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The Pentagon’s Balloon Madness Recalls Major Rudolf Anderson

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2023
The New Deal was a raw deal for Americans, especially African Americans. And the New Deal would not be the last time that a Democrat-controlled federal government would extend its left hand to blacks while firmly holding them down with its right hand.
– Robert E. Wright, “FDR’s Raw Deal for African Americans” [2023]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
February 24, 2023

The Pentagon’s Balloon Madness Recalls Major Rudolf Anderson
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon recently spent at least $1.5 million to down high-altitude objects, including the infamous Chinese balloon that supposedly was spying on the United States. Oh well, what’s another $1.5 million added onto a national debt of almost $31.6 trillion dollars? The entire panicked brouhaha over the Chinese balloon caused me to think about Major Rudolf Anderson, …
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