AAA NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER 2005
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 John Pazmino
 NYSkies
 nyskiesastronomy{at}earthlink.net

    This article accompanies, but is separate from, the monthly NYC 
Events column in NYSkies, various Internet newsgroups, and handouts. 
This separation simplifies the distribution of both NYC Events and the 
material peculiar to Amateur Astronomers Association Inc, New York. The 
material here, was previously carried in the 'city news' section of 
NYC Events, which is now discontinued there. 
     Letters commenting on Amateur Astronomers Association are posted 
directly by their authors into the message area of the NYSkies 
Yahoogroup forum. To join NYSkies, send a blank email to 'nysky-
subscribe{at}yahoogroups.com'. 
    You may ask for the next issue of NYC Events and this AAA News 
thru our email 'nyskiesastronomy{at}earthlink.net' if you didn't yet join 
the forum. 

Risk of hostility and abuse at AAA events
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    In August 2005 Richard Rosenberg and Bruce Kamiat, Board 
seatholders at Amateur Astronomers Association Inc, put out threats of 
abuse and hostility against certain people at AAA events. These threat 
were made thru the NYSkies discussion forum in a open and public 
manner. 
    Details are in 'City news', following the list of events. 
    There is reasonable risk of abusive or hostile behavior to 
visitors at AAA events if Rosenberg or Kamiat, or other AAA officials, 
partake in the event. 
    AAA events under this risk are marked in NYC Events's index with a 
'*'. They are noted here. 

Index of events 
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 Dates for events; contact if no events
 '*' events with risk of abuse and hostility 
 Entries grouped by geographic location
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    BROOKLYN 
 *Cadman Plaza  - - - - - - 13 
 *Prospect Park - - - - - - 22 

    MANHATTAN
 *Amat Astro Assn - - - - - 21 
 *Carl Schurz Park  - - - -  9, 10 

    During August, Bruce Kamiat, Board member at Amateur Astronomers 
Association Inc, took some fire in NYSkies for his sexist/militarist 
character. By return fire he posted lengthy discourses and a crate of 
photographs. Photographs? Yes. 
    They are in the photos section of NYSkies in Kamiat's folder. As a 
bonus, these are yours for FREE. No 'add-to-cart' silliness. 
    Then, out of the sky like twin asteroid hits, US Secretary of 
Defense Donald Rumsfeld and NYC Council candidate Victor Bernace 
silenced all criticism about Kamiat. 
    Bernace, Democrat from Washington Heights -- where Kamiat lives on 
Kamiat Place -- has a campaign fund-raiser in September. It features 
erotic dancers! He insists [wink] 'there will be no stripping at the 
bash, but there'll be four babes in bikinis and two studs in Speedos'. 
In targeting lonely middle-aged men in his district, he's looking for 
extras to fill out the stage. 
    Rumsfeld got a front page story in The Onion, 2005 August 18-24, 
about his surprise visit to his [snip!]. You have to read the account 
yourself. Be assured that it reports routine travels of the Defense 
Secretary with both militarist and sexist content. 
    Bruce! With such heavy support on your side, it's no wonder that 
your critics shut up!! 
    Just when our ribs were snapping from laughing out both Kamiat and 
fellow AAA Board member Richard Rosenberg threw damaging blows at AAA. 
Lo here the excerpts from their August letters in NYSkies. Full text 
and dialog from other correspondents are right there in the raw for 
your harvest in NYSkies. 

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   Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 04:06:41 -0000 
   From: "Bruce"  Subject: Re: Living History 

I'm glad you remember that, Tom.  Keep it in mind.  Us liberals are 
damgerous people! 

Bruce 
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Message: 10 
   Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 04:28:19 -0000 
   From: "Bruce"  Subject: Happy
trails to you, 
until we meet again! 

 Continued in next message.

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