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Saying "hissy fit" and "get over it" feels VERY UN-Twain!!!!
Shame!!

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John Greenman
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> On Feb 1, 2017, at 12:35 PM, Gina Sully <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Dear Warren,
> 
> It doesn't feel like hissy fits to those of us whose identities are being
> demonized. Thank you for your compassion and support.
> 
> Yours,
> Gina
> 
> 
> 
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> *The only person who never fails is the person who never tries.*
> 
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Warren Miller <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> If people outside our country want a say in how we do things, they have a
>> simple solution: Become an American citizen. Until/unless they do that,
>> their opinions about America and/or about how we do things and/or what we
>> do don't a damned thing to me. . .or, I'd bet, to any American who can
>> think half-way logically. I suspect that what I'm saying here will offend
>> any number of Hard-Left colleagues in this Forum. For the record, I didn't
>> vote for Trump. I wouldn't be caught dead voting for Trump. But, like it or
>> not, he's the POTUS now, and everyone wetting their pants and throwing
>> hissy-fits just needs to grow up and get over it.
>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Folks, I thought some of you might like to see this, especially as the
>>> deadline for August's MT conference in Elmira looms.
>>> 
>>> Personally I would strongly encourage our beloved overseas scholars to
>>> submit and to come to Elmira in August.  I can tell you that for me,
>> having
>>> our wonderful overseas guests come and participate means a lot, and is
>>> always one of the highlights of the conference.  The "International" part
>>> of the conference title is important to us all.  PLEASE COME, and fear
>>> not:
>>> 
>>> https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/31/protest-
>>> trump-entry-ban-some-scholars-are-boycotting-us-based-
>>> conferences?goal=0_1fcbc04421-0f5839dc04-197446313&mc_cid=
>>> 0f5839dc04&mc_eid=58f0af41d7
>>> 
>>> We all can see these are strange times in America;  but PLEASE COME, and
>>> fear not:
>>> 
>>> -hb
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Prof. Harold K. Bush
>>> Professor of English
>>> 3800 Lindell
>>> Saint Louis University
>>> St. Louis, MO  63108
>>> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
>>> <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> *Warren D. Miller, CFA, ASA, CPA*
>> *Founder - LinkedIn's Strategy Reading Group <http://bit.ly/AboutSRG>*
>> 
>> *Beckmill Research, LLC*
>> *Lexington, Virginia*
>> 

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