Joe, I'll be completing the promised letter I'm sending to Senator Buttars this afternoon. I will tell him that, as a public servant and one who has embraced this debate publicly, he can have no expectation that the sentiments I express to him will be kept private. I will forward copies of my letter to many others, including you and the SLTrib. Feel free to use (or not) any comments I've made. I'll contact you off-list later. If anyone else in this forum wants to have their names associated with my letter to Mr. Buttars, please let me know this morning. Aren't dreams interesting? Last night I dreamed a great insult for Sen. Buttars. Oh, I won't repeat it, of course. Darn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Bauman" <bau@desnews.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:41 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Patrick's suggestion about an article | Hummm. Thanks, Patrick, great idea. | | I've been listening, haven't read all the posts, but I can go back to | the newslist archives. It is a really good idea. Our group has had a | memorable, respectful debate with intelligent comments on both sides. | This is a very valuable exercise for the noodling appendage, as | someone called it. | | I do like the idea of an article for our "Utah Scientific" feature | that runs on most Mondays. I could put together a pro- and con- | piece, cherrypicking some of the most telling statement on both | sides. I haven't kept the posts but I could go to the archives to | pick them out. | | Could all who are comfortable with my using their comments please | drop me a line saying it's OK to print them? I won't quote anyone who | doesn't say it's OK. I would request a note with name and location. | (I guess we know where South Jordan Mom lives!) If I get a good | response I will start working on it. | | Some with great posts might not see this. Maybe those on either side | who do see this and want to make sure others get involved could copy | this note to them. | | I have two caveats: first, I'm not positive I will do it because | there are always breaking scientific developments, so don't be | disappointed if I can't; second, there have been so many good things | said that I could not use all of them, and some worthy people's | statements might not be printed -- I don't want them to feel bad. | | Thanks, Joe | | _______________________________________________ | Utah-Astronomy mailing list | Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com | http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy | Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com | | ______________________________________________________________________ | This e-mail has been scanned by Cut.Net Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on Cut.Nets Content Service, visit http://www.cut.net | ______________________________________________________________________ |