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April 28, 2006

Good Karma/Bad Karma

A couple of news stories today demonstrate very clearly the difference between decent Americans and not-so decent ones.

Good Karma:

Following the stabbing death of Anna Svidersky last week while working at Val and Matt Hadwin's McDonald's in Vancouver, the Hadwins felt so deeply for the suffering of her family that they made a huge personal sacrifice to help them. They decided to give every penny that came in their door yesterday to Anna's family. And that was gross dollars, not net dollars, meaning they personally absorbed the costs of all the food sold – nearly 40% of the sales price. The community was so touched by the generosity of the Hadwins and the loss of the Sviderskys that they flooded to the McDonald's all day, and the restaurant ran out of food two hours before closing.

The Hadwins … had hoped to raise $10,000. But by 9 p.m., about $75,000 had been collected at the fundraiser for the family of Svidersky.

Other McDonald's restaurants also pitched in:

Oak Brook, Ill.-based McDonald's matched each dollar spent at the Andresen McDonald's with $1.50, and owner-operators of McDonald's in Oregon and Southwest Washington chipped in another 25 cents for every $1 spent.

These great Americans, however, are being ill-served by some really horrible people in the media and in government.

Bad Karma:

Bill O'Reilly has once again demonstrated his poor listening skills, lack of fairness, and closed-minded imbalance.

And House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who is third in line for the presidency (if both Bush and Cheney were removed from office, he'd be President), has demonstrated that his concern for the environment is all for show.

What goes around comes around. I expect the Hadwins and all those generous Americans who supported their gift to Anna's family will find something wonderful come their way. Their actions have lifted the spirits of literally millions of people. Meanwhile, we're all watching Bill O'Reilly and Dennis Hastert slide downward into well-deserved disgrace.

Posted by Becky at April 28, 2006 09:34 AM

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