On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 10:45:41 -0700 (PDT), kestrel <joyhton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>On Jul 4, 11:19?am, "AZ" <zikra.nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "In closing, let me thank you, the American people, for giving me the
great
>> honor of allowing me to serve as your president. When the Lord calls me
>> home, whenever that day may be, I will leave with the greatest love for
this
>> country of ours and eternal optimism for its future. I now begin the
journey
>> that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America
there
>> will always be a bright dawn ahead"
>>
>> Ronald Wilson Reagan. ?President of the united States Jan. 20, 1981 -
Jan
>> 20, 1989. ?Died June 5, 2004
>>
>> p.s. I realize that not all my friends here are from America, but it is
our
>> Birthday. ?Thank you.
>>
>> --
>> AZ
>
>Hi, AZ. This day and what it means has been much on my mind all this
>week. I recently got the first DVD of the HBO series "John Adams"
>from Netflix. It was quite by coincidence that I should have it at
>home now, but I watched it yesterday and was very moved by it. Laura
>Linney, a very fine actress, plays Abigail Adams, while Paul Giamatti
>plays John Adams. There are two more DVDs still to come. Today the
>History Channel is showing an enormous approximation of the entire
>Revolutionary War. While I am not overly patriotic, and I understand
>that sometimes our country does things that make me ashamed, I am
>still very much an American and proud of it.
Well said, Joyce. I concur.
Sue
>
>Thanks for reminding me of that. And, as they say these days, thank
>you for not smoking.
>
>Joyce
>10 years 7 months and then some
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