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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (135705)	8/12/2013 10:00:52 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Oh yeah. Citizens United that buys votes!!! Voting rights Act voted down instead of improving it. All these efforts to suppress the minority votes and ensure that only Whites have the right to vote!!! If we were improving and our country was all that good, then why would we invite the wrath of others. I grew up overseas and witnessed and experienced the big heart of America those days. In those days America was like this Dr. Kelley: ================== One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “ How much do I owe you?” “You don’t owe me anything,” she replied. “Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said, “ Then I thank you from my heart.” As the boy left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man too became stronger. He had been ready to give up and quit. The poor boy later became the well known physician Dr. Howard Kelly. Years later that young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room. Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to the case. After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She began to read the following words: Paid in full with one glass of milk. Signed, Dr. Howard Kelly. ==================== Today, it is the bloody stinking Tea Party attitude. We are snooping on other nations too and that is why we are hated the world over. What a bloody waste of the Nobel Peace prize

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (135705)	8/12/2013 10:14:10 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

What keeps Silicon valley ticking is an attitude where folks kick their asses in gear, kick some ass, and get things moving with a zeal and commitment to achieve their goals. Not an approach where we park ourselves at a desk and adopt a analysis-paralysis approach. India and China have done so and have been phenomenally successful. The majority in Silicon valley, for some strange reason, are immigrants from these countries and have brought that "can do" approach to this country. When Solyndra failed, we did not make it a political issue, we did not rejoice. Instead we rededicated ourselves and today we have Tesla motors. We had a Steve Jobs who revolutionized the world. Now that he is gone, we have another rising star in Elon Musk. As they say "Just do it" It works my friend. ================================== Bay Area employment owes much to companies based elsewhere By Steve Johnson ........contd at mercurynews.com