Warm Springs

In the words of President FDR,
“Not everything is made for profit…”

Watching Warm Springs on HBO was enlightening to say the least. The film is not only inspirational for paraplegics but people from all walks of life. It is truly a real life story of a man that brought real life issues to the face of American people. At the age 39, Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with infantile paralysis. Even with this un-imaginable occurence in his life, President FDR was the only President to be elected four times into office and the Man responsible for passing the social security tax…

President Roosevelt, named by Time Magazine “the foremost statesman and political leader” of the 20th Century. He founded the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation in 1927 long before he was known as the American President that we know today.

“And America succeeded absolutely. And with FDR’s death on the eve of total victory in the “Good War” in 1945, people no longer cared how the war had begun. Yet, our politics were poisoned by Roosevelt’s mendacity, as it would be by Truman’s undeclared war in Korea (“a police action”) and by Vietnam, when senators learned they had been deceived in the Tonkin Gulf incident. ”

Article from Patric J. Buchanan

Posted: May 8th, 2005
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Comment from PanteraRosa - May 9, 2005 at 8:47 am

FDR was an intereting man indeed and his wife “ni se diga!” They did many things that are still with us today. I don’t think they make them like that anymore.

Y tu? Como estas???

Comment from Edwin Reyes - May 9, 2005 at 12:52 pm

Muy bien gracias ;) FDR, he was a man of few words but plenty of action… and even tho I’m not into history or politics, he was definately a good samaritan and humanitarian amoungst other things.

Comment from Nicole - May 9, 2005 at 6:36 pm

Edwin tengo mas pregunticas pa ti acerca de estoooo!! :D
1. Hay manera para que cuando comenten me mande un email avisandome??

2. Como en blogspot, hay manera de q quede una copia de lo q escribo en mi email??

3. Como es q se suben los themes? (por si me canso y quiero cambiarlo jeje)

y ahora no se me ocurre mas nada, pero se que pronto si se me ocurrira otra cosa jaja

*_~

Comment from Edwin Reyes - May 10, 2005 at 8:22 am

1. si 2. si 3. si… hehe… te mande un email señorita ;)