YOUR COMMMENTS
your comments: please email us.....
THE EMAIL THAT STARTED IT ALL!
From: | Andrew Lifson <andrewlifson@yahoo.com> |
To: | Andrea Russo <arusso@hvi.net>; Don Adler <maida1982a@aol.com>; Carol.Davies <Carol.Davies@ohgs.co.uk>; ken corn <kencorn@hotmail.com>; Tom Climo <thomas.a.climo@cox.net>; Dave Kaloustian <kaloustian@hotmail.com>; Jon Dunn <jondunn@socal.rr.com>; Edward Edelman <eedelman@nyc.rr.com>; Fred Spompinato <spompi@aol.com>; Richie Fox <rjfox10016@aol.com>; Steve Feldman <stevef@stevefeldmandesign.com>; Lou Lifson <loulifson@gmail.com>; Marilyn Milkman <mmdocsf@sbcglobal.net>; Michael Malin <mike@desertsunmarketing.com>; pd@maine.rr.com; Starr Lifson <starr45@comcast.net>; Tom Silvestri <tom@taoview.com>; Anna Lifson <ahlifson@gmail.com> |
Subject: | Scenes From the Front Line, Days 1 and 2 |
Date: | Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:43:45 -0800 (PST) |
That last photo (I think it's the last one) is of Linda and myself (me in the Packers hat--Packers, whoo hoo!) along with our youngest daughter Holly, a high school sophomore. I'm very low-tech, so I hope that these photos come through.
This has started in Wisconsin, but sad to say that this sordid drama will be playing out in your state soon.
As the chant goes that's been reverberating around Madison these days, "What's disgusting? Union busting!"
So keep us in your thoughts, please. We're fighting the power!
The RESPONSES
I don't think it is appropriate for you to politicize this JHS 67organization, one way or the other. I wish to be removed from the website and all further communication from it.
Dawn I thank you for attaching this email from our alumnus. I am also a union member and feel very strongly about this matter. I couldn't be more appalled by the governor of Wisconsin and anyone who felt that this was a political statement about anything other than human rights is a fool!
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How can you be in 2 places at once
When you're not anywhere at all?
hi dawn i back you 100% in this e mail,and all you do for everyone and how you keep this site up and together for us all!!!!!!! loren
First let me re-say kudos to you for the great job you do with keeping the web site alive and current!
You have nothing to apologize for.
I would post this to the site if I knew how!
Marilyn
Dawn
I don't remember if we ever met, I am familiar with your name. I lived on Douglaston Parkway in Beech Hills, and I guess one could say I was sort of a loner. I would also say that I was a kid that was "bullied" in school, but I hung in there and went my own way. I
don't care what people say about or against me and I don't think you should either. You are doing a great job by putting the web
site together and what some people have to say should not bother you. I served this country in the early 60's to early 70's in the
U.S. Navy spending on and off 46 months in Viet Nam. The same people that said something to you were probably the same people
who demonstrated against the military action in Viet Nam and that is all they know how to do, "complain". I hope you get the meaning of what I am trying to say. Don't worry about what they say... In your heart you know what you did was right..You are
doing one hell of a job and keep up the good work.....
Thank you,
Steve Silver
Steve Silver
Hi Dawn,
Caryn
Well written Dawn. When I got the email my response was… great…a chance to get some dialog going. I probably did not agree with the position Andy Lifson was taking but your sending out the email was not offensive in any way. I chose not to be the first one to take a different position, and then decided not to rain on Andy's passionate beliefs.
Your email says it all and I couldn't agree more. Your rules in the last paragraph are perfect and if I may be so bold, I would suggest that dialogs also not get personal if these things continue (and I think they should!) Don't let the incident change anything you do…like you said, people can simply opt-out.
This site will be great for some interesting forums as long as your well stated rules are followed. I just don't get why people who don't agree with something just don't express their opinions in intelligent and non-offensive ways…or ignore, not complain. Oh well….
Best,
Glenn
From: | HOWARD KATZ |
Email: | hkatz@SilverBulletSystems.net |
do you have binding arbitration at your job? I don't. No one I know has. Do your best job and hopefully your employer notices you are a Top performer. We've been throwing money at things so long; overpaying non performers. The party is over! Do a Great Job and People will Notice and you will be rewarded! Sorry for my union friends who disagree. I object to this email blast however. Especially the tone.
