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Octafish

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39. Nixon got let go.

Reply to Whiskeytide (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2013, 07:25 PM

Oct 2013

He showed such promise only a few years earlier.

“Did Richard Nixon—then Citizen Nixon—jump-start the Vietnam War on a secret mission to Saigon in 1964? The following piece by Jim Hougan suggests that he may have. The following story originally appeared in the anthology, Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film, edited by Eric Hamburg (Hyperion, New York, 1995).”

http://jimhougan.com/wordpress/?tag=oplan-34-a

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So... What did happen in the 70's...? [View all] Whiskeytide Oct 2013 OP

I blame Nixon, OPEC and wage freezes. antiquie Oct 2013 #1

Bad economic times in late 70's. Doesn't anybody remember mortgage sinkingfeeling Oct 2013 #2

And gas lines leftynyc Oct 2013 #21

Ronald Reagan zipplewrath Oct 2013 #3

Yes. Reagan happened. Skidmore Oct 2013 #26

Reagan wasn't elected until 1980. Decline started before then. SharonAnn Oct 2013 #34

K.I.S.S. happened Capt. Obvious Oct 2013 #4

Religious right said their name was CANDO Oct 2013 #17

1) Nixon went to China. 2) SInflation. 3) The New Deal opponents win most of 70's, all 80's. haele Oct 2013 #5

Jimmy Hoffa mysteriously disappeared then Brother Buzz Oct 2013 #6

Yeah, I was thinking that this was around the time tosh Oct 2013 #7

Nixon, who brought corruption and greed to our government. Cleita Oct 2013 #8

It was the even/odd days for buying gas. Its was a cold shower for the US, a realization that CK_John Oct 2013 #9

US oil production peaked; we became dependent on imports; two oil crises happened. FarCenter Oct 2013 #10

Cheney got a job in government, and it all went to shit exponentially since then elehhhhna Oct 2013 #11

Obviously more than one cause. malthaussen Oct 2013 #12

In a single word...Stagflation... Xolodno Oct 2013 #13

The music was so great we got distracted? polichick Oct 2013 #14

Deregulation CANDO Oct 2013 #15

Absolutly, and the whole trend started when Bert Lance pushed through legcramp Oct 2013 #35

Disco... clearly disco. nt Bigmack Oct 2013 #16

And everything was so...colorful. randome Oct 2013 #20

Bretton Woods died. ( n/t ) Make7 Oct 2013 #18

Meaning the US gold standard Paulie Oct 2013 #23

I think one thing was the large right-wing/corporate reaction deutsey Oct 2013 #19

Yes - they really scrambled to put together their think tanks then... polichick Oct 2013 #22

"White Flight" and the creation of the so-called "Rust Belt" BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #24

The 70s were a blast. DevonRex Oct 2013 #25

+1 Little Star Oct 2013 #27

That is an amazing graph. And I think you are right in your guess that it's the Squinch Oct 2013 #28

GHWBush/Jackson Stephens made deals with Chinese industrialists to move US manufacturing blm Oct 2013 #29

This: We don't MAKE shit, we BUY shit!!! - on CREDIT!! Myrina Oct 2013 #30

A drop that could be a momentary adjustment never recovers. It became permanent during the REAGAN Hissyspit Oct 2013 #31

I was doing fairly well in the mid-'70s, as I was working full time RebelOne Oct 2013 #32

"Gino's gives you freedom of choice" starroute Oct 2013 #33

Raygun warrprayer Oct 2013 #36

I wish I could remember Ishoutandscream2 Oct 2013 #37

The US stopped being able to supply domestic oil demand with domestic supply after 1970. Spider Jerusalem Oct 2013 #38

Nixon got let go. Octafish Oct 2013 #39