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If you made indecent proposals to one of those MySpace sluts that is in a state where it is illegal, but you are doing it from a state where it is legal, are you committing a crime?

Hm, hadn't thought of that. Obviously I haven't given this much consideration, lol.

LOL and that doesn't even get into even more legal gray areas. Maybe you make a lewd electronic proposal to a girl who SAYS she is 18 in her online profile, but is actually under age. Can't very well demand to see ID from there.

That might actually be a defense in my state: (from the same wiki article)

Mistake as to the age of the victim may be a defense in some circumstances as defined in RSMo 566.020.

The link for RSMo 566.020 isn't loading, though...

And if you are one of those 'players' who videotapes their sexual encounters with a hidden camera in order to protect yourself from rape allegations and provide beat off material for dry spells... Then it's kiddie porn.

Well, that goes without saying. We just had a story about that here recently.

Damn asshole lawmakers...only way to be safe from all this is to only have sex with cougars...

Ugh, no thanks.

Missouri is the "Show Me" state, hence the project name. Missouri is in that vast wasteland between LA and New York City. ;)

http://www.state.mo.us/

Write, e-mail, or call the Missouri Department of Transportation & tell them what you think.

Missouri Department of Transportation
105 W. Capitol Ave.
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0270
Phone: 573-751-2551
Fax: 573-751-6555
Toll Free: 888-275-6636
http://www.modot.state.mo.us/

Missouri law also makes it illegal to possess, say, gloves and a flashlight (or any other tools which can be used to assist in a burglary) if you know burglars use such tools. Sure, you probably won't get prosecuted unless you actually get caught trying to break in, but there is nothing in the law that actually stipulates that, as far as I know.

Missouri revised statutes, section 569-180

Here's a quote:
569.180. 1. A person commits the crime of possession of burglar's tools if he possesses any tool, instrument or other article adapted, designed or commonly used for committing or facilitating offenses involving forcible entry into premises, with a purpose to use or knowledge that some person has the purpose of using the same in making an unlawful forcible entry into a building or inhabitable structure or a room thereof. ...
(1984) It is not necessary that the tools be "breaking" tools but only that they be adapted, designed or commonly used for committing or facilitating offenses involving forcible entry into the premises. A flashlight and a pair of gloves can qualify as burglar's tools. State v. Adkins (Mo.App.), 678 S.W.2d 855.

(emphasis mine)

I think this is a bit simplistic. The senate had 735 Bills last year according to that site, with language such as:

"A producer member shall submit to the authority an application for the tax credit authorized by this section on a form provided by the authority. If the producer member meets all criteria prescribed by this section and is approved by the authority, the authority shall issue a tax credit certificate in the appropriate amount."

Imagine trying to understand 735 documents composed of such language, some of which can be many many pages, or make "small" adjustments to current laws. Some bills, I'm sure, are written and titled to purposely obfuscate their true intentions as well.

My guess is that's why senators and house members have staffs: to read the bills and tell them what they mean. There's not time enough in the day to read and understand fully all those bills.

But...

I certainly agree that each bill should be fully understood before it's voted on, which would mean a LOT more time between introduction and passing, which would mean fewer bills being passed, which is fine with me except in emergency situations (like aid to hurricane victims, etc.).

Democracy is quietly dying because a buch of lazy people will happily pass the "Happy fluffy bunny (you'd be a nasty pinko liberal for not passing this) bill" without actually reading it...

No, democracy is dying because of fundamental flaws in large scale republics and american culture, and lack of interest and education of Americans.

(Disclamer: I'm an American and I dislike both of the major candidates, but I hate Bush more. Remember though, the DMCA was passed under Clinton.)

Perhaps, but we do have internal border disputes in the United States, often because rivers tend to move around. The city of Kaskaskia, Illinois actually lies west of the Mississippi River because of an avulsion, and the 200-year-old border dispute between Texas and Oklahoma was only finally settled in (believe it or not) 2000. The problems certainly can't be compared with the situation in Kashmir, but nevertheless borders even in the U.S. aren't always as fixed and settled as they might seem.

I suck at math, but here is my best attempt.

Average solar power high in a winter month (I think it was from a winter month) = 6 KWh/M2/Day taken from here
Should equal 2190 kwh/M2/year
1 acre = 4046.85642 M2
Should equal 8862615.5598 kwh/acre/year

High (maybe overstated based on PDF?) of 20 thousand megawatthours (MWh / year) from coal taken from here (Specifically this pdf)
or 20,000,000 kwh / year total
vs 8,862,615 kwh / year (for one acre of cells)

So, the question that I think it hangs on, which I couldn't find an answer for, is how many acres on average is a coal facility (including coal storage)? Then we can multiply the 8,862,615 by the size of an average coal plant and then determine which is better in theory. Assuming my math is correct, which I am not, 4 acres of cells at peak could (theoretically) far out produce a coal plant.

But, I also think a "greener" solution should score bonus points. I'm not a tree hugger, but I do like to breath clean air on occasion.

Disclaimer: This post was based on VERY QUICK research. I'm not suggesting that these claims are real-world or even really possible, esp. if my math, which you may have gathered, could be utterly wrong.

I suck at math, but here is my best attempt.

