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To: TobagoJack who wrote (31001)	3/15/2008 11:54:13 PM
From: calgarydude	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217573

I was born just after WW2, and while growing up I spent many summers visiting relatives in the American northeast. One woman that I particularly remember was always sponsoring refugees, organizing collections for poor families, and circulating petitions to save the woodlands. She was a wonderful, wonderful person who I miss greatly. Many years after she died, I learned that she and her husband had been extremely wealthy, but I recall them living very simply and never talking about money. In today's political lexicon they would be classified as conservative christians. But to them: Conservative meant: -- following the Constitution -- remembering your heritage -- conserving the environment Christian meant: -- understanding the Bible -- being humble -- helping the less fortunate They, and most of their generation, had a quality of character that is too often missing today - perhaps the word "decency" comes close to describing it. If a genie could grant me a magic wish it would be that Dwight Eisenhower came back from the dead, walked into the Oval Office, punched Bush in the mouth, and then started making phone calls to fix Shrub's mistakes. It's never going to happen, but it warms my heart just to think about it.