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I Loved 1968. Let's do it again!

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Fenian_Bastard, Dec 6, 2006.

  1. From the ISG report:
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061206/ap_on_re_us/us_iraq_violence_figures

    I am accused occasionally of Vietnamizing Iraq beyond the limits of analogy.
    OK, barefaced lies about the level of violence, promulgated for domestic political purposes only? (The Iraqis, after all, have a pretty good bead on the actual casualties, I'd guess.)
    Check.
    Puppet government with no popular support?
    Check.
    Embedding US advisors with the Iraqi army?
    Check.
    Can't leave/Can't stay?
    Check.
     
  2. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Cool. Can I be a May '68 French student? ;D
     
  3. pallister

    pallister Guest

    Hippies suck.
     
  4. Chi City 81

    Chi City 81 Guest

    Outing alert -- pallister is Eric Cartman. :D
     
  5. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Good Music

    Not even close
     
  6. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    But when you talk about destruction

    Don't you know that you can count me out ...

    IN.

    :eek: :eek: :eek:
     
  7. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    I wanna change the world but I don't know what to do
     
  8. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Some big differences:

    --No draft now.
    --Easy access to credit cards now, leading to a false sense of affluence.
    --Closer sexual equality and sexual freedom are now a given, not a new frontier.
    --Music was much better then.
     
  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Pshah. 1968 gave us such classics as Hurdy Gurdy Man, by Donovan and Harper Valley, PTA, by Jeanne C. Riley.

    Seriously. Hey Jude (Beatles), I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Marvin Gaye), Mrs Robinson (Simon & Garfunkle), Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf) are among the songs of 1968. Not a bad year... even if I only experienced half of it.
     
  10. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Yeah - that was my point.

    Also did not have the internet to debate fenian
     
  11. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    The Dow hit a high of......985.

    A stamp cost 6 cents.

    Gallon of gas (regular, which you did not pump yourself): 34 cents.
     
  12. D-Backs Hack

    D-Backs Hack Guest

    And the Tigers and Cardinals in the World Series.

    Hey, maybe we are doing it again.
     
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