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From: Kevin Griffin Moderator
T1: kevingriffin@nwaflightattendants.com
Category: General
Date: 22 Jan 2006
Time: 00:00:18 -0500
Remote Name: 66.91.94.61
The forum is in the process of being moved to the new format. As times have changed so has technology. Please visit us at http://forum.nwaflightattendants.com/default.asp
Please check it out! As the times change we must also be more informed.
Dear Fellow Flight Attendants:
Welcome to the “new format” forum for the ClearDaze NWA Flight Attendants! I have updated the forum for several reasons.
1. New technology is now available
2. To create a more organized forum by category.
3. To create what many wanted to see long ago -a password protected forum.
4. To create a forum that has different moderators. I welcome anyone who wishes to moderate a forum. Please send me an email.
The new formatted forum will operate with the same intentions as the original forum dating back to May, 1999. The intent is to provide a venue of communication where we can share knowledge and create a more unified and educated group.
We learned years ago that the lack of communication and knowledge left us a divided group. Where we once were divided by “old airlines”, “seniority”, “geographic base locations” and “pay scales” etc. we came together in 1999 and 2000 for the purpose of attaining a contract that provided for the betterment of us all. Our differences and divisions were created by management. To keep us divided they were able to keep us weak.
We have come a long way since those days. It has not been easy but we have learned and communicated. For instance we now want to read the tentative agreements prior to signing off on Company “highlights.” The times have changed as we have become more responsible and informed for our futures.
I am happy to see that we now have several discussion boards (forums) to turn to for information. I believe as I did back in 1999 that “WE” can be our best source of information and knowledge. With this knowledge comes power and unity. Do not let us be divided by “Company” rumor or the propaganda mill that the “Company” feeds to the press on a daily basis. Information and Knowledge are powerful tools. By communication we can dispel some of the rumors that create fear and helplessness in our group.
“"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right and a desire to know; but besides this, they have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to know that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean of the character and conduct of their rulers." - John Adams
This quotation has been on the ClearDaze NWA Flight Attendant Forum page for almost 7 years now. It was made by the second president of the United States. The “right and desire to know” has long been a promise from ClearDaze and the forums. The focus now should be on the “character and conduct of the rulers”.
The other quotation I have had on the home page is titled “The Enemy of All Free People’- apathy. (It can be read further down the page.) You can control your future. We can control our futures. So let us stay connected and assist one another. Communicate. We are all in this together for our future. Let us not fall to the enemy of all free men and women.
I have also added a “Retiree Section” to the forum. As this bankruptcy affects everyone I feel that those not on the seniority list could be of assistance to one another with retirement issues. Issues ranging from medical to retirement benefits could be discussed.
So as we begin our New Year let us remain united and informed.
In Unity and for a better future,
Kevin Griffin
HNL Flight Attendant
Creator of the ClearDaze NWA Flight Attendant Web Site
THE ENEMY OF ALL FREE MEN
I am your enemy, your nightmare and your destruction.
I am more powerful than the combined militaries of the world.
I have destroyed more men than all the wars of all nations combined.
I massacre millions of people each and every generation.
I have wrecked more homes than all other causes known to you.
I cause the downfall of the greatest civilizations in history.
I spare no one.
My victims are rich and poor, young and old, strong and weak.
I respect neither color nor creed. Children shall know me to their eternal sorrow.
I cast my shadow over every thought of man.
I hide in unseen places and I go about my work silently.
You have been warned of my presence, but you do not listen.
I never sleep and I am everywhere you are.
You cannot hide. Illness, revulsion, disease and death follow me and are my friends.
I will give you nothing.
I will take everything you have and then seek more.
I will cause you to turn away from all you once believed in.
I will blind your eyes to the sins of your elected leaders.
I go where my master orders.
The Prince of Darkness alone sends me into your life.
Once allowed inside, seldom am I asked to leave.
America, won’t you please allow me to enter and give me rest?
I will remove all your worries and concerns.
I will take away any concern for individual responsibility.
I will bring you bliss. I am your friend.
I am Apathy.