Average solar power high in a winter month (I think it was from a winter month) = 6 KWh/M2/Day taken from here
Should equal 2190 kwh/M2/year
1 acre = 4046.85642 M2
Should equal 8862615.5598 kwh/acre/year

High (maybe overstated based on PDF?) of 20 thousand megawatthours (MWh / year) from coal taken from here (Specifically this pdf)
or 20,000,000 kwh / year total
vs 8,862,615 kwh / year (for one acre of cells)

So, the question that I think it hangs on, which I couldn't find an answer for, is how many acres on average is a coal facility (including coal storage)? Then we can multiply the 8,862,615 by the size of an average coal plant and then determine which is better in theory. Assuming my math is correct, which I am not, 4 acres of cells at peak could (theoretically) far out produce a coal plant.

But, I also think a "greener" solution should score bonus points. I'm not a tree hugger, but I do like to breath clean air on occasion.

Disclaimer: This post was based on VERY QUICK research. I'm not suggesting that these claims are real-world or even really possible, esp. if my math, which you may have gathered, could be utterly wrong.

I suck at math, but here is my best attempt.

Average solar power high in a winter month (I think it was from a winter month) = 6 KWh/M2/Day taken from here
Should equal 2190 kwh/M2/year
1 acre = 4046.85642 M2
Should equal 8862615.5598 kwh/acre/year

High (maybe overstated based on PDF?) of 20 thousand megawatthours (MWh / year) from coal taken from here (Specifically this pdf)
or 20,000,000 kwh / year total
vs 8,862,615 kwh / year (for one acre of cells)

So, the question that I think it hangs on, which I couldn't find an answer for, is how many acres on average is a coal facility (including coal storage)? Then we can multiply the 8,862,615 by the size of an average coal plant and then determine which is better in theory. Assuming my math is correct, which I am not, 4 acres of cells at peak could (theoretically) far out produce a coal plant.

But, I also think a "greener" solution should score bonus points. I'm not a tree hugger, but I do like to breath clean air on occasion.

Disclaimer: This post was based on VERY QUICK research. I'm not suggesting that these claims are real-world or even really possible, esp. if my math, which you may have gathered, could be utterly wrong.

Yes, zebra mussels do CLEAR the water, but they do not CLEAN it. What they do is they remove all the sediment that other creatures oftem feed on, thus making it unavailable. However, they pass most pollutants right on (except for some heavy metals and such which they bioaccumulate like crazy, poisoning any creatures which then eat them.)

And the clearing of the water actually causes problems in and of itself. There is still a super high nutrient load in the water, and the extra light allowed in causes several noxious weeds to grow out of control, choking out most normal vegetation, destroying habitat several animals use (especially for egg laying) and choke waterways from human navigation.

While their unchecked growth in the wild does cause problens, zebra mussels could make an interesting part of a constructed bioremediation system (at least in waterways which are already infected by the zebras anyways.)

A couple of links on zebra mussels:
Wisconsin DNR
Minnesota Sea Grant
Missouri Department of Conservation
Iowa DNR

And slightly more technical link outlinking some ofthe risks of overfiltration

Not if someone was just ignorant and thought "Oh that looks pretty, maybe it will work well".

However, advertising that a product does X Y and Z, when it only does X is a form of what we call "Fraud" specifically "False Advertising" that *is* a crime most places.

I do however agree that companies get blamed more than they should because more often than not problems people have with products are from assumptions they've made about the product without investigating to see if their assumptions prove true.

Missouri, for instance, has such a law. Relevant section

This hasn't stopped Jay Nixon from suing many out-of-state telemarketers in violation of Missouri's "no-call" list - he's collected more than a million dollars so far.

This hasn't stopped Jay Nixon from suing many out-of-state telemarketers in violation of Missouri's "no-call" list - he's collected more than a million dollars so far.

Nope, it's the Uncle. See the salon.com article, which gives the Sr. suffix to the quoted judge. Besides, the OP specifies a US District Court judge, which the uncle is, while the cousin is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri.

An American worker, especially one on the east coast (where I am) literally cannot compete with an Indian one who's cost of living is a tenth of his, no matter how much "value" he brings to a job.

So if cost of living determines where software will be built, then how do you explain that most software is made in states with high costs of living? Given that we don't have tariffs in the US, by your logic most software production should have migrated to Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Is America going to become a nation of managers, where no usefull products are actually produced here?

You remember the 80s, when everybody was worried that the Japanese were so darned clever that there wouldn't be a single worker left in the US? But somehow, our unemployment is lower than it was then, and we're all much richer.

And this has been happening for a long time; the earliest US example I recall was Smoot-Hawley which was circa 1930, but I know the Brits have been doing it at least since the Corn Laws in, uh, 1815. People regularly get in a panic that [insert state, nation, or ethnic group here] are taking jobs away from honest, hardworking, patriotic [insert your own state, nation, or ethnic group here]. This is just the latest wave of a plausible-sounding but wrongheaded fear.

How the hell do you make sure a company doesn't have an idea anymore?! And I'd hate to break the news to people that use this defense but Theft of Service is a real offense - I know, I was nailed for it for jumping a turnstile as a lad.

Here's the link to the Missouri House Bill 228

See my journal for more information.

Jay Nixon is the attorney general of Missouri where I reside.

