Save the NEA Petition
Blue Lake
>Supreme Court supports Congress to cut the budget of the National
>Endowment of the Arts, it is in effect the end of NEA.
>
>This situation creates great concerns about Congressional funding
>for creative arts in America, since NEA provides major support for
>NPR (National Public Radio), PBS (Public Broadcasting System), and
>numerous other creative and performing arts. If NEA is lost or
>weakened, our lives will be similarly diminished.
>
>In spite of the efforts of each station to reduce spending costs
>and streamline their services, some government officials believe
>that the funding currently going to these programs is too large
>a portion of funding for something which is seen as not
>worthwhile. Currently, taxes from the general public for PBS
>equal $1.12 per person per year, and the National Endowment for
>the Arts equals $.64 a year.
>
>A January 1995 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll indicated that 76% of
>Americans wish to keep funding for PBS, third only to national
>defense and law enforcement as the most valuable programs for
>federal funding.
Here's a worthy cause to support, and an opportunity to voice that
support.... Thanks,
Patricio de Rosburg
>Please add your name to this list and forward it to friends
>who you believe are in favor of what this stands for. The full
>list will be forwarded to the President of the United States,
>the Vice President, and the Speaker of the House, whose office
>has in the past been the instigator of the action to cut funding
>to these worthwhile programs.
>
>This petition is being passed around the Internet. Please add
>your name to it so that funding can be maintained for the NEA,
>NPR, and PBS.
>
>THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE INTERNET TECHNOLOGY WORK AS A VOICE
>IN OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM. IT'S EASIER THAN EVER TO MAKE OUR
>VOICES HEARD.
>
>Please keep the petition rolling. Do not reply to me.
>Sign your name and locale to the list and forward it to others
>to sign.
>
>If you prefer not to, please send the list to the email address
>given below.
>
>This is being forwarded to numerous people at once to add their
>names to the petition. It won't matter if many people receive the
>same list, as the names are being managed.
>
>This is for anyone who thinks NPR and PBS deserve $1.12/year of
>their taxes.
>
>If you sign, please forward the list to others.
>If not, please don't kill it.
>
>If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc., signer of this
>petition, please forward a copy to:
>wein...@blue.univnorthco.edu
><mailto:wein...@blue.univnorthco.edu>
>
>This way we can keep track of the lists and organize them.
>Forward this to everyone you know, and help us to keep these
>programs alive.
>
>Thank you.
>
>NOTE: It is preferable that you SELECT the entirety of this
>letter and then COPY it into a NEW outgoing message, rather
>than simply forwarding it.
>
>In your new outgoing message, add your name to the bottom of the
>list, then send it on. Or, if the option is available, do a
>SEND AGAIN.
>
>1. David Liberman, Sylva, NC
>2. Marie Harrison, Sylva, NC
>3. Randi Beckmann, Ithaca, NY
>4. Bill Wertheim, Mt. Vernon, NY
>5. Marlene Wertheim, Mt. Vernon, NY
>6. George Wertheim, San Francisco, CA.
>7. Linda Wertheim, San Francisco, CA
>8. Linda R. Semi, Walnut Creek, CA
>9. Margaret C. Forness, Pleasant Hill, CA
>10. Phillip D. Rubenstein, Syracuse, NY
>11. Timothy J. Connell, Madison, WI
>12. Stacia E. Jesner, Mt. Kisco, NY
>13. Jenna Schnuer, NYC, NY
>14. Julia Kohn, NY, NY
