>*No coverage given to the fact that the US President who held office longer
>than anybody else used a wheelchair. (One has to wonder if the US would've
>recognized the abilities of the disabled far sooner had more been done with
>that story.)
They finally put a statue of FDR in his wheelchair at the FDR Memorial next
to the Tidal Basin on the Mall in DC. It was a struggle by many groups to get
that done....
>As far as US appetite for sensationalism, we're second to none. One has
>only to look at TV to see that. One wonders what it means when tabloidism
>on the Boob Tube consistantly outranks both hard news and learning shows.
"Hmmm, let's see what's on tonight.....'cross dressers and the women who love
them' or 'easy-bake cooking for beginners'...."
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Be Seeing You.
Dirk Wright
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