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jtuck004

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8. I wonder how much easier it would be if 311 million people had been through schools

Reply to elleng (Reply #7)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 06:31 PM

Nov 2012

where they stressed how we had already caused one environmental disaster, to convince them that we are about to do it again, though on a much larger scale.

I understand how leaving detail out can make people more manageable, sway their opinions so you can turn them into the working poor, but that seems as short-sighted as any vulture fund capitalist out for short-term gains.

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So long its been good to know you, Woodie Guthrie [View all] elleng Nov 2012 OP

thank you! rurallib Nov 2012 #1

oh man drthais Nov 2012 #2

Depressing, yes, but I learned Ineeda Nov 2012 #4

My parents lived in Oklahoma during that time yet like yours, classof56 Nov 2012 #5

re: So long its been good to know you, Woodie Guthrie allan01 Nov 2012 #3

Watching the special and being from Oklahoma it's interesting to see what wasn't jtuck004 Nov 2012 #6

Interesting for all of us, whether in the area or not, to see what wasn't presented in school. elleng Nov 2012 #7

I wonder how much easier it would be if 311 million people had been through schools jtuck004 Nov 2012 #8

So we were watching the second part tonight, and they showed the jtuck004 Nov 2012 #9

I hope they continue to show Burn's Dust Bowl. Every American ought to see it. Apparently not Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #10