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Re: Government Shutdown. What Me Worry? Hoo doggies!
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Eric Siegel <[log in to unmask]>
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no we don't risk ASTC's not for profit status by expressing political points of view on this forum.  But there are plenty of places to get into whatever level of debate about the toxic state of US politics, and we risk alienating many current users with off topic postings.  So I will refrain.

Eric

On Oct 8, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Charlie Stout <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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> "Whatever our proclivities..."
> ...don't we risk ASTC's non-profit status as we forward our political preferences rather than focusing on our field (regardless of how the field is affected)? Aren't there more appropriate forums we can express them in?
> Just asking,
> Charlie Stout
> -- Per the usual disclaimer: The views and representations stated in this e-mail are the individual's. They do not bind the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum or its Board, staff or volunteers, and they do not necessarily reflect the Museum's institutionally-held viewpoints, opinions or policies.
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> Charlie Stout
> Director of Exhibits
> Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Informal Science Education Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eugene Dillenburg
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> Subject: Re: Government Shutdown. What Me Worry? Hoo doggies!
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> “whatever your proclivity... get a clean CR”
> 
> Methinks I detect a slight contradiction in terms here.
> 
> As for debt ceilings, I think we should all follow the lead of President Obama and vote against raising them, as he did in 2006, saying “Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.”
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> Truer words were never spoken.
> 
> Gene Dillenburg
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