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Nice try, but its a Ford. My Chevy, though... Rather push both of my Fords.

I mean come on, the kids have one great chance to do something they love before they pass, whether its hunting or something else not politically correct, they should be able to do it. Period.

Last update: October 5, 2004 at 12:13 PM Make-A-Wish board quits in policy feud Robert Franklin, Star Tribune October 5, 2004 WISH1005 All 23 board and advisory board members of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Minnesota resigned Monday over "philosophical differences" with the national organization. They said they objected to directives that included ending their practice of giving $1,000 to families of children who died before their wishes were granted, forbidding wishes that involve hunting and imposing term limits on board members. "The gap is too large and it's not going to come together," said local president Karla Blomberg of the directives. "It just doesn't meet our values and what we're here for." Each year, the Minnesota group grants wishes to about 200 children with life-threatening conditions. Outgoing board members said they left the organization strongly financed and staffed to continue doing that. Jim Maggio, a spokesman for the national headquarters in Phoenix, said the parties had been working for 2½ months toward what the national organization thought was an "amicable and constructive resolution," and "we were very surprised and disappointed" to be notified of the resignations by fax on Monday. The Minnesotans were asked to do only what the 73 other chapters were obliged to do, Maggio said, but he would not "engage in a public debate about any specific policies." The national board had labeled the local board "entrenched" and said members couldn't serve more than 12 years, six years at a time, local board members said. The local board also objected to other directives that included no granting of wishes that involve hunting or firearms, a decision that dates to a Minnesota hunting wish that sparked national controversy in the 1990s, and hiring a paid executive. Blomberg, a Minnesota co-founder, served as unpaid president for 20 years. Blomberg said she turned down the idea of taking the paid job. The mass resignations are highly unusual, said Jon Pratt, executive director of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits. Other nonprofits in the metro area, including health groups and Mothers Against Drunk Driving, have gone through upheavals with national or state organizations, sometimes over standards of accountability, fundraising or volunteer enthusiasm, Pratt said. "I think there's a natural tension, but usually it doesn't get to this point where you lose the very people you rely on." Mark Webb, director of operations for Make-A-Wish Minnesota, said officers "came in today, sat the staff down and discussed the whole situation. It was a surprise to all of us." A national representative is expected to arrive today at the group's Fridley office, Webb said, and "basically I believe it will be business as usual." Maggio said the national organization will work to recruit new board members. Make-A-Wish is the nation's largest wish-granting organization with chapter and national budgets totaling $136 million last year, Maggio said. The Minnesota foundation has an annual budget of $1.6 million, Blomberg said, with more than 80 percent going to finance children's wishes. It has granted more than 2,300 wishes since 1982. Tensions between local and national offices date at least to 1996, when Make-A-Wish Minnesota granted an Alaska bear-hunting trip to Erik Ness, a White Bear Township teenager suffering from brain cancer. Animal rights groups and some other chapters objected, and in 2000 the national Make-A-Wish Foundation banned wishes involving hunting. Ness died in 1999 at age 21. Tom Reid, an advisory board member who co-founded the Minnesota group in 1982, said that three or four times a year a child would die before a wish could be granted. In those cases, the nonprofit would give $1,000 to the family for a memorial or to complete the trip with other children. "It's not a lot of money," Reid said. "Maybe they can plant a tree and dedicate that tree and watch it grow. There are so many things you can do." Blomberg, a Realtor who was a member of then-Gov. Jesse Ventura's task force on stadiums and co-chair of Minnesotans for Major League Baseball, was in touch with the local Make-A-Wish office daily, Webb said. Reid, a restaurateur, hockey radio analyst and former North Stars player, questioned replacing Blomberg as the local executive. "Why would we spend the money ... when you don't have to?" he said. Blomberg would have had to resign for the Minnesota foundation to be allowed to appeal the national decisions, Reid said. The local volunteers consulted a lawyer, but "we're not spending our dollars for legal advice." He called the dispute "crazy ... They just want to control us. It's like Big Brother looking over our shoulder." Blomberg said her mission will continue to be doing "something with kids," and resigning was difficult. "I was told I had spots on my sweater today," she said. "Those are tear stains. It's been a very, very emotional, difficult day."

Like it or not, it is their country, not the Palestinians.

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Duh. But oh how I wish "they" would read this post. You know who you are, you no good passing, left lane hogging, traffic slowing, losers. Ooops, Did I say all that out loud?-----Kelly Bundy Ok, I think I need to pump the brakes a little myself, but that really burns me up. Most of Houston's roads have 6 lanes going each way and a lot of times you'll have 6 cars abreast, cause no one wants to follow.

