I'm an independent... I stopped being a republican when the Shrub was nominated for President. Grrrrrrrr!
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>Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 21:50:06 -0400
>From: "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Time to wake up the list, if possible
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>Greta, I would say your father was not too far from the mark for those in academia. Liberalism is just as prevalent with elementary and secondary educators. My wife, an SBH middle/high school teacher for twenty years, was excoriated by many of her colleagues for not joining the leftist NEA teacher's union.
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>Oh, not everyone who falls under the ADA is a dem...
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>It will certainly ve interesting to see what happens with Specter's commitee seat.
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>Kyle
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>From: Cerebral Palsy List on behalf of greta von der luft
>Sent: Mon 5/4/2009 7:27 PM
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>Subject: Re: Time to wake up the list, if possible
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>One of my father's favorite films is the Godfather series (I think one and
>two not so much the third). So he would really like it if I abided by the
>doctrines represented in the series. The women in the series did whatever
>the males desired (right?).
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>However, he figures my goose was cooked and my ideology was predetermined by
>my joining academia. He strongly believes that ALL professors (except for a
>very, very few) are liberals and independents. He believes this is
>especially true for those who have a PhD. So when I told him I wanted to
>earn my PhD and eventually earned it he figured I was COMPLETELY LOST. Since
>I am in the process of finishing my third year of teaching at the college
>level I am now 3x more likely to vote against him and thus even more
>completely lost.
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>However, if you look at the funding for people with disabilities and funding
>for health care under the republicans it should be understandable that I am
>not republican. I was a health care provider and an advocate for people with
>disabilities before I joined academia. However, my dear old dad does not see
>it that way. I love him and respect him, but I do disagree with him
>politically.
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>greta
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>On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Kendall D. Corbett <
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>> Shades of The Godfather! (or, out of deference to our Orthodox Jewish
>> members, The G-dfather?
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>> On May 4, 2009 4:50pm, Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > From The Onion -- "BREAKING: Sen. Arlen Specter Awakens To Severed
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>> > >> That's pretty much my brother's take on it as well (he lives in the
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