened to the government goon?  Why nothing, of course.  The bastard returned to duty.  Corrupt and abusive police officers are not held to any standard in this country.  Absolutely, none.  Why should they be?  After all, they're officers and can do no wrong.

A grand jury declined to indict the government thug.  … Who'd a 'thunk' it, no?  Regarding the no bill, State's Attorney Frank Weathersbee disingenuously crowed it "does not in any way excuse or justify what has occurred here."  … Hey, Frankie Baby?  It's common knowledge a "prosecutor" can indict a head of cabbage if he or she so chooses.  Can also lead any grand jury, like a Pied Piper, to a no bill.  -- As local District Attorney Sam "The Sham" Oatman did in the Tina Wisdom jail-rape fiasco several years ago.  … To protect his corrupt and abusive buddies in the Llano County Sheriff's Department and Jail.

Weathersbee went on to phonily lament the shooting, declaring the "investigation" "revealed serious breakdowns in planning, supervision and communication."  Is that right, Frankie?  Once again, Counselor, you're proof positive corrupt and abusive officers are not only tolerated, but coddled and protected.


Special Treatment Accorded Royalty

Prosecutors certainly take care of the rich, outrageously offering special treatment.  Case in point?  Saudi Princess Buniah al-Saud, 41, shoved her maid down a flight of stairs in Florida.  The maid, Ismiyati Soryono, an Indonesian national, was prepared to testify against the princess.  Prosecutors, however, conveniently dropped the charges from felony to misdemeanor status.  After all, Ms. Al-Saud is a princess and niece of Saudi head honcho King Fahd.  … Mighty considerate and convenient, no?  Especially since the princess is being investigated at the federal level for engaging in involuntary servitude.  -- That's right, slavery.  Icing on the prosecutorial cake?  The maid went home for her mother's funeral and was not allowed to return for trial.

Why, you may ask?  Incredibly, the government is afraid she'll remain here illegally after returning to testify in court. Make sense?  Only to a government bureaucrat and Nazi prosecutors.  Consequently, the princess will plead no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge, provide a letter of "regret" to the "judge" regarding injuries inflicted on the maid, and of course, pay a $1000 fine.  Currently in Saudi Arabia, she'll  be allowed to return to the United States whenever she wants.  In the fascist world of the American judiciary, day is night, night is day, and sh-t 'don't' stink.  Sieg Heil.


Charitable Choice

Buoyed by a recent Supreme Court ruling in support of school vouchers and apparently hopeful such action will facilitate creation of a Christian theocracy in violation of the First Amendment, the "President" is again promoting government funding of religious charities.  During a political trip to Wisconsin July 2 and at Holy Redeemer Institutional Church of God in Christ, Ole' George "The Tush" shamelessly crowed: "The federal government should not ask, 'Does your organization believe in God?'   That's not the question they ought to ask. They ought to ask: 'Does your program work? Are you saving lives? Are you making a difference in people's lives?' "

No, Mr. "President".  The government should be asking if these religious groups are indeed indoctrinating needy clients in return for food, clothing, shelter, job training, etc..  Should be aggressively determining whether government funds are reaching the poor or are being pocketed by churches and their greedy self-serving leaders.  Should be questioning the wisdom of aggressively breaching First Amendment church-state separation requirements and its long term consequences.  Then again, the "Chief Executive" is not interested in the United States Constitution and its principles.  Rather, he is determined to impose a theocratic fascist police state, bastardizing religion to facilitate the process.



A Stunning Reversal

Readers will recall James Byrd Jr. was dragged to death by white supremacists back in 1998.  John W. King was the first of two bigots sentenced to death for the murder.  King's state appeals are nearly exhausted.  Ross Byrd, the son of the victim, had initially supported the sentence, but has now changed his mind.  He recently led a fast and vigil at the prison where King is incarcerated declaring: "When I heard King had exhausted his appeals, I began thinking, 'How can this help me or solve my pain?' and I realized it couldn't."  He is now opposed to the execution.



