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4. yes, the 70s

Reply to surrealAmerican (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 07:36 AM

Apr 2012

before Ronald Reagan and the mantra that gov't is the problem, before the 4th estate was completely co-opted by the mutinationals and became propaganda machine it is today, before FOX, before 24/7 infotainment, before global warming became REAL, before, before, before.

At the time we thought Nixon was the devil incarnate... yet how much better he looks in retrospect.

Yes, we have gained a lot, but we have lost a lot as well and frankly, this country is on a downward spiral.

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