Well the way I see it, AD was the FIRST one to ever reply to me on my very FIRST post First Post . You said that he always replys FIRST in every thread. Uh, thats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,.......89876 Beers he owes for all those FIRSTS. AD owes a whole round to everyone on DZ. Anybody who reaches out to a little flailer FIRST, thats supercool in my book. Wait a minute, thats another beer Aggie Dave . Gotta come up there from Spring soon to collect on all those beers. Even without the , you got my vote!

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Better hand over a kidney then, I'm a repub. I do think that both had a few good points. I think that both repeated themselves ad nauseam. I hated Bush's leaning, but hated Kerry's constant scribbling too. $10 says they were just doodles

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Agreed. And Daddy is a skydiver. Thats cool too!

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Nah. The message itself is all that matters. Only clueless drones care about how something is delivered. When my UPS man brings my package to my door all I care about is what is inside the package...not the way he was dressed or presented himself. Time to focus on what's important...not the shiny bells and whistles. I agree, Kerry actually impressed me tonight. Will I vote for him, no freaking way. Did I think that Bush could have done better? Yes.

One more comment and I'm done. I would almost give a kidney to have a Repub say that Kerry did a good job tonight or for a Dem to say the Dubya did a good job tonight. No one in the media can be nonpartisan, of that I am sure.

Exactly! Did anyone out there change their mind tonight? I think not. What a waste of breath from both.

What is the definition of a "True Tragedy"? Bus full of lawyers driving off a cliff with one empty seat.

I've heard most of them, but here are a couple of my favorites. Be patient, one is rather long. What is the difference between a porcupine and a cockpit? On a porcupine, the pricks are on the outside. Favorite one: Pilot crashes his plane into a mountain and goes to Hell, (cause you know that all pilots are going there). Devil comes up to the Pilot and says, "Since you are a Pilot, I will give you a choice between Door#1 or Door#2 for all of eternity." Devil opens up the first door and it is Pilots doing their 'walkaround' through the sleet/snow and it was endless. Pilots just walking around checking things out, over and over and over. The Pilot said, "I can't do that for all of eternity. That sucked while I was on earth." So the Devil opened up Door#2 and it was the last 10 seconds of the Pilots life played out on a big screen before his very eyes. The scene was playing of his crash into the mountain, over and over and over. With moist eyes, the Pilot said, "I can't relive that over and over and over forever. It is too heart breaking. Don't you have any other choices?" The Pilot didn't get an answer, so he turned around and the Devil was not there. He looked out in the hall and he noticed the Devil way down at the left end of the hall talking to a little demon, trying to get him to go off and do some evil. The Pilot looked the other way down the hall and saw a door, way at the end. So the Pilot walked down there and peeked in. It was a Pilot sitting in the middle of the room, on a chair, with no clothes on. There was a line of endless beautiful flight attendants stretched out for miles and miles. The Flight Attendants were all naked. They kept coming up to the Pilot and bending over, and the Pilot started 'doing' them. When he finished, another Flight Attendant would come up and it would continue. So the Pilot closed the door real fast and went down to Door#2 to wait for the Devil. After a while the devil came back and said, "Have you made up your mind yet? Door#1 or Door#2?" The Pilot said, "NO, NO, NO. I don't want Door#1 or Door#2, I want whats behind that door down there. The Devil said, "No, you can't have that one, it's Flight Attendant Hell."

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I'm gonna be sad in 33 days when I stop getting these kinds of emails. Subject: Fw: A New Hurricane A New Hurricane: The National Weather Service has issued a warning for yet another catastrophic hurricane following on the heels of Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. The path of this hurricane zigs and zags, and is therefore highly unpredictable. Experts predict that this one will cause the most damage to the United States that we have experienced in four years. They are naming this one Hurricane Kerry. Be advised, the only way for citizens to protect themselves is by hiding behind a Bush.

Keep working on you. Doing all the things that you love, want to do, and such. Things that make you feel more complete and happy. Then when "he" comes along, you will be so appealing to him and he won't be able to resist. You know what "they" always say, "you find someone as soon as you stop looking for them." Anyway, worst case scenario is that you're truly living in the meantime and happy. BTW who are "they" people??? Ps. I started working as a flight attendant 10 years ago for the same reason that you are frustrated in SFO. All the guys are gay. As a guy, it was a great thing to be working with hotties all the time on the road away from everyone. All the guys are gay so theres not any competion. I guess it depends on which side of the fence you are on. You need to go to alaska where the odds are more in your favor.

Obviously there is hotwire.com, orbitz.com, travelocity.com, etc...... However, each airline has there own website, and they continually post deals there. Most airlines have a pricematch guarantee also, so if you find a good rate go the airlines site and request the match. The fare will come out cheaper, because you won't have to pay the third party fees that the hotwire.com, etc's get and you have more leverage changing the reservation later. First off, I would find out who flew the route you want to go and then go the flyer's site. 2nd, get the fare way, way in advance or right at the last minute. Airlines are hurting right now and tend to discount at the last minute (priceline.com)to fill up the planes.

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