So what were YOU doing in the eighties?

[Mythsaje]

Were you already an adult, working a job, watching the inception of the Reagan Administration with a cynical eye? Or were you, like me, in high school, dealing with the social dance of teenage interaction while trying to find and maintain an identity all your own?

The eighties are known as the "Decade of Decadence" and the "Decade of Greed." It's when the conservatives took control again, ushering in another era of propping up dictators in foreign countries and working against the interests of the common man and woman worldwide. It was when the twelve years of Republican rule from the White House somehow managed to dominate the Democratic Congress, or at least confuse it enough to get away with what amounted to war crimes on a regular basis.

It was the era of "Alex Keaton," the young conservative in his business suit and starched tie, marching off to save the world from the evils of liberalism. It's the decade when a fat boil-on-the-ass of America began his on-air bluster.

It was when I came of age. What were YOU doing?

Here's what I was doing:

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