US: Congressional Internet site overloaded with emails mostly in protest over socialized medicine


	US: Congressional Internet site overloaded with emails mostly in protest over socialized medicine

The Infowarrior

8-15-2009 5:16 PM

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8-15-2009 6:11 PM

The Infowarrior

Enough E-mail to overload a large website? It is evident from that, this is more than just people at town halls.

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8-15-2009 11:45 PM

The Infowarrior

@Jamezbond - stop spamming peoples clips!!! Thats 10 of mine out of 16 spam. Consider yourself blocked!!

8-15-2009 11:48 PM

The Infowarrior

It is also a rather ironic name as you have subtlety of a lump of concrete to the face.

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