Sunday, March 09, 2008

I'll take "WTF?" for $1,000

In what year did the last widow of a Civil War veteran die?

Answer here. I guarantee you that, whatever your guess is before clicking that link, it is too early.
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6 comments:

john said...

In case you don't click the link, the year was 2003.

March 09, 2008 11:17 PM
susansmith said...

That was a very interesting article, and drives home the true costs of war. More importantly, with all the chest thumbing these days - do we stay or do we go - the true cost should be driven home in parliament.
Isn't that saddling the next 2 generations with the war of whimp today? What about our grandchildren and that burden - tsk, tsk!
Personally, the NDP should drive this home and take up the ecomomics - progressive style!

March 10, 2008 1:17 AM
Mike said...

Wow...needless to say, long-term planning is not a strong suit of those who make war. I wonder what the Iraq qar will cost or the next one in Iran....

March 10, 2008 10:51 AM
That guy said...

Whoa.

March 10, 2008 11:56 AM
celestialspeedster said...

The age of the Union widow does not surprise me at all because ofthis.

Television makes you blase about reality.

March 10, 2008 2:09 PM
Anonymous said...

Hah, I did some back-of-the-envelope work with some extreme assumptions and still came up 20 years short!

March 10, 2008 4:43 PM

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