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Weekend at Franklin's

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Hooray for Marian Anderson and Eleanor Roosevelt!

Walking away from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, one is reminded that what once worked so well for the American people can indeed be made to work again. That is not meant to imply that we are the same country we were in 1933 - we're not. But the basic premise of President Roosevelt's legacy - that government can be a tool to provide for the comfort and happiness of all people - is an idea that is far from dead. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Now if you'll forgive me I've got to get ready for the big day ahead. Me 'n' Dan are on our way to the town of New Paltz, NY to see the world's largest private collection of Belgian credit cards.

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In the photographs at the top of this piece, Tom Degan is shown on the south lawn of the mansion which overlooks the Hudson River. In the photo just below, Dan O'Brien is shown at the grave site of President and Mrs. Roosevelt.

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Tom Degan is a former Green Party candidate for New York State Senate. He writes on a blogsite called, The Rant by Tom Degan. He is the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.....Okay, he didn't really receive the Presidential Medal of (more...)
 
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