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Old 06-08-2012, 06:57 AM
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And just to beat Pete to the punch;

WW2 had something to do with that.

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And the GI Bill had a hell of a lot to do with giving us the technology lead.
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Grover Norquist let's not forget this mental midget, who would not allow for the stimulus spending required during WWII. Just cut the governments revenue, starve it and shrink it down...

Half the nation would be speaking German or Japanese today.




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Grover Norquist let's not forget this mental midget, who would not allow for the stimulus spending required during WWII. Just cut the governments revenue, starve it and shrink it down...Barney
Like what happened after the war to end all wars? After a decade of boozing and hyper inflation due to Wall street buggering any and everyone, we got the Thirties....
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Don!!! Where are you?
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Don!!! Where are you?
Hey, I have a life. Our son picked out a pretty good Italian Restaurant in Lawrence for his birthday meal. The Chicken Marsala was very rich.

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Old 06-09-2012, 08:02 AM
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Hey, I have a life. Our son picked out a pretty good Italian Restaurant in Lawrence for his birthday meal. The Chicken Marsala was very rich.

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Sounds like a nice evening. We do appreciate the things you do for the site.
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Like what happened after the war to end all wars? After a decade of boozing and hyper inflation due to Wall street buggering any and everyone, we got the Thirties....
Ahhhh, the 1920s.................

Is it just me, or is every period of freewheeling, lassez faire capitalism follwed by a disasterous collapse?
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Ahhhh, the 1920s.................

Is it just me, or is every period of freewheeling, lassez faire capitalism follwed by a disasterous collapse?
It's not just you.

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As Finnbow said the 1950s were a very mixed bag...African Americans in the South could not vote and still faced the aparthied of separate (and certainly not equal) accomodations and schools. Plessy vs.Ferguson was still in effect. I think Citizens United will probably be mentioned as perhaps the second worse decision of the Court behind Plessy vs Ferguson.
Interestingly enough LBJ as the Senate Majority leader and Eisenhower were able to work together to get Civil Rights Act of 1957 passed. Not as stong as LBJ's later Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s it did recognize the need to ensure voting rights in the South.
Too bad both Parties cannot work together today like Ike and LBJ could sometimes.
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Old 06-11-2012, 09:27 AM
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Too bad both Parties cannot work together today like Ike and LBJ could sometimes.
Or Reagan and Tip O'Niell. Seems to be a pattern, Democratic legislatures working with Republican executives for the good of the country. Doesn't work the other way, though.

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