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Hey, Norb! Check this out. I sent your article to some friends and included President Bush [I consider him a near friend! ;-)] and here is the reply via autoresponse e-mail:

Thank you for emailing President Bush. Your ideas and comments are very important to him.

If your message is about the September 11 terrorist attack on the United States, please click go to www.whitehouse.gov to learn more about the American response and to receive or provide help in the recovery efforts.

As the President said recently, one in three Afghan children is an orphan and almost half suffer chronic malnutrition. He has asked American children to help Afghan children by making contributions of one dollar individually or collectively to:

America's Fund for Afghan Children
C/O The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC 20509-1600

For more information, go to www.whitehouse.gov/afac/

Unfortunately, because of the large volume of email received, the President cannot personally respond to each message. However, the White House staff considers and reports citizen ideas and concerns.

Again, thank you for your email. Your interest in the work of President Bush and his administration is appreciated.

Sincerely,
The White House Office of E-Correspondence

Please Note:

If the subject of your email was a request for a Presidential greeting, please note that all greeting requests must be submitted in writing to the following address:

The White House
Attn: Greetings Office
Room 39
Washington, D.C. 20502-0039
Please review the guidelines carefully before mailing your request to the White House. The guidelines are accessible at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/greeting/

Now, how's that for a follow-up on sincerety?
Even his autoresponse is a sincere, from-the-heart response. . .