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Topic: Humility & Class
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Leonard
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posted June 21, 2010 11:37 AM
Humility & class trumps arrogance & self importance every time
The doctor had his TV on in his office when the news of the military base shootings at Ft. Hood , TX came on. The husband of one of his employees was stationed there.
He called her into his office and as he told her what had happened, she got a text message from her husband saying, "I am okay." Her cell phone rang right after she read the message. It was an ER nurse,” I’m the one who just sent you a text, not your husband. I thought it would be comforting but I was mistaken in doing so. I am sorry to tell you this, but your husband has been shot 4 times and he is in surgery."
The soldier's wife left Southern Clinic in Dothan , AL and drove all night to Ft.Hood. When she arrived, she found out her husband was out of surgery and would be OK.
She rushed to his room and found that he already had visitors there to comfort him.
He was just waking up and found his wife and the visitors by his side. The nurse took this picture.
What? No news crews and cameras? This is how people with class respond and pay respect to those in uniform.
I sent my cousin in Fayetteville , N.C. (Retired from Special Forces) that picture of Geo. W. visiting the wounded at Ft. Hood I got this reply:
What is even better is the fact George W. Bush heard about Fort Hood, got in his car without any escort, apparently they did not have time to react, and drove to Fort Hood. He was stopped at the gate and the guard could not believe who he had just stopped. Bush only asks for directions to the hospital then drove on. The gate guard called that "The President is on Fort Hood and driving to the hospital."
The base went bananas looking for Obama. When they found it was Bush, they immediately offered escort. Bush simply told them to shut up and let him visit the wounded and the dependents of the dead.
He stayed at Fort Hood for over six hours, and was finally asked to leave by a message from the White House.
Obama flew in days later and held a "photo" session in a gym, and did not even go to the hospital.
All this I picked up from two soldiers here who happened to be at Fort Hood when it happened.
This Bush/Obama/Ft.Hood story is something that should be sent to every voter in the US Those who wanted "change" certainly got it.
[ June 21, 2010, 11:40 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
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Paul Melching
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posted June 21, 2010 12:26 PM
Wow! I knew I liked him. What an incredibly decent human being.
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booger
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posted June 21, 2010 12:28 PM
Awesome story!--on the flipside, a total lack of humility and class on behalf of the current regime.
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Kokopelli
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posted June 21, 2010 06:54 PM
The current regime knows nothing of class, having never been exposed to it in the cesspool that is the Chicago political machine.
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Aznative
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posted June 22, 2010 07:19 AM
Why doesn't this surprise me? Barney thinks he is too important and too busy to worry about the little guys; after all, he is the anointed one.
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