B.Fatt emailed me because I post at the site and he was touching base.
Sue Myrick because of the recent newspaper article about me. As it happens, I do write to her often, to try to get her to vote on legislation the way I want. No luck there, so far, but she and her office have always been responsive and civil. Which puts her in the company of the most responsive legislators whom I've routinely written over the years. I could always count on a response from the following elected officials:
Senator John Edwards.
Senator Jesse Helms.
Representative Sue Myrick.
Which brings me to a story about Rep. Myrick:
I used to deliver mail to a World War II aviator named Captain Killen. (Great name for a military character, and yes I filed it away for future use.) His wife had recently died and he was having trouble transporting her body. Forgive me, as I've forgotten some of the details, but either she had died while they were visiting in Italy or had died here and her wish was to be buried in Italy. Either way, he was having fits getting her body transported from point A to point B.
One day after he had told me of this difficulty, I was delivering mail to him when he stopped me to talk (as he almost always did). "Guess who I was just speaking to on the phone?"
"Who?" I asked.
He had gotten in touch with Representative Myrick. She knew, of course, where to go to get this done for Capt. Killen, but on this she needed some extra help. She needed someone with some clout, and she got it. So Captain Killen had a conference call that included himself, Congresswoman Myrick, and the late Senator Ted Kennedy who was able to get the final piece of the puzzle to fit to get the body of Mrs. Killen to its final resting place.
So there it was: he'd just gotten off the phone with one of the best known elected officials in North Carolina, and one of the best known in the nation. The two had put their heads together to help out this World War II veteran in his time of need.
That's what I call bi-partisan cooperation.
Thanks, Cap'n Killen!
2 comments:
A fine story.
My Dad was a radioman on a B-24J Liberator. His plane (Lil' Max) was shot down by German anti-aircraft gunners over The Hague in 1943. Entire crew bailed and survived except the pilots who were killed in the crash.
I went to see him today at his place in Pineville for Pearl Harbor Day. Not the man he once was was Bob but he still knows me and it was a good visit.
Hope you're doing well brother and have a wonderful Christmas.
Tell your dad "thanks" for me. Anyone who dropped bombs on, fired bullets at, lobbed grenades toward, stabbed, or otherwise killed or maimed kraut Nazi-rat bastards is a KING in my book.
We're doing OK this Christmas. Not sure if we're going to decorate the place or not. We didn't last year, which I missed because I've always loved the Christmas season.
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