>15. Maria Sarro, NY, NY
>16. Evan Schwartz, Cliffside Park, NJ
>17. Pat Waters, Lakewood, CO
>19. Karen Tilton, Maquoketa, IA
>20. Kent Crawford
>21. Terry Dillon
>22. Gene Bechen, Coralville, IA
>23. Neal Schnoor, Kearney, NE
>24. Sam Zitek, Crete, NE
>25. Jay Kloecker
>26. Marilyn Godby, Papillion, NE
>27. Lucina Johnson
>28. Alfred Tom Johnson
>29. Tyler Corey Johnson
>30. A. Corey Limbach
>31. Paula Smith, Berkeley, CA
>32. Pat Quinn, Alameda, CA
>33. Andrea Quinn, Alameda, CA
>34. Jerry Hackett, Berkeley, CA
>35. Richard Hackett, NY
>36. Jeffrey Green, CA
>37. Phil Chernin, CA
>38. Sandra S. Bauer, CA
>39. Gregory LeVasseur, San Francisco, CA
>40. Keiko LeVasseur, San Francisco, CA
>41. Diego Gonzalez, San Francisco, CA
>42. David D. Berkowitz, Washington, DC
>43. Peter Glass, Bellevue, WA
>44. Mary Frances Rimpini, Kent, WA
>45. Mary Frances Stevens, Kirkland, WA
>46. Linda Grebmeier, Benicia, CA
>47. Lee Altman, Benicia, CA
>48. Jeffrey Gray, South Orange, NJ
>49. Ed Jones, Orange, NJ
>50. Daniel P. Jones, Glenside, PA
>51. Jenifer Goetz, State College, PA
>52. Arnold R. Post, Carrboro, NC
>53. Anna E. Post, Carrboro, NC
>54. Robert A. Post, Cape May, NJ
>55. Evelyn M. Post, Cape May, NJ
>56. Jay A. Sklaroff, Philadelphia, PA
>57. Harry M. Sklaroff, Washington, DC
>58. Susan E. Salmons, Washington, DC
>59. Dori Langevin, Silver Spring, MD
>60. Ted Langevin, Silver Spring, MD
>61. David Mercier, Easton, MD
>62. Phoebe Harding, Baltimore, MD
>63. Molly Rath, Baltimore, MD
>64. Terry O'Hara, Baltimore, MD
>65. Nina Wendt, Baltimore, MD
>66. Marilyn Clark, Baltimore, MD
>67. Cathy McKinney, Boone, NC
>68. Harold McKinney, Boone, NC
>69. Milena Garcia, Columbia, MD
>70. Timothy Morrison, Devore, CA
>71. Virginia S. Kallay Cleveland, OH
>72. Nancy Cleaveland, Atlanta, GA
>73. Cindy Lutenbacher, Decatur, GA
>74. Kaye Norton, Columbus, OH
>75. Elaine Haidt, Chapel Hill, NC
>76. Harold Haidt, Chapel Hill, NC
>76. Frank Church, Chapel Hill, NC
>77. Astrid R. Jarzembowski, Garrison, NY
>78. David Church, Garrison, NY
>79. Cathy Dillon, Old Greenwich, CT
>80. Michelle Woodward, Town of Mt. Pleasant, NY
>81. Catherine L. Josset, Brewster, NY
>82. Bill Philbrick, Crompond, NY
>83. Emile Menasch", Mahopac, NY
>84. Amy Menasch", Mahopac, NY
>85. Bette-Jane Crigger, Peekskill, NY
>86. Miriam Piven Cotler
>87. Cyndi Menegaz, Los Angeles, CA
>88. Linda Zale, Los Angeles, CA
>89. Phillip Kudelka, Woodland Hills California
>90. Karl Schoenbaum, Woodland Hills California
>91. Jennifer Bramscher, Malibu, CA
>92. Mindy Markman, Los Angeles, CA
>93. Bekki Misiorowski, Los Angeles, CA
>94. Robert A. Misiorowski, Los Angeles, CA
>95. Elise B. Misiorowski, Los Angeles, CA
>96. Andrea McShane, Los Angeles, CA
>97. Judith Shechter
>98. Gerald Shechter, Kansas City, Missouri
>99. Joyce Williams, Kansas City, MO
>100. Brad Harris, Kansas City, MO
>101. Ken Krusi, Silverdale, WA.
>102. Rus Shuler, Fort Mill, SC
>103. Stacy Hammond, Fort Mill, SC
>104. Sandy Whitaker, Charlotte, NC
>105. Neely Dodge, NY, NY
>106. E Schlosberg Boston, MA
>107. K. Caswell, Ivoryton, CT
>108. Jerome Russo, Pennington, NJ
>109. Sarah Caguiat Borthwick, Brooklyn, NY
>110. Carlos J. Caguiat,Saranac Lake, NY
>111. Rick Dennis, Saranac Lake,NY
>112. Claire M. Stahler, Lake Placid, NY
>113. Carolyn Curwen, Lowell, MA
>114. Alison E. Curwen, Ojai, CA
>115. William A. Curwen, Ojai, CA
>116. Rick Swan, Ojai, CA
>117. Sonia Nordenson, Ojai, CA
>118. Rebecca Plum, Ojai, CA
>119. Mike Wilkerson Santa Barbara, CA.
>120. Jose Zamora, Berkeley, CA
>121. Amber Smock, Berkeley, CA
>122. Kimberly Cunningham, Berkeley, CA.
