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Sat Aug-02-08 02:18 PM
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| 20. The 1960"s. The Great Awakening about America. |
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When a lot of people became troublemakers who no longer bought the bullshit about this country.
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| -In the two hundred plus years America has been a country, what would you say was it's best decade? |
Bandit |
Aug-02-08 08:56 AM |
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probably something like 1790 to 1800 |
ixion |
Aug-02-08 08:57 AM |
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Ugh. No. |
lwfern |
Aug-02-08 09:07 AM |
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Depending on how you choose to define "best", this could be it. |
greyhound1966 |
Aug-02-08 01:43 PM |
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"that wasn't an actual slave" |
lwfern |
Aug-02-08 02:23 PM |
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Well, I'm not sitting in the best decade right now. That's for sure. |
glowing |
Aug-02-08 08:58 AM |
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1865-75--Reconstruction |
Arkham House |
Aug-02-08 09:02 AM |
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Reconstruction was noble in it's intentions; horrible in it's implementation. |
cobalt1999 |
Aug-02-08 02:40 PM |
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Maybe it would be a decade when a majority of people who lived |
Old Crusoe |
Aug-02-08 09:09 AM |
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1950s |
HypnoToad |
Aug-02-08 09:09 AM |
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I asked a right-leaning friend of mine to pick America's high tide by year. |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Aug-02-08 09:24 AM |
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That's an Eisenhower anecdote, even! |
onager |
Aug-02-08 02:09 PM |
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Either the 1830's or the 1900's |
iamahaingttta |
Aug-02-08 09:39 AM |
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Agree |
ThomWV |
Aug-03-08 09:08 AM |
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2010 to 2020 |
rurallib |
Aug-02-08 10:10 AM |
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Either the 1990's or the 2000's |
robcon |
Aug-02-08 10:11 AM |
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Uugh! |
Toucano |
Aug-02-08 02:53 PM |
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Wow! I don't know anyone who doesn't appreciate cellphones. |
robcon |
Aug-03-08 08:04 AM |
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I own a cell phone - BUT |
SmileyRose |
Aug-03-08 08:54 AM |
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You do now. Fuck cellphones. |
ThomWV |
Aug-03-08 09:10 AM |
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Cell phones are one of the most important improvements in our lives in this country and elsewhere. |
robcon |
Aug-03-08 08:21 PM |
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Life was better before. |
Toucano |
Aug-03-08 08:26 PM |
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If you don't want to be available 24/7 (as 3 of my friends feel) |
robcon |
Aug-03-08 08:36 PM |
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I'd have to say the 60s |
Warpy |
Aug-02-08 11:04 AM |
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1950-1960 |
Dreamer Tatum |
Aug-02-08 11:05 AM |
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Is that a good thing? |
lwfern |
Aug-02-08 12:19 PM |
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Economic growth is a bad thing? |
Dreamer Tatum |
Aug-02-08 01:12 PM |
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what exactly does "growth" entail? |
lwfern |
Aug-02-08 01:15 PM |
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Just for fun...where do you think jobs come from? |
Dreamer Tatum |
Aug-02-08 01:28 PM |
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I think you're avoiding examining what the jobs actually DO. |
lwfern |
Aug-02-08 02:14 PM |
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I can see where this is going, and I'm not going to split hairs |
Dreamer Tatum |
Aug-02-08 08:54 PM |
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You are refusing to look at the SYSTEM |
lwfern |
Aug-03-08 08:38 AM |
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The system isn't the issue |
Dreamer Tatum |
Aug-03-08 05:29 PM |
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How can you have a Marx avatar and not be concerned about the nature of the system? |
wuushew |
Aug-03-08 06:20 PM |
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The greatest lie ever told is that "growth" is a good thing |
burythehatchet |
Aug-02-08 02:49 PM |
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I find that argument silly |
Dreamer Tatum |
Aug-02-08 08:56 PM |
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You can't accumulate much out of thin air. |
lwfern |
Aug-03-08 08:41 AM |
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That's just plain false. |
Dreamer Tatum |
Aug-03-08 05:25 PM |
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shhhhhh...you're arguing with a |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Aug-05-08 11:44 PM |
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1960s or 1990s |
CrazyDude |
Aug-04-08 10:45 PM |