He has been very active in ensuring his office in on the net and useful.

He has made great strides in the nocall area. His legislation is used as a template by most states.

Here is an older story with much more info on the legislation and what it brings to the table.

Good to see state government making a national impact.

Jay Nixon is the attorney general of Missouri where I reside.

He has been very active in ensuring his office in on the net and useful.

He has made great strides in the nocall area. His legislation is used as a template by most states.

Here is an older story with much more info on the legislation and what it brings to the table.

Good to see state government making a national impact.

Jay Nixon is the attorney general of Missouri where I reside.

He has been very active in ensuring his office in on the net and useful.

He has made great strides in the nocall area. His legislation is used as a template by most states.

Here is an older story with much more info on the legislation and what it brings to the table.

Good to see state government making a national impact.

This is evidently not the case. Missouri AG Jay Nixon has collected a substantial amount of money from out-of-state telemarketers who violate the No Call Law.

http://www.ago.state.mo.us/nocalllaw.htm

Missouri No call list

It's been nearly 100% effective!

I think that these state based no-call lists are just a money grab. Last year Missouri made about 1 million dollars off of fines (here's a small play by play - we went after Miss Cleo!). Yeah, I know, it's not much in a government budget, but that was after the first year and not many people had signed up.

After that 'success', Attorney General Nixon announced his desire to start a No-Spam list, which is kind of silly but it does give the state another group of people to fine. A pretty large group, assuming that they're actually ever able to hunt a spammer down. Granted, it doesn't cost me anything and I have received substantially fewer telemarketing calls (but a lot more calls with silence on the other end...) and I'm not complaining, but what's the real point of this? And why now? This could've been started years ago. Why the sudden push? Anyone else?

Missouri in the house!

Yeah, it does cut down on the unsolicted stuff, but the fire department/policeman's ball/political groups are not considered to be telemarketers. Yet.

My grandma gets harassed daily by various organizations (give a single dollar to enviromentalism, you'll be hounded into the grave). I'm gonna persuade her to sign up, eventually.

If you're from MO, sign up. It's pretty nice.

-Brett

Missouri Do not call list

This has been in effect for a while and they even follow up on complaints.

I VERY rarely get unsolicited calls anymore. Usually when I do, they are charities asking for money.

I still get junk faxes at 2am on occassion and according to this I'm screwed.

Try to convince your local government to adopt a No Call List. The Missouri one appears to give some leeway to the callers, but I think the Kansas one is a little better. I haven't seen any results yet since they haven't gone into effect, but I have noticed that solicitors call more frequently as the deadline approaches (solicited calls are allowed, so if they get you to let them call you back, they can do so forever).

Of course, my old strategy (not answering the *(@#$!@# phone unless I want to) has always been very effective. Caller ID made it easier. Those legit calls who have no Caller ID most always leave messages on voicemail, then I can call them back.

In Missouri, we have a pretty effective no call list. We (the state) have made quite a bit of $$ of various telemarketers, including Miss Cleo (did you know she's not really Jamaican!?!?). And I've only gotten telemarking calls from the phone companies (naturally, there are still loopholes for them). If it's implemented right, a state-sponsored list goes a long way.

~LD

I have not had any telemarketing calls since signing up with it.

Registrant:
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524 Asquith Ave.
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Administrative Contact:
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524 Asquith Ave.
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Ames, MO 68950
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524 Asquith Ave.
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Ames, MO 68950
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• promoting pornography for minors
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Registrant:
Lonnie Martinez
524 Asquith Ave.
Unit 22
Ames, MO 68950
US

Domain Name: CIVILWARBATTLES.COM

Administrative Contact:
Martinez, Lonnie admin@civilwarbattles.com
524 Asquith Ave.
Unit 22
Ames, MO 68950
US
267-612-8897

Technical Contact:
Martinez, Lonnie hostmaster@civilwarbattles.com
524 Asquith Ave.
Unit 22
Ames, MO 68950
US
267-612-8897

Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 20-Mar-2002.
Record expires on 01-Mar-2003.
Record Created on 01-Mar-2000.

Domain servers in listed order:
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• promoting pornography for minors
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• public display of explicit sexual material

Registrant:
Lonnie Martinez
524 Asquith Ave.
Unit 22
Ames, MO 68950
US

Domain Name: CIVILWARBATTLES.COM

Administrative Contact:
Martinez, Lonnie admin@civilwarbattles.com
524 Asquith Ave.
Unit 22
Ames, MO 68950
US
267-612-8897

Technical Contact:
Martinez, Lonnie hostmaster@civilwarbattles.com
524 Asquith Ave.
Unit 22
Ames, MO 68950
US
267-612-8897

Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 20-Mar-2002.
Record expires on 01-Mar-2003.
Record Created on 01-Mar-2000.

Domain servers in listed order:
DNS1.BELENT.COM 207.96.133.10
DNS2.BELENT.COM 207.96.133.11

• promoting pornography for minors
• furnishing pornography to minors
• public display of explicit sexual material

Registrant:
Lonnie Martinez
524 Asquith Ave.
Unit 22
Ames, MO 68950
US

Domain Name: CIVILWARBATTLES.COM

Administrative Contact:
Martinez, Lonnie admin@civilwarbattles.com
524 Asquith Ave.
Unit 22
Ames, MO 68950
US
267-612-8897

Technical Contact:
Martinez, Lonnie hostmaster@civilwarbattles.com
524 Asquith Ave.
Unit 22
Ames, MO 68950
US
267-612-8897

Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 20-Mar-2002.
Record expires on 01-Mar-2003.
Record Created on 01-Mar-2000.

