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Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Thu Aug 8, 2013, 01:38 PM

Aug 2013

It does not seem as if it was that long ago.... I just missed being Drafted into the Military by one year back then..
It was a time much like today politically.. Not much has changed it appears..
Nixon then also drew a line in the sand.. You are with him or you are the Problem..
The Deaths of Students protesting at the hands of the National Guard at Kent State was an example......
The DEA also was given the authority to classify Drugs in America into groups.. Marijuana was the real focus as all those Hippies were using it... The DEA went after those Hippies Protesting the War with everything they had..

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39 years ago today - Richard Nixon announces resignation - August 8, 1974 [View all] Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 OP

I was 19 then, and... MarianJack Aug 2013 #1

The beginning of the end of the rule of law in this country truebluegreen Aug 2013 #7

That pardon... MarianJack Aug 2013 #9

Yep. truebluegreen Aug 2013 #12

While Nixon was president, mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2013 #2

I'm sure the "liberal media" will memorialize this with lotsa coverage, right? Scuba Aug 2013 #3

I was working at UPS that summer. Johnny Noshoes Aug 2013 #4

Now that was a great day, I remember it well. Waiting For Everyman Aug 2013 #5

It was a thing of beauty. I remember it well livetohike Aug 2013 #6

Nixon, Raegan and George W Moron,... MarianJack Aug 2013 #10

Me neither.....it was all horrible for those of us who lived through it livetohike Aug 2013 #15

And ushered in the last era of progressive reform, 1974 - 1980. Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #8

It's interesting to hear from others who remember this sad part of our history groundloop Aug 2013 #11

Bump DreamSmoker Aug 2013 #13

His "genius"' was in making the listener feel sorry for him zebonaut Aug 2013 #14