>123. Margot Hanson, Berkeley, CA
>124. Sarah Church, Berkeley, CA
>125. David Caeser, Berkeley, ca
>126. Catherine Trimbur, Berkeley, CA
>127. Lori Durbin, Oakland, Ca.
>128. Bebo White, San Francisco, CA
>129. Bruce Erickson, San Carlos, CA
>130. Don Erickson, Chicago, IL
>131. D. McCannon, Evanston IL
>132. G. Militello, Chicago, IL
>133. D. Wilson, New York, New York
>134. Kathy Murphy, Champaign, IL
>135. Cara L. Day, Champaign, IL
>136. Ualtar G. O'Regan, San Francisco, CA
>137. John C. Lester, Berkeley, CA
>138. Sara Hensley, San Jose, CA
>139. Paul Olguin, Pacifica, CA
>140. Jill Gluck,, Los Angeles, CA
>141. Millicent Alexander, Los Angeles, CA
>142. Jayme Adelson-Goldstein, Northridge, CA
>143. Sandra Brown, Sherman Oaks, CA
>144. Roland A. Childs, Los Angeles, CA
>145. Naomi Childs, Los Angeles, CA
>146. Ken Coleman. Santa Fe, NM
>147. John reynolds, Los Angeles CA
>148. Nathan Smith, Los Angeles, CA
>149. Gabriela Kohen, New York, NY
>150. Geoff Boehm, New York, NY
>151. Kermit Johns, New York NY
>152. Able Billheimer, New York NY
>153. Ann C. Horan, Summit, NJ
>154. Mary P. Lechevalier, Morrisville, VT
>155. Hubert A. Lechevalier, Morrisville, VT
>156. Marilyn J. Jordan, Huntington Station, NY
>157. Kay Bromberg, Roslyn Heights, NY
>158. Michael O'Neill, Wainscott, NY
>159. Janine Veto, NY
>160. Lysbeth A. Marigold, East Hampton, NY
>161. Adrienne Kitaeff, East Hampton, NY
>162. Kelly Patton Brook, Newcastle, Me
>163. Alexander Brook, Newcastle, Me
>164. Joanna Steichen, Montauk, NY
>165. Will Trinkle, Roanoke, VA
>166. Sheila Lobel, Hollis, NY
>167. Robert Werthman, Fairless Hills, PA
>168. L.A. Parks Daloz
>169. Sharon Daloz Parks
>170. John de Cuevas
>171. Bruce Baird Struminger, Ann Arbor, MI
>172. Leonadi Ward, La Crescenta,CA
>173. Tayria Ward, La Crescenta, CA
>174. Kurt Hoelting, Clinton, WA
>175. Sally Goodwin, Clinton, WA
>176. Ross Chapin, Langley, WA
>177. Linda Pruitt, Seattle, WA
>178. Jim Soules, Seattle, WA
>179. Joel Rogers, Seattle, WA
>180. Tom Darden, Seattle, WA
>181. Ellen Wallach, Seattle, WA
>182. Karen Lane, Seattle, WA
>183. Lynn Taylor, Mercer Island, WA
>184. Collin Tong, Seattle, WA
>185. Sara Robertson, Seattle,WA
>186. Namji Steinemann, New York, NY
>187. Grace Norman, New York, NY
>188. Rebecca Straus, New York, NY
>189. Gillian Tan, New York, NY
>190. Katherine Lynn, Somerville, MA
>191. Chris Herb, Madison, WI
>192. Kim Herb, Madison, WI
>193. Sarah Kilgour, Mogamimachi, Yamagata, Japan
>194. Wm. E. Kilgour, Madison, Wi
>195. Martha Kilgour, Madison, WI
>196. Audrey Kupferberg, Amsterdam, NY
>197. Rob Edelman, Amsterdam, NY
>198. Judith M Kass, New York, NY
>199. Milton Kass, New York, NY
>200. Jack Eichenbaum, Flushing, NY
>201. Lois M. Kahan, New York,NY
>202. Hal Temkin, Highland Park, IL
>203. Lois Sachs, Northfield, IL
>204. John Sachs, Northfield, IL
>205. Ellen Alter, Winnetka, IL
>206. Michael Alter, Winnetka, IL
>207. Margaret J. Tucker, Nashville, TN
>208. Jud Phillips, Nashville, TN
>209. Jane F. Osgerby, Nashville, TN
>210. Derek B. Petrella, Nashville, TN
>211. Kimberly M. Patterson, Wildwood Crest, NJ
>212 Katie M Arnold, Savannah, GA
>213. Matthew Arnold, Brooklyn NY
>214. April Lange, W. Barnstable, MA
>215. Ruth Benfield, Seattle, Wa
>216. William R. Benfield, Seattle, Wa
>217. Ashley Benfield, Seattle, Wa
>218. Morgan Benfield, Seattle, Wa
>219. Issen Powter, Gold Bar, WA
