Among the casualties of last month’s Hurricane Sandy, books are the least recognized. The “Reach Out and Read Program” at New York City’s Bellevue Hospital was hit particularly hard, when they lost thousands of books to the storm. Children visit a doctor’s office more than most any other place before they start first grade, so the “Reach Out and Read Program” aims to place children’s books in doctor’s offices. There’s nothing more valuable than the ability to read and write, and providing a child a book can introduce them to a greater number of opportunities than they might otherwise encounter. This nation has spent too much money on war and prisons. As individuals, we can certainly make a difference by spending money on one book to donate to the program.
You can make a monetary donation here.
Or, contact Marie Betancourt at roramarie1@aol.com to find other ways to donate. She’s already advised me, however, that Bellevue is currently closed because of the storm. But, I think we can all still have a more positive impact on the lives of the patients it serves.
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More Post-Election Stupidity
“Liberals brag about having won the hearts and minds of America, as if through logic and argument, they’ve persuaded people to accept their bankrupt European socialist ideas. Democrats haven’t changed anyone’s mind. They changed the people. More white people voted for Mitt Romney this year than voted for Ronald Reagan in 1980. Barack Obama lost white voters by 20 points – the widest margin since 1984. But in 1980, whites were 88 percent of the electorate. In 2012, they were 72 percent of the electorate. Not only that, but the non-white electorate is far more Democratic than it was in 1980. If the same country that voted in 1980 had voted in 2012, Romney would have won a bigger landslide than Reagan did. [snip] The only hope is to run another appealing Republican candidate in four years – when we’re not up against an incumbent president – and return our immigration policy to one that helps America and not just the Welfare Party.”
– Ann Coulter, lamenting that Obama’s reelection wasn’t due to the failure of the Republican Party to connect with Hispanics, but that there are just too many Hispanics in America.
Damn! Just when I think Coulter can’t prove herself to be a bigger asshole, she actually outdoes herself! Like most Republicans in Congress, she’s obviously terrified of a Caucasian washout by all these colored folks who have the audacity to practice their right to vote. How dare they! For the record, Hispanics – as a people – have been here longer than most any other ethnic group, save Native Americans, with whom we have a common heritage. That’s not liberal bias; that’s a simple fact! The nation’s history books haven’t figured it out yet though.
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