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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:17 PM Original message |
Today's crunch feels like '70s |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yup. They had another lost war to pay for then. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Seems like I've been hearing '70's music everywhere I go. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't remember home foreclosures and bank failures in the 70's. |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. And that is why whoever wins the White House |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Americans have short memories. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. very short memories |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yea but in the 70's I at least had Deep Purple to go see occasionally |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. "everything old is new again"!!! |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Fight The Power |
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XRubicon (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. But the politburo... I mean administration says |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. 70's jobs from north were being shipped south to get away from unions |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. They've cooked the book on inflation |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Here it is from shadowstats.com using the real 1980 measurement for inflation. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. Thing's are worse now. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. There were plenty of Wal-Marts in 1979 |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. mmmmmmmmcrunch |
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XRubicon (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Wacky Packs |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. My buddies and I collected those |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I'm amazed the 70's survived you |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. hahahaha! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. Hey, "Cat" ...if you visited the "Astrology Forums" ..you'd understand |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. you mean here on DU? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. No...the offshoots. n/t |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Check out this article: |
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lynettebro440 (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. I got married in 1979 |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. The Eagles are on tour? |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Regrettably, it's true. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yep, we are getting there ... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. Oh gawd ... Does that mean the Reagan Zombie is coming soon? |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm not sure which is worse... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Hey, Take It Easy |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. As a lifelong Oregonian, I see there's plenty of room at the Hotel California |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. OMG! So many of us here on DU are candidates for that Hotel... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Yep, and I'm a former Californian and a DU addict since '01. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. This is 10 times worse than the 70s.... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
33. Except the economy isn't at full employment so the supply shocks |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. People Had Fun in the 70s Because Most People Were High |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
35. much, much worse than the 70's |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. or the fleecing of America and Americans. |
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