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87. That's kind of an empty ideological reply...

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #67)

Mon Mar 17, 2014, 11:34 PM

Mar 2014

...to Cleita's rather astute summation

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Calling all DUers who were children in the 50's and 60's..your expertise is needed [View all] Peacetrain Mar 2014 OP

I should have stayed hidden under my school desk. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2014 #1

ROFL... Peacetrain Mar 2014 #4

I've wondered where you went! RKP5637 Mar 2014 #47

Or, we could refuse to replay the cold war and mind our own business this time. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #2

And let all the Eastern Countries of Europe be looted & terrorized again? Not this time. nt William769 Mar 2014 #10

The Bogeyman is coming!! EEK! Quick! Send more money to the MIC!! Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #14

At some point they need to learn to stand up for avebury Mar 2014 #46

We get involved when 840high Mar 2014 #84

Exactly - TBF Mar 2014 #135

They'll take care of themselves. 840high Mar 2014 #81

How about all the looting and terrorizing that goes on in other places? arikara Mar 2014 #121

Why can't Europe handle it? whathehell Mar 2014 #137

Duck and cover was a joke back then and it will be now. Cleita Mar 2014 #3

I was 8 years old at the time.. Peacetrain Mar 2014 #5

That was the idea. Cleita Mar 2014 #19

Do you remember all the backyard bomb shelters Peacetrain Mar 2014 #22

Yep, but in my neighborhood only a couple of families Cleita Mar 2014 #25

Well I was about 8 or 9 at the time.. Peacetrain Mar 2014 #28

So you only had it for a year of your life? Cleita Mar 2014 #30

That is when it had the most impact.. Peacetrain Mar 2014 #39

Does anyone remember that effing turtle cartoon they ran all the time? Quasimodem Mar 2014 #95

Bert Go Vols Mar 2014 #127

Here nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #145

I remember running into the house every time a plane went overhead Voice for Peace Mar 2014 #50

OMG those pipi_k Mar 2014 #56

Living in NYC during the blackout of 1977. People were afraid SummerSnow Mar 2014 #75

Anyone who hasn't seen "On the Beach" is missing something tech3149 Mar 2014 #91

Wow! Cleita Mar 2014 #100

That movie scared the bejeezus out of me. So did the book. catbyte Mar 2014 #128

I was too young, but my sister used to do that. They had a tower on the roof of the RKP5637 Mar 2014 #55

Yes, I remember the CAP, shapes of planes, etc. Frustratedlady Mar 2014 #105

We explored the possibility of using the root cellar Ms. Toad Mar 2014 #43

... Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #124

Thanks for the video tech3149 Mar 2014 #129

My uncle built one in his basement that turned into my cousin David's room. catbyte Mar 2014 #126

We had a U.S. Nike site at the end of the street... DonViejo Mar 2014 #6

It really is hard to explain to people Peacetrain Mar 2014 #9

Meanwhile... DonViejo Mar 2014 #21

Ah Yep! Peacetrain Mar 2014 #23

I spent two days in our bomb shelter Lifelong Protester Mar 2014 #78

I went downstairs to check out the crawlspace murielm99 Mar 2014 #98

My dad found me poking around our basement trying to figure out where we could hide dflprincess Mar 2014 #140

I'll tell you what did it for me: murielm99 Mar 2014 #146

Fogettaboutit El Supremo Mar 2014 #7

Putin with his shirt off Peacetrain Mar 2014 #12

I'm not worried about global nuclear war now.....no reason to be. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #8

Same here, domestic bothers me. I fear there are a fair number of people in RKP5637 Mar 2014 #65

I think we had more to fear from our own missiles back then Art_from_Ark Mar 2014 #11

It's not the KGB that's restarting the cold war, IMHO. grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #13

That is easy analysis to make since the KGB no longer exists. nt stevenleser Mar 2014 #60

It's now called the FSB hobbit709 Mar 2014 #113

Actually, its probably more accurate to say it split into two parts SVR and FSB stevenleser Mar 2014 #114

A lot of the same people, just under a different name. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #115

Everything old is new again, including a brand new crop of McCarthyites. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2014 #15

I am older and less nimble. Better raise my desk up so I can get under it. riqster Mar 2014 #16

I hear that! Peacetrain Mar 2014 #18

this isn't even remotely a cold war like the Soviet/US relationship during the 50s and 60s.... mike_c Mar 2014 #17

I agree zeemike Mar 2014 #89

I grew up in the suburbs of Wash DC and dont recall ever doing duck and cover... KG Mar 2014 #20

I don't know how you missed out on those fun and games Peacetrain Mar 2014 #24

probably because everyone knew that DC was gone no matter what. nt littlewolf Mar 2014 #26

Zakly. DC was gonna be a glowing crater ten times over. No need to duck/cover. nt Nay Mar 2014 #58

Maybe they figgered anyone close to DC was a lost cause... countryjake Mar 2014 #29

Well DC would have been ground zero so MyNameGoesHere Mar 2014 #54

i remember when getting under my desk protected me from a nuclear holocaust. spanone Mar 2014 #27

We did both.. Peacetrain Mar 2014 #32

when as a child you could be vaporized in seconds, the 60's were a fabulous alternative.. spanone Mar 2014 #38

"Why we tuned in, turned on, and dropped out in the late 60's" blue neen Mar 2014 #69

I was wondering rickyhall Mar 2014 #92

one of our neighbors built a bomb shelter...professional co. built it spanone Mar 2014 #97

That's crazy. delrem Mar 2014 #31

The best thing would be to get rid of the nuclear weapons world wide, but struggle4progress Mar 2014 #33

