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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 04:18 PM Original message |
Have you ever lived when the US and the World were NOT in crisis? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. When the biggest news was lying about a bj, it was a good day. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Ah yes, those simpler days of eight years ago. |
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ariellyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Exactly. nt |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I agree. The Clinton Era was the most peaceful I can recall despite |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. CLINTON |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. The problem is that most folks saw the 80s as rather placid |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The decade of bad hair, horrible clothing, and 'greed is good' |
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maine_raptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. Some days I feel hopeful, some days not. |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'm in my 80's now and remember it was quite peaceful |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Did that time really seem peaceful? |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Most of the Fifties (post Korea) were peaceful. Actually up |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Did McCarthyism seem like a crisis at the time? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. True, most of the 50's were peaceful. However, the threat of |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. About '54 to '61 |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Ike was a smart man. |
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Wwagsthedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. As one of the elders on this site, |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. Only the 50's when I was a kid |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I remember everyone being scared witless during the Cuban Missle crisis |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. If you count the cold war as a state of constant crisis... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. To understand your question, one must ask |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. That's all true |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Well, one must ask themselves |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. My opinion about that..... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. According to the MSM, everything is a crisis. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-15-07 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. Clinton |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yes, right after of the fall of the Berlin wall and Communism. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. I've been reading a lot of Noam Chomsky lately. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. Diminishing returns of increased complexity |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Good points |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. you mean when America was owned by Native Americans before the 1st immigrants |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. Nationally we are drama queens |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-17-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I've had theTV on less lately |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
30. The Clinton Years |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-16-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. Things seemed pretty rosy in the Clinton years... |
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