yes, my family would have perished under the czar of Russia. Grandfather
escaped to Austria, then came to the US.  I don't know how the other part
of my family who emigrated to Israel feels about Israel. (there were 250 of
them) But to not be punished for being Jewish, to not fear the Russian
Pogams where the czar's henchmen would travel from village to village and
execute the Jews... I'd say that even if they have to live six people in a
2 room flat in Israel, it's a much nicer life than living in Russia. (just
goes to prove that color of skin doesn't mean you will not be hunted down
or put into ghettos.)



Tamar Magenta Raine
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Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities


> [Original Message]
> From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 11/24/2003 3:20:59 PM
> Subject: Re: did i light a match near the gasoline tank?
>
> I'll give us all (us residence) an exercise that will
> take a little time. check your roots. check out the
> pluses of being being born and raised in the country
> of your ancestors. compare that with this countries.
> now ask yourself if you are better off than you would
> have been had your ancestors not came here. the answer
> will be the same whether or not your ancestors came of
> their own accord or were brought here by force. being
> brought by force was terrible and inexcusable, but, to
> most of the decenants, are you yourself better off?
>
> --- [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > Bobby,
> >
> > I heard an interesting analysis of the Kennedy
> > presidency the other day--by a "talking head" that
> > made sense!  Imagine that!
> >
> > At any rate, she felt that JFK's term was really no
> > more significant than, say, Gerald Ford's.  His
> > biggest accomplishment was the Peace Corps and that
> > was about it.  We (our culture--certainly not me)
> > hold him in such high regard because he was cut down
> > at 44; frozen in time.  If he were alive today he
> > would be 84 and have little relevance.  After all,
> > most of the "coffee table books" on Kennedy deal
> > with 11/22/63 to 11/24/63--not the thousand days
> > preceding.
> >
> > Kyle
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "BG Greer, PhD" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Monday, November 24, 2003 3:53 pm
> > Subject: Re: did i light a match near the gasoline
> > tank?
> >
> > > Ken,
> > >
> > >       Go ahead and throw the bucket, but don't
> > kick it! LOL This
> > > has been
> > > fun. I now live where there is more parity between
> > the races.
> > > Austin is much
> > > more liberal than the rest of Texas, except San
> > Antonio. This is
> > > also where Joyce
> > > and I lived on November 22, 1963. Anyway, fire
> > away.
> > >
> > > Bobby
> > >
> > > > i must do a few
> > > > things. i whave another bucket of gunpowder to
> > throw
> > > > in to this fire. i will think about it and
> > decide if i
> > > > really want to go there. a logical mind
> > sometimes is a
> > > > terrible thing to use.
> > > >
> > >
>
>
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