>220. Michael B. Plumb. Lynnwood, WA
>221. Norma L. Plumb, Lynnwood, WA
>222. Jonnee Denton, Bothell, WA
>223. Les Denton, Bothell, WA
>224. Susan Marett, Port Townsend, WA
>225. Robert Marett, Port Townsend, WA
>226. Patricia J. Yearian Port Townsend, WA
>227. Barbara Furlan, Seattle, WA
>228. Walt S. Dimick, Portland, OR
>229. Jennifer Meyers, Portland, OR
>230. Sarah Sameh, Portland, OR
>231. John Beebe, Medford, MA
>232. Julie Miller, Orono, ME
>233. Bee Borromeo, New York, NY
>234. Kristen Harrison, Charleston, WV
>235. Lori Armstead, Charleston, WV
>236. Robert Stephens, Charleston WV
>237. Robert M Hasson Jr., Fayetteville, NC
>238. Kelly A. McQuiston, Fayetteville, NC
>239. Sharon L. Walden, Fayetteville, NC
>240. Tracey Idol, Raleigh NC.
>241. Travis Idol, Lafayette, IN
>242. Elizabeth Freeman, Charlotte, NC
>243. Erin Fleming, Charlotte, NC
>244. Marshall Wall, Raleigh, NC
>245. William G. Wright, Raleigh, NC
>246. Roger W. Smith, Jr., Raleigh, N.C.
>247. Lang Hornthal, Fairview, N.C.
>248. Phillip Hornthal, Elizabeth City, NC
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>249. Kathryn Clarke, Raleigh, NC
>250. Jessica Taylor, Austin, TX
>251. Mark LaShell, Austin, TX
>252. Johanna Lombard, Natchez, MS
>253. Eric Lombard, Chicago, IL
>254. Cassandra Flambouras, Chicago, IL
>255. Penny Alberg, Bethesda, MD
>256. Robert P. Wilkinson, Bethesda, MD
>257. Larry Anthony, Washington, DC
>258. J. Alan Graham, Atlanta, GA
>259. Peter D. Gilbert, Oakland, CA
>260. Emily R. Porter, Albuquerque, NM
>261. Allyn L. Talg, Durango, CO
>262. Donna H. Rosenberg, Lewis CO
>263. Harry C. Rosenberg, Lewis CO
>264. Robert L. Slavens, Manlius NY
>265. Nancy A. Slavens, ManliusY NY
>266. Joyce L. Irwin, Oneida, NY
>267. JoDean H. Orcutt, Syracuse, NY
>268. Marian Parker, Brookline, MA
>269. Nina Walker, Woburn, MA
>270. Julia MacLaughlin, Boston, MA
>271. Deb Zelen,Y Manchester, MA
>272. John M. Kyriakis, Dedham, MA
>273. Amy Appleby, New York, NY
>274. Stan Bernstein, New York NY
>275. Dennis Chao, Carrboro, North Carolina
>276. John E. Shutt, Durham, NC
>277. Margaret Davide, Chapel Hill, NC
>278. Jody Bing, Blacksburg, VA
>279. Sam Chung, McLean, VA
>280. Brian Kirkbride, Arlington, VA
>281. Angela Gadino, Fairfax, VA
>282. Jen McGowan, Jersey City, NJ
>283. Genevra DiLorenzo
>284. Lisa Overton, New York, NY
>285. Liz DeLuna, New Haven, CT
>286. Hannah Wittich, New York, NY
>287. Kato Wittich, LA, Calif
>288. Skipp Cooper, Tucson, AZ
>289. Kariman Seger, Tucson, AZ
>290. Tyler Pierce, Tucson, AZ
>291.David Levin, Tucson, AZ
>292.Stephanie Frederick, Tucson, AZ
293. Patrick Collins, Roswell, NM
294. Tom Galvin
295. Gay Galvin
296. Mark Lemle, Toledo, OH
297. Paul Keller, Ypsilanti, MI
298. Lazaro Vega, Spring Lake, MI
Robert Aries
1. Big companies don't do business via chain letters. Bill Gates is not
giving you $1000, and Disney is not giving you a free vacation. There is
no baby food company issuing class-action checks. Procter and Gamble is not
part of a satanic cult or scheme, and its logo is not satanic. MTV will not
give you backstage passes if you forward something to the most people. Honda
won't give you a new car either! You can relax; there is no need to pass it
on "just in case it's true." Furthermore, just because someone said in a
message, four generations back, that "we checked it out and it's legit,"
does not actually make it true.
