Five for Seven



On this day in nineteen hundred and thirty-four

An independent agency was created forevermore

To supervise and regulate broadcasting services

And promote safety of life and property, impervious



Something the FCC* had done well thru the years

But now, in this modern age, computers are feared

Because the very things the Commission regulated

Can now be done anonymously, and not stipluated



As having come from a single solitary source ...

As telephone, radio and television all reports ...

Numbers from which all signals can be traced

But computer users can transmit from any place



So, now the five commissioners who serve for seven

Appointed by the president, have a task unpleasant

Of going after the spoilers who mar the Net for all

By their incessant harassment ... many without call



- Tristram



© Christopher W. Thomas

2pm Sat. June 19th, 1999

  

* FCC stands for 

Federal Communications Commission