Texans For Public Justice

Date:  Tue, 02 Jul 2002 08:16:48 -0500
From:  Texans for Public Justice <tpj@tpj.org> [add to address book] [add to spam block list]
Subject:  NEWS: Report Tracks Texas Lobbyists
To:  tpj@tpj.org
 

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NEWS RELEASE: July 2, 2002
For Information:  Craig McDonald/Andrew Wheat, 512-472-9770

Report Tallies Texas Lobby Spending from 2000 & 2001 Legislative Session.

‘Austin’s Oldest Profession’ Grows Older and Fatter
Spending By Texas Lobby Clients Leapt 33 Percent From 1995-2001

Austin, TX:  Lobby spending in Texas,which is second only to California in the number of clients who hire state government lobbyists, rose 33 percent from 1995 through 2001, a new study found. During this seven-year period, special interests spent a total of up to $1.3 billion to lobby Texas officials, including a record of up to $230 million in 2001, the year of the most recent legislative session. (Texas lobbyists report contract income in ranges such as “$50,000 to $99,999.”)

The report, Austin’s Oldest Profession: Texas’ Top Lobby Clients and Those Who Service Them, found that Texas’ skyrocketing lobby expenditures were not driven by an increase in the number of clients who pay hired guns to influence government officials. Even as lobby spending increased up to $35 million in 2001over the previous legislative year, the number of lobbyists, lobby contracts and lobby clients stayed relatively constant.

“Austin has 50 lobbyists for every Senator and 10 lobbyists for every House Member,” said Texans for Public Justice Director Craig McDonald.  “This hired-gun army hustles tax breaks and other favors for abusive corporations like Enron and WorldCom and polluters like Exxon and Alcoa. Of Texas’ 1,600 lobbyists, just 10 work for consumer groups and just 29 worked to promote environmental protection. The corporate lobby goes virtually unchallenged in Texas.”

Although lobby clients spent up to $230 million on 6,391 paid lobby contracts in 2001, labor, environmental and consumer interests accounted for just 2 percent of these contracts and expenditures.

Austin’s Oldest Profession’s other key findings about the 2001 lobby include:

· The 14 clients that reported up to $1 million apiece in lobby contracts accounted for 11 percent of all lobby expenditures. SBC Corp. led the pack, spending up to $7 million on its 96 lobbyists.
· Interests in the Energy & Natural Resources sector spent the most lobby money, paying up to $36 million for 811 lobby contracts, a ratio of 4.5 contracts for each legislator.
· The 38 lobbyists who reported maximum incomes of more than $1 million apiece collectively reported 1,050 contracts that brought in up to $52 million. These elite lobbyists pocketed one in four Texas lobby dollars.
· Shattering the glass ceiling, Baker Botts lobbyist Pam Giblin is the only hired gun to clear a maximum of more than $2 million. She is an ex-environmental regulator who represents polluters.
· Lobbyists reported 17 mega-contracts worth “more than $200,000.” Giblin reported the only such contract with a public entity. The Brownsville Public Utility Board has spent months dodging Public Information Act requests concerning the nature and value of this mega-contract.

Access Austin’s Oldest Profession at http://www.tpj.org/reports/lobby02/index.html

Texans for Public Justice is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization
that tracks the role of money in Texas politics.
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Date:  Fri, 05 Jul 2002 09:20:13 -0500
From:  Texans for Public Justice <tpj@tpj.org> [add to address book] [add to spam block list]
Subject:  Lobby Watch: WorldCom's Texas Tribute
To:  tpj@tpj.org
 

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WorldCom's PAC and executives have contributed $135,000 to the campaigns of
Texas state candidates over the last five years. WorldCom spent up to
$675,000 on lobbyists in the 2001 legislative session.  Find out the
details on how the WorldCom-mies infiltrated Texas in the new Lobby Watch.

