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Phirst Amendment
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Vol. 1 Issue #9
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01 January, 1993
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A KAoS production
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Article I
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
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prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or
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the press; or the right of the people, peaceably, to assemble and to petition
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the Government for a redress of grievances.
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| Editing, Story Continuity, & Public Relations...........David Lightman |
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| Good Cop................................................David Lightman |
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| Bad Cop.....................................................Anesthesia |
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| Research, Footwork, and Editorials.........................Sir Galahad |
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| Editorial Assistance, Research, & Footwork.......................Storm |
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| Editing, Interviews, Public Polling, Canvassing.............Pink Freud |
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| Table of Contents.<David Lightman>..................................01 |
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|* AC/DC <KAoS>........................................................02 |
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|* Chemical of the Month <Anesthesia>..................................03 |
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|* Poet's Corner..<Featuring Guns and Roses............................04 |
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|* Through the LoopHole <David Lightman>...............................05 |
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|* Virus World <Anesthesia>............................................06 |
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| If you like Social Security, Your going to Love National Health Care |
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| <Edwin Krampitz, Jr.>...............................................07 |
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| Social Insecurity <David Lightman>..................................08 |
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| Show us your Worker Card <John Q. Newman>...........................09 |
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| Security in Socialism <George T. Knoblauch>.........................10 |
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|* Food for Thought.<Dr. 8Ball>........................................11 |
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|* SoapBox <Anesthesia>................................................12 |
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| [Why we do it!, Christmas Hackers, When the Hammer Falls, |
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|* BBS Connection.<Sir Galahad>........................................13 |
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|* Gnus Around Town.<Sir Galahad>......................................14 |
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|* Feedbag <David Lightman>............................................15 |
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|* Addendum (Omissions, Apologies, etc.) <Daiv>........................16 |
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|* - denotes regularly published columns |
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We [the staff of Phirst Amendment] and our contributors do not take
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responsibility for the use of the information contained in this publication.
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It is provided for your information. Any means by which you use the
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information contained herein, is strictly up to you. Any damages incurred by
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the use of this information is solely the responsibility of the person taking
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the action. Also, any system containing this publication is not responsible
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for the use of information contained within, as they are merely exercising
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their First Amendment rights.
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| AC/DC |
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| Anesthesia's Comments/Daiv's Comments |
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/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\AC/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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Well, a new year will soon be upon us as I am writing this. So, I guess
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it's time for a `New Years Resolution.' I resolve to become more hardcore
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this year and provide you with more in-depth info than in 1992.
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1993 will probably be a great year of change for Phirst Amendment. We
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will continue to bring you things you need to know as well as the things you
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want to know. We are here for you, the reader, as your voice and `soapbox.'
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We will continue to accept your views on all subjects. If there's something
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you want, then tell us. Just don't tune us out because we don't cover
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something you like. We realize that everyone has different views, and we
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respect them. In fact, that is just what we are trying to inspire -
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Independent Thought.
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We are setting up a distribution network. It is not very massive at this
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time. We have sites in St. Louis, Connecticut, Denver, Kentucky, Birmingham,
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AL, Mississippi, and Puerto Rico! EFF is carrying it, as are several other
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FTP servers, such as the University of Michigan, University of Washington,
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etc.
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I hope you enjoy this issue as much as we enjoyed bringing it to you.
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Pass the word around; we can only get better with your support.
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-Anesthesia-
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Once again, a terrific response from people. Not so many suggestions
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this time. Are we getting it right for a change? A lot of "Hey, keep up the
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good work!"s. That makes me feel good about doing this. I realize that not
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everyone, everywhere has a place in their life for a publication like this.
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If they did, we wouldn't need one. This is the kind of publication that gives
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form to ideas for school reports and speeches. It's the kind that molds
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revolutions... If you, as a student, (getting a lot of students as readers!)
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feel the desire to utilize the information presented in ANY copy of Phirst
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Amendment in a report or presentation, PLEASE do so. That would be most
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excellent. We need to let others know that we ARE thinking. And maybe, just
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maybe, one or two of those `old farts' will come around. They may remember
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what they stood up against in the 60s that they may be supporting now... you
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could wake them up!
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Other things you can do to make a change: Write editorials to your local
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paper about things that are going on right now. They have published several
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of mine over the years. It might just stimulate others with similar views.
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Collect Mass-Petitions. Write to your Congressman, Senator, Representative,
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Mayor and every other elected official that you can find that has some
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political pull.
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Let THEM know that we aren't going to be led around like sheep with
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blinders on, not knowing what's going on around us, only knowing that we are
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in line... Waiting for slaughter? That's what the last page, or centerfold
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(for you land subscribers), is for. It is a copy of the First Amendment, in
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case the official you are petitioning has forgotten what it was, with space
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for you to address your grievance with the current situation - whatever it is!
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You HAVE that right, it's guaranteed by law... Read the opening again...
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That's what it says and means!
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This issue pretty much made itself. Lots of info out there on this
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topic. Nobody seems very comfortable with the SSA now or in its future. So
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we have a sampling of a few authors' views on this matter. A little
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redundancy, but I take that to mean that the threat is VERY real and well
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known. Let your elected representatives KNOW how you feel about them and this
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issue. Send them a copy of Phirst Amendment. Let them know that hundreds of
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thousands of registered voters receive this publication, all across the
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country and around the globe. Maybe then, they'll start to do what's best for
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everyone...
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I'd like to introduce Pink Freud (601)- a recent addition to our staff,
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flown in from Mississippi. He has helped a LOT by doing background research
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on people, flying around doing interviews, and editing articles, insuring
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their political correctness. He was the leader of Insanity, Incorporated- a A
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land-based Underground faction which produced 235 DIFFERENT informational
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pamphlets. Expect to hear some GREAT things from him.
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As we incorporate smaller groups into one large group, we get closer and
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closer to operating the Underground as a unified organization. This is our
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ultimate goal. I have no desire to be THE leader of the Underground- it
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probably wouldn't work well that way. We DO need a unified group to institute
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the changes that are necessary for survival.
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I've put a new column in, actually two: Virus World, and Through the
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LoopHole. Virus World is in due to the HUGE response from the BBS
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Connection's interview with Chuck Price. Loophole is due to my desire to put
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some more `Inside' information in the hands of those that can most (ab)use it
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- our constituency... After all this is a church publication.
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"The future of the Republic and the Press are one in the same, they will rise
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and fall together."
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-Joseph Pulitzer
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[Now let's all be devout and learn more about defeating our enemies, shall
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we?]
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/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Chemical of the Month /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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by Anesthesia
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Acetic Acid
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(C2 H4 O2)
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AKA: Methane carboxylic acid, vinegar acid, ethanoic acid
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Description:
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Clear, colorless liquid; pungent odor.
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Uses: Manufacture of cellulose acetate, plastics, dyes, insecticides,
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pharmaceuticals; textile printing
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Hazards:
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Moderately toxic; can damage skin.
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Do NOT expose to heat or flame.
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Will explode on contact with:
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Sulfuric Acid
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Nitric Acid
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[Okay, okay... You've all been asking what kind of experiments you can do
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with the knowledge presented in the Chemical of the Month column. ..]
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Match Head Bomb
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This is a well known, but still extremely useful explosive device. In
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its simplest form, it makes a nice detonator for other explosives. Try it and
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I'm sure you'll find thousands of uses for this fun project.
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1> Using scotch tape, make a tube out of a paper grocery bag about 2"
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long by 1" diameter. Cut a 1" circle of paper and tape it to one end.
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2> Pick or scrape the combustible chemicals off the tip of about a
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thousand stick matches. [Blue Tips (brand) are best.] Add a small amount of
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water to the mixture and crush them in a glass ashtray. [Or invest the $5 in
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a mortar and pestle from Walgreen's.]
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3> Pack the tube to about 3/4" from the top.
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4> Take about 1/4" wooden dowel and insert it into the center of the
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tube. Then pack the explosive charge around this all the way to the top.
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When it starts to harden, carefully remove the dowel so that you have a hole
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1/4" wide by 1-1/4" long in the center. This allows the center to dry as well
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as give you room to install a detonator.
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5> After a few days, peel off the scotch tape and gently remove as much
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of the paper bag as you can. Don't worry if some of it sticks to the charge.
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Set it in a warm, dry area and let it dry completely.
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This is a relatively safe device to make and use. I suggest you can see
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the effect.
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If you desire a larger explosive, you may add gunpowder or any other heat
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or spark activated explosive. Just be sure to research any substitutions,
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carefully research your ingredients don't react violently with one another.
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[The first time I read this, I got goosebumps. I haven't heard the song, but
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I have a new-found respect for Guns and Roses due to the quality of the lyric
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that follows. It is so appropriate and excellent, that I feel I cannot really
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do it the justice it deserves.]
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| Poet's Corner |
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| featuring Guns and Roses |
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Don't Damn Me
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Don't damn me - when I speak a piece of my mind
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'Cause silence isn't golden, when I'm holding it inside;
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'Cause I've been where I've been, and I've seen what I've seen.
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I put my pen to the paper, 'cause it's all part of me:
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Be it a song or a casual conversation to hold
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My tongue speaks of quiet reservations
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Your words once heard: they can place you in a faction.
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My words may disturb, but at least there's a reaction.
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Sometimes I wanna kill - Sometimes I wanna die
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Sometimes I wanna destroy - Sometimes I wanna cry
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Sometimes I could get even - Sometimes I could give up
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Sometimes I could give - Sometimes I never give a fuck
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It only happens for a while, I hope you understand:
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I never wanted this to happen, didn't want to be man.
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So I hid inside my world, I took what I could find.
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I cried when I was lonely, I fell down when I was blind.
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Don't damn me - when I speak a piece of my mind
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'Cause silence isn't golden, when I'm holding it inside;
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'Cause I've been where I've been, and I've seen what I've seen.
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I put my pen to the paper, 'cause it's all part of me:
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How can I ever satisfy you? And how can I ever make you see
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that deep inside we're all somebody, And it don't matter who you wanna be.
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But now I gotta smile, I hope you comprehend
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'Cause this child has been condemned
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So I stepped inside your world; I kicked you in the mind
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And I'm the only witness to the nature of my crime.
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But look at what I've done, to the innocent and young
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Whoa- listen to who's talking - 'cause we're not the only ones.
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The trash collected by the eyes and dumped into the brain
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sad, it tears into our conscious thoughts -
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You tell me who's to blame!
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I know you don't wanna hear me crying; and I don't wanna hear me deny
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that your satisfaction lies in your illusions
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but your illusions are delusions - and not mine.
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We take for granted we know the whole story, we judge a book by its cover,
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and read what we want - between selected lines.
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Don't hail me - and don't idolize the ink;
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or I've failed in my intentions.
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Can you find the missing link?
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Your only validation is living your own life
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Vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time
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So I send this song to the offended:
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I've said what I meant and I've never pretended
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as so many others do - intending just to please
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If I damned YOUR point of view, could YOU turn the other cheek!?
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Don't damn me - when I speak a piece of my mind
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'Cause silence isn't golden, when I'm holding it inside;
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'Cause I've been where I've been, and I've seen what I've seen.
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I put my pen to the paper, 'cause it's all part of me:
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Don't damn me, I said don't damn me.
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I said don't hail me. Don't damn me.
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Through the LoopHole - - - < - - >- - by David Lightman
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[What the hell is this?? A column by David Lightman? Yes. I will now give
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my obligatory preface as to the purpose of this column and why I deem it
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necessary.]
