Very early on the morning on May 5, 2007 I got a call from NBC News to hurry from Denver to Greensburg, Kansas. There had been a huge tornado and the town was devastated. Go! Go! When I pulled into the town six hours later I was stunned to see wreckage so complete that even [...]
Posts Tagged ‘America’
The Greening of Greensburg
Posted: November 15, 2011 in Business, Children, Colorado, Economy, Education, Environment, Inspiration, Media, Natural Disasters, News, News and Views, Photography, Politics, Random Thoughts, Technology, Television, Travel, United States of America, Weather, WomenTags: Alabama, America, Bob Dixson, Dan Rather, Dan Rather Reports, Denver, Disaster, Environment, Green, Greensburg, HDNet, Highway 54, John Deere, Joplin, Kansas, Missouri, NBC News, Rural America, Sun Chips, Sustainable, Tornado, Tuscaloosa
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War and Remembrance 6
Posted: November 21, 2010 in Human Rights, Inspiration, Judaism, Law and Order, Media, Middle East, News, News and Views, Politics, Random Thoughts, Religion, Television, Terrorism, Travel, United States of America, Violence, War, WomenTags: 9-11, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Al-Qaeda, America, Benazir Bhutto, Berlin Wall, Extremists, Ground Zero, Israel, Mosque, Muslims, News Media, North Korea, Oklahoma, Palestine, Peace, Pearl Harbor, Sharia Law, South Africa, Taliban, Tennessee, Terrorists, War, Yitzak Rabin
My conversation between Ben Coker, Jr. is getting more interesting as we dig deeper into issues. We come from very different points of view but we’re finding common ground. Hi Ben, I hope you and your family are doing well. Sorry it took me a while to get back to you. I have been quite [...]
War and Remembrance 3
Posted: November 16, 2010 in Human Rights, Inspiration, Judaism, Law and Order, Media, Middle East, News, News and Views, Politics, Random Thoughts, Television, Terrorism, United States of America, Violence, War, WomenTags: 9-11, Abraham Lincoln, Al-Qaeda, America, Bill Clinton, China, Civil War, Communism, England, France, Genocide, George Bush, Germany, Holocaust, Holocaust Museum, Iraq, Islam, Jews, John F. Kennedy, Kosovo, Kurds, Lt. Colonel Allen West, Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt, Radical Islam, Russia, Serbia, Stock Market Crash, Taliban, Vietnam, Washington D.C., Winston Churchill, World Trade Center, World War II, WWII
My conversation with Ben Coker, Jr. of South Carolina continues following my Veterans Day post. In response to your letter to me, I very respectfully offer the following: I agree with you on the point you made about unity going into WWII. We had been seriously violated by Japan’s blatant and flagrant attack on us [...]
Enlightened Canada
Posted: February 5, 2010 in Africa, Canada, Environment, Gay and Lesbian, Homelessness, Human Rights, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Politics, Poverty, Random Thoughts, Travel, United States of AmericaTags: America, Canada, Diversity, Environment, gay marriage, Homeless, Mozambique, Recycling, Sikh, Vancouver
I walked out of my hotel room this morning carrying a plastic bottle of water and by the time I was at the front desk it was empty. I handed it to the concierge and asked if he could throw it out. Before I could correct myself a hotel manager did it for me. Recycle! From what I [...]
