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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: c.hinton who wrote (257992)7/16/2008 9:19:46 AM
From: Sedohr Nod  Read Replies (1) of 793781
 
Speaking of the great depression, I had the privilege of listening to the stories of that era told by my grandfather. He was a man, like most of his generation that was marked for life by the things that he experienced during that time.

He talked about the time they rioted and passed out the commodities available over some administrator refusing food to a young widow and her children because she was from another district.....see much of that going on today? If you are hungry in this country today, there is a very good chance drugs, mental illness or being lost in the wilderness is one of the factors involved.

He told about the time he hopped on a freight train without a clue where he was going end up.....his desperation was to the point that he figured it couldn't be any worse for him where ever he landed........Other than those sneaking across our southern border, do you see much of that going on today? Compare that with some of our population today that can't be inconvenienced trying to improve their situations by even crossing the street.

As for my grandfather, he went on to father 12 children and became a very contented man as he aged. Even though he had ill feeling for the Hoover administration until the day he died, I suspect he would agree with Phil Gramm's "bunch of whiners" comment, given the conditions of today.
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