XOKCowboy
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Sat Dec-16-06 11:59 PM
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I was about to graduate 10th grade and had the draft hanging over my future. Kent State made me start following politics and questioning politicians motives. It marked the end of my innocence.
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| -What event defines your political outlook? |
omega minimo |
Dec-16-06 10:39 PM |
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1968 Democratic National Convention-Chicago IL n/t |
AZDemDist6 |
Dec-16-06 10:43 PM |
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Boy that was a real riot.... The smell of Tear Gas, The Roar of the Crowd |
133724 |
Dec-17-06 10:42 PM |
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the crack of the billy clubs.. |
AZDemDist6 |
Dec-18-06 06:03 PM |
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So many but lately, voters rioting at the Ohio statehouse. |
sfexpat2000 |
Dec-16-06 10:45 PM |
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May Fourth 1970 |
blue sky at night |
Dec-16-06 10:49 PM |
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"Ohio" "Fortunate Son" "Find The Cost Of Freedom" |
omega minimo |
Dec-16-06 11:04 PM |
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Me too. I duped your post down below.. |
XOKCowboy |
Dec-17-06 12:03 AM |
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The nuclear brinksmanship and overall militarism of the early Reagan |
Phredicles |
Dec-16-06 10:50 PM |
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my political outlook |
DaveinMD |
Dec-16-06 10:54 PM |
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Rock on, Mom! |
omega minimo |
Dec-16-06 11:15 PM |
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thanks |
DaveinMD |
Dec-17-06 08:20 PM |
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when Pat Buchanan was allowed to address the 92 GOP convention |
Batgirl |
Dec-16-06 11:03 PM |
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The death of FDR. From that time I have always been interested |
jwirr |
Dec-16-06 11:03 PM |
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! |
omega minimo |
Dec-16-06 11:20 PM |
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The JFK assassination and subsequent coverup. |
Seabiscuit |
Dec-16-06 11:18 PM |
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one question |
rebel with a cause |
Dec-17-06 01:53 AM |
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Yes, I did then, and still do. |
Seabiscuit |
Dec-17-06 12:18 PM |
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Like bush I want to change the constitution |
rebel with a cause |
Dec-17-06 03:21 PM |
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JFK: "Ask what you can do for your country." |
TahitiNut |
Dec-16-06 11:25 PM |
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Chance meeting with a Vietnamese college student in 1962 |
Warpy |
Dec-16-06 11:27 PM |
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omg |
omega minimo |
Dec-16-06 11:36 PM |
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The JFK assassination. But even more than that, when Ruby shot Oswald. |
scarletwoman |
Dec-16-06 11:39 PM |
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yup |
omega minimo |
Dec-16-06 11:58 PM |
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I remember |
rebel with a cause |
Dec-17-06 02:15 AM |
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my parents teaching me to think. Martin and Bobby.Kent State. |
uppityperson |
Dec-16-06 11:47 PM |
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Watching Dean on CSPAN doing his sleepless summer tour or Obama's DNC speech |
pstans |
Dec-16-06 11:48 PM |
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I don't have an event, but I do have a document that defines it. |
last1standing |
Dec-16-06 11:49 PM |
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Kent State |
XOKCowboy |
Dec-16-06 11:59 PM |
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Growing up in the 40s and 50s |
ninkasi |
Dec-17-06 12:09 AM |
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Iraq. |
Skip Intro |
Dec-17-06 12:48 AM |
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Well, I'll say it -- the attacks on 9/11/01 changed me a lot |
aikoaiko |
Dec-17-06 01:03 AM |
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Raygun taking control of the reTHUG party |
Raine |
Dec-17-06 01:39 AM |
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Ditto ... |
Mme. Defarge |
Dec-17-06 03:19 PM |
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The Civil Rights Movement. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Dec-17-06 01:59 AM |
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I always voted for the man not the party |
rebel with a cause |
Dec-17-06 02:11 AM |
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By far, the war against Iraq. |
jaredh |
Dec-17-06 02:21 AM |
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This one |
enigmatic |
Dec-17-06 02:22 AM |
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December 12, 2000 |
nadinbrzezinski |
Dec-17-06 02:23 AM |
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ditto. nt |
ariellyn |
Dec-17-06 12:29 PM |
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my birth |
renate |
Dec-17-06 02:55 AM |
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The period between Nov 20, 1975 and Dec 6, 1978 |
