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kydo

(2,679 posts)

10. Because I got sober?

Reply to OmahaBlueDog (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 02:33 PM

Dec 2012

No really I did. On this date Dec 7, 2000 I picked up my first and only white chip. Haven't had a drink since.

But to answer your question, its probably a generaton thing. To the US generation living at the time of the attack it was as dramaic event their 911. It was one of those moments in time that changed history.

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Politically incorrect question about December 7th [View all] OmahaBlueDog Dec 2012 OP

Because some people in that generation are still alive Recursion Dec 2012 #1

I am still alive. RebelOne Dec 2012 #20

Part of it is .. SQUEE Dec 2012 #2

Because we're MURIKA! Shut up commie! Taverner Dec 2012 #3

Note: The Poster with the Eugene Debs sig line called me a commie. ;) OmahaBlueDog Dec 2012 #17

Jeez - I am joking Taverner Dec 2012 #23

Did you not see the wink emoticon at the end of my post title? OmahaBlueDog Dec 2012 #24

Sorry - it's been a long night Taverner Dec 2012 #25

Sure! After we're done with those, I have a bottle we can work on OmahaBlueDog Dec 2012 #26

Sounds good. And some... Taverner Dec 2012 #27

The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7th .... OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #4

It is something we should remember. murielm99 Dec 2012 #5

Can't be in a war over the "2nd Pearl Harbor" without remembering the 1st. HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #6

Bingo! We have a winner. No more calls please... nt TeamPooka Dec 2012 #15

Unlike your other examples, mn9driver Dec 2012 #7

Your description can be used exactly for 9/11 as well. Americans had no idea.. underoath Dec 2012 #11

Well, most Americans had no idea.... pangaia Dec 2012 #28

Point taken OmahaBlueDog Dec 2012 #16

Even worse the 4 days of Chancellorsville. pangaia Dec 2012 #29

Pearl Harbor Day was the watershed event that ushered in 4 years of warfare. Vox Moi Dec 2012 #8

4 MORE years of warfare. Foolacious Dec 2012 #13

I think its important to use every opportunity to remember the lessons of World War II slackmaster Dec 2012 #9

One of my close family members works for the National Archives. OmahaBlueDog Dec 2012 #21

Because I got sober? kydo Dec 2012 #10

Congratulations SQUEE Dec 2012 #14

First, good on you! OmahaBlueDog Dec 2012 #19

It's also the 2055th anniversay of Cicero's assasination... (nt) Recursion Dec 2012 #12

Because it's the last time we went to war Capt. Obvious Dec 2012 #18

I remember it being a big deal long before 9-11. nt Raine Dec 2012 #22