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- From: barrey@Novell.com (Barrey Jewall)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.howard-stern
- Subject: FCC Chairman Sikes RESIGNS!!!! (Was: Re: The FCC Fine)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.184847.16764@novell.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 18:48:47 GMT
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- In <1992Dec19.155351.26434@netnews.noc.drexel.edu> barisajj@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu (Joe Barisa) writes:
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- >Finally, as I have posted here before the best way to attack the
- >FCC is through your Federal Representatives and Senators.
- >Congress was the one who "established" the FCC and they are the
- >ones who look after it.
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- This may be true, but the FCC chairman is appointed by the President
- of the USA, and doesn't really answer to the Congress.
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- Al Sikes, the present chairman, has submitted his resignation effective
- January 19th, one day before Clinton is inaugurated.
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- Sikes was appointed by President Bush.
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- Maybe we'll get someone with a better degree of fairness.
-
- Bah.
-
- >mass
- >mailings to Senators and Representatives would have a much better
- >impact on the actions of the FCC. Personally I think we should let
- >our Congressmen/women know that we want someone who respects the
- >first amendment and does not believe in any form of censorship.
-
- As Al D'Amato was quoted on ABC's Nightline the other night:
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- "It is every American's right to say Bullshit!!"
-
- Yes, this was repeated on the program, which dealt with the FCC censoring
- HS, among other topics.
-
- Bah
- --
- + Barrey Jewall - Network Admin.++ and yea, though I walk through the shadow
- + barrey@novell.com ++ of death, I shall fear no evil, for I am
- + Novell, Inc.- San Jose, Calif. ++ the meanest sonofabitch in the valley...
-