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<DIV><FONT size=2>Who secured them there and why? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Are they criminals or are they just suffering at the hands of
those who are "more equal"?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jeffh@moscow.com
href="mailto:jeffh@moscow.com">Jeff Harkins</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 18, 2008 12:42 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom
Hansen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] A Bipartisan Extortion of the American
Taxpayer</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I'm pretty sure that I learned that in kindergarten (or was it
that book - <A
href="http://www.amazon.com/Really-Need-Know-Learned-Kindergarten/dp/034546639X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221723605&sr=1-1">All
I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten </A>by Robert
Fulghum).<BR><BR>Oh, I'm sure that Hansen will remember it for me.<BR><BR>Please
be our moral compass!<BR><BR>At 02:45 PM 9/17/2008, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Another question to consider, even
if is determined that that the cost <BR>burden to the tax payers is considered
to be fairly high.<BR><BR>Mr. Harkins, being a CPA, should totally understand
the concept I am <BR>addressing . . .<BR><BR>Return on Investment<BR><BR>Those
of us with a strong community conscience are willing to contribute <BR>that
extra time, money, or effort for the sake of a better community.<BR><BR>The
selfish adage of "If I don't use it, why should I pay for it" doesn't <BR>hold
water. God gave us two hands. One hand to help ourselves.
The <BR>other hand to help others.<BR><BR>This brings to mind an example I
explained here on the Viz a few years <BR>back . . .<BR><BR>There are two
rooms. In each room is a long table with long benches on <BR>each
side. The table is stocked with food. The people in the rooms are
<BR>secured to the benches and have long 3-foot spoons strapped securely to
<BR>their wrists. <BR><BR>As you look into Room #1, you notice that the
people are starving, <BR>because, although the spoons can easily reach the
food, the spoons are too <BR>long to maneuver to their mouths.<BR><BR>As you
look into Room #2, you notice that the people are well fed because <BR>they
are feeding each other.<BR><BR>Until we as people adopt and welcome the
attitude of that community in <BR>Room #2, we are all doomed to the same fate
of those in Room #1.<BR><BR>Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR><BR>"I can't.<BR>You
can't.<BR>We can."<BR><BR>- Author
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