HI Dawn, I'm on the '67 mail list. Just wanted to let you know I appreciated the email from Andy in Wisconsin and was very glad to get first hand info about the situation there. regards, Michael class of '61. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Michael I. Vickers, PhD, LMFT Family Development Associates FDA/CE Certifications 40 Speen St. #106 Framingham, MA 01701
-----Original Message-----
From: lewislevy53 <lewislevy53@aol.com>
To: andrewlifson <andrewlifson@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sun, Feb 20, 2011 3:12 pm
Subject: Lewis Levy, JHS 67 graduate on the state of your state
Dawn: Keep doing what you believe is right for yourself or to have others enjoy it.. It seems like people always want to find something wrong with the good deeds of others since they themselves could not have achieved it. Alan Rauchwarger
You need not apologize. You do so much for us all. You are the glue that keeps us as one. 99.9% of us would elect you president of the universe.
xx,
Joel
Hi Dawn, Please don't apologize for anything or any content posted at the JHS 67 website. The e-mail posted was not your words or your thoughts necessarily. You were simply doing a public service for an alumnist. I was one of the people who answered Andrew's rather "angry" e-mail, and even though he is entitled to his opinion, he has to realize that not everyone shares it. A bit short-sighted and ego-centric if you ask me. You do a wonderful job at maintaining the website and I enjoy it immensely. It is a great venue to keep in touch and you should feel nothing but pride in the work you've done and the job you've accomplished. Please don't let someone else's negatively adversely affect what you do. You deserve nothing but accolades, as you have given tirelessly of yourself to promote this endeavor.
I think it was great. I don't know Andy, but I am sympathetic. Todd Farkas, jhs 67, 1966 (and I went there for kindergarten waiting for p.s. 221 to open)
Hi Dawn, I am sorry that some alumni did not appreciate your email. Personally I did appreciate receiving it. Good bad or indifferent I like to know what my fellow classmates are up to. In my opinion this is the personal story of someone we know. Had they been living in Egypt and sent photo¹s of their recent revolution would that make it different for your naysayers? Had the email been about George Tenet would that have made made it OK? Obviously not everyone agrees about politics in this country and lately it seems to be getting more like red sea parting again (that¹s another story), but your site is about us, JH 67 alumni, and this was a story about one of us. Keep them all coming. Best regards, Michael Malin
MORE COMMENTS : ABOUT OTHER THINGS
From: BRUCE HIRSHFIELD
Email: COMMACK4@BIGFOOT.COM
Well it took three days and three boxes of kleenex!
What you have done here is beyond amazing (and I am extremely hard to impress).
God willing, if at all possible I will make it our business to make the reunion.
Keep up the absolutely incredible job and THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH FROM, I AM SURE, the hundreds who have waltzed down memory lane via your efforts,
Fondly,
Bruce Hirshfield (JHS67 1965) and my wife/life Renee Zupnick Hirshfield (JHS67 1966)
PS. Please feel free to publish this with our blessings!
I know that Dawn said last weekend was the last of the reunions, but I disagree! It's never too early to Plan!
REUNION 2020 - LOUIS PASTEUR JHS 67
When: Friday July 20th, 2020 - 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM (Bed time)
Where: Little Neck Senior Living Center & Nursing Home (Horace Harding Expressway & Little Neck Parkway)
* All Parking - Handicapped Parking
* Medical Staff on call 24/7
* Free Samples of Depends, Ensure, & Drugs
* Musical Entertainment - The Rolling Stone(s) (Whoever may still be alive from the group)
* Fabulous Gormet Buffet - Pureed meats and Vegetables, Jello, Prunes and Applesauce
* Guest Speaker: Orthopedist Dr. A. Nickolous - New Hips, New Knees, NewYou!
* Special Guest: Dr. Maurice Nadler (Reanimated) - "Memories of JHS 67"
* Mystery Guest: Dr. Kavorkian
Cost: 400 Yuans (Converted from Obsolete U.S. Dollars to Chinese Currency)
Hi Dawn,
I'm very sorry that I cannot join you, all, for what I know will be a
wonderful,
fun-filled and memorable weekend. I just can't swing it, times being what
they are....
I much enjoyed our e-discussions a while back about our growing up years.
This led to others with some other "kids" from BH, DD, Doug. & LN. I
eventually did write about it. :-) Nothing incredibly good or memorable,
but it was something that I wanted to set down in writing.
You are most certainly doing 10 to 12 things at once now!! Not gonna
barrage you with 1,000+ words. But later, I'll send it to you. Remember,
you were the one who said I HAD to write. Like in school. :-)
To anyone who might remember me, feel free to say hey.
Have a great weekend.
All very best wishes,
--Jim
Dear Dawn,
Dawn,
Once again, I must thank you for all the efforts. You put magic in all our lives. THANK YOU. It seemed like it was over so quickly.
Joel
"To Susan and Dawn: Thanks again for all you do to keep this community alive"