Knight Hawk
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Thu Dec-03-09 06:39 PM
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O yeah and the Chinese,Russian,German,French ,Spanish,Persian ,Polish etc.etc.etc. ways are much better? More than any other peoples of the last thousand years the English have done the most to civilize an uncivil world in my reading of history and in my humble opinion.
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| -Peace of Mind in America is gone. |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 05:50 PM |
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"There was a time in this country when if you did a good job and worked hard..." |
ZombieHorde |
Dec-03-09 05:52 PM |
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Pretty much after WWll |
eleny |
Dec-03-09 05:56 PM |
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Yep. I think that is was only around the time from right after WWII to the 70's |
Caliman73 |
Dec-03-09 06:32 PM |
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Seem to me it was back in the 60's and 70's. Companies like IBM and AT&T were stable |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 05:56 PM |
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One word - Outsourced |
HipChick |
Dec-03-09 06:11 PM |
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A better word |
Knight Hawk |
Dec-03-09 06:28 PM |
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Up until about the Nixon administration, you could make it. |
stevedeshazer |
Dec-03-09 06:13 PM |
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1946-1979 aprox* - Reganism destroyed this country. |
KG |
Dec-03-09 06:40 PM |
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And it continues to. |
kenny blankenship |
Dec-03-09 06:51 PM |
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I was born in '46 and agree with that time frame |
eleny |
Dec-03-09 07:12 PM |
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K&R |
Jamastiene |
Dec-03-09 05:52 PM |
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Those times were gone long ago...... |
FrenchieCat |
Dec-03-09 05:54 PM |
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I think so. A man I knew for many years was a director for AT&T. |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:01 PM |
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I made a deal with America, But the USA welched on its word. |
slampoet |
Dec-03-09 05:59 PM |
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Brings me to tears. How far we have come...or gone. |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:02 PM |
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Exactly Correct!!! It used to be as you say, but now you never know day to day just |
RKP5637 |
Dec-03-09 06:02 PM |
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That was the Golden Age of America. Prior to about 1945 none of those things were true. |
Speck Tater |
Dec-03-09 06:04 PM |
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Is it impossible to bring those conditions back? |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:06 PM |
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Sure it's possible. Cut our population in half and then wait 2 million years for more oil to form. |
Speck Tater |
Dec-03-09 06:10 PM |
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Only by taking power back from the rich |
FiveGoodMen |
Dec-03-09 06:23 PM |
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For.certain.white.men. |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:05 PM |
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Well, I'm a white woman who faced enormous odds in the mans' |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:09 PM |
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So am I. So did I. Wanna compare scars? |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:16 PM |
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Nope, don't want to compare scars. Just talking about peace of mind... |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:21 PM |
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That was not a personal attack. |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:28 PM |
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British Way? |
Knight Hawk |
Dec-03-09 06:39 PM |
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In quotes. We inherited a lot from Britain. Our laws. Our |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:46 PM |
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Don't let 'em tell you it never happened. |
stevedeshazer |
Dec-03-09 06:35 PM |
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For whom? n/t |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:43 PM |
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+1 |
leftstreet |
Dec-03-09 06:12 PM |
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When referenced today, is it really that hard... |
TCJ70 |
Dec-03-09 07:17 PM |
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I presume Raven thinks as you've posted. However, (ya knew it was coming), |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 07:23 PM |
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Raven nails it |
Skittles |
Dec-03-09 06:09 PM |
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a mouthful. +1 |
Better Today |
Dec-03-09 06:15 PM |
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Fair enough, rec5, I do think that as this so-called 'republic for which it stands' undergoes... |
bridgit |
Dec-03-09 06:17 PM |
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Well put. There is no Peace of Mind, and no faith in the future |
villager |
Dec-03-09 06:24 PM |
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What's happening is that the post-WWII bubble is just about gone. |
stevietheman |
Dec-03-09 06:26 PM |
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I think you are right. We live in a larger world but we haven't adjusted. |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:30 PM |
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Agreed. We are going through a UK-style deflation, but... |
stevietheman |
Dec-03-09 06:40 PM |
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The spoils of winning a world war it seems in retrospect. nt |
phasma ex machina |
Dec-03-09 07:07 PM |
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Exactly. The American people were spoiled for decades after WWII. |
stevietheman |
Dec-04-09 01:36 PM |
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Because we fucking let it happen. |
RagAss |
Dec-03-09 06:29 PM |
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The only peace of mind I have is the few hours I sleep at night |
blues90 |
Dec-03-09 06:52 PM |
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Good Post ! |
RagAss |
Dec-04-09 12:57 AM |
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not this again. |
cali |
Dec-03-09 06:29 PM |
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Not made up. Were you there? There was a time when corporate |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:33 PM |
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Yes, I was there and as someone upthread pointed out |
cali |
Dec-03-09 06:40 PM |
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It was called the social contract. I think some of the younger posters |
tonysam |
Dec-03-09 06:50 PM |
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not this again. |
cali |
Dec-03-09 06:30 PM |
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Dec-03-09 06:32 PM |
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... |
leftstreet |
Dec-03-09 06:34 PM |
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What does ... mean? |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:35 PM |
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! I thought I was dreaming or demented! |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:34 PM |
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you're calling me a troll, Ms. July '09? |
cali |
Dec-03-09 06:35 PM |
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Preach it, cali!!!! And THANK YOU!!! n/t |
Fire1 |
Dec-03-09 06:51 PM |
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Sorry, but it did. n/t |
tonysam |
Dec-03-09 06:36 PM |
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Yes it did. |
Raven |
Dec-03-09 06:38 PM |
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From 1945-1975 the American Dream was a reality |
tonysam |
Dec-03-09 06:40 PM |
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Not if you were black it wasn't. And for most of that time it didn't exist |
cali |
Dec-03-09 06:41 PM |
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Again. For whom? n/t |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:42 PM |
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If you are talking about minorities, no, but it sure as hell was for the vast majority |
tonysam |
Dec-03-09 06:44 PM |
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So, for you and yours. |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:48 PM |
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1945 > on wiped out American Working Class solidarity |
leftstreet |
Dec-03-09 06:42 PM |
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The working class had great solidarity as did the middle class until |
tonysam |
Dec-03-09 06:46 PM |
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Ah...so you differentiate between the classes? |
leftstreet |
Dec-03-09 06:49 PM |
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They were ALL workers, whether blue collar or white collar. |
tonysam |
Dec-03-09 06:51 PM |
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Have you read any history not in the "approved canon" of the US? |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:54 PM |
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For whom? n/t |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:41 PM |
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You already had your question answered. Stop it. n/t |
tonysam |
Dec-03-09 06:46 PM |
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Not at the time I posted that, I hadn't. Though the answer was a bit |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:49 PM |
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I'll answer that: For white men. n/t |
cali |
Dec-03-09 06:46 PM |
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For SOME white men. |
blues90 |
Dec-03-09 06:58 PM |
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Of a certain class or classes. |
Cerridwen |
Dec-03-09 06:59 PM |
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killed by the wealthy |
branders seine |
Dec-03-09 06:52 PM |
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Unemployment in 1955 was 4.4% |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Dec-03-09 06:57 PM |
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"Everywhere around me I see jealousy and mayhem because no men have all their peace of mind to carry |
tXr |
Dec-03-09 07:38 PM |
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