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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:27 PM Original message |
What was this country's finest moment? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Moon landing |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. great choice nt |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I'd say the entire space program.. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
73. You mean the FAKE moon landing? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 07:05 AM Response to Reply #73 |
81. Hoodwinking the world into believing it was a great achievement! |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
99. Absolutely. The greatest moment of not just this country, but the human species. |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. I agree |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. The Surrender of the British in the Revolutionary War |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. A great moment, no doubt, but made entirely possible by France. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Great. We peaked at birth. |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. The Civil Rights movement. The mobilization of the Counter-Culture |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I deeply admire those events/movements as well. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. "Beyond Viet Nam" |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Thanks, my good friend |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Martin was reviled for that speech. |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Yes, it took guts. Dr. King knew it had to be addressed |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
55. & you can listen at that link |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. I think you've got it |
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MgtPA (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
92. I agree! The majority of those civil rights workers who marched into the belly of the beast |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. I agree (but Anita Bryant catching a pie in the snot locker runs a close second.) |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. Invading Iraq. |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. In my lifetime I would have said the election of Obama, but that may |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I would have to say that would be the most incredible event |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. Actually, I think that's right. I didn't believe this country would elect a black man or woman |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 12:40 AM Response to Reply #34 |
61. I'm still waiting for a woman prez. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. A top 5 moment for me, for sure, Obama's election. nt |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. You got it. WWII |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. I concur - Defeat of the Axis Powers. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. The Emancipation Proclamation. I know, it did not do much to help |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. It affected slaves only in the Confederate states. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. It was directed toward slaves in Confederate states |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. good point nt |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:14 AM Response to Reply #48 |
76. It was more like the follow through on a threat |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
104. I vote for this. |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Signing the Treaty of Paris. n/t |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. Marian Anderson singing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I love that, thank you. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. In the non-official stuff category |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yes, winning WWII. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. When communism and capitalism found common ground in a common enemy. nt |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. The signing of the Declaration of Independance |
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biermeister (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. the shot hear around the world- |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. 3 Minutes 27.6 Seconds ago. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. That's a rather subjective perspective, isn't it, |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. The drafting of the Constitution |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. 13th, 15th, and 19th amendments to the Constitution were pretty cool. nt |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
60. The 14th is pretty cool, too |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
100. Yes, the 14th, too! nt |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
30. WWII, man on the Moon, 1980 winter Olympics....many instances to inspire... |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. The 1980 Winter Olympics are BY FAR my favorite Olympics. |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. Liberation of the Camps during and after WW II |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
38. Torn between three, depending on my mood |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. The resignation of Richard M. Nixon. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I'm sure that was I great moment, but I'll take this one: |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
40. Giving Native American Indians the right to citizenship in 1948. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
139. The main act was passed in 1924 |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
42. The defeat of the Axis was a collective effort. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. No single power could have done it alone, as you say. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:26 AM Response to Reply #46 |
67. They didn't make peace really |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 07:01 AM Response to Reply #67 |
79. agreed, |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #67 |
136. "some in the US command", namely the stupid blowhard faction. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:31 AM Response to Reply #42 |
71. Canada actually even declared war on Japan before you guys did |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. When we won WWII, and many of the German POWs... |
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comrade snarky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #44 |
144. April 28, 1952 |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
47. . |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
49. Along with many of the good suggestions posted above, this is one of my personal favorites. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. Brown vs. Board of Education....n/t |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
51. FDR creating national parks ...saving a taste of what it was for the future... |
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NoNothing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
52. "Houston, Tranquility Base here." |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
54. The Marshall Plan comes to mind. n/t |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
56. The finest moment had best be yet to come as a fulfillment of promise. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
57. The music. Jazz, blues, rockabilly, dixie, bluegrass, gospel, etc. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #57 |
88. +1,000,000 |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #57 |
137. great choice nt |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
58. Baseball, the Blues... |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
59. George Washington refusing another term... |
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riverdale (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
62. The Marshall Plan demonstrated America at its best. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
63. Pardon me? Uh, a shitload of other countries were involved in that |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:22 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. It was a collective effort. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:24 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Yes, that said. I take offense to the chest pounding I often hear |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:31 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Yeah, we came in late..... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:35 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. You were also helping out the Germans at the beginning |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #72 |
83. Here's where the point gets sticky. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #83 |
114. Yes. Food and arms production were steadily increasing |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #72 |
101. Thank you Canada for your large part in ending ww2, for your sacrifices and |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:39 AM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Hardly |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 07:37 AM Response to Reply #77 |
82. The Russian losses were staggering. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #77 |
84. "You may want to brush up a bit on your history, I think." |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #84 |
96. The point is: |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #96 |
98. "yes, it was NOT the DECISIVE factor. " |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #70 |
107. The Soviets Defeated the Germans at Stalingrad in 1943 |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #107 |
122. "The REAL reason" |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #122 |
131. The 2nd front helped, |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. Yes, by 1944. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
112. the U.S. simply shortened that amount of time. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #112 |
119. That is one interpretation of the facts. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #119 |
127. A valid interpretation as opposed to... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. What you consider invalid is obviously not invalid to others. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #66 |
111. And the US came in and didn't get decimated but did the decimating. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #111 |
123. Casting in a negative light, why? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #111 |
138. Come late and of course that's the result |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #138 |
142. In comparison. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. I was looking at the numbers |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #65 |
109. But it would be wrong. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:18 PM Response to Reply #109 |
118. Ok. why? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Post 12 & 114 |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #120 |
125. Spam and Ford trucks. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #125 |
126. Yet they would have inevitably reached Berlin without us being the point. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. Of course the Soviets said that. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 07:04 AM Response to Reply #63 |
80. Thus the picture at Elbe. nt |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
64. As an non-american, I'd have to say....... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
68. Many, many moments. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
69. Jonas Salk and his polio vaccine. |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
74. Martin Luther King's Speech in Washington |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
75. Not even close, it WAS Nuremberg |
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
78. Not the defeat of the Axis powers, but how we as a country pulled together |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
85. 1933 - |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
86. The completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #86 |
113. Ummm...no. That was corporate welfare. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #113 |
132. Railroads also opened up the West and provided an invauable means of transportation |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
87. Finest moment so far |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
89. Joint Chiefs and Allen Dulles wanted USA to launch nuclear attack on USSR and JFK refused. |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #89 |
103. A "finest moment" for JFK, surely, but for the country? |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. You're right. I'll go with the Moon Landing, the greatest achievement, accomplished by free people. |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
90. Civil Rights act, 1964; we were not quite the 'land of the free' we claimed to be until then -n/t |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
91. Wright Brothers... |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
93. The Emancipation Proclamation |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
94. "All men are created equal" |
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95. WWII |
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97. Yes, storming the beaches of Normandy. |
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102. 9/11. When everyone Pulled Together to Support their Country in Times of |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. I was afraid there wouldn't be a sarcasm thingie... whew! nt |
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108. Marshall Plan |
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110. The ending of slavery. |
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115. No war can be considered anyone's finest moment. |
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116. Not sure, but I agree with your use of the past tense. |
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117. When Kanye took the mic from Taylor Swift! |
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121. Disco Demolition Night |
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124. "Mission Accomplished" |
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128. When the second movement of Samuel Barber's violin concerto was penned |
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134. The day Nixon resigned |
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135. The defeat of Custer at the Little Big Horn |
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140. The Berlin Airlift Was Pretty Cool |
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141. Ali vs. Frazier I |
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