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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 10:59 PM Original message |
We are living through interesting times right now ? aren't we ? |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. There was a sign at one of the OWS .."This is just the beginning." I |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. As someone who was there I can tell you this is different than the 60's |
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sam11111 (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. historians say 1930's were bigger but..so was the suffering. i too hope OWS grows big eno to change |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Thank you for that observation. I was too young to have experienced the 60's but... |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I was there too, and I agree with you. This is MUCH bigger than the 60s. |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Much bigger and wider, too. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I was in my diapers |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. The 60's were slower getting going and more fragmented |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. I sense that Americans are looking for answers and are curious about real information again. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. Agreed, undertheocean. it feels the same, like the entire world |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
7. This is the beginning of immense possibilities. The rules have changed, can you feel it? |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
8. These times feel much more sober, pragmatic and informed than |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
9. The Chinese curse |
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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
10. Please remember that the "interesting times" thing... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. When the people rise up against the establishment it usually does get interesting. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. and violent. n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The violence of the '60s was usually perpetrated by the defenders of the establishment. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Indeed! I was on the street then and saw it firsthand. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. In 1968 civil unrest affected 110 U.S. cities including Washington, Chicago and Baltimore |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-11 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. Scary more then interesting |
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