[Vision2020] Here is Something You Will Never Read on Right-Mind

[the lockshop]

Actually, this story was featured on the first hour of FOX televisions early AM programing, Fox and Friends.

A geographical side note to Tom: Bangladesh is not even remotely the "Mid-East."

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ellen Roskovich 
  To: thansen at moscow.com ; vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:07 PM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Here is Something You Will Never Read on Right-Mind


  This is a great story and it probably didn't get a mention on Fox News. . . . but I did hear it yesterday on NPR.
   
  Ellen A. Roskovich (not a fan of Fox News)

   
  > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:58:21 -0800
  > From: thansen at moscow.com
  > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
  > Subject: [Vision2020] Here is Something You Will Never Read on Right-Mind
  > 
  > Just another one of them Mid-East terrorists, right dale?
  > 
  > Courtesy of today's (January 13, 2010) Spokesman-Review.
  > 
  > ----------------------------------------------------
  > 
  > NY cabbie returns $21,000 to passenger
  > 
  > NEW YORK – A New York City cabbie said he returned a lost purse containing
  > more than $21,000 in cash and expensive jewelry because his mother always
  > advised him to be honest.
  > 
  > “I’m broke, but I’m honest,” 28-year-old Mohammad “Mukal” Asadujjaman said
  > Tuesday.
  > 
  > Felicia Lettieri, of Pompeii, Italy, and six relatives had taken two cabs
  > from midtown Manhattan to Penn Station on Christmas Eve. The 72-year-old
  > Lettieri left her purse behind, with more than $21,000 of the group’s
  > traveling money, jewelry worth thousands more, and some of their
  > passports.
  > 
  > The cabbie, a native of Bangladesh, saw the rolls of euros when he opened
  > the bag to look for an address, but didn’t even count the money. “My
  > mother is my inspiration,” the soft-spoken cabbie said. “She always said
  > to be honest and work hard.”
  > 
  > The cabbie called a friend with a car and drove some 50 miles to a
  > Patchogue address in the purse. No one was home, so Asadujjaman left his
  > cell phone number and a note. His phone rang a short time later and he
  > drove back to return the bag.
  > 
  > “They were so, so, so happy,” Asadujjaman beamed.
  > 
  > The immigrant is a full-time student at a city college near his apartment
  > in Jamaica, Queens.
  > 
  > ----------
  > 
  > Mohammad Asadujjaman is being praised for returning a purse left in his taxi.
  > 
  > http://tinyurl.com/Mohammad-Asadujjaman
  > 
  > ----------------------------------------------------
  > 
  > Just another Allah worshiper, right dale?
  > 
  > As Kris Kristofferson once said . . .
  > 
  > "We don't need no riddle-speaking profits scraring decent folks like you
  > and me."
  > 
  > What we need are a hole lot more Mohammad Asadujjamans in our
  > neighborhood, right V-peeps?
  > 
  > Seeya round town, Moscow.
  > 
  > Tom Hansen
  > Moscow, Idaho
  > 
  > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
  > and the Realist adjusts his sails."
  > 
  > - Unknown
  > 
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