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Or see: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_denzel_fisher_house.htm George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To quote Tom Joyne: "Is it...HIDDEN RACISM?" > > Amy Harlib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I loved him before but now I REALLY love him! > No mater what your political position - this was > a magnificent gesture. > > The Media Missed this one!!!! > > Subject: Denzel Washington, and > Brooks Army Medical Center > > Don't know whether you heard about this > but Denzel Washington and his family visited > the troops at Brook Army Medical Center, in > San Antonio,Texas (BAMC) the other day. This > is where soldiers who have been evacuated from > Germany come to be hospitalized in the United > States, especially burn victims. There are some > buildings there called Fisher Houses. The Fisher > House is a Hotel where soldiers' families can stay, > for little or no charge, while their soldier is > staying in the Hospital. BAMC has quite a few of > these houses on base, but as you can imagine, they > are almost filled most of the time. > > While Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC, they gave > him a tour of one of the Fisher Houses. He asked how > much one of them would cost to build. He took his check > book out and wrote a check for the full amount right there > on the spot. The soldiers overseas were amazed to hear > this story and want to get the word out to the American > public, because it warmed their hearts to hear it. > > The question I have is why does: > > Alec Baldwin, > Madonna, > Sean Penn and > other Hollywood types > make front page news with their anti-everything > America crap and Denzel Washington's Patriotism > doesn't even make page 3 in the Metro section of > any newspaper except the Local newspaper in San > Antonio. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