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One of my fortes, as you may have determined from 1a.1, is money: its
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manipulation, multiplication, and mastication. The ability to do heretofore
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unheard of things with money, is the ability to read between the lines: to
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make the rules do things FOR you, instead of TO you. I have been asked to
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give more information on money (making, saving, utilizing) by those who are
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aware of the amount of study I've put into it. I can help those people as
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well as others by exposing Loopholes!
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Loopholes are creative interpretations, or grey-areas, of rules that can
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make them benefit the average Joe. I have used MANY of the loopholes around
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me to do quite well for myself. Those who have seen my apartment can testify
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to that.
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I'm not attempting to be the braggard, I merely want you to see that I
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USE these things (except the illegal ones... ;> ) and they WORK. It's not a
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textbook examination of a rule and how it COULD be manipulated. It's hard,
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cold facts backed by a case-history (my life) of optimum performance.
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In all of these loopholes, a common denominator appears: self-control.
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If you cannot control yourself, it doesn't matter how good the plan is... You
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can mess up a trip to the mall if you cannot control the most important thing
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TO control - YOURSELF! It doesn't matter if it's savings, investments, social
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engineering, dieting, doing homework, whatever... you must control your
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senses, and follow the directions to the letter. If you let yourself get
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emotional about something that is happening, and you know what the next step
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is... but cannot wait for the proper time... the results can be disastrous.
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I will probably make many allusions to this need for control with each
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loophole I identify. There will, of course, be petty loopholes, that a three-
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year-old can handle quite easily. These are not as subject to the need for
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self-discipline.
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Enough Zen and the Art of Bamboozling, let's get on with this.
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Free Mail
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!!!! !!!!
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Ever notice that the mail rates change very often and at, almost,
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exponential rates? Well, you can worsen the situation for these poor,
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underpaid civil service workers, by knowing how the postal system works.
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There are two main things to remember about how insufficient postage is
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handled:
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If there is NO postage, the letter will be 'returned' to the sender's
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address in the upper left-hand side of the envelope.
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If there is SOME (greater than zero cents) postage, but not enough to
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totally cover the cost of the mailing, it will be delivered in a state known
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as 'Postage Due.' The addressee must pay the remaining amount of postage to
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receive the letter/package. The addressee has the option to refuse the posted
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item, sending it back to the return addressee (as in above.)
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The mail service cannot determine where mail has been sent from by any
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means other than the return address. [They can open it to determine the
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address of the sender, if there is no return address] I'm sure you can see
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what I am getting at by now...
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If you're trying to impress someone, mailing a letter to them this way is
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NOT the way to do it... but, if you need to send a disk to a buddy, or send a
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book; something big, bulky, etc... This is an excellent means by which to
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'transfer' this object back to the return address on the parcel.
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Say you are on the road, you need to send some disks home, right? You
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address the letter to your friend, so that he can get these disks. But DAMN,
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you left off the postage. These disks will mosey on back to your home
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address, and isn't it convenient that you needed to send those disks there
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anyway? And you gave your ACTUAL home address! What's further from fraud
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than using your own address as the return address? [putting postage on it -
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Storm] [but ASIDE from that choice??- Daiv]
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Then again, if you are angry with someone, but promised to send them
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something... put a one cent stamp on it. It'll go all the way to their door.
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They can even touch the package... but before they can have it, they have to
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pay the remaining postage. Or if you want to ruin the public image of some
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company, get some envelopes of theirs. Send letters of nonsense or empty
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envelopes to big companies with postage due. Put One Cent stamps on there,
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and they'll make it ALL the way to the company - and piss them off.
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Free VERY Unlisted Phone
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First of all, this is NOT teaching you how to get a free phone line.
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That's a totally different concept. You are not yet ready, grasshoppa...
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When you can grab the pebble from my hand... (nevermind)
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Let's say, for some reason, you want your phone to be unlisted in your
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local telephone book. Your local carrier company will want to charge you to
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NOT put your number in the book. This is ridiculous, as I am sure you are
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aware.
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There are two ways to scam this one:
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The easiest one, is to NOT have your number listed during the ONE month
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that the phone books are sent to the printers. For instance, In St. Louis,
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all numbers in existence by Mid-October are in the phone book which comes out
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in February. Call the operator in your city to determine what month is the
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cut-off around you. For that month ONLY, pay to have your number unlisted.
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After you have had your number unlisted for ONE month, try the following
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script.
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Hint: Be in Wallace Cleaver emulation mode with this call, unless you get a
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younger operator, with whom, a Doogie Howser is more appropriate. You want
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them to think you are quite respectable and a little socially alienated. This
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should prevent them from asking you too many questions or accusing you of
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something.
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[Note: In some places, you have to call a 'business office' - the same script
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will work.]
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Operator: Operator Assistance, may I help you?
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You: Yes, thanks, I'd like to have my number listed in the phone book.
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O: Well, the current one is already being printed, but you'll be in the
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upcoming year's phone book.
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U: Gosh Darndit, That bothers me.
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O: There's really nothing we can do about it, Sir. The information is
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already at the printers and the books are almost done now [Which they
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really aren't] so it's impossible to get your name into it.
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U: Oh, Okay, I understand. Well, my number will still be available for
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Directory Assistance, right. [GIVE IN!! Don't push this one.]
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O: Sure.
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U: Oh, All right - go ahead and put me in the next one, then.
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[You then provide phone number, address, and your name.]
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O: We'll get that fixed right away.
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U: Thanks - Have a good day.
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O: Thanks for using Bell South [Like you have a choice!]
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That will keep your number out of the Phone book, Haines Criss-Cross
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directory, and out of a lot of telemarketers hands. Your number (except for
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that ONE month) will still be accessible by 1-411, directory assistance.
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The ballsier way is a little more difficult without discipline. You have
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the right to have your phone listed under whatever name you want, regardless
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of who is living there. Try this:
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U: I'd like to change the name under which my phone is listed.
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O: Okay, what's your phone number?
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[Exchange billing information]
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O: What name would you like that listed under?
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U: [For example: ] Harry Phueksteich
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[This is where it can sometimes get interesting...]
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Situation #1 (The nosy bitch!)
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O: We can't put this number under someone else's name. That just isn't
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right. [Most operators aren't aware of this right]
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U: I just got a new roommate, and I want to put it in his name.
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O: Why HIS name? You're paying the bill right?
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U: I make calls, but I never get any... He has more friends than I do. I
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don't really need it listed in my name.
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O: We can add an additional listing for you so it's in both names...
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U: How much does that cost? [Everything costs with the phone company!]
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O: Only three dollars a month...
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U: Thirty-six dollars a year, so my non-existant friends can find my number
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more easily? It's not worth it... Just put it in his name.
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Situation #2 (The nice lady)
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O: He must get a lot of flak with that name...
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U: Why do you say that? [Play dumb!]
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O: Oh, never mind
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Situation #3 (Big Brother)
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O: We like to get information on the people who are serviced by a phone
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number. Do you know where he works, or his SSN, etc...
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Y: No, I'd have to get him to send you a letter or get back to you.
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O: Okay, have Mr. Pheuksteich do that as soon as he can.
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I've never understood that last one, If the bill is coming to you, then
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you are responsible. What does it matter WHO the hell lives with you? They
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don't need this information. They just WANT it. Tough. Don't get cocky with
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them about it, they can just deny your request and hang up. Another good
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thing to do is, when they answer, say "Hello XXXXXX" where XXXXXX is Operator
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number Whatever or Ms. Whoever. This way, they KNOW you know who they are.
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If they are rude, just report them to their supervisor.
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In about a week, go to a pay phone. Call Directory Assistance (1-411)
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[It's free at pay phones] and ask for Harry Pheucksteich's (or whatever name
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you gave) phone number on so-and-so street. That will serve two purposes:
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Amusement and Confirmation.
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I've used this successfully (since this is particularly legal) with the
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names: Dan Fielding, Oliver Wendell Jones, David Lightman, Bob Zambezie,
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and Larry "Bud" Melman. They let you get away with pretty much anything. And
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you can change it whenever you want. Try to only change it to compensate for
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emergencies: such as a security compromise, or you've changed the number.
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You always know when someone's calling from the phone book when they ask
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for Mr. Harry Pheucksteich. If you move and do this with another phone, do
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not use the same name twice. If you are hiding from someone, they may come
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across someone who knows a pseudonym you've used. They then search for this
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name, and Blammo!- your phone number and address are at their disposal.
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I hope you've enjoyed these insights and hints to make things a little
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easier on yourself. I've saved you a few dollars: about $60/year with the
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phone and the rest depends on how much mail you send. I'll bring you more fun
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next month.
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- Daiv
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[As promised, due to last month's killer response from the Chivalry! sysop's
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interview, we now present...]
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}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{
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} Virus World {
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} by Anesthesia {
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}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+}+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{+{
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I make it a point to try to stay on top of the virus world since I find
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it fascinating-as well as to protect myself and my board. I do not hold a
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grudge against people who write these programs, because I feel they are the
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key to exploring new areas of computing.
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The thing most people have confused, is what makes a virus - a `virus.'
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It is not its ability to do damage, instead, it is the ability to reproduce
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and make complete copies of itself that makes it a virus.
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In an interesting (but flaw ridden) article in the Winter '92 issue of
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`Online Access', the International Computer Security Association (ICSA) stated
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that "Computer viruses are programs written by high-tech vandals..." I
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disagree. But, what else can you expect from a government organization that
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thinks Stoned, Jerusalem, and Dark Avenger are the most recent viruses out?
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The reason I disagree has been proven in several labs and research
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facilities. Viruses are an open door to artificial intelligence research. I
|
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dislike `stupid' viruses that simply copy and destroy, but the `mutating'
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species makes an interesting study. In one research instance, a simple virus
|
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was written that copied and mutated. After studying the final products, it
|
|
was shown that these programs had not only mutated, but had borrowed parts of
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each other's code structure to survive. Fascinating!
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Now I have learned, via Phrack (issue #39 or #40) that CERT (Computer
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Emergency Reaction Team) has attempted to shut down a rather long list of BBSs
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that support virus research. Is it the fear of damaging systems or are they
|
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simply afraid of the spreading of knowledge? I tend to think it is the
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knowledge theory. Closed-minded people tend to subscribe to the 'things man
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is not supposed to know' view on life.
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Anyone interested in learning more about virus programming should track
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down an old program called `Corewars.' The premise behind this game is that
|
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you and your opponent both build programs that compete for CPU control. In
|
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order to do this, it must build itself while trying to destroy the other. The
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program itself is harmless to your system and is a very useful learning tool.
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Due to this fact, it is becoming difficult to find, but well worth the effort.
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I have a copy on my board (of course), and if you cannot find it, let me know.
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I'll get it to you somehow.
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I, also, recently found out that there is a group of businesses and such
|
|
that are offering a large reward for the arrest and prosecution of any virus
|
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author. For this reason, it would be a wise idea to keep a low profile for a
|
|
while on this subject.
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In closing, I would like to say that I feel this section could be a
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useful forum for all sides. Guest writers - both Pro and Con are invited,
|
|
but keep flames to a minimum. Remember that you get your point through best
|
|
with a level head. This will also be an open area and occasionally have a
|
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Question and Answer/Letters theme to help people on both sides of the issue
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cope. In fact, I would LOVE to hear from members of CERT, ICSA, or that group
|
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that is offering the reward. If any of you are interested in sharing your
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feelings, I would like to hear them. So, please pass around this issue and
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maybe it will happen.
