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From: forrette@cory.berkeley.edu (Steve Forrette)
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Subject: George Bush Pushing 900 Numbers
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Date: 11 Nov 90 20:18:03 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 816, Message 6 of 9


The other day, while watching the election returns on TV, President
Bush came on the screen.  He was asking for the public's support of
the USO.  To make a donation, the viewer was asked to call a 900
number (Three or so dollars a call, I think).  I suppose that it is
the Commander-In-Chief's job to generate support for the armed
services, but something just doesn't seem right about the President of
the United States advertising a 900 number.