Domain servers in listed order:
DNS1.BELENT.COM 207.96.133.10
DNS2.BELENT.COM 207.96.133.11

• promoting pornography for minors
• furnishing pornography to minors
• public display of explicit sexual material

Registrant:
Lonnie Martinez
524 Asquith Ave.
Unit 22
Ames, MO 68950
US

Domain Name: CIVILWARBATTLES.COM

Administrative Contact:
Martinez, Lonnie admin@civilwarbattles.com
524 Asquith Ave.
Unit 22
Ames, MO 68950
US
267-612-8897

Technical Contact:
Martinez, Lonnie hostmaster@civilwarbattles.com
524 Asquith Ave.
Unit 22
Ames, MO 68950
US
267-612-8897

Registrar of Record: TUCOWS, INC.
Record last updated on 20-Mar-2002.
Record expires on 01-Mar-2003.
Record Created on 01-Mar-2000.

Domain servers in listed order:
DNS1.BELENT.COM 207.96.133.10
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• promoting pornography for minors
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MICA [http://www.health.state.mo.us/MICA/nojava.html] is an open-source project for the Missouri Information for Community Assessment. It is run off of Linux and the source code has been shared with other states to provide health statistics for their communities.

I believe that this would be a prime example of what good open source projects do for government, and how helpful it is to a community.

Here is Missouri's no call list sign up web site.

If you are serious about contacting the judge you might want to try to go here (which gives a mini bio on Judge Limbaugh) and clicking the "Contact Us" link at the top right and contacting the Office of States Courts Administrator in Missouri.

Submit your comments by sending an email to tsr@ftc.gov or by writing to the Office of the Secretary, Room 159, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580. Comments are due to the FTC by April 15, 2002.

Submit your comments by sending an email to tsr@ftc.gov or by writing to the Office of the Secretary, Room 159, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580. Comments are due to the FTC by April 15, 2002.

Missouri, the state I live in, has free web filing. The only restriction is that you can't itemize your deductions. I used it last year and it couldn't have been easier.

This is definitely a step in the right direction. If enough states do this, Uncle Sam probably would be more apt to do free filing.

Ian

Even though This Is Slashdot, and such things are unheard of here...

Oh really? No mysticism on /.? Well, I guess it has been awhile since I've read a JonKatz post...

back up that "evil RF rays" quote with a reference. Was it a US senator or a state senator?

Sure thing: Missouri state rep. Denny Meridith, and Missouri House Bill 999 (2001, tabled).

Full text of the bill is available here. Here's a nice quote from the bill about saving children from death rays:

"It is the intent of the general assembly, due to possibly detrimental health effects, including neurological damage in children under twelve years of age and cancer, caused by the proximity of telecommunication siting towers for wireless telephone service and chronic exposure to electromagnetic fields and radio frequency (RF) emissions generated by such towers, to permit meaningful participation by adjacent landowners in the location of such towers."

He's seeking more sponsors for this year and apparently will focus more on the eyesore nature of towers since his "saving kids from evil RF rays" junk science ploy got trashed and his telephone incumbant backers were embarrassed.

*scoove*

SacredNaCl writes: I then spent the next 4 months waiting for SWB to throw a switch

Yup... sad that paying off congress critters is better business than hustling to make your customer happy.

Living in Missouri, you've got another problem with some paid flake state representative that wants to ban towers (Missouri HR 999) used to deliver wireless service because "they threaten children." (Tell me, are you Missourians putting playgrounds under the broadcast towers or what?)

Seriously, this critter must have been seeking the junk science award of the year - no explanation how these "evil radio rays" harm the kiddies or anything. Since the bill got tabled due to the junk science approach, Merideth said he'll reintroduce it next year without the "evil kiddie rays" stuff so his opposition doesn't have any substance to argue against.

Oh, and guess who got campaign contributions from the local phone/wireline incumbants who have an interest in making sure there's no rural wireless phone service, wireless broadband, etc?

*scoove*
Remember this holiday season: Friends don't let JonKatz post.

Rather than baffle all your legitimate callers, you should first register with the Direct Market Association. The marketers don't want to waste time calling hostile people. Use this to register as a hostile customer. In a bizarre twist, if you register online it is $5. If you register by snail mail it is free. Use snail mail.

I registered quite some time ago and almost all of my sales calls went away. Just the little local people an newspapers were still calling.

