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Thu Nov-20-08 02:59 AM
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| 87. Wah?! You DIDN'T sing and dance, "The wicked witch is dead"?!? - ("bookmarking for an emergency") |
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Edited on Thu Nov-20-08 03:01 AM by Breeze54
 I thought everyone did that Nov. 4th!! I did!!  "(bookmarking for an emergency)" That is to funnyy!!  lmao! 
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| -I think people during the Great Depression had it better than us. |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 10:14 PM |
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They had radio... and their imagination |
ixion |
Nov-19-08 10:15 PM |
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Maybe but I doubt the many homeless back then had access to a radio. |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 10:20 PM |
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Many people did not own a radio |
Frances |
Nov-19-08 10:50 PM |
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That's what I'm saying... they didn't have a radio, so were spared the crap from the M$M. |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 11:00 PM |
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They also had a lot of print media, more so than today. |
Cleita |
Nov-20-08 02:23 AM |
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No offense, but you should revisit that era |
halo experiment |
Nov-19-08 10:16 PM |
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Wow! Do you not understand the difference between mass media then and now?! |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 10:19 PM |
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Not having to hear some phrases |
GirlinContempt |
Nov-21-08 11:45 AM |
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the news isn't reporting the HALF of it. |
Donnachaidh |
Nov-19-08 10:18 PM |
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I agree with you. The lack of empathy today is appalling. |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 10:21 PM |
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Actually they did have it easier in one respect - that was energy was still |
cliffordu |
Nov-19-08 10:20 PM |
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We'll dig out... eventually. I have hope. |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 10:22 PM |
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Yep - you're right - I wasn't trying to hijack the thread, Honest!! |
cliffordu |
Nov-19-08 10:25 PM |
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ROTFFLMFAO!! |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 10:27 PM |
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Anything I can do to help...... |
cliffordu |
Nov-19-08 10:38 PM |
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Energy was cheap? Related to what? |
Fed_Up_Grammy |
Nov-19-08 10:32 PM |
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Related to how much money you had and what you could afford. |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 10:34 PM |
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How much money you had and how much you could afford |
Fed_Up_Grammy |
Nov-19-08 10:38 PM |
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Exactly and it's the same today. |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 11:13 PM |
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no - I'm talking about the expense of major rebuilding projects by the fedgov. |
cliffordu |
Nov-19-08 10:40 PM |
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You said 'energy', so I went with that. |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 11:13 PM |
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kool!! |
cliffordu |
Nov-19-08 11:20 PM |
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oil was domestic and cheap for the engines of the machines used to build the interstates, |
cliffordu |
Nov-19-08 10:36 PM |
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We were discussing the thirties,not the fifties, |
Fed_Up_Grammy |
Nov-19-08 10:39 PM |
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And the answer is: What was the WPA?? |
cliffordu |
Nov-19-08 10:41 PM |
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Yeah, that's why people were hooking their cars up to |
GirlinContempt |
Nov-21-08 11:48 AM |
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I would rather know and be able to prepare...if only mentally. Cannot imagine being blindsided. n/t |
FedUpWithIt All |
Nov-19-08 10:24 PM |
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That's one way of looking at it. ~ 'Knowledge is the key to success'.... |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 10:26 PM |
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Not to mention the Drs. who would treat children for whatever the parents could afford. |
Ragazz68 |
Nov-19-08 10:26 PM |
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That was sooo cool!! Some still do it, but not many... |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 10:29 PM |
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Yup....Barbaric treatment is the norm now. |
Ragazz68 |
Nov-19-08 10:34 PM |
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There still are some who do. |
knitter4democracy |
Nov-20-08 10:23 AM |
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They understood what was going on better |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-19-08 10:27 PM |
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Maybe some did but I doubt the masses did at all... at first. |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 10:30 PM |
