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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:16 PM Original message |
I remember 1979, and the Iranian students then. Now they're the "power". Look at the students now |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. I remember '79, too, |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Great reply. Thanks. Yes, the 1968 Dem Convention would have been interesting on Twitter. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Disco? |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. 1968? No disco. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I don't remember 68 at all, so thanks for your memories. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Exactly. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 05:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Most of the protests are peaceful and not riots - protestors show maturity and great courage |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. "But now we have Twitter, et al ..." |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Accessible and easy communication between citizens is the enemy of tyranny |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It was done without Twitter in '79. n/t |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. No kidding? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. SNORT! |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. No kidding. that's the point. DUH |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I suppose it never hurts to point out the dead obvious. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Don't talk to me. n/t |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Try ignore. They didn't have that in 1979 either, but they do now. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I'm ignoring you, but I'm going old school, no buttons. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. They were young in 1979, too............. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. I was in Saudi Arabia watching the Ayatollah arrive in Iran from France on TV. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. Look at them then. They got Khomeni, war, & fundamentalism. They won't like what they get this |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. And your choice for them might be . . . ? |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. How could you possibly know that? n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. history. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. but if they know their votes will count they will know they could vote for someone else |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. 30 Years in 30 Seconds |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
23. weren't those 1979 guys a bunch of hypocrites? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Well, let's not minimize the achievement. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. YES. They went into a religious frenzy when the exiled Ayatollah |
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