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The 1960"s. The Great Awakening about America. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Aug-02-08 02:18 PM |
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Agreed. nt |
zanne |
Aug-02-08 03:44 PM |
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Ditto! |
tannybogus |
Aug-03-08 09:10 PM |
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sounds like it is about time for the 60's to arise again |
carlyhippy |
Aug-03-08 09:00 AM |
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And the Sixties didn't only happen here in this country. |
sfexpat2000 |
Aug-04-08 12:43 AM |
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We certainly weren't the vanguard or most committed. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Aug-04-08 01:29 PM |
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The roaring twenties? NO. They were a waste. The 50s? Hardly exemplary. |
TexasObserver |
Aug-02-08 02:35 PM |
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I would actually say the 1860s and the 1960s, both decades |
coalition_unwilling |
Aug-04-08 02:50 PM |
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1935-1945 |
magellan |
Aug-02-08 02:37 PM |
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Everytime you kissed me, I wiped my mouth. WIPED MY MOUTH! |
Toucano |
Aug-02-08 02:51 PM |
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It's in the DU avatar selection |
magellan |
Aug-02-08 03:14 PM |
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That's my choice, too. |
yardwork |
Aug-04-08 01:49 PM |
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I'll second this one |
Posteritatis |
Aug-04-08 02:27 PM |
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The 1900's. |
cobalt1999 |
Aug-02-08 02:47 PM |
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the 1940's. |
leftofthedial |
Aug-02-08 02:49 PM |
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1970s. Nixon resigns, Carter installs solar panels on White House, |
B Calm |
Aug-02-08 02:55 PM |
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It was certainly the ugliest decade of our history. |
cobalt1999 |
Aug-02-08 02:59 PM |
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I'll agree with you on the shag carpets, but 20 dollars for an ounce |
B Calm |
Aug-02-08 03:51 PM |
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b calm has it right! |
pitohui |
Aug-02-08 10:06 PM |
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Vietnam War ended. . . High paying jobs plentiful and at union shops. . . |
B Calm |
Aug-04-08 02:19 PM |
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Soaring inflation. nt |
raccoon |
Aug-04-08 01:46 PM |
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Cost of living raises!! |
B Calm |
Aug-04-08 02:15 PM |
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I think "worst" would probably be easier to answer . . . |
defendandprotect |
Aug-02-08 02:59 PM |
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"its" not "it's", and 1973-1980 was cool. |
GoesTo11 |
Aug-02-08 03:07 PM |
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um, you killed your own argument. fuck disco. |
jakem |
Aug-03-08 05:52 PM |
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OMG JAKEM I AGREE |
Skittles |
Aug-03-08 09:34 PM |
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I burned my Bee Gees 8-tracks with everyone else, big mistake |
GoesTo11 |
Aug-03-08 11:18 PM |
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alright I'll make an exception for the Bee Gees |
Skittles |
Aug-04-08 12:23 AM |
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That's a tough question, Bandit, each decade has it's pros and cons. |
Uncle Joe |
Aug-02-08 03:38 PM |
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the 1970s... drugs, sex, rock n roll for ALL |
pitohui |
Aug-02-08 10:03 PM |
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Those were good times in a good era |
carlyhippy |
Aug-03-08 09:04 AM |
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1960-1970 |
Jawja |
Aug-03-08 08:12 AM |
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I agree n/t |
Skittles |
Aug-03-08 09:32 PM |
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Yeah. It's hard to top putting a man on the moon and civil rights legislation. |
alphafemale |
Aug-03-08 11:24 PM |
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I would say ... the next one |
fishwax |
Aug-03-08 09:11 AM |
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Hell, I got laid mutiple times in the early '70s. |
faygokid |
Aug-03-08 05:32 PM |
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I don't know but I would be willing to bet there was a Democratic Majority at the time.. |
Winterblues |
Aug-04-08 02:13 PM |
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Uh, the one before the apostrophe was invented. |
2KS2KHonda |
Aug-04-08 02:17 PM |
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1900-1910 |
depakid |
Aug-04-08 02:25 PM |
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They all suck unless you don't count African-Americans, Mexicans, and Native Americans. |
ellisonz |
Aug-04-08 02:31 PM |
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New Deal 1930s |
Hidden Stillness |
Aug-04-08 10:18 PM |
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The 1930s |
pleberio |
Aug-05-08 11:30 PM |
#80 |
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