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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= On Handshakes Past and Present Certain <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21472.html" title="right-wingers">right-wingers</a> are really upset (!) at President Obama for shaking Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s hand at the Summit of the Americas last weekend, because <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/gingrich-obama-chavez/" title="shaking hands">shaking hands</a> with enemies indicates weakness and is just not done, you see ... with a few notable exceptions. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090420_on_handshakes_present_and_past/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090420_on_handshakes_present_and_past/</a> Copyright © 2009 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= On Handshakes Past and Present Certain <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21472.html" title="right-wingers">right-wingers</a> are really upset (!) at President Obama for shaking Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s hand at the Summit of the Americas last weekend, because <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/20/gingrich-obama-chavez/" title="shaking hands">shaking hands</a> with enemies indicates weakness and is just not done, you see ... with a few notable exceptions. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090420_on_handshakes_present_and_past/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090420_on_handshakes_present_and_past/</a> Copyright © 2009 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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