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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:50 AM Original message |
Oh, the 1950s. The good ole days of Family Values... |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, the good old days... |
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jrandom421 (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. A quote I remember |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. the 50's rocked |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Eh, I was just going to say. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. good point |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The whole concept of the "good ole days" always makes my... |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
34. It was also the age of unreported rape and domestic abuse.... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Heck, the phrase "date rape" didn't even EXIST until the 1970's. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Not to mention millions of couples who "had to" get married, |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Yes, in my graduating class of 49, eight had to get married |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. And pregnant girls and women |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
52. ...and Christian...and hetero...and... (n/t) |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. Growing up as a teenager in the fifties, |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. You Are 100% Correct |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. My best friend in high school had seven brothers and sisters. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Agree with what you said. Another thing, houses were generally |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:00 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. My grandma sewed my dresses |
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tdiscuss (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. There's no such thing as corporate taxes |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Oh, live in the real world for a moment, would ya? |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
35. htuttle; does your username come from M*A*S*H? |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Brazil |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. So according to you they shouldn't pay anything for the |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. Why is it a "privilege?" |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. We all have the privilege of living here in this country. If |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. But it's a free country, so it's not a "privilege" granted by others |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-14-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. I don't think so. Ask any undocumented immigrant how free |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. LOL! You're funny. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. The World Does Not Operate In Two Dimensions |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. LOL! |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. Only partially true |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. The Nigras knew their place back then. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Hey, it still is, but today they are known as illegal immigrants. n/t |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
7. Oh, the '50s were so wonderful |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Yeah, I was one of those Catholics the rest of the kids in my |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. And if a woman was married to a man who beat her, she was |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
8. The good ole days sure had great drinking fountains |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. You mean those aren't values to which you'd like to return? |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. well, sadly they feel that big government |
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Sadie5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Idiots or liars-don't know which word fits them better |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. And Saint Ronnie.... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. I Wonder What Color The Water Was? |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
40. Reminds me of a story my dad told me about when he was a kid. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I Always Figured. . . |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
28. How did they have kids with separate beds? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. In real life they didn't. Mom and dad slept in one bed and |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
30. Santorum says the 1950s and 1960s were more nurturing to families |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. In a sense he's right. |
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DianaForRussFeingold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
38. A weak economy, new tax breaks, and aggressive tax sheltering |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
43. A quick book recommendation: |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
44. Income tax on the very wealthy was over 90% |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. There was a 90% tax rate on the books, but no one unless they |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
45. housewives were zonked out on valium |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. I don't think valium was invented back then. I think there was |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
64. Valium 1961 |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
46. The 50's I remember well |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I'll disagree with you about the environment. The only |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. that's true |
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niccolos_smile (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
51. Nothing wrong with the extended family... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I also think that the high divorce rate is a result of too much |
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niccolos_smile (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I completely agree... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #54 |
69. I agree with what you said about too much pressure on the marriage. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. I couldn't survive without my extended family. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
56. What has the GOP ever done for the working class? |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
73. one of the all time great letters.....could it be permanently posted on DU |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
60. The Motion Picture Code is responsible for "The Good Old Days" |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Not quite the same.... |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
61. Unions were also strong in the 50's |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
62. The idea of the 1950s "American Dream" was a propaganda tactic. |
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Barad Simith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
65. WOW! |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
66. Don't forget the outrageously good post WWII economy.... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
67. Being gay was great in the 1950s. |
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kittenpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. "Far From Heaven" is a good film about that (and other things) n/t |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
68. Ahh, the Golden Age of Hypocrisy... |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. As your signature picture indicates, the "American Dream" |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
72. ever note that Cleavers and Nelsons only had sons?? (the 'great' 50s) |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
75. While the RW gets all warm and fuzzy over the 50's |
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