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> Date:    Sun, 22 May 2005 22:12:39 EDT
> From:    [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Histo presto
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> In a message dated 5/22/2005 3:00:00 A.M. Central Standard Time, Deb  writes:
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> "Should  any political party attempt to abolish social security,
> unemployment  insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you
> would not hear  of that party again in our political history.  There is a
> tiny  splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do  these
> things.  Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an  occasional
> politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is  negligible
> and they are stupid."
>
> ----President Dwight D. Eisenhower,  l952
> Hey Deb
> This is a new one ; is it really Eisenhower  or  another  Newsweek misquote
> about flushing the Koran (along with honest  journalism) down the commode...
>
> If its a honest quote then Ike  gets  the Nostradamus   award...if not
> we deserve the bastards       Michael

Michael, things used to be a lot more reasonable in this country. Well,
at least in some ways. Here is the link to the quote:

http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/first-term/documents/1147.cfm

Sometimes I guess you don't have to be Nostradamus, only a little
thoughtful, to see what is going to happen just up ahead. Too bad Ike
got the part about "not hearing of that political party" wrong, I guess.
Or maybe not, depending on what you think about the subjects. I just
thought it was interesting to learn the roots of today's news.

deb

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