The WorldCom Lobby Watch is online at:

http://www.tpj.org/Lobby_Watch/worldcom.html



Ongoing E-Mail Privacy Dialogue With Lycos

Consider the following ongoing e-mail exchange with Lycos regarding newly requested user information.  Sadly and cowardly, Internet companies are falling all over themselves providing law enforcement customer data requested, -- often without a warrant.  Precisely why this writer believes Lycos may be demanding new information at behest of their masters in government:

Date:  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 18:52:27 -0500
From:  "Tim Chorney" <llanoledger@lycos.com> [add to address book] [add to spam block list]
Subject:  Re: Lycos Mail: Threats/Harassment      (KMM14258398V25044L0KM)
Organization:  Lycos Mail  (http://www.mail.lycos.com:80)
To:  "support_lycos_mail@lycos-inc.com" <support_lycos_mail@lycos-inc.com>
Reply To:  llanoledger@lycos.com
 

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Jill,

You still have not responsively answered the original complaint.
 To date, you have given no reason for now requiring complete mailing
address information. -- Information that was not previously required.
 Prior to this time, a zip code was more than sufficiently specific
for demographic purposes.  Is Lycos now being pressured by law enforcement,
since passage of the Patriot Act, to keep more complete records?

The TRUSTe Privacy Program means nothing if Lycos is indeed succumbing
to pressure from law enforcement.  -- Many Internet companies, despite
strong privacy policies, are tripping all over themselves providing
police agencies requested information.  Much of it without a warrant.
 Some of it only on a promise a warrant will be forthcoming.  What
is current Lycos policy regarding this issue?  Having already read
your privacy policy, it does not specifically address this question.

Kindly understand our exchange of messages is being published in
The Llano Ledger.  It is highly indicative to readers of an unwillingness
of your corporation to honestly and candidly respond to a bona fide
request for specific information regarding company privacy policy.

Tim Chorney, Publisher
The Llano Ledger
http://www.llanoledger.com
P.O. Box 997
Buchanan Dam, Tx. 78609
 
 

On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:15:07
 support_lycos_mail@lycos-inc.com wrote:
>Hello Tim,
>
>Thank you for contacting Lycos Mail, a Lycos Network Property.

