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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------89FAF2F7E269F74D6FB90405 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dennis Greene wrote: > Nearly two days ago I posted a message to the list asking for > information on the differences between the US national level PD > organisations and for some historical insight into why there are so > many. A day ago, Janet Paterson endorsed my questions and added one > of her own concerning funding of said organisations. > > The silence has been almost deafening. > > The single response I did get, whilst welcome, did not actually > address my questions at all. > > I have been trying to work out why there has been such a lack of > response. I have come up with the following, no doubt incomplete, > list of possibilities: > > 1. No-one read the questions. > 2. No-one understood the questions. > 3 No-one knows the answers. > 4. No-one thinks the subject warrents any of their time. > 5. No-one thinks the questioner warrents any of their time. > 6. Everyone thinks foriegners shouldn't delve into domestic US PD > politics. > 7. The answer is so complex that someone is still working on it and > will post it sometime soon. > ************************************************* > Dennis Greene 48/10 > Dennis, I think that #3 and #7 would be the closest to an answer of why > you did not get a response to you questions. In addition, IMHO, I think > that we Americans should also be asking the question of the various > organizations as to where does their money come from and where does it go, > in varifiable detail. Especially what is the total income, including all > perks, of the executive officers of each organization. And how much do > they actually contribute to research. --------------89FAF2F7E269F74D6FB90405 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Bob Chapman Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Bob Chapman n: Chapman;Bob email;internet: [log in to unmask] x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------89FAF2F7E269F74D6FB90405--