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[There are so many different points about the Social Security issue in this
|
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issue, I really must let them speak for themselves. First we show the aspect
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of the new and improved Social Security... National Health Care.]
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+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| If you like Social Security, |
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| You're going to Love National Health Care |
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| by Edwin Krampitz, Jr. |
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+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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You don't have to be running for office to see the United States is in
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the midst of a serious crisis in health care. More than $650 billion was
|
|
spent on health care in the U.S. last year, nearly triple the 1980 amount.
|
|
Health care expenses accounted for 12% of the 1990 Gross National Product, up
|
|
from 9% in 1980. Over the last decade, the cost of medical care has grown at
|
|
several times the rate of inflation, the devastating consequences for health
|
|
insurers, employers, and individuals. Today, some 35 million Americans have
|
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no health insurance.
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The solution being touted by presidential candidates and media pundits is
|
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national health insurance, formerly known as socialized medicine. The
|
|
government will provide for the health care needs of all Americans. Joe
|
|
Citizen can pop into any clinic or hospital anywhere in the U.S. and Uncle Sam
|
|
will pick up the tab. The costs will be distributed fairly and evenly through
|
|
taxes on businesses, individuals, or both.
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This is such bullshit that it would be laughable if so many people who
|
|
should know better weren't taking it seriously. All we have to do is look at
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the Soviet Union's old system of socialized health care: characterized by
|
|
shoddy work, riddled with corruption, it provided excellent work for the
|
|
nomenklatura, the privileged few, with little or no care for the masses. The
|
|
British track record with socialized medicine is not much better. One reform
|
|
under consideration in England is to ensure that non-emergency conditions are
|
|
treated within TWO YEARS! That means that it, currently, takes MORE THAN two
|
|
years to get non-emergencies treated. Older people and those with terminal
|
|
illnesses are routinely triaged out of the system [due to their poor chances
|
|
of long-term survival.] In Britain, barring unusual circumstances, no one
|
|
over 55 years of age can get kidney dialysis through the public system. For
|
|
an example of how well socialized medicine will work in the United Stat!
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es, simply as any retired person
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Along with a dramatic decline in the quality of health care, we can
|
|
expect a sharp increase in costs. There are those who say that only the
|
|
government can get costs under control, but when have you seen a government
|
|
control its spending of YOUR money? As taxpayers, we spend hundreds of
|
|
dollars for a Defense Department hammer or a NASA ballpoint pen. How much do
|
|
you think a Health Department Band-Aid is going to cost us? As for the
|
|
quality of the service, as one observer recently put it, care givers under
|
|
socialized medicine usually have all the compassion of tax collectors. No one
|
|
who has studied socialized medicine would give it a second thought here.
|
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|
|
Yet we move closer and closer to a national health insurance the closer
|
|
we get to national elections. Why? Government reports come out on a weekly
|
|
basis showing how awful our current health care system is. According to a
|
|
1991 report, American doctors are paid, on average, double what their Canadian
|
|
counterparts make, and many U.S. doctors also profit on the side from
|
|
diagnostic tests performed in facilities in which they own a stake. In June
|
|
of 1991, the General Accounting Office (GAO) went so far as to give a ringing
|
|
endorsement of the Canadian Health Care system. Despite the fact that
|
|
Canadians are migrating south of the border for medical procedures that are
|
|
unavailable on a timely basis in their home country, many bureaucrats and
|
|
politicians are pointing to our northern neighbors as a model of universal
|
|
health care access.
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|
|
It's true, the U.S. health care system has problems. There seems to be
|
|
no limit to the amount of money doctors and hospitals will spend to treat a
|
|
patient, no matter how slim the chances for success. And as long as the cost
|
|
is passed on to someone else through insurance, no one seems to object to the
|
|
outrageous sums spent on treatments that are marginal, at best. So, yes,
|
|
health insurance is becoming too expensive for businesses to provide, and more
|
|
Americans are going without it. There's no such thing as a free lunch, and so
|
|
health care is moving away from group insurance to a pay-as-you-go system.
|
|
But, at least in America, you can get treatment if you can scrape up the
|
|
bucks. Compare this to Canada, where everyone is entitled to equal health
|
|
care - equally bad health care, and those who want to pay for something a cut
|
|
above are unable to get it.
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|
|
|
Despite the fact that the Canadian health care system fails in ways that
|
|
Americans wouldn't tolerate (if they knew what was coming), the government
|
|
keeps pushing. Report after report criticizes U.S. health care, and it's not
|
|
just the Medicaid and Medicare bureaucrats trying to give all Americans what
|
|
has been available to only a select few. One of the most obvious features of
|
|
the Canadian system of socialized medicine is a "health access" card, issued
|
|
to every citizen, which must be presented at doctors' offices and hospitals to
|
|
demonstrate coverage. There are many in the U.S. government who've been
|
|
trying to give us a universal identity card for years. For such people,
|
|
national health care insurance is one more opportunity to introduce a national
|
|
identity card. Consider the track record of the national identifiers:
|
|
|
|
In the early 1970s, the head of the U.S. Passport office stated that
|
|
Americans should be issued and required to carry a national identification
|
|
card, according to Scott French in `The Big Brother Game', on the ground that
|
|
the government "owes each citizen a true national identity." Luckily, because
|
|
of the post-Watergate mood, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
|
|
issued this response: "The bureaucratic apparatus needed to assign and
|
|
administer a standard universal identifier (SUI) would represent another
|
|
imposition of government on an already heavily burdened citizenry."
|
|
|
|
In 1982, the Senate approved a bill to combat the illegal immigration
|
|
"problem" that would have mandated a national identification system -
|
|
consisting of a card the every U.S. citizen would have to carry. Columnist
|
|
William Safire railed against the bill on libertarian grounds, and the
|
|
legislation got no further at the time.
|
|
|
|
During the 1980s, despite the Reagan administration's official anti-big
|
|
government stance, new regulations increased the use of the Social Security
|
|
number as a universal identifier, despite the statements of the Social
|
|
Security Administration, originally, that the number was only meant for SSA
|
|
use, and despite the passage of the Privacy Act in 1974 forbidding most other
|
|
uses of the SSN. (When President Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigned for a
|
|
second term in 1936 using Social Security as a campaign issue, some observers
|
|
had the foresight to ask where it would lead. The Hearst newspapers asked:
|
|
"Do You Want a Tag and a Number in the Name of False Security?")
|
|
|
|
By the late 1980s, as Robert Anton Wilson pointed out in the pages of the
|
|
1989 Loompanics Main Catalog, California required that all passengers, not
|
|
just the driver, in a vehicle stopped by police carry identification.
|
|
I guess, once again, to combat the illegal alien `problem.' Today's trends in
|
|
California often become tomorrow's mandates nationwide.
|
|
|
|
In July, 1989, after a two-year study, a federal task force, mandated by
|
|
Congress, to study the problem of "criminals and the deranged" getting
|
|
firearms came up with one option that should now be familiar to readers: a
|
|
national identification card that every adult citizen would have to carry.
|
|
The twist is, that this would be a "smart card," a card with an electronic
|
|
chip the size of a fingernail embedded in it, instead of the more familiar
|
|
magnetic strip on the back. The card's chip would contain encoded identifying
|
|
information: fingerprints, genetic data, a retinal scan, etc., as well as
|
|
one's criminal conviction record and, presumably, medical record. When a gun
|
|
is bought, the dealer would use a decoder to read the purchaser's smart card
|
|
and then electronically tie in the gun's serial number to the purchaser
|
|
(presumably in some central government data bank.)
|
|
|
|
The U.S. Army is considering adopting a smart card being developed by
|
|
Syscon Corporation to replace soldiers' traditional dog tags. During the
|
|
1991, Persian Gulf War, a Syscon representative indicated that "The Saudi
|
|
Arabian government could certainly use the system today to keep tabs on who is
|
|
inside their country. They'd be able to distinguish terrorist from refugee."
|
|
Smart cards have been in use in Europe for a few years already, and are also
|
|
being used by a number of private companies.
|
|
|
|
One of the main advantages the U.S. government sees in Canadian-style
|
|
national health insurance is the issuance of a national "health access" card.
|
|
Under the guise of protecting the taxpayer from fraud, the government will
|
|
require that everyone sign up for a health card. And, with smart card
|
|
technology, the government will want some sort of genetic sampling or DNA
|
|
typing embedded in the card. After all, in addition to being an identifier,
|
|
the card will help medical professionals provide treatment by revealing
|
|
important biological information.
|
|
|
|
Perhaps you are beginning to see where this new health card is leading?
|
|
Did you know that every time you use a cash machine, the machine updates the
|
|
magnetic stripe on your ATM card, so the bank can keep track of how often you
|
|
use the card and what you use it for? Well, you can imagine what a health
|
|
access smart-card will be like. It will update your medical history every
|
|
time you use it. Any illness you have: broken bones, syphilis, AIDS, mental
|
|
abnormalities, [deviant status,] etc, will be noted on the card. Your entire
|
|
medical history will be available to anyone who has your card and the
|
|
technology to read it. And that technology has to be cheap and widely
|
|
available in order for the system to work. You'll see card readers in every
|
|
drug store, every doctor's office and clinic, every hospital, and every
|
|
government office that deals with the bureaucracy of health care. [They'll
|
|
probably be available for mail-order in the back of subversive publications.]
|
|
|
|
So now they have a smart card with your medical history on it... what's
|
|
next? Well, you never know when you're going to be in an accident, so
|
|
everyone should HAVE to carry their health cards with them at all times. And
|
|
since everyone has to carry one at all times, isn't it convenient to check for
|
|
health cards when you're looking for illegal aliens? And wouldn't it be a
|
|
good idea for convicted drunk drivers to have that information embedded in
|
|
their health cards? In fact, shouldn't anyone convicted of ANY crime have
|
|
that noted on their health card? Why should people be burdened with having to
|
|
carry a Social Security card, and a driver's license, and all those other
|
|
cards, when all that stuff can be included on their health card?
|
|
|
|
Eventually, your health card is going to be required for any major
|
|
transaction: check writing, check cashing, cash machine use, car rental, hotel
|
|
reservations, airline reservations, prior to accepting employment, to register
|
|
for school, to sign up for garbage removal, etc. When that day comes, even
|
|
your library rentals will be shown on your smart card. And everyone will go
|
|
along. Because, with the government spending billions of dollars on health
|
|
care, the health card will be an essential weapon in the battle against fraud.
|
|
And it will be a convenient way to keep track of criminals. And it will make
|
|
it easy for the IRS to catch tax cheats. So, if you have nothing else to
|
|
hide, you have nothing to fear from a smart health access card, right?
|
|
Everyone will go along.
|
|
|
|
And maybe ten years from now or so, you're going to be in line at the
|
|
hospital waiting for some bureaucrat to decide whether or not, given your
|
|
genetic make-up, you should be allowed to go on living. And maybe you'll be
|
|
thinking back to that election when Joe Politician said, "We need a national
|
|
health care system like Canada's." And maybe you'll be wishing people had
|
|
thought it through a little more.
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
[Now let's hit on the highlights of how social security doesn't even do what
|
|
is was intended to do... If you're counting on those checks in the future,
|
|
this one should interest you...]