You might also check with your state. In Missouri you can sign up here and it becomes illegal for people to call you (with some exceptions for people with powerful lobbies.) I am on this list as well and can't remember the last time I got a sales call.

as long as people reelect congresspersons like good ol boy Billy Tauzin (who works harder for Bellsouth than their entire PR and legal department), they deserve to be laid off, have lousy monopoly service, be satisfied with 28.8 or pay $175/mo (and wait 6 months for an install), etc.

in missouri, we've got a paid incumbant LEC hack scaring local citizens about the evils of wireless towers. the overused call to "save the children" from spooky radiowaves is being made, demanding towers be stopped (and wireline incumbants protected from competition).

but what chance does an educated segment of the population have against a majority that believes magic crystals and magnets will improve their car's gas mileage and personal karma? bring on the layoffs... perhaps another depression is the only way to build character in these fools.

as long as people reelect congresspersons like good ol boy Billy Tauzin (who works harder for Bellsouth than their entire PR and legal department), they deserve to be laid off, have lousy monopoly service, be satisfied with 28.8 or pay $175/mo (and wait 6 months for an install), etc.

in missouri, we've got a paid incumbant LEC hack scaring local citizens about the evils of wireless towers. the overused call to "save the children" from spooky radiowaves is being made, demanding towers be stopped (and wireline incumbants protected from competition).

but what chance does an educated segment of the population have against a majority that believes magic crystals and magnets will improve their car's gas mileage and personal karma? bring on the layoffs... perhaps another depression is the only way to build character in these fools.

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Governor Thomas Vilsack State Capitol Des Moines, Iowa 50319 United States of America phone 1-515-281-5211, fax 1-515-281-6611 e-mail general.office@igov.state.ia.us webpage http://www.iowaccess.org/

Governor Bill Graves State House Topeka, Kansas 66612 United States of America phone 1-913-296-6240, fax 1-913-296-7973 e-mail page http://www.state.ks.us/public/g overnor/comment.html webpage http://www.state.ks.us/public/governor/

Governor Paul Patton State Capitol, 700 Capitol Ave. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 United States of America phone 1-502-564-2611, fax 1-502-564-2517 e-mail governor@mail.state.ky.us webpage http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/go v/govmenu6.htm

Governor Murphy Foster, Jr. State Capitol, P.O. Box 94004 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 United States of America phone 1-504-342-7015, fax 1-504-342-7099 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.la.us/governo r/contact2.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.la.us/

Governor Angus King, Jr. State House Station 1 Augusta, Maine 04333 United States of America phone 1-207-287-3531, fax 1-207-287-1034 e-mail page http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ gov_form.htm webpage http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ homepage.htm

Governor Parris Glendening State House Annapolis, Maryland 21401 United States of America phone 1-410-974-3901, fax 1-410-974-3275 e-mail governor@gov.state.md.us webpage http://www.gov.state.md.us/

Governor Paul Cellucci State House, Room 360 Boston, Massachusetts 02133 United States of America phone 1-617-727-6250, fax 1-617-727-9725 e-mail goffice@state.ma.us webpage http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/gov/gov.htm

Governor John Engler State Capitol, PO Box 30013 Lansing, Michigan 48909 United States of America phone 1-517-335-7858, fax 1-517-335-6863 email page http://www.state.mi.us/MIGOV/ gov/ContactGovernor.shtm webpage http://www.state.mi.us/migov/

Governor Jesse Ventura 130 State Capitol, 75 Constitution Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 United States of America phone 1-651-296-3391, fax 1-651-296-2089 e-mail Governor.JesseVentura@state.mn.us webpage http://www.mainserver.state.mn.us/gover nor/

Governor Kirk Fordice P.O. Box 139 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 United States of America phone 1-601-737-9540, fax 1-601-737-9507 e-mail governor@govoff.state.ms.us webpage http://www.state.ms.us/

Governor Mel Carnahan Missouri Capitol Building, P.O. Box 720 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0720 United States of America phone 1-573-751-3222, fax 1-573-751-1495 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.mo.us/guest.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.mo.us/

Governor Marc Racicot State Capitol Helena, Montana 59620 United States of America webpage http://www.mt.gov/governor/governor.htm

Governor Mike Johanns State Capitol, Executive Suite, PO Box 94848 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4848 United States of America phone 1-402-471-2244, fax 1-402-471-6031 e-mail jodee@mail.state.ne.us webpage http://www.state.ne.us/

Governor Kenny Guinn State Capitol Carson City, Nevada 89710 United States of America phone 1-702-687-5670, fax 1-702-687-4486 webpage http://www.state.nv.us/

Governor Jeanne Shaheen State House Concord, New Hampshire 03301-4990 United States of America phone 1-603-271-2121, fax 1-603-271-2130 e-mail nhgov@nh.com webpage http://www.state.nh.us/

Governor Christine Todd Whitman Office of the Governor State House, 125 West State St., CN-001 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0001 United States of America phone 1-609-292-6000, fax 1-609-292-5212 e-mail page http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.nj.us/governor/officeo .htm

Governor Gary Johnson State Capitol Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503 United States of America phone 1-505-827-3000, fax 1-505-827-3026 e-mail gov@gov.state.nm.us webpage http://www.state.nm.us/

Governor George Pataki State Capitol Albany, New York 12224 United States of America phone 1-518-474-8390, fax 1-518-474-1513 e-mail gov.pataki@chamber.state.ny.us webpage http://www.state.ny.us/governor

Governor James Hunt, Jr. State Capitol Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 United States of America phone 1-919-733-4240, fax 1-919-733-2120 webpage http://www.sips.state.nc.us/