>http://info.lycos.com/privacy/privacy.asp
>
>Lycos is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an
>independent, non-profit organization with a mission to build trust and
>confidence in the Internet by promoting the principles of disclosure and
>informed consent. Because Lycos wants to demonstrate its commitment to
>your privacy, we have agreed to disclose our information practices and
>have our privacy practices reviewed and audited for compliance by
>TRUSTe.
>Any personally identifiable information you share with Lycos when
>registering for Products and Services at any of our Network sites is
>maintained and accessible only by Lycos unless specifically stated
>otherwise. Lycos requests information from its users so that users can
>enjoy customized experiences across the Lycos Network, including
>personalization services, interactive communications, online games and
>much more. Most of these Products and Services are available to you at
>no cost, and Lycos displays advertisements so we can continue to provide
>great content and services free of charge. We can also better prepare
>future content based on your interests.
>
>If there is anything else that I can do for you, please let me know.
>
>Jill
>Lycos Mail Product Support Specialist
>http://mail.lycos.com
>
>-------------------
>
>2,000,000,000 Web Pages -- you only need 1...
>
>Save time using My Lycos http://my.lycos.com
>
>-------------------
>
>Original Message Follows:
>-------------------------
>
>Jill,
>
>Lycos has had no need for a specific mailing address up until this time.
>None.  No legitimate purpose for changing that policy was articulated at
>the time it was recently demanded as a condition for continued use of
>the account.  Nor was any reason given in any of the correspondence to
>date.
>
>Software is designed for specific reasons.  Information is asked for
>equally specific reasons.  To say that it is now required by your
>software does not answer the original complaint.  It simply says the
>complete address is now required because it is now required.  A circular
>argument.
>
>My concern with the change in policy is the continued aggressiveness of
>law enforcement after 9/11 and enactment of an egregiously
>unconstitutional "Patriot" Act.  There has been widespread reporting
>that Internet companies such as Lycos, Yahoo, etc. are rolling over to
>all requests made by law enforcement for information on users.  Even
>requests made without warrants. Since you have provided no reasonable
>explanation as to why full mail addresses are now required, red flags
>have gone up.
>
>Tim Chorney, Publisher
>The Llano Ledger
>http://www.llanoledger.com
>P.O. Box 997
>Buchanan Dam, Tx. 78609
>
>
>
>On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 11:30:57
> support_lycos_mail@lycos-inc.com wrote:
>>Hello Tim,
>>
>>Thank you for contacting Lycos Mail, a Lycos Network Property.
>>
>>We do not share your info. Please check out the privacy policy
at:
>>http://info.lycos.com/privacy/privacy.asp#collect
>>
>>Any personally identifiable information you share with Lycos when
>>registering for Products and Services at any of our Network sites is
>>maintained and accessible only by Lycos unless specifically stated
>>otherwise. Lycos requests information from its users so that users can
>>enjoy customized experiences across the Lycos Network, including
>>personalization services, interactive communications, online games and
>>much more. Most of these Products and Services are available to you at
>>no cost, and Lycos displays advertisements so we can continue to
>>provide
>>great content and services free of charge. We can also better prepare
>>future content based on your interests.
>>
>>If there is anything else that I can do for you, please let me know.
>>
>>Jill
>>Lycos Mail Product Support Specialist
>>http://mail.lycos.com
>>
>>
>>-------------------
>>
>>2,000,000,000 Web Pages -- you only need 1...
>>
>>Save time using My Lycos http://my.lycos.com
>>
>>-------------------
>>
>>Original Message Follows:
>>-------------------------
>>
>>Your answer was not responsive to the complaint.
>>
>>Tim Chorney, Publisher
>>The Llano Ledger
>>http://www.llanoledger.com
>>P.O. Box 997
>>Buchanan Dam, Tx. 78609
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:24:08
>> support_lycos_mail@lycos-inc.com wrote:
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>Thank you for contacting Terra Lycos.
>>>
>>>Due to changes within our customer service database, we now require
>you
>>
>>>to fill in all fields on the registration page. You may be prompted to
>
>>>change or edit your personal information upon log in, despite having
>>>entered that information previously.
>>>
>>>Please note that your account remains fully in tact and that no other
>>>changes to it have been made.
>>>
>>>Sincerely,
>>>
>>>Veronnica
>>>Product Support Team
>>>Lycos, Inc.
>>>
>>>
>>>Original Message Follows:
>>>-------------------------
>>>
>>>Name: llanoledger
>>>Address: llanoledger@lycos.com
>>>Subject: Lycos Mail
>>>Type of Abuse: Threats/Harassment
>>>Service: Report Abuse
>>>Previous_Page =
>>>Browser & Platform =
>>>IP information =
>>>Date/Time: 6/19/2002 19:31
>>>Comments:
>>>
>>>It is outrageous users are now required to supply
>>>specific mailing address information in addition
>>>to a zip code. What will you do with this
>>>information?  Supply it to advertisers?  Ensure
>>>more junkmail?  More pointedly, will it be shared
>>>with government goons seeking access to user
>>>information without a warrant?
>>>
>>>Tim Chorney



Buchanan Volunteer Fire Department
P.O. Box 825
Buchanan Dam, TX 78609

Dear Fire Department Supporter,

Generous support of your Fire Department assures that we are there when you need us with the right equipment and training.  We all think of our Fire Department when we think of fire, but your Department is also equipped to provide emergency support in other areas ranging from responding to hazardous material spills to removal of the injured in auto accidents.  A recent training exercise used the 'jaws of life' to provide entry to a severely damaged vehicle.