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+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| Social Insecurity |
|
|
| by David Lightman |
|
|
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|
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|
|
If you were born after 1936, don't count on Social Security to make your
|
|
retirement years comfortable. The Social Security system will be in serious
|
|
trouble within ten years, and the crunch will be devastating when the baby-
|
|
boomers start arriving at retirement age around 2010.
|
|
|
|
Social Security has expanded its coverage and benefits so much that this
|
|
year it will pay out $302 billion! That's $830 million a day to retired
|
|
workers and their spouses, widows, and dependent children and the disabled.
|
|
As it stands, there simply will not be enough money to pay promised benefits.
|
|
|
|
Social `insecurity' will be one of the most important issues of the next
|
|
decade. By knowing what's ahead, you can plan your future now to compensate
|
|
for what you won't be getting from Social Security.
|
|
|
|
So many myths surround the Social Security system that it's difficult
|
|
for most people to face the hard facts.
|
|
|
|
Myth: Social Security is a pension. Workers pay in taxes, contributions,
|
|
and the government returns the money in monthly Social Security
|
|
checks.
|
|
Reality: In almost every case, retirees get back all of their taxes in three
|
|
or four years. A worker retiring now, who paid say $34K in Social
|
|
Security taxes, will get back $160K during retirement years... or
|
|
nearly $250K if there's a non-working spouse. And that's before
|
|
cost-of-living adjustments.
|
|
|
|
Myth: Social Security payroll taxes are kept in trust funds from which
|
|
benefits are paid.
|
|
Reality: Social Security has always been a pay-as-you-go system. Current
|
|
taxpayers support current retirees. In 1950 there were fifteen
|
|
workers for every retiree. Today there are just three. By 2010,
|
|
there will be even fewer.
|
|
|
|
Myth: Today's surplus will provide for the retirement of the baby boomers.
|
|
Reality: Although the system's current surplus is now over $300 billion,
|
|
and is projected to be $1 trillion in the year 2000, that won't
|
|
help future retirees. Payroll taxes not needed to pay current
|
|
benefits are `invested' in Special Issue Government bonds. The
|
|
cash is spent on current government operations and the Treasury
|
|
creates an IOU to the Social Security system. When the Social
|
|
Security system needs to tap into its reserves in 2010, the
|
|
Treasury will have to ask the Congress to raise the money, by
|
|
raising or creating new taxes, so Social Security can redeem the
|
|
IOUs.
|
|
|
|
Myth: Most people work all their lives to be able to spend a few years in
|
|
retirement.
|
|
Reality: On average, individuals spend only half their lives in the labor
|
|
force. In the past, most of an individual's life was spent at
|
|
work. Schooling ended early. And when people retired from their
|
|
jobs, they were generally very near the end of their lives.
|
|
|
|
Myth: Current beneficiaries paid the taxes that helped create and maintain
|
|
the program. It's only fair that the young continue to maintain the
|
|
program as their elders built it.
|
|
Reality: Social Security has always been a wealth transfer from young to
|
|
old. The burden on the young was relatively light in the past
|
|
because there were so many of them and so few old people. Times
|
|
have changed. Last year, more than 70% of families paid more in
|
|
Social Security taxes that in income taxes. And those same younger
|
|
workers face the prospect of low benefits later.
|
|
|
|
Clearly changes have to be made in the Social Security system. Most
|
|
talked about...
|
|
|
|
- Raise the eligibility age for benefits to 70. It's slated now to rise
|
|
to 67 by the year 2010. Cut or eliminate benefits for early retirement at 62
|
|
(which a majority of the people now take.)
|
|
|
|
- Slow the growth of benefits by cutting cost-of-living adjustments
|
|
(COLAs). `Diet COLAs' might have individuals receiving, say, more than $1,000
|
|
in monthly benefits getting only half of the increase.
|
|
|
|
- Privatize. One way: give people "refunds" of a part of their Social
|
|
Security taxes. But require them to use the money for retirement savings.
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They would have control over how it is invested.
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- Invest the current Social Security surplus in projects that could pay
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the money back, such as rebuilding the nation's infrastructure.
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- Invest Social Security funds in private securities. Other countries do
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so successfully.
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- Require a means test. Higher income people may be unable to collect
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anymore than they paid in payroll taxes. Wealthy people may be unable to
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collect at all. Probably everyone will pay taxes on their benefits.
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Just as important, government has to help people help themselves to a
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secure retirement. Some proposals...
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- Create savings incentives by restoring the fully tax deductible
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Individual Retirement Account for all Americans.
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- Encourage the growth of private pensions. Of all the money retired
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people receive today, only fifteen percent comes from private pensions.
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Congress should simplify pension laws and regulations so the pot of money, and
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the number of people, grows.
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- Make private pensions portable so a worker can carry vested assets
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when changing jobs.
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- Increase allowable contributions by employees to private pensions. In
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most cases they are much to low.
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With all of these changes, if you want to have a secure retirement, you
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must recognize that Social Security is only one small part of your retirement
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plan. On the average, Social Security today replaces forty percent of working
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income subject to Social Security tax. (Sixty percent, if you include
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benefits for a non-working spouse.) In the future, the prudent planner will
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be looking to other sources for at least seventy-five percent of retirement
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income. So, you have to accumulate substantial assets to ensure an ample flow
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of income later.
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Save as much as you can through pension plans and other instruments such
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as IRAs and 401(k)s and Keoghs, which provide significant tax advantages.
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Simple Saving Strategy
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Begin with a disciplined plan. Make out your first check each month to
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yourself, for your retirement plan. Save at least ten percent of your gross
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salary.
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Set dollar goals for your retirement income factoring in the erosion
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caused by inflation. The results can be scary.
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Make quality your investment guide. Retirement savings should never be
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at risk. There are always safe, rewarding opportunities in government bonds
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and the shares of quality corporations. Remember, however, that the `safety'
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of these investments relies upon the stability of our government.
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Diversify (but not too much.) No, one, particular holding should be more
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than ten percent, at cost, of your total funds or fifteen percent at market
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value. In down periods, make shifts so that fifty percent or more is in debt
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instruments. Examples: quality straight and zero-coupon bonds... mortgage-
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backed funds.
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At all times, be comfortable with your investments. If you have any
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qualms about a potential holding, don't buy it. Your goal is sure, ample
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assets at retirement.
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Review your portfolio periodically, at least annually and more often in
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erratic markets. Always strive to keep it in balance. Too often, when you
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pick a winner, you keep adding shares. Before you know it, thirty percent of
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your portfolio may be concentrated in one stock, and that's too much.
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Be patient. It takes time to make money safely. And, if you start
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early, you will have plenty of time.
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[Now we take a look at the `Big Brother' effect that the Social Security
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Administration has had on us... What direction is this whole thing going?
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Let's take a look...]
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| Show us your worker card |
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| by John Q. Newman |
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Some day soon, you'll be pulled over for a traffic violation, don't be
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surprised to hear the officer say, "I need to see your license, registration,
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and worker card." Excuse me. Worker Card? What's a worker card?
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A worker card, or something like it, will be a national identity card,
|
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issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and required for all
|
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Americans who seek work. Eventually, it will be required for all
|
|
identification purposes. While there is still a great deal of resistance in
|
|
the United States to a national identity card, there is growing pressure from
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Washington D.C. to adopt such a system. Whether it will fully come to pass
|
|
remains to be seen. However, the bureaucrats aren't waiting for a referendum
|
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to start the national identity ball rolling.
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There are many people in the federal government and in law enforcement
|
|
who would like to see the United States adopt a national identity document.
|
|
To be effective, this document would be required for all citizens and it would
|
|
be mandatory to carry it on one's person at all times. The refrain "May I see
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your papers?" is not yet a reality in the United States, but it may be soon.
|
|
Certain steps are being taken right now to allow the creation of such a
|
|
national identity system.
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|
If this sounds chilling, it should. In the United States, only those who
|
|
were convicted of serious crimes must register with the police, and we can
|
|
still get a passport even if we owe the IRS a little money. But changes are
|
|
coming, slowly and surely, one step at a time. The first big step occurred in
|
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1986, when the Immigration Reform and Control Act was passed by Congress.
|
|
Although it was sold as a way to control illegal immigration and the
|
|
employment of illegal aliens, it contains record keeping provisions that will
|
|
allow for the creation of a similar type of national identity database that
|
|
exists in most European countries.
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The Immigration Act of 1986
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The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 has three provisions: an
|
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illegal immigrant naturalization program 1000 new border patrol agents, and
|
|
new record-keeping requirements for employers. The record-keeping
|
|
requirements have set the stage for a new national identity program.
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|
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Under the provisions of the act, all employers must have proof of any
|
|
worker's identity and eligibility to work in the United States. A prospective
|
|
employer must, under penalty of law, fill out a form that requests at least
|
|
two types of identification from the new employee. [The I-9 Form] One piece
|
|
of ID can be a drivers license or state identity card, or something similar.
|
|
The second piece must be either a birth certificate or Social Security card.
|
|
The employer is required to maintain these forms on all workers and make them
|
|
available to immigration inspectors upon request. The employer is not under
|
|
any obligation to verify the accuracy of the documents presented, only to
|
|
maintain a record of them.
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Currently, a demonstration project is going on in Texas that allows
|
|
employers to verify Social Security numbers over the telephone. The project
|
|
is being implemented in a few Texas cities that have large numbers of illegal
|
|
immigrants who work in seasonal jobs, such as construction. Many of these
|
|
illegal immigrants have purchased phoney Social Security cards and use them to
|
|
get work. Under this pilot project, a special Social Security office was set
|
|
up to handle requests for verification from employers. This special Social
|
|
Security office is generally able to provide an answer within a day on whether
|
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a SSN is valid.
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|
This is a major shift in US identification for two reasons. First, a
|
|
huge SSA database is being accessed directly by outside groups for identity
|
|
verification purposes. Second, it brings us a step closer to turning the
|
|
information that employers must now collect into an active database run by the
|
|
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). How would this database
|
|
function? When a new employee is hired, the employer completes two copies of
|
|
the INS form. The original goes into the employer's files and the copy is
|
|
mailed to a regional INS office where the data is entered into INS computers.
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The INS would then offer an on-line computer match of SSN against the
|
|
SSA's database. For the first time, almost all Americans would have a file
|
|
with a law enforcement agency. After all, the INS is an enforcement agency
|
|
within The US Justice Department. The database that would be created out of
|
|
this process will be enormous because almost all people eventually enter the
|
|
labor force. While this database is not a full-fledged national identity
|
|
system, one key requirement has been met: a single, nationwide, detailed, and
|
|
up-to-date database that includes most people in the country.
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The Role of the States
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The United States is unique among nations because of our highly
|
|
decentralized identification bureaucracy. Almost all identification comes
|
|
from state governments and not the federal government. A check of the average
|
|
American's wallet will usually reveal no federal identity documents. The only
|
|
federally issued identity document most Americans will have is the Social
|
|
Security card and most people do not carry it on their person. A passport is
|
|
another piece of federally issued identification, but only 25% of all
|
|
Americans will ever have a passport.
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|
From this, it is clear that for any future US national identity system to
|
|
work, it will require cooperation from the states. This will be accomplished
|
|
in two ways: data sharing with the federal government, and the
|
|
standardization of the format of state-issued identity documents. Let's look
|
|
at data sharing first.
