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Diana,

I trust your questions are answered by my last post.

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Crystal and Diana,
Where did my response to Mr. Azad (who is Mr. Azad?) conform to a stereotype that gives Americans a bad reputation. Shame on me?
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Dave Marris

I haven't been disrespectful to your brother, or his profession Crystal. While you and he have both made ad hominem attacks on my intelligence and education.

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Comment on From the Archives: The Jackson 5 at Philadelphia International Records, circa 1976 :

“ [...] Records. …From the Archives: The Jackson 5 at Philadelphia International … View Story Randy Alexander passes along this shot of the Jackson 5 with Leon Huff and Kenny Gamble, back when [...] ”

Comment on Linda Cohen, 1947-2009 :

“ ETERNAL TREBLINKA Bruce Fitzgerald writes, "Linda, why did you check out so soon? .... I didn't know when we ate at Pat's Steaks that we were saying goodbye for the last time. I am so shocked and so sad.". I am sorry that Bruce misses his friend but, what he doesn't realize is that he answers his question - why did you check out so soon? - in his tribute. I hope that he and all of Linda's friends will read "Eternal Treblinka" by Charles Patterson. It will not only change their lives, because it will leave them "so shocked and so sad" but, the big bonus is that it will make them much less prone to ill health. I only wish that Linda had read it as then, as she was kind, it would have changed her life too and then she almost certainly would still be here. Not just rest in peace; we need, each of us, to do our best to lead a peaceful life and help make the world a better, more peaceful place while we are here. Vegan wishes, Sandra ”

Comment on Is canvassing exploitative? :

“ After a quick scanning of people's comments, I noticed that this hasn't been mentioned (and forgive me if it has): It seems the canvassing system also ran afoul of the U.S. court system. The Fund for Public Interest Research, which, as someone mentioned above, is the fundraising wing of PIRG, was actually sued for poor labor practices (such as bathroom and meal breaks, 8-hour work days), not too long ago. The class action lawsuit succeeded, and the Fund has had to pay a settlement to everyone who worked for them between 2002 and 2006 (in New York, California, and a few other states, that is). [full disclosure: a family member is among the beneficiaries of said settlement] see also: http://www.thefundovertimelawsuit.com/websys94.pl ”

Comment on Is canvassing exploitative? :

“ Hey everyone, Thanks for all the enlightening comments! I'm with a small enviro organization that wants to build its membership. We've tried all sorts of non-canvass ways (tabling, events, acquistion mailings) and have a few hundred active members to show for it. We very much want to expand and to target congressmen/women and ask for greater protection in our state. We're considering a canvass. We feel that a canvass offers face-to-face contact on a larger scale than is possible any other way. I was a PIRG canvasser, canvass director years ago, and yeah, there were problems with some of the things they did (although I can't agree with the most bitter comments.) I want to do it right this time. As to the central question about exploitation: tell me the job that isn't! And organizations that send out crews (payroll costs) in cars (rental/maintenance/gas/mileage/insurance costs)need to bring in some money to keep it up. Lots of nice, idealistic people can't canvass well and wind up disappointed - unfortunate, but try to keep perspective about the big picture of non-profit citizen's orgs. To us fundraising isn't the main goal - getting citizen-members on the ground in key districts is. ”

Comment on First Friday: Old City is sooo last administration :

“ [...] remember Chris Clark's muddled cityscape collages, full of gritty dimension (pictured); Marie Desmarais' lovely geometric floral patterns, layered atop structured city maps; Karen Gibson's enchanting [...] ”

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