"Dear Diary ... I am filled with shock and awe. Ken has actually
admitted he liked a Dem!"
I really liked him too, Ken - too bad the American people didn't give
him the chance to be President.
Kat
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 1:05 PM, ken barber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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