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12-27-2006, 01:01 AM
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The passing of a President..
Just saw the headlines, President Gerald Ford, 93 has died. A great man who served at a time of confusion in our country. I'm proud that he was from my home town and served as our Representative in Washington before becoming Vice President.
Thanx for your service Jerry. |
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12-27-2006, 01:28 AM
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A man of integrity. Thanx for the service Gerry and R.I.P.
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12-29-2006, 04:47 PM
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I always felt sorry for him...
Think about being handed Vietnam, Watergate, angry public mood...Bad time to take over as President. He seemed to handle it with class and dignity. "Here's the presidency..could you wipe all of that poop off of it for us? Thanks"
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01-03-2007, 12:06 PM
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Paid my respects last night
Went last night with a few friends to pay our last respects to a great man, and a great president. Took us just over 5 hours from when we started in line (9:40pm) to actually view the casket (2:50am). I've attached a Google Earth map of our treck - here's some snapshots:
-The starting point for the line at one point crossed the pedestrian bridge we originally started on. -It took us about 2 hours to get inside the DeVos Place Convention Center (Spelled DeVos - spelled it wrong on the graphic). That's were things got real interesting - we felt like were were at a huge amusement park in a never ending line for a ride. We were going back and forth in the convention center for 2+ hours. -Once we were back outside, it was about 1:30am and very cold. I hadn't planned on it taking nearly this long and didn't exactly prepare and only had a light weight coat on (it's been fairly mild in West Michigan). For the next hour or so I couldn't feel my ears. -Once we got through the line we went and look at all the makeshift memorials that have been placed at the Museum entance (the ending spot on the map) - considering Gerald R. Ford was only in office 29 months, I was blown away by the sheer number of memorials. A real testiment to what he stood for and who he was.
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01-03-2007, 11:43 PM
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Whoa, SonicV, I live in West Michigan too. My friend and I went to see the funeral service today, but apperntly we were too late. The lines were insanely huge. Plus it was hard to navigate with all that traffic.
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