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The focal point of the national identity system to come will be the
|
|
database the INS builds as employers provide information on employees. As
|
|
this data is received by the INS, "John Doe's" file will be updated with his
|
|
new employer and home address. This allows the database to develop a
|
|
sequential history of everyone in it. People tend to keep updated records of
|
|
themselves with their employers to insure that paychecks and benefits are
|
|
received without delay. The INS database will be updated each time a person
|
|
changes jobs, so it will be very current indeed.
|
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|
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Data sharing allows the federal government to expand the database even
|
|
further. With access to state drivers license records, motor vehicle records
|
|
and the SSA's files, the INS would be capable of creating an ominous data
|
|
base. Presto! Gone are all the barriers between state and federal data
|
|
bases. The states will go along with it because the Feds will tell them that
|
|
it will allow them to catch fugitives from justice more easily. For the first
|
|
time a federal law enforcement agency will be in routine custody of massive
|
|
personal data files on nearly every American.
|
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|
|
The second critical element the federal government will push is
|
|
standardization of state identity documents. The Feds will encourage the
|
|
states to use coding and numbering patterned after the SSN as their drivers
|
|
license number. The federal government wants all states to do this. Although
|
|
the physical appearance of the license may differ from state to state, the
|
|
coding will be identical. This brings us closer to a national drivers license
|
|
and a national identity card. As you can see, the SSA will play a key role in
|
|
allowing the federal government to pull all of these sources together. Let's
|
|
see how.
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Social Security's Vital Role
|
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|
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The closest equivalent in the United States to a person-number is the
|
|
SSN. This is because your SSN is the only truly unique identifier you have.
|
|
In a country the size of the United States, there may be other people with the
|
|
same first, middle, and last names as your. Certainly, there are many other
|
|
people with your same date of birth. But your SSN is a unique identifier.
|
|
That's why the federal government urged the states to use this number on
|
|
state-issued identity documents until the Privacy Act of 1974 prohibited this
|
|
requirement. This act says that states can ask for your number, but they
|
|
cannot refuse you a service if you fail to provide it.
|
|
|
|
The federal government has gradually tried to punch holes in the Privacy
|
|
Act's protection of SSNs. When draft registration became mandatory in 1980,
|
|
the Selective Service board was given access to birth data in the SSA's files.
|
|
Using information from these files, the Selective Service generates lists of
|
|
18-year old males who have failed to register for the draft.
|
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|
|
SSNs allow numerous databases to be pulled together quickly and to be
|
|
indexed by a unique numerical sequence. But to make a SSN into a genuine
|
|
person-number requires a few more steps. First, everyone must be required to
|
|
have a number. The IRS has taken a step that provides a big boost in that
|
|
direction. The IRS now requires that all children over five years of age must
|
|
have a SSN in order to be claimed as deductions on income tax returns. This
|
|
policy has resulted in millions of young Americans getting SSNs.
|
|
|
|
The next requirement is to be able to "retire" SSNs once someone has
|
|
died. All countries that use a person-number system, permanently retire a
|
|
number when its holder dies. In the United States, the SSA is making progress
|
|
toward just a system.
|
|
|
|
When a person who has been collecting Social Security benefits dies, the
|
|
SSA places his or her number into a special database. The SSA has been trying
|
|
to get states to report the death of anyone receiving state benefits so the
|
|
information can be recorded in the federal database. The SSA would like it to
|
|
become routine practice to be notified by states of any deaths. Over time,
|
|
the SSA will build up a repository of retired numbers. Coupled with most
|
|
Americans receiving numbers early in life, a close approximation of a person-
|
|
numbering system is being created around the SSN.
|
|
|
|
Another essential step is to be able to distinguish between numbers
|
|
issued to US citizens and those issued to non-citizens. This is now being
|
|
done. Non-Americans who do not have the right to work in the United States
|
|
are given Social Security cards that have the legend NOT VALID FOR EMPLOYMENT
|
|
printed across them. [Then what's the point of the card?!? -Daiv] Also,
|
|
the SSA forwards information on all foreign nationals to the INS.
|
|
|
|
Another feature of a true person-numbering system is the ability to track
|
|
the foreign travel of citizens. The United States has already set such a
|
|
tracking system in motion. As of January, 1989, it became mandatory to
|
|
provide one's SSN to get a passport. The number is included in the machine
|
|
readable coding on modern passports. Whenever a person returns from a trip
|
|
overseas, the first agency they deal with is the Immigration and
|
|
Naturalization Service. When your passport is presented to the immigration
|
|
officer upon arrival, a record of your return is added to the INS database.
|
|
The link between this and your other files is the SSN.
|
|
|
|
How It Will Be Sold To The Public
|
|
|
|
The necessary steps to create a national identification system are in
|
|
their nascent stage. The INS will probably run the system. A final step will
|
|
be the issuance of a "United States Authorized Worker Card," or some similarly
|
|
named document. The issuing agency would, of course, be the INS. Being a law
|
|
enforcement agency, the INS would likely have access to the FBI's central
|
|
records system. Without a question, these records would then be integrated
|
|
into the INS database.
|
|
|
|
The FBI has two primary databases. One is the National Crime Information
|
|
Center, or "NCIC." this is the computer system that your name is run through
|
|
any time you are pulled over for a traffic violation. The NCIC contains the
|
|
names of fugitives and information on stolen property, as well as the names of
|
|
certain missing persons. The FBI also maintains a criminal records index
|
|
containing information on anyone convicted of a federal offense. The INS will
|
|
have access to these files, and will no doubt check each new piece of
|
|
information against the FBI's files.
|
|
|
|
Now you can see how this system will be sold to the public. The federal
|
|
government will proclaim the illegal immigration is out of control and
|
|
foreigners are taking jobs that rightfully belong to Americans. We will also
|
|
be told that these immigrants are a major source of crime, and that the only
|
|
way to stop the flow of illegal immigrants is to issue an identity card that
|
|
only U.S. citizens or lawfully-admitted aliens are allowed to carry. We will
|
|
be told that this is not a "national identity card," but simply a card that
|
|
shows that the holder is entitled to work in the United States. The reality,
|
|
as we have seen here, is completely different.
|
|
|
|
National Identity And Privacy
|
|
|
|
As should be obvious to knowledgeable privacy seekers, a national
|
|
identity system does not mean the end of our privacy. The classic methods of
|
|
identity changing would still allow you to penetrate the new national identity
|
|
system on your own terms. Using a mail drop, your home address can remain
|
|
unknown to the data hounds. Using a fake birth certificate and supporting
|
|
documents, you can still create a completely fictitious legal identity for day
|
|
to day use, thus leaving your natural legal identity untouched - a blank slate
|
|
to be used when needed.
|
|
|
|
The coming national identity system will not alter any of the traditional
|
|
methods of identity creation. You still build up a paper person's background
|
|
as you do now. The only difference is, once you have obtained all your state-
|
|
issued identity documents - your birth certificate, drivers license, voter
|
|
registration card, etc. - you make a final stop at the Immigration and
|
|
Naturalization Service to pick up your "Worker Card." All identity systems
|
|
rely on paper and numbers; learn to manipulate the paper and numbers, and you
|
|
can manipulate your official identity and the corresponding benefits and
|
|
penalties.
|
|
|
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|
|
[John Q. Newman is the author of The Heavy Duty New Identity, Understanding
|
|
U.S. Identity Documents and Be Your Own Dick: Private Investigating Made
|
|
Easy. All three books are available from Loompanics Unlimited.]
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|
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[Now to sum up how the American public became schmoozed to buy this shit in
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the first place!]
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+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| Security in Socialism |
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| by George T. Knoblauch |
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+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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|
|
"Folks... have we got a good deal for the American people. With all the
|
|
soup kitchens, with all the hungry people waiting in line for food, with all
|
|
the elderly people with no place to sleep or call home, we've decided to
|
|
implement a program to eliminate the chances for anything like that ever
|
|
happening again."
|
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|
|
"It won't cost the average person much at all. We will put a small charge
|
|
on the salary of all working people. Each employer will contribute a larger
|
|
amount. All these monies will be put into an insurance fund. Employers will
|
|
be able to afford the higher assessment. After all, look at all the profits
|
|
they make. We will pay these funds to everyone at age 65 so no one will ever
|
|
have to worry about their golden years again."
|
|
|
|
"In fact, to be fair to the women, we will begin to pay them at age 62
|
|
since women have less earning power and outlive their husbands. The citizens
|
|
will now have fewer problems as they get older and receive benefits from this
|
|
system."
|
|
|
|
This system will be called Social Security. It's time for the government
|
|
to take care of it's hard working people."
|
|
|
|
The length and depth of the depression in the early 1930s was a
|
|
significant selling point for the social security program. Many researchers
|
|
and historians claim the depression was orchestrated. Behind the scenes power
|
|
brokers wanted the slump to give the government reason to implement
|
|
socialistic programs. There is much reading available in this area of history
|
|
also.
|
|
|
|
This adventure in socialism began in earnest in August 1935 when Congress
|
|
passed the Social Security Act. The act established the Social Security
|
|
Board. It consisted of 3 members who were chosen by the President and
|
|
approved by the Senate. They were to be so independent that they were to
|
|
report directly to the president. This continued until 1939 when the board
|
|
became part of the Federal Security Agency. They created this agency to
|
|
include health and education activities.
|
|
|
|
Health and education activities? It looks as though our government
|
|
recognized the importance of educating the people in socialist principles way
|
|
back in 1939.
|
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|
|
What a farce. What a sham put over on the American people. Show me
|
|
where there is any security in socialism? I'm not twisting words around.
|
|
That's exactly what Social Security means... security in socialism. Let me
|
|
tell you there is NO SECURITY IN SOCIALISM!
|
|
|
|
Our federal government has been violating the law since the beginning of
|
|
this program. There is no permission in our Constitution for any socialist
|
|
programs. We gave no authority for free cheese, specific welfare such as food
|
|
stamps, medicare, medicaid or Social Security.
|
|
|
|
How did our nation ever manage 146 years without such an idiotic program?
|
|
Didn't we have any people who lived to be 65? How did they ever survive
|
|
without big brother looking out for them? How did our country manage to
|
|
endure with all those old people dying right in our streets? Did we just
|
|
allow them to starve to death with no handouts from government?
|
|
|
|
Regardless, you say, they only have our own good in mind. Don't you
|
|
believe it! There is only one thing they have in mind... the destruction of
|
|
our Constitution. Control of the American people is also high on their list.
|
|
Looking at social security practically, it is simply another form of taxation.
|
|
The operation of the taxing provisions of the social security system are now
|
|
part of the Internal Revenue Code.
|
|
|
|
Encyclopedia Americana tells us "The term 'social security' is usually
|
|
employed to indicate specific government programs designed primarily to
|
|
prevent want by assuring to families the basic means of subsistence."
|
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|
|
How white of them. What business is it of government? Where can you
|
|
find any authorization in our Constitution for programs to prevent want? They
|
|
are encroaching into lives of citizens without a legal right.
|
|
Unconstitutional... it's a seizure of powers we did not grant when we
|
|
established the authority for government. If they assume any power we did not
|
|
allow, it's illegal. That's pretty strong, so now let's go ahead and prove
|
|
it.
|
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|
|
The supremacy clause of our Constitution makes that crystal clear. We
|
|
have established that our document is the supreme law of our land.
|
|
|
|
Any laws made which don't conform to the authority we granted in the
|
|
basic document are NO GOOD!
|
|
|
|
And if that weren't plain enough for the people working for government,
|
|
the Tenth Amendment clears that up.
