Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!ethan From: ethan@utastro.UUCP (Ethan Vishniac) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Fuzzy headed liberal Message-ID: <711@utastro.UUCP> Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 09:59:24 EST Article-I.D.: utastro.711 Posted: Mon Oct 29 09:59:24 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Nov-84 02:41:26 EST References: <570@loral.UUCP>, <36200165@uiucdcs.UUCP> Organization: UTexas Astronomy Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 25 [Actually this is about the Congressional Record] The point about the editing power of congress is well taken. There was an incident in the mid 70s in which an unknown (fortunately) congressional aide took advantage of this to insert his own versions of two congressional speeches. One was by a Nebraska representative named Landgrebe (sp?) who was the diehard Nixon supporter who declared his willingness to stand by Nixon to the bitter end, even if that end were a firing squad. The bogus speech had him saying that many of his constituents had written him urging just that course of action. The other speech was (I think) by Chiles and had him lauding the respect of the Chilean government for human rights. All of congress was deeply outraged over the incident (at least in public). "I can't help it if my Ethan Vishniac knee jerks" {charm,ut-sally,ut-ngp,noao}!utastro!ethan Department of Astronomy University of Texas Austin, Texas 78712