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First, let me admit to not being a history buff concerning World War II, so I do have a question about the subject of Mr. Lord's article.

I saw the same "Hardball" show in which I heard Matthews repeatedly ask the question of his guest, and when the guest couldn't answer, Matthews' finally answered his own question by saying, "Chamberlain gave half of Poland to the Nazis, and that is why he [Chamberlain] is called an appeaser." All commentary I've seen on that particular show refers to Czechoslovakia, not Poland. Did Matthews' misspeak or was he wrong about his history? Or did I not correctly hear Matthews.

p>It is amazing to me that that was first time I can recall when a liberal actually argued the facts of something with a Republican or conservative, and it made big news. When the conservatives make the liberals look foolish on their facts or history, it is not big deal. The Republicans are going to have a hard time winning this November with the media so blatantly on the side of Democrats. br> -- David Tomaselli /p>

Jeffrey Lord replies: If Matthews had said "Poland" I would clearly think he simply misspoke. Poland was invaded outright, a year after the negotiations between Chamberlain and Hitler turned Czechoslovakia over to the Nazis. It was the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, that officially kicked off World War II.

p> ROSIE SCENARIO br> Re: Paul Chesser's More Biofuellishness : /p>

The states headlong rush into the "Climate Change" arena is something akin to the movie, The African Queen, where Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn are hacking widely in every direction with a machete through the steaming dense jungle undergrowth making little or no headway and with no specific direction that will free them from the tangled morass.

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