🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 16 Jun 1995 thutton@interramp.com wrote:

> Let's keep in mind:
> 
> 1)  This Internet was set up by, and is used extensively by, the US 
> Government to transfer information between agencies and to the public.
> 

As of 1 January 95 the net was privatized and MCI and other carriers now 
maintain it.  I suppose that costs are passed down to ISPs and end users.

> 3)  Exon is a blowhard.  He knows damn well he can't really do anything to 
> prevent the Net from being the anarchy that it is.  He is simply making 
> headlines for his hometown papers (EXON SPEAKS OUT AGAINST KIDDIE PORN) so  
> everyone will love him and re-elect him.  He is the archetypal job-seeker who 
> wants to spend the rest of his career in Washington spewing gas instead of 
> working for a living.

He announced his decision to retire after this term several months ago.  
This is his parting gift to America.