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ARTICLE X
|
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|
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"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution,
|
|
nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States
|
|
respectively or to the people."
|
|
|
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|
|
I'm certain any reader can understand that. Why do you suppose the
|
|
federal government can't understand it? Is it possible they prefer to think
|
|
the Tenth Amendment doesn't exist? Either that is true or this is an obvious
|
|
case of collusion between the branches of our government.
|
|
|
|
Recently a program concerning our Constitution aired on PBS. The
|
|
moderator said he had gone to every lawyer and judge he could find the day
|
|
before the program. He asked if any of them knew what the Tenth amendment
|
|
said and NOT ONE could answer his question! Not one even knew the general
|
|
subject matter of the amendment. Does our Constitution still exist? So much
|
|
for our intelligent judges and lawyers. Give me a break.
|
|
|
|
When the first twelve proposed amendments were submitted to the states in
|
|
1789 to become our Bill of Rights, the Congress included this introductory
|
|
statement (or preamble):
|
|
|
|
"The Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of
|
|
their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to
|
|
prevent misconceptions or abuse of its powers, that further
|
|
declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as
|
|
extending the ground of public confidence in the Government,
|
|
will best insure the beneficent ends of its institution:"
|
|
|
|
(Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union of the American
|
|
States. House Document No. 398, 69th Congress, 1st Session 1965)
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|
|
The First Congress is assuring the people that these new amendments will
|
|
be a tighter rope to confine the government. And the legal eagles today do
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not know what the tenth amendment says or means? When we get into a
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discussion of the Bill of Rights, you will quickly see how the federales
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believe the preceding preamble.
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Going back to our venture into socialism, let's take a look at the
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numbers for a moment. What happens to the money which a man has paid into the
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system for 40 or more years? And what if he should die before he becomes
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eligible to collect benefits? Does it go to his wife or survivors? You know
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better than that. It's gone... it has become a gratuitous donation to Big
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Brother. An amount equal to taxes collected from individuals are assessed
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from their employers. All this money goes to the general fund and spent for
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anything, legal or illegal.
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And assuming there is now a widow, what would she receive from his
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donations? Certainly not the amount paid into the system, nor even the
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interest on those funds. How many of our elderly citizens do not have enough
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money to pay for their rent, utilities or food? We won't even mention an
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occasional night out to the movies or a vacation to enjoy their remaining
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years. How many of our older citizens have to depend on a church function for
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a meal? How many wait at the Salvation Army or some other private charity for
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Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner? This is a crime. What did they say was the
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intent of the Social Security program? "To prevent want by assuring to
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families the basic means of subsistence."
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Horse manure! People for generations have been led to believe that this
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program would take care of them in later years. What's the story we hear
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often now? The program will be broke in 'X' numbers of years. Mercy, it's
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running out of money so we have to increase the withholding levels. The
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government, the way it is running today, is the solution to nothing... it's
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the problem.
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Alexander Hamilton argued fervently in Paper No. 84 that we did not need
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a Bill of Rights since the Constitution was in itself a bill of rights. He
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asks the question, "For why declare that things shall not be done which there
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is no power to do?" (The Federalist Papers.) He insisted that the national
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government could do nothing which was not specifically allowed in the
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document. However the Congress proposed a Bill of Rights. It was adopted to
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further tie down the new government to prohibit any abuse of its powers.
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How does this government get itself involved in the business of welfare
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or social security? The amendment process was not invoked to ask for our
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consent agreeing to a change. I didn't agree to any change allowing for
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socialism, did you?
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Can our constitution be changed by an act of Congress or by an order by
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the executive branch? Maybe an order by a federal judge can do it. Not true!
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It can only be changed under Article V if you and I agree to the change at the
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voting booth. So--did you agree to the change? Remember what the Tenth
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Amendment said?
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Let's pretend for a moment there was no social security program enacted.
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The people had not been lulled into a false sense of protection by a devious
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government. Suppose then the people had put the same amount of money into a
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savings account for the same period. They could retire very comfortably on
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the interest alone.
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Let's carry our fairy tale a little further. As in the previous
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illustration, let's say a man paid into a trust fund for 30 or 40 years. Then
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he died before reaching 65. What would the family live on in a case like
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this? Why all the money which had not been donated to big government. His
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widow and entire family could live extremely well on the interest received
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from the trust fund. And there would be money for education. That would be
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if our government in their 'wisdom' had not tried to exercise control over
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people in violation of our basic law.
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I don't, for a moment, suggest that we cut off social security payments
|
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tomorrow. There is no question what the outcome of such a drastic measure
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would be. The vastness of the dilemma and the people who exist only because
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of those meager payments shows a real problem. The program should be phased
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out over the next 15 to 20 years.
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People who are now paying into the system should be given the option for
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their money to be withheld as it is presently. If they so choose, the money
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can go into a private trust to gain interest and increase in value. The
|
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difference now being that these monies will remain the property of the one
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allowing the deductions. Naturally, it would pass on to his or her heirs as
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with any other property. Congress could not use this money for any
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expenditure they feel the urge to implement. For example, they couldn't use
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these funds to raise their own salaries at whim.
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For others who don't want money taken out of their salaries, they should
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drop out of the system altogether. Government has no right to intrude into
|
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the private affairs of Americans. "But when a long train of abuses and
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usurpations, pursing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce
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them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw
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off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security."
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(Declaration of Independence.)
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The lone woman on the Supreme Court (Sandra Day O'Conner) remarked to a
|
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TV reporter one day that she used to think Social Security was
|
|
unconstitutional. Now she doesn't think so... wonder who gave her the
|
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indoctrination?
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How do we correct the situation? Since Congress created the boondoggle,
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Congress will have to be the ones to change it. Call the local offices of
|
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your Senators and Representatives and ask questions about this adventure in
|
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socialism. Be certain to point out the lack of jurisdiction for these type of
|
|
programs. Tell them you want something done about this violation of our
|
|
Constitution. Further, remind them you will be watching to see what is being
|
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done. Phone calls every couple of weeks wouldn't be too often. It has to be
|
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impressed on their minds that these socialistic programs have to cease.
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I'm certain you will hear a story like, "These things are so interwoven
|
|
in the fabric of our society, they would be impossible to change." Remind our
|
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illustrious 'leaders' that if any practice was unconstitutional when it began,
|
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it is still unconstitutional. No amount of usage will make the practice legal
|
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or give it an illusion of respectability.
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There was never any intent on the part of the Founders to allow the
|
|
phrase "general welfare" to signify a right to establish any specific welfare
|
|
programs. To find the origin of this statement, we must look to our first
|
|
compact of government, The Articles of Confederation.
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Article III states: "The said states hereby severally enter into a firm
|
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league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security
|
|
of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves
|
|
to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them,
|
|
or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other
|
|
pretence whatever." (Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union)
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From this it's obvious what the term general welfare means. There is no
|
|
need to insult the readers intelligence to imply that the general welfare
|
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clause magically became authorization for specific welfare.
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Another area in our Constitution which they may argue is permission for
|
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social security, is the "necessary and proper" clause (Art I, Sec 8). That's
|
|
weak and won't hold water. This only gives power to make laws which are
|
|
necessary and proper to carry out the duties and powers listed in the basic
|
|
document. It's not for anything they decide is a great idea.
|
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Hamilton, in Paper #78, said: "There is no position which depends on
|
|
clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to
|
|
the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void." Anything
|
|
they do which is beyond what we have allowed or agreed to is void.
|
|
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To aspire to the greatness this country was destined to achieve, we must
|
|
demand our government obey the law. It must return to the confines to which
|
|
we agreed when the Constitution was established.
|
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|
If you ever see the original of our Constitution (or an exact copy), the
|
|
first three words use decorative letters. WE THE PEOPLE. Their authority for
|
|
government comes from us and only we can agree to a change.
|
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If the members of Congress are not receptive to our demands, we have a
|
|
duty to vote them out of office. We must send Americans to Washington who
|
|
will obey the oath to support the supremacy of our Constitution which we
|
|
ordered in Article VI, Sec 3.
|
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|
For this evil to continue, all we need do is nothing! There is a limit
|
|
to their power and that limit is you and me.
|
|
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Recently, in a controversy concerning the poor and food, Reagan put his
|
|
foot in his mouth. (Or, maybe it was Nancy's foot!) He said the poor were
|
|
unable to find food or stamps due to a lack of knowledge. A late-night
|
|
comedian commented that if that is true, his staff must be starving to death!
|
|
'Nuff said.
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[Since there's not a lot of things that pertain to food and the SSA, Storm
|
|
decided to go in a little different direction.]
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| Food for thought |
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| by Dr. 8Ball |
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[Storm originally wanted to write on this topic. However, as a FINE article
|
|
came in from Dr. 8Ball, I had to accept it. My apologies to Storm]
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Vivisection:
|
|
To dissect, maim, mutilate or experiment upon a living body. Sounds
|
|
pretty, don't it?
|
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|
What would YOU do if they tested a new dog shampoo by feeding it to
|
|
children? We wouldn't allow it! Would we? Yet millions of animals are still
|
|
blinded, shocked, decapitated, and force-fed poisons. These tests can and
|
|
have been (by some companies) replaced with alternatives: Tests using
|
|
advanced technology not torture.
|
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|
|
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA) has stopped some of
|
|
the most barbaric experiments. But SOME continue to test their products at
|
|
the expense of the lives of animals.
|
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|
General Motors- The Heartbreak of America
|
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|
|
No law requires cars to be tested for safety using animals. However, GM
|
|
continues to smash the skulls and break the necks of ferrets and pigs with
|
|
pneumatic impactors, like those used on baboons at the notorious University of
|
|
Pennsylvania Head Injury Laboratory which was exposed by animal rights
|
|
activists in 1984.
|
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|
|
When asked why GM doesn't just use crash dummies, GM spokesman, Jack
|
|
Dinan replied, "The anthropomorphic dummies provide readings on electrical
|
|
instruments...but they don't scream out in pain- they don't bleed..."
|
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|
|
GM Vice President, Robert A. Frosh told PeTA: "Be assured, we believe
|
|
that biomedical research should only be conducted when human lives may be
|
|
saved or human suffering relieved." If the alleviation of suffering and death
|
|
is important to GM, why hasn't the company installed air bags as standard
|
|
equipment in its cars and trucks?
|
|
|
|
"There's no substitute for animal research." That's like saying, "You
|
|
can only get there by driving," when you can get there by walking, flying,
|
|
bicycling, riding in a train, or roller skating.
|
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|
|
"Animals are here for human beings to use; if we have to sacrifice 1,000
|
|
or 100,000 animals in the hope of benefitting ONE child, it's worth it." If
|
|
experimenting on ONE mentally retarded person might benefit 1,000 children,
|
|
would we do it? Of course not!
|
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|
|
L'oreal: The Nazi Connection
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|
In his story, `The Letter Writer,' Nazi concentration camp survivor,
|
|
Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote: "In relation to [other creatures], all people are
|
|
Nazis; for the animals, it is an eternal Treblinka."
|
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|
|
Interestingly, in the spring of '91, the Paris-based newspaper `The
|
|
European' reported that the chairman of L'oreal's U.S. company, Cosmair was a
|
|
leader of pro-Nazi groups during WWII and that L'oreal would soon be
|
|
investigated for allegedly current racist business dealings.
|
|
|
|
Companies, such as L'oreal, Colgate-Palmolive, Gillette, Proctor and
|
|
Gamble, etc. have been performing lethal dose tests (now sometimes called
|
|
`limit tests' by public relations conscious laboratories) since the 1920's. In
|
|
the test's most common form, the compound, liquid bleach, for example, is
|
|
force fed by mouth or through a tube inserted down the throat. Typical
|
|
symptoms of animals poisoned in these tests include convulsions, vomiting,
|
|
diarrhea, paralysis, and bleeding from the eyes, nose, and mouth. The
|
|
survivors are killed for examination.
|
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|
|
Six to nine albino rabbits are placed in stocks to prevent them from
|
|
clawing their eyes to dislodge the substances, but have their heads and necks
|
|
protruding. The lower lid of each animal's eye is pulled away from the
|
|
eyeball to form a cup. Into that cup, a technician drops several milligrams
|
|
of a substance to be tested. With a particularly caustic substance, the
|
|
rabbits scream in pain.
|
|
|
|
These are but a few of the atrocities committed in our genocidal
|
|
concentration camps known as "research labs." Our most common commercial
|
|
household items are deemed safe by how few hamsters, kittens, or dogs go blind
|
|
or develop cancer.
|
|
|
|
Is our basic human vanity worth all this? Especially when technology has
|
|
proven these tests unnecessary. These experiments on live animals are NOT
|
|
required by law and warning labels on products that could prove dangerous if
|
|
inhaled, swallowed, or dropped into an eye could suffice insofar as providing
|
|
safety measures.
|
|
|
|
You may also wish to contact the manufacturers of your favorite products
|
|
and express your concern of their practices. Suggest to them, that if they
|
|
wish to retain their customers, alternatives to vivisection would be an
|
|
important agenda to them.
|
|
|
|
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the
|
|
way its animals are treated." - Gandhi
|
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Thank you,
|
|
Dr. 8ball and PeTA
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[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals can be reached at PO Box 42516,
|
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Washington DC, 20015.