NV1962 |
Dec-17-06 03:46 AM |
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American citizens( black) being attacked while attempting to register to vote. |
oasis |
Dec-17-06 04:42 AM |
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Interesting question. |
H2O Man |
Dec-17-06 06:39 AM |
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Perhaps originally having two teachers at school... |
LeftishBrit |
Dec-17-06 07:07 AM |
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I think the civil rights movement |
Annces |
Dec-17-06 07:14 AM |
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The media lynching of Dr. Frederick Lenz |
sweetheart |
Dec-17-06 07:19 AM |
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Weirdest response ever. Who the fuck is Dr. Frederick Lenz? |
devilgrrl |
Dec-18-06 06:12 PM |
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June 5, 1968, Ambassador Hotel. They got Bobby. |
11 Bravo |
Dec-17-06 08:00 AM |
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The slow process of consolidation and control |
NoMoreMyths |
Dec-17-06 08:15 AM |
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My history teacher in middle school... |
ruiner4u |
Dec-17-06 08:26 AM |
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Not an event...........a book |
maine_raptor |
Dec-17-06 08:29 AM |
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As an atheist/agnostic, I hate to admit it but... |
LostInAnomie |
Dec-17-06 11:16 PM |
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The Golden Rule is universal |
omega minimo |
Dec-18-06 12:04 AM |
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You can always agree with a prophet |
rebel with a cause |
Dec-18-06 07:28 PM |
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1970s Return of Feminism |
Hidden Stillness |
Dec-17-06 12:30 PM |
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"destroyed all the progress that all these good people had just made." |
omega minimo |
Dec-17-06 03:10 PM |
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No single event |
treestar |
Dec-17-06 12:42 PM |
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Growing up in the afterglow of the FDR legacy n/t |
UTUSN |
Dec-17-06 12:49 PM |
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Thank you all for sharing these insights and memories |
omega minimo |
Dec-17-06 03:17 PM |
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Bob Dylan - Ya don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows |
XOKCowboy |
Dec-17-06 08:25 PM |
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lol |
omega minimo |
Dec-17-06 09:29 PM |
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The War on Poverty and the War in Vietnam... |
kentuck |
Dec-17-06 08:57 PM |
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SCOTUS's decision in the 2000 election. ....n/t |
WiseButAngrySara |
Dec-17-06 09:40 PM |
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The assassinations. n/t |
Blue_In_AK |
Dec-17-06 09:46 PM |
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They torched the College Democrats' homecoming parade float in October 2004 here in Mississippi. |
Selatius |
Dec-17-06 11:44 PM |
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Hmmmm, torchings in Mississippi |
rebel with a cause |
Dec-18-06 07:57 PM |
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Vietnam |
ConsAreLiars |
Dec-18-06 12:54 AM |
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Gulf War I |
jgraz |
Dec-18-06 01:12 AM |
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The issuance of Executive Order 9066 in early 1943 ... |
Kickin_Donkey |
Dec-18-06 03:00 AM |
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Reagan's assault on basic human decency, compassion ... |
etherealtruth |
Dec-18-06 06:05 PM |
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There it is |
omega minimo |
Dec-18-06 06:11 PM |
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Yes. Same here - though in my case it was Thatcher. |
LeftishBrit |
Dec-19-06 06:30 AM |
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Peas in a pod |
etherealtruth |
Dec-19-06 02:15 PM |
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August 5, 1981 - PATCO strikers fired. |
MrCoffee |
Dec-19-06 03:17 PM |
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That was horrible! |
etherealtruth |
Dec-19-06 03:27 PM |
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JFK, MLK, RFL all gunned down like dogs in a 4-year, 8-month time-span... |
KrazyKat |
Dec-18-06 06:22 PM |
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Carter losing to an actor. |
undeterred |
Dec-18-06 07:32 PM |
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Patrick Buchanan's |
Jawja |
Dec-19-06 02:20 PM |
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Patrick Buchanan's |
Jawja |
Dec-19-06 02:20 PM |
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The Clinton investigations and impeachment, followed by |
Dora |
Dec-19-06 02:21 PM |
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Katrina: "Everything changed on 8/29". |
KamaAina |
Dec-19-06 03:07 PM |
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Reading _RUSH TO JUDGMENT_ in 1968. |
A-Schwarzenegger |
Dec-19-06 03:10 PM |
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The "War Against Gore" by the mass corporate media |
Uncle Joe |
Dec-19-06 03:15 PM |
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