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hifiguy

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14. This feels like a tipping point.

Reply to napkinz (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 21, 2015, 05:28 PM

Jun 2015

I don't say that lightly. Charleston was one of those events it takes a while to process. Those events are the kind that make people look into the mirror and think.

What a different country we would live in if RFK had lived and been elected president, as he surely would have been. Seldom does a day go by when I do not muse on that thought.

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If FOX News Existed In 1963 ... [View all] napkinz Jun 2015 OP

Excellent malaise Jun 2015 #1

... napkinz Jun 2015 #2

That event was a pivotal one for me. MineralMan Jun 2015 #3

I wonder if this week's event, this horror, will have a similar impact on young people today napkinz Jun 2015 #4

It will for some, I'm sure. MineralMan Jun 2015 #5

Let's hope. napkinz Jun 2015 #6

and on this day in June 1964 ... napkinz Jun 2015 #7

I recently rented "Mississippi Burning" from NetFlicks. longship Jun 2015 #8

Yes, I've seen that movie napkinz Jun 2015 #9

Does it ever stop? malaise Jun 2015 #11

so long as FOX and the Tea Party keep spewing hate, sadly, it will go on napkinz Jun 2015 #15

This feels like a tipping point. hifiguy Jun 2015 #14

I've seen the video of that speech a dozen times over the years napkinz Jun 2015 #16

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2015 #10

This is great Gothmog Jun 2015 #12

I think you'll appreciate this too ... "Fox Investigates Charleston" napkinz Jun 2015 #20

Yes, I like that also Gothmog Jun 2015 #21

Check out this page from Fark.com postulating what Fox News would have been like in earlier times... cascadiance Jun 2015 #13

nice job! napkinz Jun 2015 #17

Oh, those are great Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #18

kick napkinz Jun 2015 #19

Breaking News: President Kennedy Shot in Dallas..... Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2015 #22

this would have been reported as NEWS had FOX existed in the early 60s ... napkinz Jun 2015 #23