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Libyan City Celebrates Freedom From Gadhafi
By not in system - AOL NewsTOBRUK, Libya -- Thousands in the coastal town of Tobruk celebrated their freedom from Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday by waving flags of the old monarchy, honking horns and firing guns in the air around a city square where he once executed people. Officers in the army units that had defected to the rebellion against Libya's leader for the past four decades pledged to defend this "liberated territory" with their lives, despite Gadhafi's threats Tuesday to retake it. "The army in the east is with all the people," declared Maj. Salma Faraj Issa, a top aide to the general commanding the army units ...
Chilean Flag Mistakenly Printed on Texas Ballot
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Oct .13) -- The rescued Chilean miners will be pleased to know that Texas' Atascosa County is celebrating the South American country, albeit unintentionally and unconventionally. Elections officials from the region south of San Antonio are trying to explain why the Chilean flag -- and not the similarly designed Texas flag -- is prominently displayed on the county's absentee ballot form. Absentee ballot forms sent out by one Texas county have for years erroneously displayed the flag of Chile instead of the state's flag. Troy Knudson, a Ph.D. candidate studying in Japan, detected the ...
Another Patriotic Holiday, Another Day of Liberal Flag-Avoidance Syndrome
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyOnce again on a patriotic holiday, only two flags flew on my block, and it breaks my heart. What is it about liberals that makes so many so disinclined to embrace patriotic symbols, to show the world that they care? My block is in upper Northwest Washington, D.C., a beating heart of liberal America. On the Fourth of July, as usual, one flag was flown by a couple who had long government careers in defense and science. The other was at my house. For many years the only flag enthusiast in our household was my husband, a Southerner who served in the Army during the Vietnam era. His devotion -- ...
Five Reasons to Be Bullish on America
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyI recognize that the mood in the U.S. isn't particularly buoyant right now. Between high unemployment rates, a recent near-miss terrorist attack, and the collective angst around the future of health care reform, Americans of all political stripes are pretty gloomy. Which is why I was shocked to meet someone the other night who's betting the farm on America in the long run. He's a British businessman whom I met at a dinner party. And he recently made the very calculated choice to move his wife and two children to New York City . . . for good. As an American who's lived in the U.K. for 3½ ...
War Hero Can Keep His Flagpole
By not in system - AOL NewsRICHMOND, Va. (Dec. 9) -- A 90-year-old Medal of Honor winner can keep his 21-foot flagpole in his front yard after a homeowners association dropped its request to remove it, a spokesman for Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner said Tuesday. Eva Russo, Richmond Times-Dispatch / APCol. Van T. Barfoot raises the flag Dec. 2 at his home near Richmond, Va. The Sussex Square homeowners association likewise has agreed to drop threats to take legal action against retired Army Col. Van T. Barfoot, Warner spokesman Kevin Hall said. The association had threatened to take Barfoot to court if he failed ...
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