[Vision2020] Small Towns? Re: conflict of interest

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Sat Aug 7 16:44:49 PDT 2004


Mr. Arnold -

I can take ill-guided humor.  I can take uninformed insults.  But, when you
insult my parents for the sake of a few chuckles, that reflects your total
absence of any and ALL compassion.

My mother is an 85-year old native Angelena (native born from Los Angeles).
She is one of the warmest and most caring people in the world.  She recently
suffered a stroke and has degenerative level 3 Altzheimer's.

My father is an old Iowa farm boy who served in combat in WW2 (another of
your discredits that you so eloquently elaborated on earlier, remember your
comment about "couch potato" veterans).  Retired form the Los Angeles Police
Department after 36 years on the force.  You have never known, and never
will know, a more caring person or cop in your life.  I can't count the
times my Dad brought people home (my sister and I called them strays after a
while) for a meal and some conversation simply because he felt that it was
better than putting them in jail for the night.

I strongly urge, suggest, recommend, and encourage that you get your cranium
out of your posterior before you post again.

Until then . . .

Tom Hansen 



-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Donovan Arnold
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 3:18 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Small Towns? Re: conflict of interest

Tom,

You write:

"That was until I invited them (Californians) up here (while I was attending

UI) to go to some Vandal football games.  After a couple visits up here, 
they understood one of the main reasons I chose North Idaho. Attitude."


So you are the reason those damn Californians keep coming up here and 
turning North Idaho into Republicanville. Why you! I otta.......

Donovan J Arnold

(Ps, this is only a joke)


>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: <Tbertruss at aol.com>, <auntiestablishment at hotmail.com>,   
><vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Small Towns? Re: conflict of interest
>Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 16:09:03 -0700
>
>I was born and raised in Los Angeles.  My wife was born and raised in the
>Rose Lake area of North Idaho.  When I retired from the service, I could
>have retired to Los Angeles.  I chose not to. Los Angeles is 8 million
>people with 8 million attitudes (none of them warm and fuzzy).  My folks
>(for the first few years of my retirement from the service) wondered why I
>did not retire to Los Angeles.  That was until I invited them up here 
>(while
>I was attending UI) to go to some Vandal football games.  After a couple
>visits up here, they understood one of the main reasons I chose North 
>Idaho.
>Attitude.
>
>
>
>There was an e-mail that I posted to a Vandal listserve last year that
>explains my feelings (with a slight bit of humor, of course).  It goes:
>
>
>
>Remember Idaho. Idaho was a living territory in a land daring to be free.
>
>Idaho provided sanctuary and hope for pioneers building on their own
>
>"American Dream".
>
>
>
>Support Idaho. Idaho provides sanctity where independent thought is
>
>strongly supported by community consensus.  Daring to be different is not
>
>challenged. It is taught.  Diversity is not shunned.  It is nurtured.
>
>
>
>Believe in Idaho. Idaho will always provide sanctity for the selfless.
>
>For Idaho is not merely a physical entity but a state of mind.
>
>
>
>The world may change physically, politically, and socially as centuries
>pass, but
>
>three things remain constant as sure as tomorrow's coffee:
>
>
>
>3. Idaho will provide confidence in the face of adversity.
>
>
>
>2. Idaho will provide faith in the presence of challenge.
>
>
>
>And #1 -
>
>
>
>1,  The University of Idaho Vandals will always own the Boise State
>University Broncos.
>
>
>
>Take care of yourselves and each other,
>
>
>
>Tom Hansen
>
>Just Another Radically Moderate Left Wing Conservative Loose in the Palouse
>
>
>
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