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To: Road Walker who wrote (326311)	2/18/2007 9:22:30 AM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1576761

maybe when carter finishes this project, he can go back to North Korea and save the world....

To: Road Walker who wrote (326311)	2/19/2007 2:29:54 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576761

Mea culpa to Bush on Presidents Day Plain Talk by Al Neuharth, USA TODAY founder Our great country has had 43 presidents. Many very good. A few pretty bad. On Presidents Day next Monday, it's appropriate to commemorate them all. I remember every president since Herbert Hoover, when I was a grade school kid. He was one of the worst. I've personally met every president since Dwight Eisenhower. He was one of the best. A year ago I criticized Hillary Clinton for saying "this (Bush) administration will go down in history as one of the worst." "She's wrong," I wrote. Then I rated these five presidents, in this order, as the worst: Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan, Ulysses Grant, Hoover and Richard Nixon. "It's very unlikely Bush can crack that list," I added. I was wrong. This is my mea culpa. Not only has Bush cracked that list, but he is planted firmly at the top. Read more.............. blogs.usatoday.com

To: Road Walker who wrote (326311)	2/20/2007 11:13:17 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576761

We tend to think of human rights in terms of a right to vote, a right to free speech, a right to assembly. And properly so. But a child should also have a right not to suffer agony because of a worm that is easily preventable, as well as a right not to go blind because of a lack of medication that costs a dollar or two, even a right not to die for lack of a $5 mosquito net. I don't think its reasonable to talk of such care as a right. Saying that doesn't mean that I think it isn't important or that the care shouldn't happen. For people at the extremes practical concerns such as getting rid of these worms, not dieing of malaria, and such, may be often be more important that their rights. But being as high of or a higher priority still doesn't make them the same thing as rights.