Aug 23, 2009 -
THE REAL REASON AMERICANS ARE ANGRY
IT'S THE BIG GOVERNMENT, STUPID
By MATT WELCH (NY Post)
It's been a hilarious August, watching media supporters of President Obama's health care package puzzle over the obscure motivations of the noncompliant Americans rallying against it.
"Racial anxiety," guessed New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.
"Nihilism," theorized Time's Joe Klein.
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Jul 20, 2009 -
World’s oldest man, WWI vet, dies at 113
By Danica Kirka - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jul 18, 2009 15:02:00 EDT
LONDON — Only death could silence Henry Allingham.
He went to war as a teenager, helped keep flimsy aircraft flying, survived his wounds and came home from World War I to a long — very long — and fruitful life.
But only in his last years did he discover his true mission: to remind new generations of the sacrifices of the millions slaughtered in the trenches, killed in the air or lost at sea in what Britons call the Great War.
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