I know it was on the NYT because they also had a link to a singing climate guy...

by HAP 11/15/2008, 4:31 PM


I was watching an old film that I highly recommend. It is a killer film. I watch comedies to cheer myself up when I am sad. You ever do that?

One thing I like about my Credit Score is I can get it for free or very cheaply. What about your security score, how do you come by that? Today I read a story in the New York Times about not being allowed to fly. That would be a drag…wouldn’t it? I know it was on the NYT because they also had a link to a singing climate guy.

Am I on the no flight list? How would I know?

I’ve flown with these guys a lot: Southwest Airlines: This came up

Important Note About E-mail:

We are hard at work designing a system that will allow us to accept and respond to e-mail, yet maintain that personal touch that you have come to expect from Southwest
So…I surfed elsewhere: So I filled out this form with these comments. “I filled out an unemployment claim yesterday. My SS# is XXX-XX-XXXX “(I used the real numbers…of course).

Am I on the no flight List?

And e-mailed it here:

Top of Form

TSA Contact Us: No-Fly/Selectee List

I received this in my e-mail: Your message has been sent. Thank you for contacting us.

Bottom of Form

Transportation Security Administration U.S. Department of Homeland Security
I received an e-mail back: DoNotReply@tsa.dhs.gov to me
You read all these articles about alleged abuses regarding suspected terrorists so I thought:
Am I suspected of being a terrorist?
How would I know?
So… when in doubt go right to the top:
comments@whitehouse.gov comments@whitehouse.gov
In the subject line I put: Howard A. Prouty
Am I suspected of being a terrorist? Is my phone being tapped? Am I being monitored or even remotely considered a threat?
Howard A. Prouty
Address
Phone Number
Social Security Number
Aka: HAP, Bilamsass, Chaplain Charles, HP
(And that was e-mail to everyone)

Quick response back:

On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your correspondence.
We appreciate hearing your views and welcome your suggestions.
Due to the large volume of e-mail received, the White House cannot respond to every message.
Thank you again for taking the time to write.
Then this: vice_president@whitehouse.gov vice_president@whitehouse.gov

Once again very prompt:

Thank you for e-mailing Vice President Cheney. Your comments,
suggestions and concerns are important to him. Unfortunately,
because of the large volume of e-mail received, the Vice
President cannot personally respond to each message. However,
members of the Vice President's staff consider and report
citizen ideas and concerns. Please visit the White House web
site for the most up-to-date information on Presidential
initiatives, current events, and topics of interest to you.

Thank you again for taking the time to write.

(You are welcome. I thought back).

In my state we have two senators. Very good ones I might add so I added them: When I went to Barbara Boxer’s website there was a helpful privacy form to fill out: If you need help with a federal agency, please fill out a Case Information and Privacy Release Form/Formulario de Autorización para Divulgar Información de Caso y Personal or click here for more information. I tried to download it starting at 12:29 PST but was unable to: the error message read: There is a problem with Adobe Acrobat /Reader Please exit Adobe/Reader and try again (or something like that) I clicked ok and got a message that the file was damaged and poof Barbara Boxer disappeared from site. That was strange because I used to be able to use that program all the time. Small matter. So I did this search in google: Barbara Boxer’s website…And returned to Barbara Boxer’s site and dutifully filled out the form with the topic Homeland Security and clicked send. Diane Feinstein was next. But I kept getting routed to Barbara Boxer’s Page. Same Adobe Error message, I don’t know if it was sent. So I went to the webmasters portion webmaster@boxer.senate.gov webmaster@boxer.senate.gov and received a message from google that my message was sent. Back to Senator Diane Feinstein, my search brought Einstein flash Cards. Let’s try it again, just in case I made an error; this time with cut and paste (and this time in Yahoo). Well that worked out swimmingly. That seemed to have worked. I am worn out.
I was going to include my Governor but I’m beat. I knew someone he used to know, I bet. I worked as an Assistant Manager at a Health club with Earl Maynard. That guy was buff…my nickname? (true story) before picture… it is now 1:25PST and I am on my way to Slate with my offering (Sorry for the rough draft).

I never heard back in an e-mail confirmation from my Senators. Since they have offices in DC would someone pass this along?

Thanks.