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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (158)3/21/2003 12:08:08 PM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 908
 
"The whole is in fact a system -- a philosophy of foundational values going back to Ben Franklin and before. It's a social and political system rooted in mavericks, innovation, risk-taking, open intellectual argument, impatience, creative change, failure, the frontier spirit, competition and a compulsion to get ahead."

so true

and add in the millions of immigrants during that huge surge in the early 1900's - people who simply wanted a chance, the opportunity, for a better life - people who were willing to work for that

and did

America has been and will always be THE melting pot of the world



To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (158)3/21/2003 12:27:56 PM
From: MulhollandDrive  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 908
 
merci beaucoups