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Subject: Sen. William Proxmire dies
Written By: Mushroom on 12/15/05 at 6:29 pm
http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/feeds/ap/2005/12/15/ap2396035.html
He will be missed. He was a long time opponent of "Government Waste" and "Porkbarrel Spending", in addition to trying to pass an international anti-Genocide treaty.
I always thought him a man of honor who deserved respect, even if he was of the "other party". He always had my respect and admiration.
Subject: Re: Sen. William Proxmire dies
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 12/15/05 at 9:01 pm
He succeeded our dearly departed friend Joe McCarthy as junion senator from Wisconsin and held the seat until retiring back in 1989. I vaguely remember Proxmire retiring.
Among the great statemens Proxmire made, most pertinent to today is:
"Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak
of national security, is doubly dangerous"
--Sen. William Proxmire
He recently said of his old age:
"The last few years have been my happiest. I'm happy in the years that most people are blue and sad and waiting to die.
I don't feel that a bit. Smiling has a lot to do with it. You can just lift your spirits by smiling a little bit."
:) :\'(