Governor Edward Schafer 600 E. Blvd, State Capitol, Fl. 1 Bismark, North Dakota 58505 United States of America phone 1-701-328-2200, fax 1-701-328-2205 webpage http://www.ehs.health.stat e.nd.us/gov/governor/index.htm

Governor Bob Taft State House Columbus, Ohio 43215 United States of America phone 1-614-466-3555, 1-614-466-9354 webpage http://www.state.oh.us/gov/

Governor Frank Keating State Capitol Bldg., Rm. 212 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 United States of America phone 1-405-521-2342, fax 1-405-521-3353 e-mail governor@oklaosf.state.ok.us webpage http://www.state.ok.us/

Governor John Kitzhaber State Capitol Salem, Oregon 97310 United States of America phone 1-503-378-4582, fax 1-503-378-4863 webpage http://www.governor.state.or.us/

Governor Tom Ridge 225 Main Capitol Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 United States of America phone 1-717-787-2500, fax 1-717-772-8284 e-mail governor@state.pa.us webpage http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exe c/Governor/overview.html

Governor of the Commonwealth Commonwealth of Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 United States of America webpage http://fortaleza.govpr.org

Governor Lincoln Almond State House Providence, Rhode Island 02903 United States of America phone 1-401-277-2080, fax 1-401-273-5729 webpage http://www.doa.state.ri.us/info/exec.htm

Governor James Hodges State House, PO Box 11369 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 United States of America phone 1-803-737-9540, fax 1-803-737-9507 webpage http://www.state.sc.us/

Governor William Janklow State Capitol, 500 East Capitol Ave Pierre, South Dakota 57501-5070 United States of America phone 1-605-773-3212, fax 1-605-773-5844 e-mail sdgov@gov.state.sd.us webpage http://www.state.sd.us /state/executive/governor/governor.htm

Governor Don Sundquist State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee 37243 United States of America phone 1-615-741-2001, fax 1-615-532-9711 e-mail dsundquist@mail.state.tn.us webpage http://www.state.tn.us/governor/

Governor George W. Bush State Capitol, P.O. Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711 United States of America phone 1-512-463-2000, fax 1-512-463-1849 webpage http://www.governor.state.tx.us/

Governor Michael Leavitt 210 State Capitol Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 United States of America phone 1-801-538-1000, fax 1-801-538-1528 e-mail governor@state.ut.us webpage http://www.governor.state.ut.us/

Governor Howard Dean 109 State St. Montpelier, Vermont 05609 United States of America phone 1-802-828-3333, fax 1-802-828-3339 e-mail governor@state.vt.us webpage http://www.state.vt.us/

Governor Jim Gilmore State Capitol Richmond, Virginia 23219 United States of America phone 1-804-786-2211, fax 1-804-371-6351 e-mail page http://www.state.va.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.va.us/governor/

Governor Gary Locke State Capitol, P.O. Box 40002 Olympia, Washington 98504-0002 United States of America phone 1-360-902-4111, fax 1-360-753-4110 e-mail governor.locke@governor.wa.gov webpage http://www.wa.gov/governor

Governor Cecil Underwood State Capitol Charleston, West Virginia 25305 United States of America phone 1-304-558-2000, fax 1-304-342-7025 e-mail governor@state.wv.us webpage http://www.state.wi.us/governor/default .htm

Governor Tommy Thompson State Capitol, Room 115 East Madison, Wisconsin 53707 United States of America phone 1-608-266-1212, fax 1-608-267-8983 e-mail wisgov@mail.state.wi.us webpage http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/

Governor Jim Geringer State Capitol Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 United States of America phone 1-307-777-7434, fax 1-307-632-3909 e-mail governor@missc.state.wy.us webpage http://www.state.wy.us/gove rnor/text_governor_home.html

William Clinton President The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, District of Columbia 20500 United States of America phone 1-202-456-1414 fax 1-202-456-2886 or 1-202-456-2461 (busy, keep trying) e-mail president@whitehouse.gov webpage http://www.whitehouse.gov/

House Majority Leader House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

House Minority Leader House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

Speaker, House of Representatives House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

Senate Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, District of Columbia 20510 United States of America webpage http://www.senate.gov/

Senate Minority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, District of Columbia 20510 United States of America webpage http://www.senate.gov/

Governor Don Seigelman State Capitol, 600 Dexter Ave. Montgomery, Alabama 36130 United States of America phone 1-334-242-7100, fax 1-334-242-4541 webpage http://www.state.al.us/

Governor Tony Knowles P.O. Box A Juneau, Alaska 99811 United States of America phone 1-907-465-3500, fax 1-907-465-3532 e-mail office_of_the_governor@gov.state.ak.u s webpage http://www.gov.state.ak.us/

Governor Jane Dee Hull State House Phoenix, Arizona 85007 United States of America phone 1-602-542-4331, fax 1-602-542-7601 webpage http://www.state.az.us/

Governor Mike Huckabee 250 State Capitol Bldg. Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 United States of America phone 1-501-682-2345, fax 1-501-682-1382 e-mail mike.huckabee@state.ar.us webpage http://www.state.ar.us/governor/gover nor.html

Governor Gray Davis State Capitol Sacramento, California 95814 United States of America phone 1-916-445-2841, fax 1-916-445-4633 e-mail hometeam@ca.gov webpage http://www.ca.gov/s/

