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Real Stories That Give Us Difficult Choices

By Solomon Gifford, Updated Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 4:00 PM EST

A few weeks ago as I was running to catch my ride home after a long day at the office, an old lady asked me for $5.00 to buy dinner. "$5.00 for something to eat? Please? I'm hungry." I was literally running as she asked me, and I told her, "I'm sorry, maybe next time." Then my conscience started eating at me. I kept hearing the words ringing in my ears, "For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat." I turned around, pulled $5.00 out of my pocket and ran back to find her, but she had gone.

Our Tech Department Needs Your Support

By Solomon Gifford, Friday, May 29, 2009, 9:00 AM EST

This week a member of my team came to me and reminded me of how desperate we are for two new database machines. For those of you that aren’t familiar with techno-speak, a database machine is essentially a large storage container for information.

Keep those Faxes Coming!

By Solomon Gifford, Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 3:00 PM EST

I just finished looking at our fax reports this morning. Members ordered 43,340 faxes to Congress, the President, and Secretary Napolitano yesterday. This compares to 44,732 faxes on Monday. As Director of Technology at NumbersUSA, it is my job, among other things, to make sure these get delivered.

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