Your Fire Department is currently staffed by 14 volunteers who are on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  These members have jobs, family lives, social and civic responsibilities, and yet they manage to quickly respond to calls for aid regardless of time, day or night.  Your Firefighters need safe and effective equipment and training to continue to meet the expanding needs of our community.  Community population has increased by more than 54% between 1990 and 2000, and by another 16% between 2000 and 2002.

Through your support, and grant funding from LCRA, we have replaced our 1967 Pumper Truck with a much more capable 1987 Pierce Pumper.  We have also modified two surplus military vehicles to maintain and expand our brush truck inventory.  While we have upgraded our main Tanker in the last few years, our smaller 1969 Tanker is not reliable and requires replacement.

Our current planning includes replacing the old tanker, upgrading and expanding our breathing apparatus (for use in structure firefighting), and the addition of defibrillator capability.  Once again, we are requesting your assistance in meeting the needs of your Fire Department.  As always, we appreciate your contributions!

JUST THINK!  What if you had a fire and no one came?  We also have need of a few good people who are willing to help out their community.  We meet the first & third Thursdays of each month at 7:00 PM at the Fire Barn on Hwy 261.

FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDING BURGLARIZED

Sometime between 10 PM Tuesday night, 5/21/02 and Thursday, 2 PM, 5/23/02 the fire station was broken into and over $4000 of equipment was taken.  If anyone has any information regarding this incident, please contact the Buchanan Fire Department, 793-9085 or contact the Sheriff's office in Llano.

CALL 911 IN AN EMERGENCY

MAKE TAX DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO:

BUCHANAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
P.O. BOX 825
BUCHANAN DAM, TEXAS 78609

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Fraudulent Deletion Of Ledger Websites

A letter To Burnet County Sheriff Joe Pollock has been posted recently.  Access it by clicking here.

As promised, the letter of complaint sent to Burnet County Judge Martin McLean, regarding fraudulent Ledger Maxpages and Stormpages site deletions originating from the Burnet County Library System and resulting in the ejection of this writer from library computers, has finally been posted.  Readers are reminded this is not the end of the matter.  Just the beginning.  For ongoing coverage of the criminal attacks as well as the letter to the Judge sent in response, click here.



Klee's Kaleidoscope

Be sure to click on Klee's Kaleidoscope for Harvey Klee's latest edition.  This publication is a forum for a diversity of viewpoints. All are encouraged to submit material.



An Honest Business

A rare commodity, honest businesses need a plug.  Although this publication receives no financial remuneration or funding of any kind from Mike's Transmission, this writer has personally known the owner of this new business quite some time and has enormous respect for his integrity.  Mike has had years of experience working on transmissions, -- foreign and domestic, standard and automatic.  This guy has heart and takes enormous pride in his work.  Give him a call at 915-423-1694.  The business is in the process of being launched.  If you like the quality of service, let me know.  Better yet, ask him to send a donation to the Ledger.



Unbridled Fear

As strongly asserted in the last 62 editions, gut-wrenching fear generated by the Narcotics Enforcement Team is quite impressive. After all, these Nazi stormtroopers not only outrageously intimidate defendants and their gutless attorneys, but even innocent third parties who have suffered at their corrupt and abusive hands.

Recently, a source came forward with allegations regarding the death of a loved one under exceptionally curious circumstances. Sadly, the survivor got cold feet.

Most pointedly and quite publicly, how in hell do you expect these abuses to end if you don't have the guts to stand up and expose them to the light of day?

Every time a source cowardly runs the other way, the corrupt and abusive sons of bitches win. Every g-ddamned time. Worse yet, another nail is driven into the coffin of liberty.

If you don't have the courage to stand up and do the right thing, why should this writer continue to place himself in physical and legal jeopardy trying to expose the outrageous corruption and abuse?

Tim Chorney, Publisher
The Llano Ledger
 

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