Seems everyone who has tried has either been assassinated, discredited and Cleita Mar 2014 #41

That is empty ideological sloganeering struggle4progress Mar 2014 #67

No. It's historical fact. You should try looking at facts. Cleita Mar 2014 #77

"Hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless" is a lazy substitute for activism struggle4progress Mar 2014 #110

That's kind of an empty ideological reply... villager Mar 2014 #87

"Hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless" is a lazy substitute for activism struggle4progress Mar 2014 #109

"Never, ever questioning the official story" is a lazy substitute for citizenship villager Mar 2014 #120

That's also vacuous. It's interesting nobody addressed what I said in #33 struggle4progress Mar 2014 #134

"That's also vacuous" villager Mar 2014 #136

Really? Ask Oppenheimer..... rppper Mar 2014 #104

Do you realize that the Oppenheimer affair was over 60 years ago and struggle4progress Mar 2014 #107

Thanks for taking the death angle and.... rppper Mar 2014 #122

Most of my response was #33 upthread struggle4progress Mar 2014 #133

I was thinking, perhaps we could offer Sarah Palin as a peace offering, she seems to have Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #34

Long meaningful glances from her back porch, and all... Scootaloo Mar 2014 #37

He might even select her to run as his vice president. Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #40

You know, when my generation wants to feel nostalgic... Scootaloo Mar 2014 #35

It's impossible to be in that age group and not recall duck and cover under our little wooden desks Douglas Carpenter Mar 2014 #36

Yup. Been there and done the duck and cover under the desks. n/t RebelOne Mar 2014 #144

Duck and cover never really ended. JackRiddler Mar 2014 #42

"Kiss Your Ass Goodbye" DinahMoeHum Mar 2014 #44

i remember that poster! spanone Mar 2014 #57

Yep, but long before it became a poster, it was said by the Cleita Mar 2014 #79

I remember that poster too. Brigid Mar 2014 #85

In my early youth I was afraid of Germany, then later the cold war. We used to RKP5637 Mar 2014 #45

We still have an air raid siren at the bottom of our property. Cleita Mar 2014 #86

Duck and cover was only for the cities. Downwinder Mar 2014 #48

The Fear We Had As Kids grilled onions Mar 2014 #49

One of my coworkers grew up in Moscow dflprincess Mar 2014 #51

You were both right. Ronald Reagan was evil. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #111

I had a similar experience with visiting scholars from China Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #142

Dirty kid-terrorizing bastards pipi_k Mar 2014 #52

That duck and cover shit was for wussies Brother Buzz Mar 2014 #53

Yep, been having Cold War flashbacks lately. Brigid Mar 2014 #59

Recovery in manufacturing as we build 316,000,000 new desks... n/t jtuck004 Mar 2014 #61

Our friends up the street built a bomb shelter. El Supremo Mar 2014 #62

No one's going to nuke anybody - that's strictly old school. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #63

A blast from the past Generic Other Mar 2014 #64

Seeing this pipi_k Mar 2014 #143

cold war kardonb Mar 2014 #66

Raised during the early years of Cold War, finally de-programmed from all the Hate Commie Rhetoric 2banon Mar 2014 #68

Never had Duck & Cover, but did have Nuclear Missile Base about a mile from school. Thor_MN Mar 2014 #70

This is not your father's cold war - it's a silly parody version, play acting. reformist2 Mar 2014 #71

Putin is an old KGB guy and he will not change. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2014 #72

I remember there was many fallout shelter signs in NYC. I also SummerSnow Mar 2014 #73

I remember going to sleep many, many nights wondering if that was the night valerief Mar 2014 #74

The biggest secret of the Cold War was,.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #76

We still have plenty of fallout shelter signs in old NY BeyondGeography Mar 2014 #80

"THIS IS A CONELRAD ALERT!" longship Mar 2014 #82

Cuban Missile Crises, South Florida, tea and oranges Mar 2014 #83

My father was in the Air Force, at Wright-Patterson during that time MindPilot Mar 2014 #90

Oh no! tea and oranges Mar 2014 #94

Worst of all... brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #88

"learn goddamit" hfojvt Mar 2014 #93

I was born in 1951. 3catwoman3 Mar 2014 #96

haha too true flamingdem Mar 2014 #99

Nope. I refuse to do that junk again. Unlikely to happen, but if it does Hoyt Mar 2014 #101

My father was in the army until '75... rppper Mar 2014 #102

Yeah, for us military kids it was very real. MindPilot Mar 2014 #116

Was he Navy? rppper Mar 2014 #125

so true Blue_Roses Mar 2014 #103

I remember duck & cover AND being ushered to the cafeteria to stand napi21 Mar 2014 #106

50's and 60's? Shit we were still doing kiss your ass goodbye almost to the end TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #108

My earliest memories are of the occupation troops in the streets of Vienna. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #112

I remember as a little kid thinking that I wanted to be very rich one day, not for the usual reasons LeftishBrit Mar 2014 #117

Just popped in and saw this Peacetrain Mar 2014 #118

We never stopped doing duck and cover drills. LWolf Mar 2014 #119

unrec PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #123

One thing for sure, Putin is no "idiot". bvar22 Mar 2014 #130

I still know where the FALLOUT shelters are. tosh Mar 2014 #131

It's not the same situation at all. MineralMan Mar 2014 #132

Funny, I was just thinking about that today...We're not going to war with Russia.. whathehell Mar 2014 #138

And we used to tune in to Sat. kids shows. idendoit Mar 2014 #139

So did anyone else go to a school where they had an air raid drill that timed how long it would dflprincess Mar 2014 #141