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[For some insight as to how we operate and what gets us motivated to do this,
|
|
read...]
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Why we do What we do the Way we do:
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by Anesthesia
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|
Well, after the first couple of issues were released, I've been getting
|
|
some letters from people I used to know. Mostly, they want to know why I've
|
|
backed down a bit from my previously `violent' and technical form of writing.
|
|
There are several reasons why. I think it may help you understand if I share
|
|
them with you.
|
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|
|
A long while ago, I wrote a few text files on how to terrorize your
|
|
school, how to blow things up, and other such things. It recently dawned on
|
|
me that I was just doing what everyone else was doing. I never really liked
|
|
being just one of the many lemmings [Baa-aa-aa -Daiv] in a group, so I took a
|
|
break and almost quit doing all the things that I used to do. Then I met a
|
|
few people who changed my destiny. One of these people was David Lightman.
|
|
He has many unique views on how the world runs, and that made me remember why
|
|
I started doing this in the first place.
|
|
|
|
So, here I am, writing again. Some people have said I am an `old, soft
|
|
relic that should be put away.' Well, I don't subscribe to that point of
|
|
view. Just like double standards and corruption in the government, I'll be
|
|
around for a long, long time!
|
|
|
|
Mainly the reason I keep myself `in check' here is because I realized
|
|
that I was sharing a lot of potentially dangerous ideas and thoughts. I,
|
|
also, see lots of others doing the same thing. I wasn't given any background,
|
|
safety, or direction with these views. Phirst Amendment gives me that avenue.
|
|
|
|
Eventually, I do plan on becoming more technical in my writing, but I
|
|
will feel a lot better about it, knowing that I've set down some direction and
|
|
other rudiments in these first issues.
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In other words, I enjoy writing for the beginner, and helping them work
|
|
their way up through the ranks. Plus, it excites me to have people think and
|
|
show them how to see things a different way. I hope you enjoy this magazine.
|
|
I also hope you stay tuned for the harder stuff,
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-Anesthesia-
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[In fond memory of Christmas...]
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____________________________________________________________________________
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Once upon A Christmas Hacker
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____________________________________________________________________________
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|
Another Christmas has passed us by! That means even more folks got
|
|
modems and more boards will go up. Unfortunately, about the time you'll read
|
|
this, we'll be hit with another 'Night of the Poser Hackers.' Actually, it is
|
|
usually more than a night... more like a month.
|
|
|
|
This is the time of the year that all new kids want to enter our digital
|
|
Underground world. Some of them will stay and some will get frustrated, but
|
|
it's still inevitable. Just make sure to tell these new ones to watch what
|
|
they say. One day, this may cause the end of us all.
|
|
|
|
I have always had this terrible nightmare that some poser will blow the
|
|
lid off the ancient culture of ours. I have been involved for over thirteen
|
|
years now and would hate to see it die. I've seen MIT go from hacker heaven
|
|
to just another place. I've seen the rise and fall of the LoD (Legion of
|
|
Doom.) And I've seen the inception of government agencies to deal with
|
|
hacking. I'm still here and so are you! Let's keep it that way!
|
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|
|
My theory on life has always been modeled after the ninja. With stealth
|
|
and silence, you can remain 'alive' and still achieve what you want.
|
|
|
|
It was already demonstrated to us through `boxing' that a little
|
|
knowledge in the wrong hands can ruin a good thing. Boxing was ruined because
|
|
a lot of college kids found out about it, and abused it.
|
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|
|
As always, I stress again - keep the newbies informed that silence can be
|
|
golden. If you don't, we may be spending a lot more time relating to another
|
|
type of metal... metal bars.
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[Should a rodent narc on you, consider this...]
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____________________________________________________________________________
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When the Hammer Falls
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____________________________________________________________________________
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Any older `Elite' (such an overused word) that is worth his salt is very
|
|
familiar with the procedure of being arrested, either through first-hand or
|
|
vicarious experience. What happens when it is your turn? Best thing you can
|
|
do is be prepared!
|
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|
|
Paranoia has always been my best friend. I encrypt all my files and
|
|
never keep large amounts of hard copy lying around. A thousand sheets of
|
|
printer paper is hard to get rid of! Always be paranoid and prepared.
|
|
|
|
When the particular agency [Hmm...] comes to your door, they may or may
|
|
not knock. It depends on your threat level as well as what you may have done.
|
|
|
|
Speaking with people about the subject, as well as my own experience,
|
|
shows that similar events occur - leading up to an arrest or `questioning.'
|
|
They notice unusual vehicles parked outside their home or see certain people
|
|
everywhere they go. These are bad signs! [Understatement...] Also, one
|
|
important fact: not only can they tap phones, but they also have equipment
|
|
that is so sensitive, they can tell which individual letters are typed on an
|
|
electronic typewriter. Invasion of Privacy? Yes, but do you think law-
|
|
enforcers always follow the law?
|
|
|
|
Then comes the typical visit. A knock on the door and people asking to
|
|
come in. Be very polite with these people. You don't want to give them an
|
|
excuse to draw weapons. Simply ask to see proof of identification and the
|
|
search warrant. The identification will tell you with whom you are dealing.
|
|
The warrant will tell you why they are here and what they are allowed to take.
|
|
Read the warrant very carefully.
|
|
|
|
If they ask you any questions, simply state that you `cannot' answer any
|
|
questions without a lawyer present. If you stick with this, you won't
|
|
complicate your case.
|
|
|
|
It is usually best to stay out of their way while they are conducting
|
|
their `search'. Simply ask if you can sit down somewhere. Attempting to
|
|
obstruct their search can be dangerous.
|
|
|
|
They will confiscate a lot of items during their search. Make a polite
|
|
request that all items being removed from your residence and/or office be
|
|
catalogued. Some things tend to get `lost' during these searches.
|
|
|
|
You will be questioned and they will probably ask you to incriminate
|
|
other people you may or may not know. Do not believe any `deals' they offer
|
|
you. Words are just words. They don't mean anything at all. My philosophy
|
|
has always been: I have not been forced to do this, why should I cause
|
|
trouble for others. You have chosen to do whatever you may be in trouble for,
|
|
so this is your game.
|
|
|
|
Eventually, you will be assigned a lawyer. The most important thing to
|
|
remember through this, is that most lawyers don't know much about this area.
|
|
You would have better luck if you were as mass-murderer. So, what is the best
|
|
course of action? Inform your lawyer that he should contact the EFF
|
|
(Electronic Frontiers Foundation) for case assistance.
|
|
|
|
This information won't keep you free. But, if you ARE arrested, this is,
|
|
by far, the best course of action. What else can you do? Spend some time,
|
|
now, studying your basic rights and what they are good for.
|
|
|
|
Remember, as David Lightman always says, `There are two kinds of hackers
|
|
- the famous and the free.'
|
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-Anesthesia-
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____________________________________________________________________________
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BBS Connection
|
|
____________________________________________________________________________
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Board Name: Blitzkrieg
|
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Phone Number: (502) 499-8933
|
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System Type: IBM
|
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Software Type: WWIV
|
|
Sysop(s): Predat0R
|
|
Speeds: 1200/2400
|
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NUP: Columbian Coke
|
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|
|
For the most part, this board is mainly concerned with text files and
|
|
virus research. You can find most any text file on this board. Some may
|
|
shock you! [It's Ultra's home board.] Predat0R is a really well informed
|
|
individual, and he's always willing to help anyone out. He is also the
|
|
current publisher of TAP magazine. It's well worth the call, even at 2400
|
|
baud. Tell the validation sysop that Phirst Amendment send you.
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+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| Gnus around town |
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| compiled by David Lightman |
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+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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[In the last issue, we neglected to include the address for Loompanics in our
|
|
testimonial of their company. I will repeat the "Gnu" and THIS TIME, the
|
|
address is listed.]
|
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|
|
In the quest to bring you better and better articles, we get several good
|
|
book catalogs. Loompanics Unlimited is probably the largest and most
|
|
diversified. I have placed several order through them and have always been
|
|
pleased with their fast service and discretion. If you have an interest, it's
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probably covered somewhere in their catalog. So, write today for the catalog
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and tell them Phirst Amendment (the newsletter) sent you! You will definitely
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enjoy the whole catalog.
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Loompanics Unlimited
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P.O Box 1197
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Port Townsend, WA 98368
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U.S.A
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by Anesthesia
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Covington, KY
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[My apologies to all who waited an entire month to get this address!]
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Greensboro, South Carolina -
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A survey of female students at the University of North Carolina at
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Greensboro found that those who experienced rape situations as college
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freshmen were much more likely to have been victims of childhood sexual abuse.
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These women had a 239 percent greater chance of being targets of rape or
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attempted rape than other women. Psychology professor Jaqueline White
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speculated that perhaps rapists sense vulnerability in women.
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Buffalo -
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A federal judge awarded $155,000 to a 38-year-old woman with AIDS who
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claimed she was a victim of absurd precautions while confined to a county jail
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on bad-check charges. Jail officials isolated her in a five-cell forensic
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unit usually reserved for the mentally disturbed, forced her to wear rubber
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gloves when using the jail typewriter, denied her regular attendance at church
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services and plastered her belongings with red stickers to indicate she had
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AIDS.
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In the interest of maintaining a right to privacy, freedoms of press,
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assembly and speech, and other constitutional freedoms, a coalition called the
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Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA) is working to resurrect the little-
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known legal doctrine of jury veto power. Under this doctrine, trial jurors
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can acquit a defendant, regardless of the submitted evidence, on the basis of
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a jury disagreement with the law itself. America's founders considered this
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power to be the final check on government. To this day, jurors legally retain
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the traditional power to vote according to conscience without fear of
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reprisal. Without it, there would be the frightening possibility that the
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Bill of Rights could come to be prohibited by law.
