Winning Words 9/4/09
“I’m working toward a world in which it will be easier for people to behave decently.” (Dorothy Day) D.D. was always a worker for the poor and disadvantaged. She went to prison in 1917, because she protested that women weren’t allowed to vote. She helped found an organization to get better working conditions for laborers. Mainly, her goal was to help make the world a more decent place. Maybe that should be the cause for Labor Day. ;-) Jack

FROM MOLINER G.S.: Good quote. "Keep Laboring On." FROM JACK: A hymn I like is titled, "Go, Labor On."
Go, labor on: spend, and be spent,
Thy joy to do the Father’s will:
It is the way the Master went;
Should not the servant tread it still?

FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY: Interesting quote....I would work to have people behave decently so the world would be a better place. It's easy to behave decently...nothing else is required but kindness.

FROM LMS IN MICHIGAN: How about Health Care for ALL!!!! (another right for the poor and disadvantaged)
FROM JACK: That seems like a decent thing to do.

FROM MOLINER C.F.: DeeDee, as I used to call her, was working for all of the right reasons. I remember, she told me once that we would have a woman president. Maybe she waas right. What do you think? FROM JACK: I am surprised to know that you were acquainted with her. I think that there were those who thought we'd have a woman president before we'd have an Afro-American president.

WRITTEN BY NOEL COWARD: Sometimes work is more fun that fun.

FROM B.S. NEAR TAMPA: Thank Goodness for Dorothy Day. We have had several chickies with the name of Dorothy who were nice gals. Not speech givers in front of city halls. But supporters of good causes. Thank the Good Lord for parents who taught their families the right way.
FROM JACK: Famous Dorothys
Judy Garland
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Kilgallen
Dorothy Hamill
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Fields wrote lyrics for...
I'm In The Mood For Love
On The Sunnyside Of The Street
Dorothy was more popular name when I was growing up, that it is now.
According to the name book, Dorothy neans: Gift of God.

FROM F.M. IN WISCONSIN: AMEN - And for industry, bankers, unions, and all of us.

FROM CJL IN OHIO: why can't we behave "decently" now? What about setting an example?