{"id":370,"date":"2005-10-22T08:18:16","date_gmt":"2005-10-22T08:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hostkabob.com\/vote\/?p=370"},"modified":"2005-10-22T08:18:16","modified_gmt":"2005-10-22T08:18:16","slug":"101805","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=370","title":{"rendered":"10\/18\/05"},"content":{"rendered":"

We drove south to Defiance, Ohio where I met with George Newton who teaches a “Life Skills” class to the disadvantaged through an ecumenical outreach called: Ravens. Class topics include: How to Prepare for an Interview; How to Budget; How to be a Good Employee… It’s not enough to just “throw money at the poor,” I told reporter Jack Palmer of Defiance’s Crescent News <\/em>newspaper later this morning. We have to be as creative, and thorough, as possible in helping them get on their feet — and stay on their feet. Mr. Palmer also asked me how I would work to bring more peace between countries. I said that the year before I had interviewed a Mary Knoll priest who is trying to promote a school curriculum that would include students from 5th to 8th grade “adopting” a foreign country. That is, a student would pick a country, study it’s history, read about it’s contemporary affairs on the internet, maybe even develop a pen pal… In America, often, we are so “us [read: U.S.]” focused, we don’t have much understanding, or empathy, for what goes on in other places. Note:<\/strong> At Kissner’s Restaurant in downtown Defiance today I noticed a sign on the wall that read: “Instant human, just add coffee.” And another that read: “Just give me the coffee<\/em>, and no one gets hurt.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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