Calling all Nations!

Thu Jan 27 22:16:14 UTC 2000

There was a message very similar to this circulating in Canada last year
(apparently the government wanted to levy a tax on each e-mail message
sent) and it was later revealed to be a hoax.

Forrest Pass

On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Scott E. Tyler wrote:

> ilaxan !  ilaxan !  hiyu tilikam !
> Help! Help!
>
> hayas wawa kupa skukam cinuk tilikam-owas !
> Call to the Great Chinook Nation!
>
> hayas wawa kupa skukam cinuk wawa-owas !
> Call to the Powerful Chinook Speakers Group!
>
> tlaska tiqi iskam nesayka kul !
> They want to take our money (gold)!
>
> spus hyas tkope papa yaka tiqi iskam cikamin kupa hayak-wawa ikta !
> The Great White Father (government) wants to charge us for the INTERNET !
>
> spus hayas wawa-owas yaka tiqi mamook tolo kupa hayak-wawa ikta !
> The telephone company wants to charge a toll for the INTERNET !
>
> hlaXaym kupa nayka!
> Please!
>
> kopet wawa hayas wik' !
> JUST SAY NO!
>
> kopet wawa hilu kakwa!
> SAY DON'T DO IT !!
>
> mamuk hayas wawa kupa mesayka tilakam-owas-tyee !!
> Complain to your congressperson!
>
> Chinook Poem for the Occasion
>
>
> 	cikamin stik (money tree)
>
> 	ilaxan ilaxan hiyu tilikam
> 	wik' tlaska iskam cikamin
> 	tlaska hayas
> 	pi mesayka kakwa tinas
> 	algay tlaska chaku xwhim
> 	kakwa hayas stik
>
> 	help help denizens
> 	don't let them grab the cikamin
> 	they are great
> 	and we are small
> 	like a great tree
> 	they shall fall
>
>
> Scott/ooshtaqi
> 	
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Scott E. Tyler [SMTP:styler at multicare.com]
> > Sent:	Thursday, January 27, 2000 9:52 AM
> > To:	'Northwest Native American Writers'
> > Subject:	Calling All Nations!
> >
> > Northwest Native American Writers
> >
> > Calling all Nations!!
> > There is currently an attempt in Congress aiding the government and the
> > phone company to charge us for internet access.
> > Read below and register a complaint to your congressperson.
> > The internet connects the spirits of all nations, tribes and peoples--help
> > prevent charging us for this service!
> > Scott E. Tyler,
> > 	Makah at large preventing a surcharge!
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From:	Chris Norleen [SMTP:ishkawi at worldnet.att.net]
> > > Sent:	Wednesday, January 26, 2000 10:19 PM
> > > To:	Betty & Joe Chong-Gerbracht
> > > Subject:	Fw: Please read this is
> > > important!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > >
> > > Dear Friends,
> > >   Please take the time to visit this Web site and write a letter
> > > concerning
> > > this
> > > issue and pass it on to others.
> > > Thank you, chris
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Please see the following link for information:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_culture/Folklore/Hoaxes/1999_bill_602p.hoax
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Quoting JANICE <yayah at uswest.net>:
> > > >
> > > > > AND PLEASE FOLLOW THRU
> > > > >
> > > > >   Subject: FW: internet news
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >        CNN has reported that within the next two weeks Congress is
> > > going
> > > > > > to
> > > > >    vote on allowing telephone companies to CHARGE A TOLL FEE for >
> > > Internet
> > > > access.
> > > > >
> > > > >       Translation: Every time we send a long distance e-mail we will
> > >
> > > receive
> > > > a
> > > > >   long distance charge. This will get
> > > > >   costly. Please visit the following
> > > > >   web site and file a complaint to your Congressperson.  We can't
> > > allow
> > > > > > this
> > > > >   to pass!
> > > > >
> > > > >       The following address will allow you to send an e-mail on this
> > >
> > > subject
> > > > >   DIRECTLY to your Congressperson.
> > > > >   http://www.house.gov/writerep
> > > > >
> > > > >       Pass this on to your friends. It is urgent! I hope all of you
> > > will
> > > > > > pass
> > > > >   this on to all your friends and family.  We should ALL have an >
> > > interest
> > > > >   in this one.
> > > > >
> > > > >       WAIT, THERE'S MORE! IN ADDITION, The last few months have
> > > revealed
> > > > > > an alarming trend in the Government of the United States
> > attempting
> > > to
> > > >
> > > > quietly push through legislation that will affect your use of the >
> > > Internet.
> > > > Under proposed legislation the U.S. Postal Service will be >
> > attempting
> > > to
> > > bilk
> > > > email users out of "alternate postage fees".  Bill > 602P will permit
> > > the
> > > > Federal Govt. to charge a 5 cent surcharge on every
> > > > > > email delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at source.
> > > The
> > > >
> > > > consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP. Washington D.C.
> > lawyer
> > > > > > Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent this legislation
> > > from
> > > >
> > > > becoming law. The U.S. Postal Service is claiming that lost revenue
> > due
> > > > > > to the proliferation of e-mail costing nearly $230,000,000
> > > > >   in revenue per year.  (Oh, isn't that too bad?) You may have
> > noticed
> > > > >   their recent ad campaign "There is nothing like a letter". Since
> > the
> > > >
> > > > average citizen received about 10 pieces of email per day in 1998, the
> > >
> > > cost to
> > > > the typical individual would be an additional 50 cents per day,
> > > > > > or over $180 dollars per year, above and beyond their regular
> > > Internet
> > > >
> > > > costs.  Note that this would be money paid directly to the U.S. Postal
> > > > >   Service for a service they do not even provide.
> > > > >       The whole point of the Internet is democracy and
> > > non-interference.
> > > > > >  If
> > > > >   the federal government is permitted to tamper with our liberties
> > by
> > > >
> > > adding
> > > > a surcharge to email, who knows where it will end. You are > already
> > > paying an
> > > > exorbitant price for snail mail because of > bureaucratic
> > inefficiency.
> > > > >
> > > > >       It  currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to be delivered
> > > from
> > > > > > NewYork
> > > > >   to Buffalo. If the U.S. Postal Service is allowed to tinker with >
> > > email, it
> > > > will mark the end of the "free" Internet in the United States.
> > > > >
> > > > >       One congressman, Tony Schnell (r) has even suggested a "twenty
> > > to
> > > > > > forty
> > > > >   dollar per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and
> > beyond
> > > >
> > > the
> > > > government's proposed email charges. Note that most of the major
> > > > >   newspapers have ignored the story, the only exception being the >
> > > > Washingtonian which called the idea of email surcharge "a useful
> > concept
> > > > > > whose time has come"
> > > > >   (March 6th, 1999 Editorial).
> > > > >       Don't sit by and watch your freedoms erode away! Send this
> > > e-mail
> > > > > > to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends and relatives
> > to
> > > >
> > > write
> > > > to their Congressman and say "No!" to Bill 602P. It will only take
> > > > > > a few moments of your time, and could very well be instrumental in
> > >
> > > killing
> > > > a
> > > > >   bill we don't want.
> > > > >
> > > > >   PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE
> > > > >
> > > > >   YOU KNOW WHO USES EMAIL
> > > > >
> > > > >   REMEMBER THESE ARE TWO
> > > > >
> > > > >   SEPARATE ISSUES THAT EFFECT
> > > > >
> > > > >   ALL OF US ONLINE LET YOUR
> > > > >
> > > > >   VOICE BE HEARD NOW, NOT
> > > > >
> > > > >   AFTER.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> >
> >
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