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Tue Oct-04-11 07:38 PM
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| Prohibition Part 3 - the best one, Capone, flappers, the 1929 crash and |
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the need for booze taxes to replace lost income taxes.
"Men discovered the clitoris" - Roaring 20's and Coolidge.
Burns is great.
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Tue Oct-04-11 07:41 PM
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| 1. I wonder if they will replay it as I have missed much of it. Tried watching some |
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the first night but missed half then. Tried watching some of the second night but missed much of it. It is so intriguing!
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Tue Oct-04-11 07:43 PM
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| 2. I still have pics of my Mom in her flapper clothes. What fun they |
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Tue Oct-04-11 07:53 PM
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| 3. What's been amazing are the parallels to what is going on in our country today... |
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Too many examples to note here, but the whole theme of how destructive (and ultimately doomed to failure) one issue obsession is - as usual, many lessons for today in looking at yesterday - but few have a hunger to learn from the past these days.
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Tue Oct-04-11 09:29 PM
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| 4. What strikes me was how dependent the US gov't was on booze b/f an income tax. Amazing. |
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Tue Oct-04-11 09:39 PM
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| 5. incredible, indeed. n/t |
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