Governor Bill Owens 136 State Capitol Denver, Colorado 80203-1792 United States of America phone 1-303-866-2471, fax 1-303-866-2003 webpage http://www.state.co.us/

Governor John Rowland State Capitol, 210 Capitol Ave Hartford, Connecticut 06106 United States of America phone 1-860-566-4840, fax 1-203-524-7396 e-mail governor.rowland@po.state.ct.us webpage http://www.state.ct.us/governor/

Governor Thomas Carper Legislative Hall Dover, Delaware 19901 United States of America phone 1-302-739-4101, fax 1-302-577-3118 e-mail ssnyder@state.de.us webpage http://www.state.de.us/governor/index.htm

Governor Jeb Bush State Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32399 United States of America phone 1-850-488-4441, fax 1-850-487-0801 e-mail page http://www.state.fl.us/eog/govmailform. html webpage http://fcn.state.fl.us/gsd/

Governor Roy Barnes State Capitol Building, Room 203 Atlanta, Georgia 30334 United States of America phone 1-404-656-1776, fax 1-404-657-7332 e-mail governor@gov.state.ga.us webpage http://www.state.ga.us/

Governor Benjamin Cayetano State Capitol, Executive Chambers Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 United States of America phone 1-808-586-0034, fax 1-808-586-0006 e-mail gov@gov.state.hi.us webpage http://gov.state.hi.us

Governor Dirk Kempthorne State Capitol PO Box 83720, 700 West Jefferson, Fl. 2 Boise, Idaho 83720-0034 United States of America phone 1-208-334-2100, fax 1-208-334-2175 e-mail governor@gov.state.id.us webpage http://www.state.id.us/gov/govhmpg.htm

Governor George Ryan 207 Statehouse Springfield, Illinois 62706 United States of America phone 1-217-782-0244, fax 1-217-524-4049 e-mail governor@state.il.us webpage http://www.state.il.us/gov/

Governor Frank O'Bannon Statehouse, Rm. 206 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 United States of America phone 1-317-232-4567, fax 1-317-232-3443 e-mail page http://www.ai.org/gov/gov_mail.html webpage http://www.ai.org/gov/index.html

Governor Thomas Vilsack State Capitol Des Moines, Iowa 50319 United States of America phone 1-515-281-5211, fax 1-515-281-6611 e-mail general.office@igov.state.ia.us webpage http://www.iowaccess.org/

Governor Bill Graves State House Topeka, Kansas 66612 United States of America phone 1-913-296-6240, fax 1-913-296-7973 e-mail page http://www.state.ks.us/public/g overnor/comment.html webpage http://www.state.ks.us/public/governor/

Governor Paul Patton State Capitol, 700 Capitol Ave. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 United States of America phone 1-502-564-2611, fax 1-502-564-2517 e-mail governor@mail.state.ky.us webpage http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/go v/govmenu6.htm

Governor Murphy Foster, Jr. State Capitol, P.O. Box 94004 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 United States of America phone 1-504-342-7015, fax 1-504-342-7099 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.la.us/governo r/contact2.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.la.us/

Governor Angus King, Jr. State House Station 1 Augusta, Maine 04333 United States of America phone 1-207-287-3531, fax 1-207-287-1034 e-mail page http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ gov_form.htm webpage http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ homepage.htm

Governor Parris Glendening State House Annapolis, Maryland 21401 United States of America phone 1-410-974-3901, fax 1-410-974-3275 e-mail governor@gov.state.md.us webpage http://www.gov.state.md.us/

Governor Paul Cellucci State House, Room 360 Boston, Massachusetts 02133 United States of America phone 1-617-727-6250, fax 1-617-727-9725 e-mail goffice@state.ma.us webpage http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/gov/gov.htm

Governor John Engler State Capitol, PO Box 30013 Lansing, Michigan 48909 United States of America phone 1-517-335-7858, fax 1-517-335-6863 email page http://www.state.mi.us/MIGOV/ gov/ContactGovernor.shtm webpage http://www.state.mi.us/migov/

Governor Jesse Ventura 130 State Capitol, 75 Constitution Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 United States of America phone 1-651-296-3391, fax 1-651-296-2089 e-mail Governor.JesseVentura@state.mn.us webpage http://www.mainserver.state.mn.us/gover nor/

Governor Kirk Fordice P.O. Box 139 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 United States of America phone 1-601-737-9540, fax 1-601-737-9507 e-mail governor@govoff.state.ms.us webpage http://www.state.ms.us/

Governor Mel Carnahan Missouri Capitol Building, P.O. Box 720 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0720 United States of America phone 1-573-751-3222, fax 1-573-751-1495 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.mo.us/guest.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.mo.us/

Governor Marc Racicot State Capitol Helena, Montana 59620 United States of America webpage http://www.mt.gov/governor/governor.htm

Governor Mike Johanns State Capitol, Executive Suite, PO Box 94848 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4848 United States of America phone 1-402-471-2244, fax 1-402-471-6031 e-mail jodee@mail.state.ne.us webpage http://www.state.ne.us/

Governor Kenny Guinn State Capitol Carson City, Nevada 89710 United States of America phone 1-702-687-5670, fax 1-702-687-4486 webpage http://www.state.nv.us/