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Unfortunately, judges routinely- and wrongly- tell jurors that they must
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follow the law as they explain it, so most people are not aware of their
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tremendous power. The FIJA has been working to restore that knowledge for the
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past three years. For more information, call 1-800-Tel-Jury
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- Don Doig, FIJA International Coordinator
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- Larry Dodge, FIJA Field Representative
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Helmville, MT
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Los Angeles-
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Psychotherapy appears to have a remarkably high percentage of
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practitioners who suffered psychological, physical, or sexual abuse. A study
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in the journal 'Professional Psychology: Research and Practice' found 70
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percent of the women and 30 percent of the men who work as clinical or
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counseling psychologists reported childhood sexual abuse, physical assault, or
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harassment. "The most common slip that therapists make is to substitute the
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word 'parent' for 'patient,'"said Dr. Jesse Geller of Yale University. "It
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suggests that in some symbolic sense, many therapists go into the field to
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cure their parents, to undo how they were raised."
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INTERNET!
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Whether you want to debate the fine points of genetic engineering with a
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fellow at Stamford, or contemplate the cultural value of "Beverly Hills
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90210," there's probably a place for it on Internet. This vast computer
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network, which links government, academic, business, and research computers
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around the world, used to be a private operation, available to us only through
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college computers. Now, public systems as 'PSILink Basic' are providing
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access to this rich resource.
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Using PSILink Basic software and a local access number, you can access
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PSI from 167 cities throughout North America. The software lets you send
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unlimited electronic mail to and from other networks and various on-line
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services, including America On-Line, AppleLink, Bitnet, Bix, GEnie, and MCI
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Mail.
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PSILink Basic also gives you reading and posting rights to Usenet, the
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largest distributed BBS in the world. Usenet's 3,000-plus conferences discuss
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subjects ranging from Windows software to mud wrestling.
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Also, PSI's file transfer program, FTP, lets you download software and
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reference materials from hundreds of computers around the world.
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Although PSILink Basic simplifies Internet, it's not software for the
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faint of heart. Sending E-Mail is simple, but the three step file downloading
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feature is more cumbersome and inconvenient.
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The good news about PSILink Basic is its price. For a monthly flat fee
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of $29 (1200-2400 bps) or $39 (9600 bps), you get unlimited e-mail including
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the ability to send binary files, and you can download 50 MB of file and 50 MB
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of Usenet postings.
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The best deal is in the 34 U.S. cities where there are no connect
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charges. Other cities pay from $2.50 to $6.00 an hour, depending on the time
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of day.
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There is also a one-time charge and registration fee of $19, and $1 per
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Megabyte charge for downloads above the monthly limit.
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PSI can be reached in Reston, VA at 1(800)827-7482 or (703)620-6651
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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! Feedbag! !
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! Where sheep eat your letters !
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! (for security reasons...) !
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Subject: Re: Phirst Amendment
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To: dlightma@nyx.cs.du.edu (David Lightman)
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I have been on a big EFF kick recently and am organizing a little group
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locally. Maybe someday we will get the world into a much nicer, digital, state
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of affairs. Just thank god for people like you who have the drive and the
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ability to spread the information. Please keep up the good work!
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Have you talked with EFF about maybe putting it on their ftp site,
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ftp.eff.org? That is a great way to distribute it. I am sure that they would
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be interested. I don't know if you read 'Scream N *me*me' but in #3 they
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talked about this concept of the text file pirate. Someone who scans in
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documents and uses OCR, or just types them in raw. I think that we can
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definitely use more people like that to spread the information. Information is
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my big thing. Spread all the information as far and wide as possible. So many
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people are scared of information, like some information can contain some
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inherent evil that will destroy them.
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[Good point! I am glad to see that readers are sending this out to others!
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Anyone who feels like spreading a bit of information that may or may not be
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what you think is `common knowledge' should do so. Too many people miss
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things that are `right under their noses', either due to over-socialization,
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or lack of care. The other media make no hype of these things we cover. They
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are too controlled by the government and the Establishment to expose the
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truth. It's now up to nonregulated parties, like us, to show what's going
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on!]
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>From Howard Rheingold
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To: dlightma@nyx.cs.du.edu
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Subject: Thanks!
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keep up the good work
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[Thanks! Coming from an author of your stature, that is quite a compliment.]
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>From Matt Midboe
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Subject: Re: Phirst Amendment #4
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To: dlightma@nyx.cs.du.edu (David Lightman)
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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 92 14:06:26 MST
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I just got #4. What an issue! I have been having a lot of trouble getting
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on my system recently and haven't been able to read any of my mail till just
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now. Where do you get all that info? Just keep your eyes and ears open or
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<hehe> maybe some secret govt. contact. :)
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[Well, we do have a few contacts that are involved with the government in many
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ways. In fact, to mention which ones and how they were involved could
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jeopardize our entire setup. That's enough of that... you know too much.]
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>From Todd Tibbetts [Author of Unplastic News]
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Return-Path: <tibbetts@saturn.hsi.com>
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To: dlightma@nyx.cs.du.edu (David Lightman)
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Keep Phirst Amendment coming!
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Great Job !
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tt
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[Well, since you asked so nicely, we'll keep 'em coming.]
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>From SLENT@VAX1.UMKC.EDU
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Date: 30 Nov 1992 23:06:34 -0600 (CST)
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Subject: Phirst Amendment
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I've been following your new e-zine and enjoying your publication. I thought
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I'd let you know that I've made it available for d/l and file request on my
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Fidonet BBS, Abiogenesis (1:280/310). Keep up the good work!
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Scott
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[Thanks Scott! All readers who are interested in reaching Scott's Board can
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reach Abiogenesis at (816)734-4732]
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From: The Reaper
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To: dlightma@nyx.cs.du.edu (David Lightman)
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I felt that your issue [#4] was pretty good. I haven't gotten all of the
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way through it yet, but it's pretty good. One part I don't like though, that
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part about homosexuality. I am in the armed forces and I don't want some
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queer bunking with me. I mean, they can do what they want, but not to me! I
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am a bit homophobic, I admit it... but still I just don't like it.
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I really liked the Dead Kennedys lyrics and the Chemical of the month. I
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am glad that someone finally put something out on the safety aspect of the
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whole thing. I am taking my time with it, because I'm not really sure when
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the next one is coming out, know what I mean?
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One more thing, Is all that stuff really true? I mean, it's really
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interesting and it grabs your attention, but can all of that stuff be true?
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[I think you're misunderstanding both the purpose of this magazine and the
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article on the passage of Amendment 2 in Colorado. We are not a homosexual
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support group. We're not a hate group, either.
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Laws were previously passed in several cities (eg, Denver, Boulder, and
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Aspen) in Colorado. These laws increased the breadth of the Age, Sex, Race,
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Religion, and other freedoms we all have to include sexual preference. With
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the passage of Amendment 2, all laws dealing with homosexuality were repealed
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and prevented institution of such laws in all remaining cities. That meant
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that housing, employment, loans, anything can be denied or revoked on the
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basis of, specifically, homosexuality. It is still illegal, in those cities,
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to deny heterosexuals anything based on THEIR sexual preference.
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The point is, when they strip ONE person of their rights, that allows
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precedent to strip another, and then another. When it's okay to hate so-and-
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so's, when will the next so-and-so be US? If we can sit back and watch as
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others are denied their god-given rights, there is something wrong. The right
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to do whatever one desires to fulfill one's life, not harming others, is
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guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
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If you don't want to get jammed by some faggot - mention you're straight.
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If that doesn't work, as I know, sometimes it doesn't- Avoid that person.
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Just imagine how it would be if you were a girl being hunted down by some guy.
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He wants you, but you don't want him. What's left??
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You don't have to go fag-bashing for a month and a half to recuperate
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your masculinity. If your masculinity is THAT precarious, maybe you should
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see a professional. Being trapped behind a computer, multimeter, and
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oscilloscope for 14+ hours a day, really changes one's perspective on
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'masculinity' and the need to have Freudian extensions of one's penis all
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around.]
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Addendum:
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We're currently accepting donations of ANY size towards our 'Strecker
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Memorandum' fund. This video is mentioned in issue #4. So far, all costs
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incurred have come straight out of our collective wallet (mostly my collective
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wallet). This is a field test to determine the response of this plea. The
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video is to be bought and reviewed in an upcoming issue. As we don't have a
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specific mailing address set up just yet, get in touch with me, and we'll work
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something out.
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We've just received information from the IRS on how to turn one's
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organization into a tax-exempt organization with tax-deductible donations.
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The organization must be incorporated, it would seem. That, in itself, is
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going to run in the $200-$300 range, what with lawyer's fees and all. More on
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this as the news happens.
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Thanks to Storm for the wonderful bunny slippers this Christmas! If
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you've ever seen `Real Genius', they are JUST like those... I love them.
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Other than that, nothing to report this issue, we've been trying harder
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to make sure these things come out right the first time!
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- Daiv
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Greets (Belated)
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Well, I promised that I would say `Hi' to a bunch of folks in issue #4.
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So, here goes!
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`Hey' to:
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The White Knight, Scooter, Harvester of Sorrow, Taxi, British Knight
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(Where you been?), Dr. 8ball (Hey, write us some more!), Night Ranger, Silent
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Knight, Tandyman, Count Zer0, Doctor Dissector, Professor Falken, Predat0r,
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Satan, Digitone Cypher, Roadblock, Digital Destruction, and all the others.
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`Hey' to the following groups:
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Ultra, LoL/Phuck, old LoD/H, MOD, Society Elite, Cyber Warriors, Red
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Dawn, CCC, Chief Executive Officers, Phortune 500, Damage, Inc., Northern
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Phreakers Alliance, The Syndicate, Neon Knights, and all the rest.
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Also, `Hello' to all of our friends, both new and old. Keep in Touch!
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-Anesthesia-
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NOTE! on distribution of this publication:
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Issues 1 & 4 have been circulating quite a bit around a few areas and on
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Internet. [eg. England, Germany, Australia] Hopefully, you will find this on
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EFF's FTP server. If you find our articles of interest then please pass this
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publication around in your local area, as well as anywhere on any Net you can.
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Writing us a letter via Internet will almost assure future issues are sent
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directly to you. We realize that there are many places on Internet we cannot
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reach or simply don't know about (please send all mail-serv's and ftp sites to
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us) and that's where you can help.
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This is a not-for-profit publication. We are getting copies out by E-
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mail, postal mail, and file transfer. We cannot spare the time to call
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everywhere though. So we are trying to work out places that this publication
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can ALWAYS be found. If you're interested in carrying it, let us know, we'll
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be more than happy to work something out.
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We have had several hundred `published' copies distributed through the
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land-based underground. It is still not available for subscription yet, but
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we will soon have the 'zine available for subscribers. You may find a couple
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copies wandering around alternative clubs nationwide as well as passed around
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from sk8r to sk8r, Sharp to Sharp, patriot to patriot, etc... Soon, we will
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have a (postal) mailbox sent up to receive letters from our land-based readers
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and also subscription info.
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Things can only get more interesting!
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- KAoS
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[Use the form on the following page (centerfold for land-subscribers) when you
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address your comments to your local elected official.]
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Article I
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
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prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or
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the press; or the right of the people, peaceably, to assemble and to petition
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the Government for a redress of grievances.
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PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES
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as guaranteed by the 1st Amendment
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THE CONSTITUTION, BEING THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND (Art VI, Sec 2), I
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DEMAND REDRESS OF THE FOLLOWING GRIEVANCE:
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