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To: SiouxPal who wrote (224)6/17/2004 12:34:31 AM
From: Alan Smithee  Respond to of 4965
 
"It's hard being green" Sioux

Hell, Green worked for Kermit.



To: SiouxPal who wrote (224)6/17/2004 12:39:15 AM
From: Alan Smithee  Respond to of 4965
 
OT - This is an incredible display of bipartisan cooperation.

The Senate confirmed Ricardo Martinez unanimously to be a US District Judge. He's the son of migrant workers, and is the first hispanic appointed to the federal Bench in Washington State. If ever there was an all-American Horatio Alger story, this is it.

seattletimes.nwsource.com

From a related article:

"My dad put it best: 'It's incredible this country allows that kind of opportunity for a child from this kind of background to be able to rise to this position,' " Martinez said.

kirotv.com