HHH was a good man in my opinion. now mark your calendar people i just told you a democrat that i liked. of course back then there were others i liked too.
--- On Fri, 5/22/09, Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: run across a quote
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 12:40 PM
> Beth, Ken and Kyle,
>
> My in-laws are "snowbirds" in Arizona (AZ). The one's
> that bring their own
> RV's like My IL's contribute only to the tax base through
> sales tax on
> purchases. I'd bet that the number who get speeding
> tickets and other
> traffic is also pretty small. My FIL had major heart
> surgery a couple of
> years ago while he was in AZ. I haven't talked to
> them about their stand on
> universal health coverage, but if they hadn't had Medicare,
> I'm pretty sure
> that they'd have been pretty well wiped out. About 6
> and 8 years ago, I had
> my gallbladder and appendix out, and was in the hospital
> for about 24 hours
> each time. The bill for each surgery and hospital
> stay was over $10,000.
>
> My nieces are part of the "Me" generation, but do a really
> good job of
> thinking for themselves and thinking of their others.
> My older niece is in
> college now, and is planning on going into medical
> research, focusing on
> neurology.
>
> The Humphrey quote is IMHO, very true.and was at the base
> of FDR's New Deal
> and LBJ's Great Society. When Humphrey ran for
> President in '68 (after LBJ
> decided not to run for re-election), I think he was
> defeated largely because
> of a conservative backlash against LBJ's social policies,
> supplemented by a
> fear that HHH wouldn't successfully conclude the war in
> Vietnam.
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:17 AM, ehthiers <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > And yet, I find children learn from their
> parents. Ask how many over 60's
> > would give up their social security and
> Medicare? Yet they don't want
> > universal health care for all. Here in Florida,
> people come for the winter
> > and leave, happy to be away and not pay the extra
> taxes to help out
> > schools.
> > There are communities here that don't even have
> funeral palors or
> > cemetaries
> > because people leave to go back where ever they came
> from. (There's a
> > great
> > documentary about the Villages a huge, huge, huge
> retirement community).
> > We
> > cringe with the new 55 and over communities moving
> in. It means less
> > community in this area. Our folks who have
> invested in the community and
> > live out in the community are a boon, the retirees in
> the their own homes
> > lock themselves away and don't want anything to do
> with the younger crowd,
> > helping the next generation. Everyone wants a
> piece of the pie.
> >
> > Beth t. the OT
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > On Behalf Of Linda Macaulay
> > > Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 8:29 AM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: run across a quote
> > >
> > > Kyle,
> > >
> > > I'd have to agree with you on that. I have
> had more than one
> > > conversation recently about the "Me Generation"
> (which, in my
> > > opinion is often those 35 and
> younger). Despite
> > > technologies helping us connect to others,
> collaborate
> > > seamlessly and constantly, it really does seem
> that "it is
> > > all about me" as people make decisions, but yet
> when personal
> > > responsibility comes into play, people throw
> their
> > > hands up and say "It wasn't my fault" or "Can't
> YOU do something."
> > > Sad...
> > >
> > >
> > > Linda Macaulay
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On May 22, 2009, at 7:34 AM, Cleveland, Kyle E.
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ken, sadly, I think more than half
> Americans under 60 would
> > > say, "The
> > > > moral test of government is how it treats
> ME."
> > > >
> > > > Kyle
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On
> > > > Behalf Of ken barber
> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:08 PM
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: Re: run across a quote
> > > >
> > > > --- On Thu, 5/21/09, Tamar Raine <
> > > > hmmm HHH was not in india i guess.
> > > >
> > > > --- On Thu, 5/21/09, Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> From: Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >> Subject: Re: run across a quote
> > > >> To: [log in to unmask]
> > > >> Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 8:26 PM
> hhmmmm...... In
> > > India they say;
> > > >> The moral test of a country is how they
> treat their animals...
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks,
> > > >> Tamar
> > > >>
> > > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > >> Tamar Mag Raine, Commissioner,
> > > >>
> > > >> Oakland Mayor's Commission on People
> with Disabilities
> > > >>
> > > >> [log in to unmask]
> > > >> http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
> > > >> www.cafepress.com/tamarmag
> > > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> ________________________________
> > > >> From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> > > >> To: [log in to unmask]
> > > >> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 5:13:26 PM
> > > >> Subject: run across a quote
> > > >>
> > > >> "The moral test of government is how
> that government
> > > treats those who
> > > >> are in the dawn of life, the children;
> those who are in
> > > the twilight
> > > >> of life, the elderly; and those who are
> in the shadows of
> > > life, the
> > > >> sick, the needy, & the handicapped."
> - Hubert Humphrey,
> > > former VP of
> > > >> the USA
> > > >>
> > > >> agree or disagree, i just ran across the
> quote
> > --
> >
> >
> > Kendall
> >
> > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
> >
> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all progress
> > depends on the unreasonable man.
> >
> > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> >
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