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There's still some kindness in the world.
For most of us, traveling is a nightmare, especially when traveling by plane. For one man who was flying Southwest this week, it was a godsend.
Sources have shared this moving story of a grandfather who was trying to get to his gate at the airport so he could say goodbye to his 3-year old grandson. The poor boy was brutally body-slammed by his daughter's live-in boyfriend and the doctors were preparing to take him off life support. The story goes that this poor, grieving man struggled through the airport security, despite arriving early, with none of the TSA agents offering him assistance in making his flight. After he finally made it through security, he ran for his Southwest gate, in only his socks, hoping to make it in time to board. He was 12 minutes late.
Here's where we expected the worst for this man, but ended up remembering that there are still decent people in the world. According to the man's wife, who shared the story with sources, when her husband arrived at the gate, he was informed that the pilot knew about his loss and had held the plane for him so that he could make it to see his grandson. As the man boarded, he was greeted by the pilot, who said to him, "They can't go anywhere without me and I wasn't going anywhere without you. Now relax. We'll get you there. And again, I'm so sorry."
When asked to comment on the story, a Southwest rep said they were "proud" of their pilot and stood behind his decision.
Amazing. Just when you're sure the world has given up on compassion for others, you hear a story like that.
We send our condolences out to this poor man who lost his grandson and our thanks to to pilot who gave the man the chance to spend those precious last moments with him.

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Is the Republicans suddenly becoming PC, or is it Anti PC?????



House Republicans Remove "Civil Rights" and "Labor" From Committee Names
Wednesday 12 January 2011

by: Nadia Prupis, t r u t h o u t | Report

House Republicans have renamed several Congressional committees by changing or removing certain hot-button words such as "civil rights" and "labor" from their titles.
The Education and Labor Committee became the Education and Workforce Committee, while the Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties is set to be renamed the Constitution Subcommittee.
This is not the first time that the Education and Labor Committee has been renamed. A Republican-run House led by Newt Gingrich first changed the committee name to Education and the Workforce in 1994 to demonstrate anti-union policies; when Democrats regained control of the House in 2006, they changed the name back to Education and Labor.
Some labor leaders feel that the most recent switch represents a message similar to that of the Gingrich-era House.
( Anti Labor? Anti Rights? )

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*~*~*~*~*GREAT BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES*~*~*~*~*

to my friend mtpati.

I hope you have a special day. :)

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Diet Update....

Two weeks of the diet down and even without any real exercise, I am still heading in the right direction.
Thank goodness.
This won't last forever, I will hopefully be getting some exercise soon. I am getting wheened out of the aircast boot. :)


Today's Weight: XXX.X lbs

Difference This Week: - 3.7 lbs

Total Difference: - 10.2 lbs