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From: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (A Friend)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Tail Gunner Joe
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Date: 10 Sep 90 02:19:48 GMT
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[Moderator's Note: I don't usually publish anonymous messages, but I
know who sent this, and agreed to do it this one time.  PAT] 


*** You probably don't want to publish this, at least under my name  ***
*** that is ;-)                                                      ***

>> [Moderator's Note: Who is this Tailgunner Joe person? I've seen a
>> couple messages about him in news.admin but haven't paid attention.
>> Will someone please explain it further?   PAT]

>[Moderator's Note: That's what I was told earlier. He must really
>think he is something. Maybe if he keeps up his good work, he will get
>promoted to the newspaper's telemarketing subscription department, or
>maybe even a position as a classified ad counselor/salesperson, taking
>ads over the telephone.

Pat, 

Don't bait this guy, it's not beyond his power to publish a nice
little article about comp.dcom.telecom and how it has described
ripping-off the phone company in several ways.

Now, we all know better, but if you had read any of the past articles
he's written *and had published* in his newpaper, you would understand
that it's possible to pervert just about anything into the kind of
stupid sensationalism that his newspaper seems to thrive on.

This is one bit of fire best left alone.


A Friend


[Moderator's Note: Actually, I did read something of his today.  He
wrote a piece on Operation Sun Devil a few days ago, and at least this
time around seemed to be reasonably fair and even-handed in his
report.  He was very sympathetic in this article to Len Rose and Craig
Neidorf. Perhaps his superiors at the newspaper got on his case. He
may have even been educated a little after enough people complained
about his previous disasters. You can read the article yourself in the
current issue of our companion publication, Computer Underground
Digest. If you'd like a copy and do not have a subscription, write to
the Moderators at: tk0jut2.niu.bitnet.

As for Joe making trouble here, well, we'll have to deal with that
when it happens. He's not the only one with a typewriter and a forum,
you know. I guess I'm not terribly impressed. Frankly my dears, I
don't give a damn.  PAT]