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like that waving smiley |
AndrewP |
Nov-19-08 10:34 PM |
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LOL ! - Welcome to DU, AndrewP ! |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 10:35 PM |
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Talked to some really old people |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-19-08 10:35 PM |
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That really blows. The Mass Media and all it's anti anything democratic really sucks. |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 10:37 PM |
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Exactly, and why I think all that educamation is not helping |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-19-08 10:39 PM |
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I was born in 1941 and my parents and both sets of grandparents |
jwirr |
Nov-19-08 10:59 PM |
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I agree.... that's what I'm trying to say. Thank You!! |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 11:03 PM |
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Your parents never heard of Father Coughlin? |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-19-08 11:15 PM |
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Actually no they listened to the usual - FDR's fireside chats, sit-cons, etc. |
jwirr |
Nov-20-08 09:37 AM |
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I looked him up in Wiki and one reason we would not have listened to |
jwirr |
Nov-20-08 10:48 AM |
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So, you're a victim of another Great Depression... |
lurky |
Nov-19-08 10:27 PM |
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No, I didn't say I have it worse, did I? I'm talking about MASS MEDIA !!! |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 10:32 PM |
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Everytime I see that pic of the family |
Mojorabbit |
Nov-19-08 10:54 PM |
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More like over worked and then over worked again... sad eyes with lots of pain. |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 11:42 PM |
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We haven't hit bottom yet... |
backscatter712 |
Nov-20-08 01:14 AM |
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The were too busy waiting in bread lines in tattered clothes |
gravity |
Nov-19-08 10:36 PM |
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No shit! |
pecwae |
Nov-21-08 08:28 AM |
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I can't imagine it's worse now |
Sheepshank |
Nov-19-08 10:38 PM |
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We're at the beginning of this and I was comparing the Mass Media of today to then. |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 11:11 PM |
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My Mom and Dad lived through the depression. It scarred them for life. |
amandabeech |
Nov-19-08 10:38 PM |
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My brother in law and I have talked about it |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-19-08 10:41 PM |
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LOL...I had the same talk with my parents this last weekend. |
roamer65 |
Nov-19-08 10:50 PM |
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Thanks for sharing your story. I hope things get better, |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 10:51 PM |
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Thanks. Really, I'm thinking about writing a resume that says I'm 46. |
amandabeech |
Nov-19-08 10:55 PM |
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Don't even mention age in your resume!!! |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 11:05 PM |
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"joking about how we'll buy up some old mobile homes, park them around the big old farm house..." |
QuestionAll |
Nov-19-08 11:51 PM |
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No, they didn't. My parents went through it and it was awful. |
kiranon |
Nov-19-08 10:46 PM |
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that's kind of...well...ridiculous. |
QuestionAll |
Nov-19-08 10:56 PM |
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While I'm way too young |
davidthegnome |
Nov-19-08 11:16 PM |
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Thank You for helping to clarify my point, davidthegnome!! |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 11:21 PM |
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and the people knew how to grow, harvest, preserve their own food |
ElsewheresDaughter |
Nov-19-08 11:22 PM |
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Some Depression-era reminiscences and observations |
GrpCaptMandrake |
Nov-19-08 11:23 PM |
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I was NOT being smug at all!! Gheesh!! You're right!! They didn't have the asshat talking heads |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 11:30 PM |
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Sorry. I didn't get your original intent |
GrpCaptMandrake |
Nov-20-08 12:11 AM |
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All is cool and you are a fantastic writer!!! |
Breeze54 |
Nov-20-08 12:16 AM |
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Thank you very much. |
GrpCaptMandrake |
Nov-20-08 12:20 AM |
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Will horn come in in NE Minnesota. We do not get AirAmerica either. |
jwirr |
