Using children as propaganda tools isn’t anything new.
One of the most haunting scenes in Cabaret is the one that takes place in the biergarten. While everyone all around him is caught up in the frenzy of a circa 1931 Hitler youth song, without saying a word one old man (who is similar in appearance to my late maternal grandfather who lived to age 100) is able to convey what those with a knowledge of history experience observing the events taking place.
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FreeRice.com
My first thoughts when I saw that was: Awwww. Somebody cares. Then I realized that unless you count the social security administration’s disability process (or the disability that I cope with itself), I’m not being held hostage by anyone. Thus, it’s unlikely that anyone is devoting a Web site to free-ing the Rice in Pamela Rice Hahn. (tee hee) As luck and my vocabulary skills would have it, FreeRice.com ended up being much more fun than dealing with my usual everyday hassles!
If you like word games or those vocabulary quizzes in Reader’s Digest, you’ll enjoy www.freerice.com.
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