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RevStPatrick

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12. Beat me to it.

Reply to jschurchin (Reply #9)

Tue Feb 14, 2012, 10:02 AM

Feb 2012

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"The high-water mark of the American Empire was...." Pretend you're a historian and fill in the [View all] raccoon Feb 2012 OP

WW2 - saved the world from Fascism... Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #1

Russia edhopper Feb 2012 #23

Russia couldn't have withstood Operation Barbarossa Kwarg Feb 2012 #58

I did not say the US had nothing to do with the victory edhopper Feb 2012 #60

No RZM Feb 2012 #65

So nice to see others interested in this... Kwarg Feb 2012 #76

Soviet Union's counter-offensive in the spring of 42 was dramatically successful LanternWaste Feb 2012 #69

I answered most of this above... Kwarg Feb 2012 #78

But they paid a terrible price. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2012 #89

I don't think so. We fought for the right to be head fascist. Romulox Feb 2012 #30

Yeah, because everything would have turned out better XemaSab Feb 2012 #47

And yet the grandchildren of the allied "heroes" undeniably live worse than the grandchildren Romulox Feb 2012 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Feb 2012 #2

1964 Civil Rights Act zipplewrath Feb 2012 #3

+ 1 Demstud Feb 2012 #21

Lessons unlearned zipplewrath Feb 2012 #36

The day Fonzie Jumped the Shark.... WCGreen Feb 2012 #4

February 14, 2012 Bok_Tukalo Feb 2012 #5

The period from WW2 to Landing on the Moon liberal N proud Feb 2012 #6

I've said that same date for a long time izquierdista Feb 2012 #7

During the Marshall Plan CanonRay Feb 2012 #8

Great minds think alike there raccoon jschurchin Feb 2012 #9

Beat me to it. RevStPatrick Feb 2012 #12

Yep, the moon landing. RevStPatrick Feb 2012 #10

my entries would be: lastlib Feb 2012 #11

After Gulf War I AngryAmish Feb 2012 #13

Last I looked... greytdemocrat Feb 2012 #14

military bases in nearly every country the other one Feb 2012 #18

Both Singapore and Germany to my knowledge - probably more - have military here. nt dmallind Feb 2012 #19

Where are their bases? Demstud Feb 2012 #22

Also, "Empire" refers to more than simply military occupation. Demstud Feb 2012 #28

Last I knew Germany had a base outside Chicago near O'Hare airport. ieoeja Feb 2012 #41

Except for the fact that most Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #71

Oh brother. nt Romulox Feb 2012 #25

I love America but that doesn't mean I won't call a spade a spade. think Feb 2012 #31

October 11, 1492 GeorgeGist Feb 2012 #15

I was going here as well, lol Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #57

Took the words out of my mouth. The moon landing. nt Javaman Feb 2012 #16

JFK assassination the other one Feb 2012 #17

November 9th, 1989. bluedigger Feb 2012 #20

Nah. Much of the industrial midwest was already ruined by then. We've been in decline Romulox Feb 2012 #26

You are just looking at a small segment of our "Empire". bluedigger Feb 2012 #32

You're confused. If the metric is military power, or international pop stars, or GDP, Romulox Feb 2012 #46

Are you just playing Devil's advocate today? bluedigger Feb 2012 #64

No. Objective facts simply don't support your argument. Nice smilies, though. nt Romulox Feb 2012 #70

I agree Tomay Feb 2012 #52

The best days are still in front of us Elric Feb 2012 #24

Oh brother. nt Romulox Feb 2012 #27

Is this just positive thinking, or will you give reasons why you think this is true? Demstud Feb 2012 #29

I'm sorry to see there's not more of this sentiment hughee99 Feb 2012 #61

The New Deal libtodeath Feb 2012 #33

+1 think Feb 2012 #34

The end of WW2. rurallib Feb 2012 #35

I think we peaked during WWII. denverbill Feb 2012 #37

Gotta go with moon landing too... SidDithers Feb 2012 #38

I'd say it was the Clinton Era sofa king Feb 2012 #39

In the Clinton years, they protected global commerce? hughee99 Feb 2012 #62

That's a little like blaming WWII on the Weimar Republic sofa king Feb 2012 #73

Seriously? hughee99 Feb 2012 #90

Based on gas prices, that would be correct L. Coyote Feb 2012 #77

Militarily: August 29, 1949 - the date of USSR's first atomic bomb test pampango Feb 2012 #40

The day W landed on the aircraft carrier. The Midway Rebel Feb 2012 #42

The Glorious Victory of mighty Grenada. Bezukhov Feb 2012 #43

At least Reagan knew how to pick a war! L. Coyote Feb 2012 #75

The fall of the Berlin Wall WilliamPitt Feb 2012 #44

I would say under Eisenhower before the wall went up EFerrari Feb 2012 #63

1990s Odin2005 Feb 2012 #45

but are space technology is so much better now Johonny Feb 2012 #49

The seepage of postmodernism into American political economy Dreamer Tatum Feb 2012 #50

When Elvis stopped cutting records. Arkana Feb 2012 #51

Invention of the bacon cheeseburger. nt hack89 Feb 2012 #53

November 3, 1971 hunter Feb 2012 #54

High Water Mark Dirty Socialist Feb 2012 #55

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #56

Easy... The day that Bill Clinton left the White house Kwarg Feb 2012 #59

I was thinking about that a couple of days ago. Beacool Feb 2012 #68

"Operation Little Vittles" Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #66

Mid 1950s. DCBob Feb 2012 #67

"What future historians may well note about JFK's presidency" KamaAina Feb 2012 #72

When President Taft said the USA would rule from pole to pole L. Coyote Feb 2012 #74

The american empire may have hit a high water mark Muskypundit Feb 2012 #79

I'd say an era nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #80

The faked moon landing. Eddie Haskell Feb 2012 #81

Right before internet bubble burst. deucemagnet Feb 2012 #82

it was for me personally flexnor Feb 2012 #86

The day the Berlin Wall was torn down. It has been downhill since then. northoftheborder Feb 2012 #83

Empire?? JoePhilly Feb 2012 #84

1965 flexnor Feb 2012 #85

November 10, 1963. Ikonoklast Feb 2012 #87

the day her daddy took the T-bird away flexnor Feb 2012 #88

The moon landing is as good a point as any. hifiguy Feb 2012 #91