I know this is not about politics but it is about grassroots and one person trying to make a real difference, so lets all join together, differences aside, and help this girl do something good. I have posted some quotes from the article but it really is a good story and you should click the link and read the whole thing.

Kristin Elliott, 18, Asked Make-A-Wish Foundation to Help Build African Orphanage.

Help Her do it.

Kristin Elliott Featured as ABC's Person of the Week.

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/PersonOfWeek/St ory?id=4776877&page=2

I would like to applaud the positions taken by both candidates for the Democratic Party nomination, on the AIDS pandemic, both at home and globally.

Contrast this with John McCain cited today in the NY Times:
"MCCain Stumbles on HIV Prevention"
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/ 03/16/mccain-stumbles-on-hiv-prevention/

Reprinted from The Satirical Political Report http://satiricalpolitical.com

Stung by recent criticism from Sen. Barbara Boxer that she has no immediate family members serving in Iraq, and therefore no personal stake in the war, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has made a dramatic move to remedy this situation: adopting African orphans ... and sending them to fight in Iraq.

Although most of the orphans would be well below draft age, and barely able to carry a gun, Rice emphasized that young people mature earlier and take on more significant responsibilities in African cultures.

"Just look at some of those radical Islamist militias in Somalia," Rice pointed out. "Many of their members carry blankies and AK-47s at the same time."

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