<html><head><base href="x-msg://38/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I used to have a stack of response letters from this evil old bitch. My too-crude name for her involves replacing the H with a K and placing an 'n' somewhere in Hutchison. <div><br></div><div>But anyway, all of her responses are the same:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>So happy you contacted me.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Fuck you.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>You don't amount to shit.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I'll explain it since you are an idiot.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Please be assured that you will be in my thoughts when I shit on you.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Please contact me again--any time you need to be shat upon.</div><div><br></div><div>And our other senator doesn't even acknowledge our existence. Somehow that seems more polite, at least.</div><div><br></div><div>Lee</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Sep 30, 2011, at 3:56 PM, zappa wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; ">B*tch<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison [mailto:senator@hutchison.senate.gov]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, September 30, 2011 1:58 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:zappa2004@earthlink.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">zappa2004@earthlink.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Constituent Response From Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="800" style="width: 600pt; "><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 800px; "><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; ">Dear Friend:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> Thank you for contacting me regarding genetically engineered (GE) corn. I welcome your thoughts and comments.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> Genetically engineered food has been developed to boost nutritional value and agricultural yields, and to increase crops' resistance to weather conditions, diseases and insects. Genetic engineering has helped to meet growing global food needs and avert food shortages in some regions of the world. Texas agricultural research institutions have been leaders in developing and testing GE crops, and bringing forward more effective cultivation methods.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> GE foods, such as corn, are required to meet the same U.S. safety and health standards as traditionally grown cereal grains and produce. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is principally responsible for enforcing strict standards for our food. Although the FDA has found no consumer safety issues with GE foods, it is important that the FDA continues to monitor and develop new science to ensure food safety.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> Please be assured that I will keep your thoughts in mind should relevant agriculture and food safety legislation come for consideration before the Senate. I appreciate hearing from you, and I hope that you will not hesitate to contact me on any issue that is important to you.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; ">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; ">Kay Bailey Hutchison</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; ">United States Senator</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; ">284 Russell Senate Office Building</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; ">Washington, DC 20510</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; ">202-224-5922 (tel)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; ">202-224-0776 (fax)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "><a href="http://hutchison.senate.gov" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://hutchison.senate.gov</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; ">PLEASE DO NOT REPLY to this message as this mailbox is only for the delivery of outbound messages, and is not monitored for replies. Due to the volume of mail Senator Hutchison receives, she requests that all email messages be sent through the contact form found on her website at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://hutchison.senate.gov/?p=email_kay" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://hutchison.senate.gov/?p=email_kay</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; ">If you would like more information about issues pending before the Senate, please visit the Senator's website at<a href="http://hutchison.senate.gov" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://hutchison.senate.gov</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. You will find articles, floor statements, press releases, and weekly columns on current events.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: black; ">Thank you.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div>---------------<br>Progressive Action Alliance <a href="http://progressiveactionalliance.org/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://progressiveactionalliance.org/</a><br>Discuss mailing list <a href="mailto:Discuss@paa-tx.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Discuss@paa-tx.org</a><br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, access the archives, or change your options on this list, go to:<br><a href="http://mail.paa-tx.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_paa-tx.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://mail.paa-tx.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_paa-tx.org</a><br><br>To reply only to the person posting this note, use "Reply".<br>To reply so that everyone on this list receives your note, use "Reply All".<br>Check the "To:" field in your message, before sending, to ensure it goes to the correct address.<br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>