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In reply to the discussion: Exactly 40 years ago a wise man saw the future. People did not listen... [View all]Rhiannon12866
(205,282 posts)78. That really was the beginning of starting down this terrible path
And it all has culminated in the unimaginable horror of Trump.
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Exactly 40 years ago a wise man saw the future. People did not listen... [View all]
Soph0571
Jul 2019
OP
In the 30's their fathers funded the 5th Columnists supporting Fascism in the US
bigbrother05
Jul 2019
#20
democracy was designed fix this shit but reagan killed the fairness doctrine, the cons bought up
certainot
Jul 2019
#48
I'm not sure he didn't care - really, was anyone surprised when it was announced he had
Hestia
Jul 2019
#65
Reagan's "there you go again" and how the media played that up as if it was something special
JI7
Jul 2019
#2
Al Gore installed tankless water heaters in the VP residence; Cheney ripped them out.
Hekate
Jul 2019
#44
Clinton wanted to put $.25 per gallon on gasoline and use it for clean and green energy and ...
Botany
Jul 2019
#46
Very interesting article on AGW "Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change"
Hestia
Jul 2019
#67
Carter spoke way too eloquently for the masses to be able to understand his message.
infullview
Jul 2019
#19
One half of the problem is term limits in the States. It was GOP revenge for Democratic States
Hestia
Jul 2019
#69
Reagan launched his 1980 campaign with a speech lauding "states' rights" outside Philadelphia, Miss.
Rhiannon12866
Jul 2019
#74
Yup. And coming to our beloved NYC right after it's native son, Lennon, was killed.
Cetacea
Jul 2019
#77