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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. =-=-=-=-=-=-= The Politics of Mourning Why did we lower flags to half-mast for students and faculty killed in the Virginia Tech shootings but do not do the same for our fallen <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_on_re_mi_ea/afghanistan_flag_complaint_2" title="soldiers">soldiers</a> in the Middle East? That’s the provocative question posed by Sgt. Jim Wilt from his Army outpost near Kabul, Afghanistan. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/the_politics_of_mourning/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/the_politics_of_mourning/</a> Copyright © 2007 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. =-=-=-=-=-=-= The Politics of Mourning Why did we lower flags to half-mast for students and faculty killed in the Virginia Tech shootings but do not do the same for our fallen <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070423/ap_on_re_mi_ea/afghanistan_flag_complaint_2" title="soldiers">soldiers</a> in the Middle East? That’s the provocative question posed by Sgt. Jim Wilt from his Army outpost near Kabul, Afghanistan. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/the_politics_of_mourning/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/the_politics_of_mourning/</a> Copyright © 2007 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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