>NPR/PBS Petition - Quick Sign
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>The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the issue of whether public
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>funding to an artist can be linked with the idea of whether the art is
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>'decent.' After the Robert Mapplethorpe "scandal" not so long ago,
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>Congress passed a law that for an artist's art to receive public money
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>via the National Endowment for the Arts, it must be deemed decent.
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>On NPR Morning Edition this morning, Nina Tottenberg said that if the
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>Supreme Court supports Congress, it is in effect the end of NEA.
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>Then,there's the question of Congressional funding: Funding for
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>NPR/NEA & PBS.
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>PBS, NPR (National Public Radio), and the arts are facing major
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>cutbacks in funding. In spite of the efforts of each station to reduce
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>spending costs and streamline their services, some government
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>officials believe that the funding currently going to these programs
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>is too large a portion of funding for something which is seen as not
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>worthwhile.
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>Currently, taxes from the general public for PBS equal $1.12 per
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>person per year, and the National Endowment for the Arts equals $.64 a
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>year. A January 1995 CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll indicated that 76% of
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>Americans wish to keep funding for PBS, third only to national defense
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>and law enforcement as the most valuable programs for federal funding.
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>Each year, the Senate and House Appropriations committees each have
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>13 subcommittees with jurisdiction over many programs and agencies.
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>Each subcommittee passes its own appropriation bill. The goal each year
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>is to have each bill signed by the beginning of the fiscal year, which
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>is October 1.
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>The only way that our representatives can be aware of the
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>base of support for PBS and funding for these types of programs is by
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>making our voices heard.
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>Please add your name to this list and forward it to friends who
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>believe in what this stands for. This list will be forwarded to the
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>President of the United States, the Vice President of the United
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>States, and Representative Newt Gingrich, who is the instigator of the
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>action to cut funding to these worthwhile programs.
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>This petition is being passed around the internet. Please add your
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>name to it so that funding can be maintained for the NEA, NPR & PBS.
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>Please keep this petition rolling. Do not reply to me. Please sign
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>and forward to others to sign. If you prefer not to sign please send
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>to the e-mail address indicated. This is being forwarded to several
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>people at once to add their names to the petition. It won't matter if
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>many people receive the same list as the names are being managed. This
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>is for anyone who thinks NPR/PBS is a worthwhile expenditure of
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>$1.12/year of their taxes, a petition follows.
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>If you sign, please forward on to others.
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>If not, please don't kill it - send it to the email address listed
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>wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu or kubi7975@blue.univnorthco.edu
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>****If you happen to be the 150th, 200th, 250th, etc. signer of this
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>petition, please forward a copy to: wein2688@blue.univnorthco.edu.
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>This way we can keep track of the lists and organize them. Forward
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>this to everyone you know, and help us to keep these programs alive.
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>Thank you.
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>NOTE: It is preferable that you SELECT the entirety of this letter
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>and then COPY it into a new outgoing message, rather than simply
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>forwarding it. In your new outgoing message, add your name to the
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>651) Andrea Wickham, New York, NY
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>652) Jessica Wickham, Brooklyn, NY
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>653) Mary H. Lorimer, W Long Branch, NJ
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>654) Janis Jolcuvar, Santa Monica, CA
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>655) Nancy A. Kist, Jersey City, NJ
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>656) Bruce T. Herbert, Seattle, WA
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>657) Anne Albritton, Madrid, Spain
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>658) Richard Stephens, Madrid, Spain
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>659) Jonathan Forgash, NYC, NY
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>660) Barbara Glaser, Austin, TX
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>661) Jim Blomquist, Chicago, IL
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>662) Amy Rechenmacher, Evanston, IL
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>663) Jayne Flores, Agana, Guam
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>6640 Jim Renza
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>6650 Ramon A Noya, Atlanta, GA
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>666) Visitacion A Noya, Atlanta, GA
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>667) Geoff Baker, Atlanta, GA
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>668) Richard Gann, Atlanta, GA
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>669) Anthony Thompson, LA, CA
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>670) Carol Cetrone, LA, CA
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>671) Debra Spinelli LA, CA
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>672) Rika Ohara, Los Angeles, CA
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>673 Alan Rich, Los Angeles, CA
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>674 Tina Pelikan, New York, NY
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>675) Juan Gomez, Los Angeles, CA
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>676) Fredrik Nilsen, Los Angeles, CA
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>677) Jackie Sharp, Los Angeles, CA
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>678) Kathleen Frasca, Burbank, CA.
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>679) Ilayne Lucas, Burbank, CA
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>689) Thomas Lucas, Burbank. CA
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>690) Abbe Kanter Jaye, Van Nuys, CA
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>691) Billie Shane, Los Angeles, CA
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>692) Frank Chindamo, L.A., CA
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>693) Erik Liberman, LA, CA
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>694) Jacob Liberman, Basalt, CO
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>695) Marsha Boros, Coral Springs, FL
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>696) Gina Liberman, San Francisco, CA
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>697) Sharon Scruggs, NYC, NY >>
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>698)Steven Skybell, NYC, NY
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>699) Joseph Skibell, Austin, TX
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>700) Barbara Freer Skibell, Austin TX
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>701) Kerry Fried, Seattle, WA
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>702) Kimberly Burns, West Hollywood, CA
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>703) Howard Tharsing, San Francisco, CA
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>705) Brian Basinger, San Francisco, CA
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>706) David Murray, Chicago, IL
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>707) James E. McPherson, Chicago, IL
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>708) Katherine W. Laughlin, Seattle, WA
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>709) Timothy L. Murray, Seattle, WA
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>710) Beth Moore Haines, Nevada City, CA
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>711) Eric Salzman, Brooklyn & East Quogue NY
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>712) Kevin Guess, Houston, TX
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>713) David Gompper, Iowa City, IA
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>714) Ching-chu Hu, Ann Arbor, MI
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>715) David Maki, Ann Arbor, MI
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>716) David G. Stevens, East Islip, NY
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>717) William J. Mercer, Baldwinsville NY
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>718) Sharon Fulmer, Liverpool, NY
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>719) Leah Stansbury, Brookline, MA
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>720) Wendy Dowse, Brighton, MA
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>721) Harold Dowse, Cambridge, ME
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>722) Edward J. Ney III, Gray, Me.
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>723) Tracy Ann Q. Walk, Cumberland, ME
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>724) Deborah I. Wiener, Norristown, PA
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>725) Patricia L.Wassel, Norristown,PA
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>726) Dianne Weisselberg, Ramsey, NJ
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>727) J. Stirling Friendly, Minneapolis, MN
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>728) D. Holmes Friendly, Charlevoix MI
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>729) Alexander Kisch, New York, NY
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>730) Yoo-sup Chang, New York, NY
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>731) Michael Kang, New York, NY
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>732) Masako Takagi, New York, NY
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>733) Shayla Harris, New York, NY
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>734) Frank Vigorito, Astoria, NY
735) Merritt Colaizzi, Williamstown, MA
736) Barbara Robertson, Williamstown, MA
737) Jeffrey Goldstone, Cambridge, NY
738) Frances L. Goldstone, Cambridge, NY
739) Paul Supkoff , Los Angeles, CA