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To: antiRepublicrat
Still waiting for any action SI took that could give him this persecuted status.

I've given that to you several times. It is in the OSC letter.

INTOLERANCE AND THE POLITICIZATION OF SCIENCE AT THE SMITHSONIAN

A CHRONOLOGY OF RETALIATION
1. EVIDENCE OF HARASSMENT AND A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT...
2. EVIDENCE OF AN INTENT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SCIENTISTS BASED ON THEIR OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES REGARDING EVOLUTION...
3. EVIDENCE OF HOSTILITY BASED ON ANTI-RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS...
4. EVIDENCE OF A CAMPAIGN TO SMEAR DR. STERNBERG BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS...

You may be blind to all of the activity indicated in the emails, but it is reasonable evidence of the plot to deprive Sternberg of his position at the institute. In fact, his position was downgraded and it is plainly apparent that the downgrade was a response to the plotting, so indicated in the letter provided by the OSC. And once more, NCSE HAD NO BUSINESS CONTACTING THE SMITHSONIAN IN ANY FASHION OVER STERNBERG.

786 posted on 09/09/2009 8:14:57 AM PDT by AndrewC
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To: AndrewC
It is in the OSC letter.

The OSC letter is a bogus report written for Souder, who was looking for persecution. First, it's not the result of a full investigation, just a sympathetic lawyer looking through stuff. Second, it has blatant false conclusions. For example, it says there's no evidence he mishandled anything, yet right there is an earlier letter about his mishandling of artifacts, and another by his supervisor to him about his loans from the library.

And even then all I see in this list is some hostility. Boo hoo. Your fellow workers are mad at you for making them look bad? The rank and file scientists there reasonably didn't want to be associated with Sternberg after what he pulled. As I said before, people were calling for his head, but nothing actually happened. Those people didn't get their way.

Now show me something that the SI management actually did to him for his beliefs or quit this whole baseless charade. You said he was "kicked out," right? Show me him actually being kicked out. Show me how losing his keys was because of his beliefs. Show me how moving offices was because of his beliefs. Show me how he lost access to collections because of his beliefs. Show me something other than a whining "they don't like me here anymore because of my dishonest and unscientific actions." By his actions in this case I'd think he was a whining liberal.

787 posted on 09/09/2009 9:04:09 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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