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Summary: "The Greatest Spending Generation?" by RexCurry.net
Review: Very interesting book. Another fascinating aspect of the book is that on D-day of 2004 Tom Brokaw, anchor and managing editor of the top-rated "NBC Nightly News," and Rex Curry, lawyer and libertarian commentator, were the first and only journalists honored for exposing the "National Socialist German Workers' Party" to the public in Google News' search engine on D-Day of 2004. On that date, June 6, 2004, and for 30 days thereafter Google News showed only Brokaw's and Curry's use of the full phrase in Google News archives. Google News selects from 4,500 news sources updated continuously.
On June 6, 2004 the google news search (a search of any use on any date of Google's 30 day news search frame that Google news maintains) for the full phrase revealed only six uses, five belonging to Curry and one belonging to Brokaw. Brokaw's use was posted as a book review at MSNBC and was not actually a "news" item. All of the other uses were by Curry reporting on widespread ignorance about the full phrase, about the Pledge of Allegiance, and leading to Curry's historic news-making story that the U.S. Pledge was the origin of the salute of the horrid National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazis).
This acheivement was pointed out to other news journalists nationwide, who were invited to join Brokaw and Curry as the only journalists to educate the public about the full phrase in the news media on D-Day. During that time news journalists could have taken third place, or made the top ten.
In comparison to the above, Google News indicated that the hackneyed shorthand "Nazi" had 9320 results from various news writers who all failed to ever mention the actual name of the monstrous Party.
The search above can be replicated on any date by comparing the Google search results for "Nazi" with the search results for the full phrase "National Socialist German Workers' Party." For example, a recent search on a random date gave 5,740 uses of "Nazi" and only 3 uses of the full phrase.
Here's the excerpt that did it for Brokaw: "In Germany, a former painter with a spellbinding oratorical style took office as chancellor and immediately set out to seize control of the political machinery of Germany with his National Socialist German Workers party, known informally as the Nazis. Adolf Hitler began his long march to infamy."
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Summary: "The Greatest Spending Generation?" by RexCurry.net
Review: Very interesting book. Another fascinating aspect of the book is that it made Tom Brokaw, and the historian Rex Curry, the first journalists honored for exposing the "National Socialist German Workers' Party" to the public in Google News' search engine. Google News shows only Brokaw's and Curry's use of the full phrase in Google News archives. Google News selects from 4,500 news sources updated continuously.A google news search for the full phrase revealed only six uses, five belonging to Curry and one belonging to Brokaw. Brokaw's use was actually posted as a book review at MSNBC and was not actually a "news" item. All of the other uses were by Curry writing about the topic of public and media ignorance of the full phrase, including Curry's history-making story that the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance was the origin of the salute of the horrid National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazis). Other news journalists can still join Brokaw and Curry as the first journalists to educate the public about the full phrase in the news media. News journalists can take third place, or make the top ten. Here's the excerpt that did it for Brokaw: "In Germany, a former painter with a spellbinding oratorical style took office as chancellor and immediately set out to seize control of the political machinery of Germany with his National Socialist German Workers party, known informally as the Nazis. Adolf Hitler began his long march to infamy." In comparison to the above, Google News indicates that the hackneyed shorthand "Nazi" has 9320 results from various news writers who all failed to ever mention the actual name of the monstrous Party.
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Summary: Things I lerned from this book
Review: We had John Wayne movies every time we looked. Tom Brokaw went further. He actually talked and wrote about the soldiers who saved the United States from tyranny. My two Great Uncles served in WWII. Uncle Tom would always tell a story, but the stories had a comic ending. Uncle Tom never talked about the War. Tom Brokaw, although he could never see the full picture from the soldiers side, has several books about WWII, and he also learned what it was like . For instance, when the Enola Gay dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, he was talking to the pilot of the Enola Gay. One thing that was learned was those two bombs that hit Japan were extremely difficult for the pilots. Tom Brokaw has done exceptional work with all he has done since joining NBC, and finding the time to write books.
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Summary: A moving tribute to a generation's accomplishments
Review: While there are a great number of books about World War II and the men who fought it, this book goes beyond the war itself, and describes the origins of the people profiled, as well as their accomplishments and lifes after the war. I had never really thought through the implications of growing up during the Depression and then mobilizing for the war effort, and how these experiences led to the changes the members of this generation brought about in our society. This book does just that. I developed a deeper appreciation for the ways the experiences of their youth led to the later accomplishments of that generation.
This book is a tremendously respectful tribute to the men and women who grew up during the Depression, and came of age during the second world war. Whether they were destined for greatness or fame, or were ordinary citizens, this book provides insights into these remarkable lives and shows the lasting effects of those early life experiences. I have often wondered how I would have reacted had I been faced with challenges such as those faced by Brokaw's "Greatest Generation." I am thankful that I have not been asked to make such sacrifices, but I also wonder if that lack of a "trial by fire" won't have a long term impact on the accompishments of my generation.
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