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16. I LOVED James Watt. That was before the internet,

Tue Dec 12, 2017, 05:17 PM

Dec 2017

in the days of network TV and Walter Cronkite, when the top of the TV was where cats napped because it was warm. For a while Watt's statements popping up had me rolling on our moss-green shag carpet, while the kids scrambled to get their Leggos out of mom's way.

I genuinely missed him when he was booted.

But I didn't know he was a sign the 50-year New Deal era had ended, and I didn't know what was coming.

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"I've got a woman, a black, two Jews and a cripple." [View all] Atman Dec 2017 OP

I'll see your Jews cyclonefence Dec 2017 #1

wow, an oldie but a goodie. unblock Dec 2017 #2

I remember this clown!!! One of the many times during Raygun's administration I was left....... LongTomH Dec 2017 #3

And who was that ass-clown who vowed to outlaw all pornography? Atman Dec 2017 #5

Didn't Watt say we don't need to worry abt environment 'cuz Jesus is coming soon!?!? bobbieinok Dec 2017 #7

Yes he did say that marylandblue Dec 2017 #9

I even wrote a song about it Mme. Defarge Dec 2017 #4

Classic gold jberryhill Dec 2017 #6

Yep Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2017 #8

Well, at least he didn't last long marylandblue Dec 2017 #10

If only his next line had been "and they walk into a bar..." Ken Burch Dec 2017 #11

I thought this was the start of a... Xolodno Dec 2017 #12

His Fellow Cabinet Member... Laxman Dec 2017 #13

OMG. I forgot about Butz. progressoid Dec 2017 #15

Here's A Link..... Laxman Dec 2017 #18

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I LOVED James Watt. That was before the internet, Hortensis Dec 2017 #16

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