Nov-20-08 10:22 AM |
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The H.O.R.N. comes in anywhere you have an internet connection |
GrpCaptMandrake |
Nov-20-08 11:10 AM |
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This is what worries me, too, GCM! |
MadinMo |
Nov-20-08 10:54 AM |
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That was a fantastic post |
davidthegnome |
Nov-19-08 11:41 PM |
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I agree it was a great and informative post but |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 11:54 PM |
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People have forgotten good ol' Father Coughlin, who by the |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-20-08 01:36 AM |
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An excellent summary. Hail to your maternal grandfather - the general |
jwirr |
Nov-20-08 10:18 AM |
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Great story and it is surprising how similar your story is to the one my mom told |
erinlough |
Nov-20-08 11:28 AM |
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On bailouts for the rich, none for working people, |
closeupready |
Nov-19-08 11:50 PM |
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But we did 'change' the government on Nov. 4th... they haven't taken over yet. ~ Just wait!! |
Breeze54 |
Nov-19-08 11:57 PM |
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I'm holding on to optimism for all I'm worth |
GrpCaptMandrake |
Nov-20-08 12:28 AM |
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Well; the M$M told me that Kovalik was a great guy.... |
Breeze54 |
Nov-20-08 12:38 AM |
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Maybe the For-Profit media were right for once |
GrpCaptMandrake |
Nov-20-08 12:52 AM |
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They did mention his reluctance to accept the post but |
Breeze54 |
Nov-20-08 01:01 AM |
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Are we talking about the same guy? |
GrpCaptMandrake |
Nov-20-08 01:06 AM |
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Apparently not... |
Breeze54 |
Nov-20-08 01:18 AM |
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Damn do I ever feel that |
davidthegnome |
Nov-20-08 12:09 AM |
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Yep. It's a double whammy situation in my opinion - Congress lets exec. failures loot the Treasury, |
closeupready |
Nov-20-08 06:33 AM |
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Curious about the jets. Are they owned by the CEO or their companies? |
jwirr |
Nov-20-08 10:34 AM |
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People in the Great Depression were burdened with a GUILT we will never have. |
McCamy Taylor |
Nov-20-08 12:35 AM |
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Good point but today's M$M is sure as hell trying to guilt and scare the masses |
Breeze54 |
Nov-20-08 12:42 AM |
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You may be right |
GrpCaptMandrake |
Nov-20-08 12:44 AM |
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That is insensitive beyond belief |
silverojo |
Nov-20-08 12:49 AM |
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I would respectfully ask |
davidthegnome |
Nov-20-08 12:57 AM |
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What Depression? This is all in our heads, Phil Gramm said so. |
Waiting For Everyman |
Nov-20-08 01:42 AM |
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We saved Tinkerbell?! ~ Who knew!?! ~ LOL! |
Breeze54 |
Nov-20-08 01:46 AM |
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Yup, Tink recovered, remember? LOL. |
Waiting For Everyman |
Nov-20-08 02:07 AM |
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'Where did we leave those slippers?'... I found them!! |
Breeze54 |
Nov-20-08 02:19 AM |
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Dang! You're good. :) |
Waiting For Everyman |
Nov-20-08 02:44 AM |
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Wah?! You DIDN'T sing and dance, "The wicked witch is dead"?!? - ("bookmarking for an emergency") |
Breeze54 |
Nov-20-08 02:59 AM |
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you don't need a radio to know you can't feed your children |
cali |
Nov-20-08 04:09 AM |
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Ugh a buga boo!! |
Breeze54 |
Nov-20-08 04:10 AM |
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They had it better then because they had newspapers & radio news that didn't lie to them |
TheGoldenRule |
Nov-20-08 05:19 AM |
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or exaggerate everything and sensationalize it all... |
Breeze54 |
Nov-20-08 05:22 AM |
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At this point, most of us have "virtual reality." They had "reality" -- with |
pnwmom |
Nov-20-08 09:42 AM |
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no SSNs, paper driver licenses |
datasuspect |
Nov-20-08 10:38 AM |
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Nonsense. |
onenote |
Nov-20-08 11:02 AM |
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My great-grandmother died of a bad gall bladder during the great depession |
gollygee |
Nov-20-08 11:09 AM |
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They had Busby Berkeley, we have Dancing With the Stars...... |
new_beawr |
Nov-21-08 08:34 AM |
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Yeah, some were too busy jumping off buildings. |
pecwae |
Nov-21-08 08:37 AM |
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Yeah, you've got it pretty rough. |
Raskolnik |
Nov-21-08 11:48 AM |
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