Governor Jeanne Shaheen State House Concord, New Hampshire 03301-4990 United States of America phone 1-603-271-2121, fax 1-603-271-2130 e-mail nhgov@nh.com webpage http://www.state.nh.us/

Governor Christine Todd Whitman Office of the Governor State House, 125 West State St., CN-001 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0001 United States of America phone 1-609-292-6000, fax 1-609-292-5212 e-mail page http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.nj.us/governor/officeo .htm

Governor Gary Johnson State Capitol Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503 United States of America phone 1-505-827-3000, fax 1-505-827-3026 e-mail gov@gov.state.nm.us webpage http://www.state.nm.us/

Governor George Pataki State Capitol Albany, New York 12224 United States of America phone 1-518-474-8390, fax 1-518-474-1513 e-mail gov.pataki@chamber.state.ny.us webpage http://www.state.ny.us/governor

Governor James Hunt, Jr. State Capitol Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 United States of America phone 1-919-733-4240, fax 1-919-733-2120 webpage http://www.sips.state.nc.us/

Governor Edward Schafer 600 E. Blvd, State Capitol, Fl. 1 Bismark, North Dakota 58505 United States of America phone 1-701-328-2200, fax 1-701-328-2205 webpage http://www.ehs.health.stat e.nd.us/gov/governor/index.htm

Governor Bob Taft State House Columbus, Ohio 43215 United States of America phone 1-614-466-3555, 1-614-466-9354 webpage http://www.state.oh.us/gov/

Governor Frank Keating State Capitol Bldg., Rm. 212 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 United States of America phone 1-405-521-2342, fax 1-405-521-3353 e-mail governor@oklaosf.state.ok.us webpage http://www.state.ok.us/

Governor John Kitzhaber State Capitol Salem, Oregon 97310 United States of America phone 1-503-378-4582, fax 1-503-378-4863 webpage http://www.governor.state.or.us/

Governor Tom Ridge 225 Main Capitol Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 United States of America phone 1-717-787-2500, fax 1-717-772-8284 e-mail governor@state.pa.us webpage http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exe c/Governor/overview.html

Governor of the Commonwealth Commonwealth of Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 United States of America webpage http://fortaleza.govpr.org

Governor Lincoln Almond State House Providence, Rhode Island 02903 United States of America phone 1-401-277-2080, fax 1-401-273-5729 webpage http://www.doa.state.ri.us/info/exec.htm

Governor James Hodges State House, PO Box 11369 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 United States of America phone 1-803-737-9540, fax 1-803-737-9507 webpage http://www.state.sc.us/

Governor William Janklow State Capitol, 500 East Capitol Ave Pierre, South Dakota 57501-5070 United States of America phone 1-605-773-3212, fax 1-605-773-5844 e-mail sdgov@gov.state.sd.us webpage http://www.state.sd.us /state/executive/governor/governor.htm

Governor Don Sundquist State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee 37243 United States of America phone 1-615-741-2001, fax 1-615-532-9711 e-mail dsundquist@mail.state.tn.us webpage http://www.state.tn.us/governor/

Governor George W. Bush State Capitol, P.O. Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711 United States of America phone 1-512-463-2000, fax 1-512-463-1849 webpage http://www.governor.state.tx.us/

Governor Michael Leavitt 210 State Capitol Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 United States of America phone 1-801-538-1000, fax 1-801-538-1528 e-mail governor@state.ut.us webpage http://www.governor.state.ut.us/

Governor Howard Dean 109 State St. Montpelier, Vermont 05609 United States of America phone 1-802-828-3333, fax 1-802-828-3339 e-mail governor@state.vt.us webpage http://www.state.vt.us/

Governor Jim Gilmore State Capitol Richmond, Virginia 23219 United States of America phone 1-804-786-2211, fax 1-804-371-6351 e-mail page http://www.state.va.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.va.us/governor/

Governor Gary Locke State Capitol, P.O. Box 40002 Olympia, Washington 98504-0002 United States of America phone 1-360-902-4111, fax 1-360-753-4110 e-mail governor.locke@governor.wa.gov webpage http://www.wa.gov/governor

Governor Cecil Underwood State Capitol Charleston, West Virginia 25305 United States of America phone 1-304-558-2000, fax 1-304-342-7025 e-mail governor@state.wv.us webpage http://www.state.wi.us/governor/default .htm

Governor Tommy Thompson State Capitol, Room 115 East Madison, Wisconsin 53707 United States of America phone 1-608-266-1212, fax 1-608-267-8983 e-mail wisgov@mail.state.wi.us webpage http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/

Governor Jim Geringer State Capitol Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 United States of America phone 1-307-777-7434, fax 1-307-632-3909 e-mail governor@missc.state.wy.us webpage http://www.state.wy.us/gove rnor/text_governor_home.html

it's a Y2K Javascript bug: Missouri Mental Health Web Site

This can mean either one of two things:
1. Prostitution is being legalised there
or
2. Microsoft are moving development there ;)

Seriously though, I think these states suddenly "discovering" the internet is not a good thing - they should be spending thier time and money on improving things for the people there.

Calling yourself anything internet related just looks silly, (unless your are "show me" Missouri who need a new slogan), and even then the Missouri Secretary of State's website calls itself "The information place"

How long will it be before DC calls itself the .GOV place...?