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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (55324)	10/31/2000 2:31:15 PM
From: kvkkc1	Respond to of 769670

What's so hard about taking responsibility to provide for yourself if you're able? There are programs that aid those who are unable to legitimately make it. Single women, minorities, and union members can do that just as well as anyone else if they apply themselves.knc

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (55324)	10/31/2000 2:34:26 PM
From: Frank Griffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

You are hitting on an area where we differ greatly. The democrats want to care for, guide and direct their constituency. They want more taxes, more programs and more control. The Republicans want every person to excel and reach the highest level their skills, aptitude, drive and commitment will take them to. Republicans want to simply clear the road and make available the freedom to reach out for success. They try to take the roadblocks out of the way and that is as it should be. Every person has more inside them to excel or attain goals than they realize. Democrats rearly stunt the growth of people by keeping them mired in dependency. There is a saying that is applicable, "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." To be simplistic, I believe the difference in the Democratic and Republican philosophies is the Democrats want to give us a fish each day and the Republicans want to teach us how to fish for ourselves. When we can and do it ourselves it raises our self esteem, it gives us independence and it makes our population more productive. Democrats stifle this because they have established their method of ruling to make their constituency dependent on them. They try to become Robin Hoods. Excessive and confiscatory taxation of the working ones to fund the programs for those who, in too many cases, simply choose to be dependent and not work and produce. Everyone wants to care for those who cannot care for themselves. We want the ones who can but won't care for themselves to learn to be constructively independent and self supporting.

To: Mr. Whist who wrote (55324)	10/31/2000 5:33:22 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 769670

Ken Hamblin probably would disagree with you BIG TIME, flap..He is wonderful...you ought to listen to him sometime...might learn something.... To: Frank Griffin who wrote (55312) From: flapjack Tuesday, Oct 31, 2000 2:14 PM ET Reply # of 55426 Frank: You need to take a hard look at why we have these divides of rich vs. poor, black vs. white, male vs. female. Perhaps the reason is that the Republican Party, the party of white suburbanites, offers few solutions for minorities, single women, union members. I know that's a novel idea, but there might be some validity to it. hamblin.com wmcstations.com A recognized conservative, Ken Hamblin considers himself an "American Hero" and living proof that America works! Born the son of first generation West Indian immigrants, Hamblin hasn't forgotten his roots in the poverty of Brooklyn's Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood. He remembers as a child having to ride the A train all night with his mother and his four brothers and sisters because they had been evicted. But despite those memories, he is at odds with underclass communities today because he believes they are not instilling in their children the values they need to break out of the welfare mold that perpetuates illiteracy, poverty and a lack of self-reliance. In 1967 he moved to the Midwest where he worked as an award winning staff photographer for the Detroit Free Press, covering the 1968 Democratic Convention, the March on Washington and race riots in Detroit. His dramatic street photos from that period have also appeared in Time, Life and the New York Times. After making the transition to cinematography, Hamblin filmed and produced numerous documentaries, including "Arson for Profit", aired by several ABC TV Affiliates and "Take a Sad Song and Make It Better", purchased by the Michigan Governor's Office of Drug Abuse. Later, he became a host and producer for WTVS, the Detroit Public Television station. In the early 1980's, Hamblin resumed his broadcast career in Denver, this time as a radio talk show host. He quickly catapulted from an "unknown" overnight host on KOA to the popular evening host with a following in thirty-eight states. Repeatedly voted Denver's Best Talk Host by Westword Newspaper and the winner of numerous Colorado Broadcaster and Sigma Delta Chi broadcast awards, Hamblin has attracted strong audience followings among commercial and public radio listeners alike. Once referred to in the press as "Denver's Conscience", Hamblin is a social and political commentator, a radio talk show host and a newspaper columnist. In 1990, Hamblin added this last dimension to his voice with a weekly column in the Denver Post. For two consecutive years, he was voted among the top three most read columnists in a reader survey taken by the newspaper. Additionally another column by Hamblin is distributed twice weekly by the New York Times Syndicate whose members include the Detroit Free Press and the Baltimore Sun. Hamblin was an anti-war protester in the 1960's, but supported George Bush's drawing a line in the sand during the Arabian conflict. He supports capital punishment, fights gun control and believes men have no right to join the abortion debate. Aside from politics, Hamblin's many interests make him a stimulating conversationalist. He's a licensed pilot with more that 2,000 logged flight hours, a certified scuba diver; and accomplished fly fisherman, horseman, motorcycle enthusiast and retired downhill skier. He has camped the Oregon Buttes in the Red Desert of Wyoming and played chess at coffee houses in Greenwich Village. Hamblin lives in Denver and Frisco, Colorado, with his wife, Sue, a writer and corporate marketing consultant. He has two children, one in Denver and the other in Kansas City. He has two grandchildren. Official Ken Hamblin Home Page AM 790 WMC Stations Home Page