conf t router> warning, this post cannot configure routers. ;) A few thoughts of Past Presidents to act as a "Virtual" Guiding Light to Modern America: President McKinley on WAR: ========================== "War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed." (March 4, 1897) President Truman on FUD: ======================== "America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand." (January 8, 1947) President Eisenhower on Weapons: =============================== "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, in a final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." (April 16, 1953). ..and on general trends in culture and Wisdom: ---------------------------------------------- "This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. . . . In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." (January 17, 1961) President Johnson, L. on Evil: ============================== "Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present." (July 21, 1964) ------------------------------------ And on the "lighter" note, I leave you with Nixon, Reagan, and of course, W : President Nixon on Corruption: ============================== "When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal." (May 19, 1977) President Reagan on Government: =============================== "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." (January 20, 1981) "Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." (March 2, 1977) -------------------------------------------------- Ok.. One "W" quote..... but, very reluctantly.... -------------------------------------------------- And , in our top 10 countdown, "W" issue's -=irrefutable=- Wisdom: =================================== "It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas! - Sep 25, 2000 ;) .Richard. =========================== A Final Haiku marking a Passing Moment, of Communication History: "Softly like a Leaf The Autumn of Cidera Dishes fall silent" ========== .... ... .. , Sean Donelan wrote:

According to news reports "many" people were supposed to call, e-mail, etc their elected representatives in the US capital today.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6032-2003Feb26.html

As far as I can tell from the public measurement sites, there doesn't appear to be any significant change in network traffic.