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RichM
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Sat Sep-06-03 12:54 PM Original message |
Poll question: Was the Soviet "threat" exaggerated by the US in the Cold War? |
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kentuck
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Sat Sep-06-03 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Didn't the CIA and intelligence sources say as much... |
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HEyHEY
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. If I recall, didn't the soviets hype themselves a bit more than they |
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HereSince1628
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Sat Sep-06-03 02:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Russian invasion of US 0, American invasion of Russia 1 |
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htuttle
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. It was exaggerated on purpose |
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Sterling
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Wow H thats pretty good stuff |
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JVS
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. In light of what the world has looked like since the fall of the USSR |
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keopeli
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. After the Cold War, I went to Moscow as a christian missionary... |
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Keithpotkin
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. "containment" was bullshit |
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ithacan
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. exactly like today's "war on terrorism" |
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Cocoa
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. where can I find a good summary of the contrary view? |
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RichM
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Here are a few that touch the subject. |
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leftyandproud
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. well, the USSR conquered several dozen countries... |
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wuushew
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Actually the U.S. had more warheads |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I Think You Are Incorrect |
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wuushew
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I stand corrected, however our MIRV technology was much better |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 02:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. I Agree |
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htuttle
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. At the same time the Soviets had nukes in Cuba |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I'm Reading A Book About RFK by Evan Thomas |
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Sterling
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Thats pretty shallow coming from a DKer |
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RichM
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. What a silly crock of bleep. |
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durutti
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Sat Sep-06-03 04:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
54. Wrong and/or Irrelevent |
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JVS
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Sat Sep-06-03 04:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Good post. |
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NewYorkerfromMass
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Sat Sep-06-03 06:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
64. Cuba was real. RichM, please move on to the next issue. nt |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. Having Done Post Grad Work |
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Patriot_Spear
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Being basically in the same boat... |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That Was One Of The Big Points In Ten Feet Tall |
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sweetheart
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. exaggerated... how about provoked. |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Germany Attacked Russia |
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JVS
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. any sources on your anecdotes? |
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Sterling
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Sat Sep-06-03 02:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Stalin was bad but not completely stupid. |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 02:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Please Reread My Post |
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ProudGerman
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Sat Sep-06-03 06:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
60. Was he really shocked? |
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JVS
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Sun Sep-07-03 12:01 AM Response to Reply #60 |
74. It was a gambit for more time |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 02:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. "any source for your anecdotes" |
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JVS
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Sat Sep-06-03 03:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Sorry |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 06:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
61. try this one |
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JVS
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Sat Sep-06-03 11:57 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. This is by far the strangest webpage I have ever seen |
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JVS
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:43 AM Response to Reply #61 |
77. Come on, show me better links than this, post-doc! |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 03:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. I Wasn't Denouncing Heavy Drinking During Wartime |
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JVS
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Sat Sep-06-03 03:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. You are just trying to smear Stalin |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 06:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. "You Are Trying To Smear Stalin" |
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TheBigGuy
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Sat Sep-06-03 06:46 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. how dare you smear our great Revolutionary Leader! |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 07:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. here's another link |
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JVS
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Sun Sep-07-03 12:58 AM Response to Reply #65 |
75. This link cites Robert Conquest for much of its content |
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JVS
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Sat Sep-06-03 11:47 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. See post 71 |
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JVS
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Sat Sep-06-03 11:46 PM Response to Reply #57 |
71. Exactly |
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JackSwift
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. I went with number 2 |
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Patriot_Spear
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Here's a spot on article I think you'll really enjoy... |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 02:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. People In This Thread Are Forgetting The Warsaw Pact |
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htuttle
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Sat Sep-06-03 03:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I don't see anyone arguing that the Soviets were 'good' (esp. Stalin) |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 07:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
67. Now You Are Using Strawmen |
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TheBigGuy
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Sat Sep-06-03 06:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
63. I voted for 2 as well....and thats a good post, too. |
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Rick Myers
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. I served in the USAF in alaska in the 70's |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 03:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. That's Because American Military Planners |
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htuttle
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Sat Sep-06-03 03:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Pascal's Wager assumes no harm comes from assuming the worst |
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JackSwift
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Sat Sep-06-03 05:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. I gotta agree here |
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tom_paine
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Sat Sep-06-03 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. Looking at the bigger picture -- Option #2 |
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Syrinx
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Sat Sep-06-03 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. Come on, they had nuclear missiles what 60 miles from Florida |
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Sterling
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Sat Sep-06-03 02:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Please read the whole thread before posting |
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tom_paine
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Sat Sep-06-03 02:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. To be fair though, we had missiles not much further away from them |
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MrPrax
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Sat Sep-06-03 04:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
53. Yeah and The US had many More... |
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knight_of_the_star
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Sat Sep-06-03 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
38. My opinion |
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moondust
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Sat Sep-06-03 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. Yes and no. |
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MrPrax
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Sat Sep-06-03 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
43. In a 2nd Year Poli Sci International Politics course... |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 03:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Cept The Warsaw Pact Was A Involuntary |
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MrPrax
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Sat Sep-06-03 04:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Couldn't Have Been All That Involuntary... |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 06:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. If You Read My Post |
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kodi
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Sat Sep-06-03 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
47. wugga wugga. can you say "missile gap?" |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 03:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. But It Is A Fact That That The Soviets Closed That Gap In Their Favor |
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kodi
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Sat Sep-06-03 04:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. the "missile gap" rhetoric was used in the 1960 election. |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 06:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. your comments are as meaningful as a penis on a eunuch which in your case |
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kodi
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Sat Sep-06-03 08:05 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. waaaah, waaaah, you hurt my sensitive feelings |
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DemocratSinceBirth
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Sat Sep-06-03 08:17 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I Didn't See Any Non-Sequiturs In My Post |
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Junkdrawer
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Sat Sep-06-03 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
50. Soviet troop strength estimates were routinely exaggerated... |
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David Zephyr
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Sat Sep-06-03 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
66. Of Course It Was "Overstated" |
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RichM
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Sat Sep-06-03 08:04 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Hi David Zephyr -- Thank you for supplying me with a reason to |
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JVS
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
76. bump |
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JVS
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Sun Sep-07-03 12:10 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. bump |
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Terwilliger
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Sun Sep-07-03 12:30 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. kick |
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JVS
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Sun Sep-07-03 01:04 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. kick |
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JVS
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Sun Sep-07-03 08:58 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. bump |
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JVS
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Mon Sep-08-03 08:51 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. bump |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Sun Sep-07-03 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
81. I'm a baby boomer |
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RichM
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Sun Sep-07-03 01:49 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. So Lydia - as one boomer to another - does that translate into a sense |
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Nikia
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Sun Sep-07-03 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
82. I think that the Soviets felt threatened |
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DemExpat
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Sun Sep-07-03 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
84. The military threat to attack the US might have been exaggerated, |
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