Yes, Nat, I read you. Actually I guess I did catch the "spirit" of what you meant, and you know what? Actually, this is even good for us, our cause. Why? 'Cause a shrewd individual would immediately spot this inconsistency and bring it to the attention of the authorities. This would serve as crystal clear proof of what their true intentions would be. As a matter of fact, not only that, but that they're actually insidiously working against the spirit of "Transatlantic cooperation" of their own banner!!!
When the EU Parliament and "Directive Commissioner" sees that they'd have less trouble dismissing these guys and get on with the business of finally implementing the directive. There is no better weapon in our hands than to see the opposition discredit themselves, is there??? So, yes, TABD fellas! Shoot yourselves in your own foot, show us your true colors, shall you??? Marcus On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:50:45 Nat Hager III wrote: > >> I'm sorry, my friend, but I'll have to disagree with your remark >> that this is just 'business', as you put it. >> >> When an organization of the caliber of TABD posts and/or claims >> to put its support behind something **publicly** they're NOT at >> liberty to backtrack on that! ONLY if in an *official* committee >> of its members AND at their request can they change their minds, >> so to speak. >> > >In an ideal world that's true. In the real world, well...... > >I had a case 6 months ago where a reviewer blatantly lied on a grant >proposal, and probably cost us the proposal. Not a minor difference of >opinion, mind you, but an outright factual lie about a letter of support. > >Is there anything I can do about it? NO! Is there any way I can reverse the >decision? NO! Is the agency going to do anything about it? NO! Is there any >way I can make our "boilerplate" more rock-solid to head of such a situation >in the future? YES! Am I going to do it? YES! > >That's business in 2003. > >Nat > >> > > > ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
