That'll teach me to make assumptions... I never thought of you as the public radio type. :)
> Play devils advocate what about the kids who have to have > a job and money in > order to survive for whatever reason? > I was listening to a piece on npr where a kid was saying > (via translator) > how he needed to work. When the inspector (or whatever the > proper title is) > tried to shut the place down he fired the underage kid who > was then screwed > since they didn't have the money to pay for food and such. > They also talked > about child labor unions so the kids could make good $$. > If there is nothing > else for a child to do and they have to work why should we > hold the > children, who WILLINGLY want to work , back and limit > them. There is no > social security in those countries no foster care what > would become of them > if they were unable to work and provide for themselves. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "s. isaac dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:31 PM > Subject: RE: RE: What would you do if you won PowerBall? >> How about buying the Gap (or some other large US-grown >> corp) and forcing > them to stop actively contributing to sweat shops in third > world countries? >> >> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=ar >> ea+code+map >> >> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/audiovideo/programmes/panorama/ > archive/970385.stm >> >> Isaac >> >> Original Message ----------------------- >> OK then I started this so here is mine. >> >> In no particular order (most likely all at once) >> >> - I would open an account for my grandmother to do with >> what she wants as >> she has supported me (bailed me out) for most of my life. >> - Buy a house on an island and retire with my friends and >> family >> - Maybe a mountain retreat somewhere with a huge >> telescope >> - Visit the Great Wall of China >> - Pay the Russians a million dollars to take me to space >> (maybe :)) >> - College for my kids (this includes some friends kids) >> - I would like to buy a huge piece of the rain forest >> that I will never > burn >> or run off the natives. >> - Buy Old Navy and force them to carry cloths for >> everyone. >> >> There is probably more. >> >> Rick Eidson >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:42 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: What would you do if you won PowerBall? >> >> off the top, in no particular order: >> >> - keep working until I can pass knowledge on to a >> successor >> - fix up the house, just the way we want it >> (it's "home", so don't want to move to another place, >> maybe just expand) >> - buy homes for kids, relatives, friends, so they always >> have a roof over >> - donate enough money to a particular charitable org (one >> my Mom worked >> with) >> for them to build a school with her name on it >> - build a homeless shelter w/ job training center >> - open a company to hire the successful grads of the job >> center >> - build an apartment complex to house the workers >> - travel, travel, travel >> - study >> - volunteer >> - pray >> - get really physically fit >> - watch videos >> - sleep late sometimes, then start the day by making love >> instead of waking up early to go to work >> >> -Ben >> >> >> > http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/2382747/detail >> > .html >> > >> > >> > Rick >> > >> >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > Archives: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 > This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by > CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion > Hosting. > http://www.cfhosting.com > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.5 S. Isaac Dealey 972-490-6624 Team Macromedia Volunteer http://www.macromedia.com/go/team Chief Architect, Tapestry CMS http://products.turnkey.to OnTap IS Opensource http://www.turnkey.to/ontap ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