2. There is no kidney theft ring in New Orleans. No one is waking up in
a bathtub full of ice, even if a friend of a friend swears it happened to
their cousin. If you are hell-bent on believing the kidney-theft ring
stories,
please see: http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa062997.html
And I quote: "The National Kidney Foundation has repeatedly issued
requests for actual victims of organ thieves to come forward and tell their
stories. None have." That's "none" as in "zero." Not even your friend's
cousin.
3. Neiman Marcus doesn't really sell a $200 cookie recipe And even if
they do, we all have it. And even if you don't, you can get a copy at:
http://www.bl.net/forwards/cookie.html Then, if you make the recipe,
decide the cookies are that awesome, feel free to pass the recipe on.
4. If the latest NASA rocket disaster(s) DID contain plutonium that went
to particulate over the eastern seaboard, do you REALLY think this
information would reach the public via an AOL chain letter?
5. There is no "Good Times" virus. In fact, you should never, ever, ever
forward any e-mail containing any virus warning unless you first confirm
that an actual site of an actual company that actually deals with viruses.
Try: http://www.norton.com And even then, don't forward it. We don't care.
And you cannot get a virus from a flashing IM or e-mail, you have to
download....ya know, like, a FILE!
6. There is no gang initiation plot to murder any motorist who flashes
headlights at another car driving at night without lights.
7. If you're using Outlook, IE, or Netscape to write e-mail, turn off
the "HTML encoding." Those of us on Unix shells can't read it, and don't
care enough to save the attachment and then view it with a web browser,
since you're probably forwarding us a copy of the Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe
anyway.
8. If you still absolutely MUST forward that 10th generation message
from a friend, at least have the decency to trim the eight miles of headers
showing everyone else who's received it over the last 6 months. It sure
wouldn't
hurt to get rid of all the "" that begin each line either. Besides, if it
has
gone around that many times we've probably already seen it.
9. Craig Shergold (or Sherwood, or Sherman, etc.) in England is not
dying of cancer or anything else at this time and would like everyone to
stop
sending him their business cards. He apparently is no longer a "little boy"
either.
10. The "Make a Wish" foundation is a real organization doing fine work,
but they have had to establish a special toll free hot line in response to
the large number of Internet hoaxes using their good name and reputation. It
is distracting them from the important work they do.
11. If you are one of those insufferable idiots who forwards anything
that "promises" something bad will happen if you "don't," then something bad
will happen to you if I ever meet you in a dark alley.
12. Women really are suffering in Afghanistan, and PBS and NEA funding
are still vulnerable to attack (although not at the present time) but
forwarding an e-mail won't help either cause in the least. If you want to
help,
contact your local legislative representative, or get in touch with Amnesty
International or the Red Cross. As a general rule, e-mail "signatures"
are easily faked and mean nothing to anyone with any power to do anything
about whatever the competition is complaining about.
13) IBM is not giving away free computers because Netscape bought AOL.
14) A little dog (or any picture) is not going to pop up on the screen
if you forward an email to any number of people.
15) Neither the GAP nor Abercrombie & Fitch are giving away free clothes
or gift certificates.
16) The US Postal Service is not going to stop printing Black Heritage
Stamps because Black people are not buying them.
17) I know this is a touchy one for some of you, and you and you alone
know your relationship with Almighty God but, you will not go to hell or
suffer some catastrophic event if you break the prayer circle.
(PS: There is no bill pending before Congress that will allow
long-distance companies to charge you for using the Internet.)
Bottom Line ... composing e-mail or posting something on the Net is as
easy as writing on the walls of a public restroom. Don't automatically
believe it until it's proven false... ASSUME it's false, unless there is
proof that it's true.
Now, forward this message to ten friends, and you could win a chance to
spend a day with Elvis Presley and Tupac Shakur :) tee-hee-hee>
Noach
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