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Best wishes for 2011 and a look back at 2010
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
Another year has passed as we welcome the new year of 2011. For most families, 2010 was, at best, a very difficult year. The employment outlook and the housing market are clear signals of a tough time still ahead of us. Despite the setbacks experienced by many, there were a lot of accomplishments of 2010.
In 2010:
- Repeal of military Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy
- Health Care for millions (but an area that still needs improvements)
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- START - Nuclear Weapons Treaty
- Unemployment Benefits Extended
- Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
- California Proposition 8 Marriage Amendment case heard by Federal Appeals Court
- WikiLeaks.org publishes secret US documents about Iraq and Afghanistan
- BP Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico
- Miners in Chile Rescued
- Millions involved in Politics during elections
- Haiti Earthquake Relief and Cholera Epidemic
2010 Celebrity Deaths
- Barbara Billingsley
- Tom Bosley
- Dixie Carter
- Gary Coleman
- Robert Culp
- Tony Curtis
- Jimmy Dean
- Ronnie James Dio
- John Forsythe
- Peter Graves
- Corey Haim
- Dennis Hopper
- Lena Horne
- Andrew Koenig
- Art Linkletter
- Teena Marie
- Rue McClanahan
- Leslie Nielsen
- Teddy Pendergrass
- Lynn Redgrave
So, what person / event touched your life the most in 2010? What do you have planned for 2011?
I hope that 2011 will be a year filled with love and prosperity for all of us!
Best regards,
-- Gary Wright II