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- From: rhys@cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley)
- Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors
- Subject: Re: A letter to Clinton/Gore
- Message-ID: <11102@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 22:14:43 GMT
- References: <1992Nov18.074528.14279@netcom.com>
- Sender: news@cs.uq.oz.au
- Reply-To: rhys@cs.uq.oz.au
- Lines: 125
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- In <1992Nov18.074528.14279@netcom.com> jeffp@netcom.com (Jeff) writes:
-
- >Below is a letter I have written to President elect, and Vice President
- >Clinton/Gore regarding UFO secrecy. I would appreciate any constructive
- >comments...
-
- In outline, not bad, but it is still a little too "lunatic sounding". If I
- was Clinton/Gore's secretary sorting through the morning mail, I'd put this
- one into the "Mad Conspiracy Theorist" bin. This bin probably gets lots of
- mail, so you want to make yours different from the others so that it will be
- given a second look.
-
- This is no reflection on you Jeff - it just needs to be made more professional
- and less fringe-element sounding.
-
- >Anybody figure out how to reach H. Winkler yet?
-
- No idea.
-
- >Dear Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore,
-
- >This is not a letter of congratulations on your win of the
-
- Bad start. Congratulate them and then say something like "I wish to take up
- another matter ..." You want to avoid negatives wherever possible. You're
- dealing with people in suits here - people who don't like to see negatives,
- especially when you are flattering them. :) Even if you didn't vote for them,
- still congratulate them.
-
- >The reason I am writing to you is to inform you that as a regular
- >member of UFO discussion groups on USENET and other electronic
- >media, there is growing awareness that the US government has
- >systematically hidden the truth of regular UFO radar sightings at
- >military installations, UFO crashes and recoveries, and possibly
- >even extraterrestrial (ET) visitation, communication, and
- >agreements made with races from beyond our planet.
-
- OK.
-
- >I will not define or argue these charges, since they are well
- >documented in books such as Timothy Good's "Above Top Secret",
- >Michael Lindemann's "UFO's; Six Viewpoints" and William Hamilton's
- >"Cosmic Top Secret" as well as dozens of other literary works of a
- >similar nature.
-
- "Of a similar nature". Not my first choice of a phrase. Some people would
- consider all lunatics to be "of a similar nature", and hence, Good et al, as
- well. But pointing him to published books is good. Replace "of a similar
- nature" with "in the field", or something similar.
-
- >What I do call for you to do during your administration is wipe
- >clean the veil of UFO secrecy that has existed in this country
- >since 1945, and declassify all information relating to UFO
- >sightings, ET visitation and contact, and any communication or
- >agreements made with such beings.
-
- OK.
-
- >The American people have a right to know the truth regarding their
- >place in the galaxy; and the government, being "of, for, and by the
- >people" has an obligation to US citizens to make the truth known,
- >and stop hiding it behind the false curtain called "National
- >Security".
-
- Good.
-
- >If you truly believe that the American people deserve an honest
- >government, then the "Secret Government", the lie that UFO's do not
- >exist, the truth about US government involvement in drug dealing,
- >money laundering, black projects intended for defense against alien
- >races or space/world domination; all must be brought out into the
- >open and laid bare before the people, so that we can take our
- >country back from the CIA, the NSA, and the other agencies that
- >would usurp our constitutional rights.
-
- I think this paragraph is a big mistake. It may be true, but going for the
- throat in an initial letter to the President is a bit premature I feel.
- Always remember that you have to get through layers of suits before anyone
- even remotely in a position to chew the President's ear will see it. Going
- on about the "Secret Government" will send the wrong signals IMHO. Get him
- interested and doing something about it and then throw the rest in his face.
- By all means put books on your book list that talk about this aspect. Books
- (by well-respected UFO researchers) help your case - unsupported claims do not.
-
- Once the Congressional enquiries, or whatever, start, they'll be hard to stop,
- and the various three-letter agencies will be running scared (hopefully), but
- you don't want to kill your chances of getting the equiries started.
-
- >I was very glad to hear of your recent meetings with Mr. Bill
- >Moyers, and I do believe this is a great statement on your part
- >that you intend to help the american people and create and honest
- >government. I call upon you to rid us of the Secret Government, to
- >tear-down the wall of deciet that has separated the people from the
- >truth for so many decades, and make the US a truly
- >democratic society, and the world, a better place to live.
-
- Not "rid us of the Secret Government", but "rid us of the secrecy". Same
- thing, but likely to get through more "lunatic filters". :)
-
- >We will be watching, waiting, and hoping, that you will live up to
- >the greatness that is within you, and protect liberty and
- >happiness for us all.
-
- "Greatness that is within you". Hmmm ... flattering him with newage stuff.
- Not exactly my choice either. Then again, I'm not an American, so I don't
- know what the latest in pandering to the overblown American ego is. :)
-
- This is all IMHO of course. I'm glad to see that someone is taking the
- initiative on USENET, but I don't want us to get shot down by an initial
- letter, and then be ignored forever after that. Initial impressions are
- always important, especially when dealing with people that can ignore you
- if you don't fit into one of their neat little boxes.
-
- One more thing: add your e-mail address and mention alt.alien.visitors. Maybe
- we'll get lucky and someone will be assigned to keep an eye on USENET and
- give us feedback on what the new adminstration is doing. They are already
- reportedly on the net. Now if only a.a.v didn't have such a fringe-element
- sounding name ... :-)
-
- Cheers,
-
- Rhys.
- --
- Rhys Weatherley, University of Queensland, Australia.
- rhys@cs.uq.oz.au "I'm a FAQ nut - what's your problem?"
-