...but my point is that after going through some emotionally and financially rough times taking care of his elderly parents, he is constantly "paying it back" for the help he was provided during his rough patch.
Aside from volunteering playing Santa Claus and visiting kids in the hospital, one of the things he does at Christmastime is that he goes to the local Wal*Mart's service desk and anonymously pays off a service member's layaway balance. I am not sure how he does it, it has something to do with service members using military ID... he is a pretty engaging guy (he was a politician and in sales to boot, afterall) and probably charms the service desk worker into giving up the list.
Not to pimp his website, but he does a weekly podcast with couple buddies where they just talk about whatever, sports, pop culture, their personal lives, just everyday stuff... it's a good show and I am glad he has found his niche doing "new media" type stuff.
I listen to it on Tune-in, if anyone is interested check out http://www.notanotherpodcastusa.com/.
I’ll check it out. Thanks for the tip.