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Re: Sharon Centanne's STOP CHENEY email to list



Unfortunately no amount of polite requests to limit this listsev to
archiving issues.  So...

Lucinda ... I have read more than three or four results of the Florida
election.  Apparently, you only read the ones that match your political
views.  With only looking at the ones that match your view must make
objectivity hard.

Oh ... the Teachers Union is this state are about to be hit with a $600,000
fine for misusing union funds for political purposes.  A continuing problem
within our state.

R W Dalton, CRM


----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: Sharon Centanne's STOP CHENEY email to list


> Monday, May 21, 2001
>
> Dear Archivists,
>
>     As a self-described activist-feminist-archivist I am saddened when
list
> members implore that we "keep politics off the listserv."  I always
consider
> our profession to be well-educated and progressive, i.e. political, so I'm
> always suprised by the anti-lefty comments.  To wit, Diane Russell's
comment
> that Sharon "libels the Vice President with charges like "rape, burn and
> pillage,"-- it seems more likely that she's a deliberate mouthpiece of the
> radical-left, enviro-wacko hate lobby ..."     Well, I happen to agree
with
> the recently published election reviews of voting in Florida that show
that
> the presidential election was stolen out from under us before a complete
> review of the contested votes/totals could be completed.  Democracy should
> not have a time limit.
>
>     And, I also agree with Sharon's comment that we should speak out
against
> plunder by energy tycoons.  We all have also read that our VP and P are
going
> to try to push nuclear on us as a solution, even though we still can't
figure
> out that tricky "waste" problem--how about paige "miracle boxes"?  And in
> view of Chernobyl and Three Mile Island disasters--is our archives
profession
> too young to remember these devastating wake-up calls?  And, at our energy
> consumption rate,  how much gas and oil are left?  Read the
estimates--it's
> scary.  We should be blessing our conservation and environmental
lobbies--as
> outfunded as they are-- for keeping our air and water breathable and for
> daring to buck the big boys--polluters.  Think Houston, anyone?
>
>     Anyway, we live and  work in a world of political connections,
> Everything that we do as archivists--from selection (appraisal) to access
> (technology decisions) to outreach (marketing our collections) exists in
the
> real world of funding decisions and cultural values assigned to either
> maintaining or neglecting historical records.  We would not have been
> discussing Baker and microfilming for a month if we didn't care about
> politics--i.e.  the political ramifications of his book and opinions on
our
> profession and by extension, our jobs...our livlihood...our weekly
paychecks.
>
>     I love political discussions.  I want all archivists to feel that they
> can post political messages to our list when they feel strongly about an
> issue --in this case, energy and conservation--that affects not only our
> lives/environment but also our "stuff"-- in terms of energy to maintain
our
> archives facilities, our databases, our preservation activities (HVAC
> systems????)  I repeat:  we all know that our archives activities do not
> exist in a vacuum but are directly affected by political decisions about
> value and budgetary considerations.  In fact, don't we all have to be
> excellent politicians to survive and thrive in our institutional settings?
> No archives is an island unto itself.
>
>     Aside from trying to get every vote counted fairly, you know,
democracy!,
>  The UTNE Reader "View" in the MAY-June 2001 issue suggests that as
> disgruntled voters we all push for proportional representation in our
> election process as utilized in continental Europe and many other parts of
> the world.   This would insure that political parties are apportioned
power
> in the national government based roughtly on their percent of the vote.
> Therefore, no spoiler Greens--but a sharing of power with the Democrats.
Go
> to the website:  www.fairvote.org (put up by The Center for Voting and
> Democracy) for further info.
>
>     A final quote from the UTNE article:  "...remember that most of what
we
> call politics happens between elections.  Social movements and citizen
> activism are powerful forces that frame the national political debate in
ways
> that candidates of every party must respond to.  That should be the
mission
> of Greens, Democrats, and everyone over the next few years:  advocating
for
> the changes you want to see in American society.  Talk to your neighbors.
> Write letters to the editor.  Organize an activist group.  Take a stand
any
> way that makes sense to you.  And then let's see what happens in 2004."
And,
> definitely, talk with your archivist collegues online about important
> national issues, such as energy policy, that do, indeed, affect our lives,
> our families, our jobs and our facilities every where.  Cheers, everyone--
> but especially to Sharon Centanne in Tampa Bay.
>                                      Lucinda
> Lucinda Manning
> United Federation of Teachers
> UFT Archives & Records Center
> 260 Park Ave. South
> NY, Ny   10010
> 212-598-9213
>
> Revolution is but thought carried into action.
>             --Emma Goldman (1869-1940)
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