saltydad

I love the fact that a widely disparate group of folks (geographically, ethnically, politically, etc.) can all coalesce around a common interest, and thereby begin to find the other's values and strengths. I am as politically left as you can get and still be a Democrat, yet I find it enjoyable chatting with Patty and Harvey, just to name 2 who have let slip a political affiliation different (LOL) from mine. I begin to see people as people, rather than as political or religious or national labels. Don't get me wrong; I believe in my politics as strongly as anyone, but a major factor in my forum participation is the extending of my contacts to other folk different than me. So forgive this old hippie who's also an old army veteran for rambling on, but peace and love to all!

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Men In Nursing- "A Few Good Men"

"Gardening is the purest of human pleasures." - Francis Bacon





"If by a liberal, they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind; someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions; someone who cares about the welfare of the people, their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, their civil liberties; someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicion that grips us; that is what they meant by a liberal, I am proud to be a liberal."
John F. Kennedy, September, 1960


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