tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post5429175800533874809..comments2024-03-27T17:10:55.396-05:00Comments on Johnday's Blog: Damned Lies And StatisticsJohn Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12123174297818737132noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-6543973945790851022016-06-19T13:00:49.776-05:002016-06-19T13:00:49.776-05:00Journalist Greg Palast shares some thoughts about ...Journalist Greg Palast shares some thoughts about his dad on Father's Day: <br /><br />http://www.gregpalast.com/dads-last-erection/<br /><br />Here's a snippet: <br /><br />"In 1930, when my father was an eight-year-old kid in Chicago, he asked his older brother why people were outside in the cold snow waiting in a long line. His brother Harold said, “It’s a bread line. They don’t have anything to eat. They’re hoping for bread.”<br /><br />My father ran to his mother’s bedroom and grabbed my grandmother’s diamond brooch, ran downstairs, and gave it to a man in the bread line.<br /><br />The important thing is that, after my father gave away the jewels, no one in his family chastised him." Ray Durayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12639517407559635845noreply@blogger.com