Re: USACE Don't Ask Don't Tell
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:21 am
I was wondering why she sent me a response regarding "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". I forgot that I was asking for this rider to that bill.
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I've been known to be able to clear a room or two...seamusTX wrote:I don't know how much attention senators pay to e-mail, but if we can get your idea on the desk of someone who can do something about it, it's worth the effort.
One e-mail is probably about as effective as a fart in a stiff breeze, but 100 or 1,000 might get some attention.
I knew a guy who worked as an intern in a congressman's office years ago. He said the congressman once showed him the foot-high stack of cards that came in the mail in response to some issue that the NRA was pushing at the time, and said that it was more than the congressman got on any other single issue.
- Jim
My addition in red, and sent.CWOOD wrote:Jim,seamusTX wrote:http://hutchison.senate.gov/contact.html
http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactForm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Dear Senator,
A bill currently in debate in the Senate would change the Department of Defense's "don't ask don't tell" policy.
Persons who are otherwise legally permitted to carry a concealed weapon for self defense are prohibited from doing so on land and water controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [36 C.F.R. § 327.13(a)]. This regulation creates a patchwork of areas in Texas and on the state borders where a person can be accused of violating the law without prior notice and for no good reason. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE WHERE TEXAS STATE and municipal PARKS LAND/WATERWAYS OVERLAP CORPS OF ENGINEERS AREAS.
It would be appropriate to amend this bill to remove the prohibition on carrying concealed weapons in areas controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers, as the recently passed credit-card act did for national parks.
Respectfully, etc.
- Jim
I took the liberty of using your excellent letter format with the addition noted above. Thank you for making the suggestion in such a 'user friendly' fashion. I tried to make my addition in another color but couldn't so I just CAPPED it all.
Regards
Carl
That last part about "The Annoyed Man" ought to terrify them.Dear Senator,
A bill currently in debate in the Senate would change the Department of Defense's "don't ask don't tell" policy.
Persons who are otherwise legally permitted to carry a concealed weapon for self defense are prohibited from doing so on land and water controlled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [36 C.F.R. § 327.13(a)]. This regulation creates a patchwork of areas in Texas and on the state borders where a person can be accused of violating the law without prior notice and for no good reason. This is particularly true where Texas state and municipal parks and/or land and waterways overlap areas under the control of the Army Corps of Engineers.
It would be appropriate to amend this bill to remove the prohibition on the licensed carrying of concealed weapons in areas controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers, as the recently passed credit-card act did for national parks.
Respectfully,
The Annoyed Man
Grapevine, Texas
Deb,DEB wrote:
...I have written all of my "Republican" Senators and Congressmen about this issue. I have never received a reply back, too busy I guess...
Well, I actually signed with my real name (Giles Norbert Dinkerhump).seamusTX wrote:"The Annoyed Man" is probably very tame compared to the deranged and drunken hate mail that politicians receive.
- Jim