Well, I told Al and Craig offline about the recent loss of my mother and what my sister are going through now.
Don¹t blame ME. I tried to stimulate people about the HBO Documentary this week entitled, ³Hard Times at Douglass High.² This is a contract year for us and I think everyone should see this documentary. Hopefully, private partnerships and the State¹ will pitch in and roll up their sleeves and correct ALL the foibles of teachers in inner-city public schools. Pray, do not forget the thousands of dollars in pocket expenses for clothes, shoes, meds, home visits on one¹s own time etc. which could affect the bottom line. Well, Happy Summer. PS. I¹m still working and summer school does not start until July 1st. I refuse to teach summer school! On 6/27/08 4:59 PM, "Glenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The list is far from moribund, Craig and Al. I checked and it has 322 > subscribers. The fact that the "popu-list" is the place which comes alive > when discussions about the hotel or secret public forums are before us, shows > its health. > > Also the fact that the volume of posts goes down at other times also indicates > a civil healthy forum to me.(The incivility has completely disappeared since > the tricks of the cheese gang have been confronted by lots of us. It will > take time before others will trust making more thoughtful risky posts. > Barking cheese only started a year ago and the last of the cheesehead anointed > only recently slowed the bullying here. After years of domination, it will > take time) > > > "But, it was fun butting heads with Kyle and that ninja pacifist Mennonite." > > The mennonite said that all of the head banging was the reason that people > subscribed. The headbanging accounted for a big portion of the high volume > of posts. But people aren't lurkers on a community forum, anymore than > reading letters to the editor without writing them, is lurking. There was a > high volume of posts a year ago, yet discussions weren't happening. I think a > lot of people didn't like all the headbanging and the prime headbangers even > used that point to justify a censored list. (The noise from a high volume was > the other reason.) > > The list seems healthy and appropriate now as a free wheeling community forum. > There are announcements, opinions, and ad hoc discussions when the community > is threatened. All done with civility- > > It had been dominated by a mean-spirited clique and had a lot of pro UCD > advertising a year ago. The idle chit-chat that I saw on Barking Cheese > (before they made their archives secret), wasn't harmful noise for a public > forum. But most people have told me that Barking Cheese is very boring unless > you're part of the clique around the founding members. Some feel the > intimidation to have a nice chatty non-controversial controlled list stifles > them. > > It doesn't bother me that Barking Cheese is boring. The various issues it > raises about university sponsored censorship bother me a lot! This list seems > healthy. > > Best, > A leftist > PS: I still don't know what to think about this video. One thing for sure, > it's far out! > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: Craigsolve <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> To: univcity@list.purple.com >> >> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 3:00 PM >> >> Subject: calling for the murder of 18th District police officers - was Re: >> [UC] trap needed >> >> >> >> In a message dated 06/27/08 10:32:49 Eastern Daylight Time, Krfapt writes: >> >>> >>> Sweet Barking Cheese list ... may now be as moribund as this has become. >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> That's one of the byproducts of community driven or institutionalized >> speech-control. And, most of us are loathe to be labeled enemies of the >> University errrr uhhh State. But, it was fun butting heads with Kyle and >> that ninja pacifist Mennonite. >> >> >> >> And, we don't want on-list to advertise nut cases, like the human >> intellectual puke below. Now maybe, he has some constitutional right to >> practice his art form and we have a right to publicly ostracize him for his >> morals and values. Mayor Nutter, his buds, and at least some faculty at >> UPenn do want to get all those non-violent offenders out of prison and >> mainstream them into a more compassionate supportive society. Oh, Mr Bill, >> please not in UC. >> >> >> >> Shaking my head over how boring this list has become and how exciting art as >> life is. Oh yeah, and the hood is still safe, Tony. As long as you are not >> the subject of aberrant violent behavior. >> >> >> >> Ciao, >> >> >> >> Craig >> >> >> >> >> Posted on Fri, Jun. 27, 2008 >> >> Man arrested for anti-cop YouTube clip >> >> >> http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080627_Man_arrested_for_anti-cop_YouT >> ube_clip.html >> >> >> By DAVID GAMBACORTA >> Philadelphia Daily News >> >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080627_Man_arrested_for_anti-cop_You >> Tube_clip.html?adString=pdn.news/mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 215-854-5994 >> >> It took just a few weeks for Andre Moore to go from YouTube to the slammer. >> >> Members of the state attorney general's Gun Violence Task Force announced >> Moore's abrupt career change yesterday morning by smashing a battering ram >> through the door of his West Philadelphia apartment. >> >> >> The 44-year-old was arrested for calling for the murder of 18th District >> police officers in a video titled "Dissin' Philly Cops" that he posted on >> YouTube on June 6, law-enforcement officials said. >> >> >> Moore, who's now been suspended from his job as a security guard at Albert >> Einstein Medical Center, was less than subtle in his performance. >> >> >> While waving a gun through the air, Moore said, "I rejoice whenever they >> shoot a cop in Philadelphia because I hate them," according to a court >> affidavit containing a transcript of the video. >> >> >> Later on, he offered instructions on to how to murder cops: "All we need is >> a Colt .275 to do it. Look, it's easy. You got the chamber, let it go off . . >> . anywhere in the head or heart . . . continue killing the 18th District >> police." >> >> >> The officials said that Moore's 12-year-old son, Andre Jr., filmed the >> volatile video, and another underage relative held a gun in a second video >> that Moore posted on YouTube using the screen name "lildre502." >> >> >> The videos are no longer available on YouTube. >> >> >> Moore's wife, Tamara, expressed outrage over the incident during a phone >> interview last night. >> >> >> "I knew nothing about any of this," she said. "Me, my son and our family are >> very much humiliated by the act Andre did. >> >> >> "Whatever happens to him, happens. My job is being jeopardized because of >> this." >> >> >> Investigators said that District Attorney Lynne Abraham and state Attorney >> General Tom Corbett became aware of the videos about two weeks ago. >> >> >> They charged Moore with aggravated assault, corruption of minors, >> terroristic threats and harassment. >> >> >> "Obviously, the charges could be challenged in court, but that's out of our >> hands," said police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore. "You have rights, but that >> doesn't mean you can say something like this." >> >> >> According to court records, Moore was sentenced to five years' probation in >> 1994 after pleading guilty to charges of simple assault, recklessly >> endangering another person, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct stemming >> from an arrest the previous year. >> >> >> An Einstein spokesman said last night that he had "no knowledge" of Moore's >> criminal history. The hospital has suspended Moore, pending further >> investigation, he said. >> >> >> Police officials were further irked by the fact that Moore worked at the >> same hospital where Officer Chuck Cassidy died last November after he was >> shot interrupting a robbery. >> >> >> "It's a shame he was able to work in a place where one of our officers was >> taken," said FOP president John McNesby. "He's scum of the earth, and there's >> not much more you can say about it than that." >> >> >> > Get the Moviefone Toolbar > <http://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=aolcmp00050000000011> . > Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more! > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1522 - Release Date: 6/27/2008 > 8:27 AM >
