| Celebrating The Life And Legacy Of Lou Poulos |
March 27, 2012 |
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Ed Pastor, D-AZ
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"The sixth of nine children to Greek immigrants, Lou contracted polio at the age of 2. Although he received treatment as a child, Lou never regained full use of his legs and walked with crutches or used a wheelchair for the remainder of his life. Lou’s condition did not detract from his steadfast determination to live a life on his terms, not on the terms of the disease that damaged his legs. In 1929, his father and a partner started the wholesale Farmers Produce Company. Later at the end of Prohibition in 1933, the elder Poulos acquired one of the first wholesale liquor licenses in Arizona. Lou got his first taste of the business by helping his father in the Miami, Arizona office by taking orders for liquor over the phone."
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| Recognizing Miyake Restaurants |
February 9, 2012 |
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Olympia Snowe, R-ME
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"When Masa opened Food Factory Miyake later that year in Portland, he and his wife and eventually one other person were the sole employees of the operation. As a small firm starting out, they did not have a liquor license, and initially the business was BYOB—bring your own beverage. But through hard work and ingenuity, Masa grew the business and built a respected brand, not to mention an excellent selection of authentic drink pairings including wine and sake."
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| Honoring Our Armed Forces |
February 9, 2012 |
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Mitch McConnell, R-KY
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"Hello to everyone in attendance, I’m sorry that you all had to gather here today for this event—no, really I am. But since you are here I would like to take the chance to say a few things, try to impart some of my knowledge and wisdom that I have stored up over the past 26 years. I consider myself fairly cultured and worldly, so please pay attention; I have the following advice. Number one, take a chance. Get out there and do something you wouldn’t normally do. You will see and do some really cool stuff and meet some really fine and interesting people. Once an Army buddy and myself ate breakfast with a homeless man in Oklahoma City, and I must say he left an impression on me. Number two, watch the original Star Wars trilogy. It’s an amazing story. Number three, no matter how old you are, get off the couch and exercise. You will look and feel so much better, have more energy and be happier. Number four, read a lot books, both fiction and non- fiction, newspapers, magazines, blogs, online stories, movie reviews—all these things will help you understand the world around you, your role in it, and why what happened to me happened where and when it did. Number five, save your money. You don’t own your things; your things own you. Number six, liquor is better than beer. Number seven, don’t reject new ideas immediately. That seems to be all that I wanted to say, so thank you for coming. Please have a safe trip home and have a good life. Love, Eric Yates."
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| President’S Prayer Breakfast |
February 3, 2012 |
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Louie Gohmert, R-TX
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"So it is that welfare money ends up spitting out of strip club ATMs, and those same people who paid their charity to the government wonder why government hasn’t solved this issue. Perhaps they should ask the 27 Democrats who voted against stopping welfare checks from being used at strip clubs, casinos, and liquor stores."
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