I just read both articles. Indeed you are correct. I tried to E-mail the writer Dobbs at MSNBC but I need to get his addy as it is not provided and E-mailing the article is rather useless (try it and see.) They sure do have us jumping through hoops in order to engage them in dialogue.
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