December 12th, 2000, Selection 2000. Fourteen years today.

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Remember January first 2000? The economy humming, the stock market peaking, good jobs plentiful, the USA respected if not loved all over the planet?

[951-Riverside]

1. I blame Linda Tripp

If she had kept her mouth shut about a certain act between two consenting adults, the sludge report would have been unheard off, George W. Bush wouldnt have had a platform to run off of, Al Gore would have been president, the right wing agenda would have been unheard of and the Tea Party, Ron Paul, etc would be unknowns or non-existent.

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2. I blame Clinton for not keeping his dick in his pants.

Always have. What a dumb ass.

[YarnAddict]

3. I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news

It's one of those things like the Kennedy assassination, or the moon landing, or, for my parents' generation, Pearl Harbor. I will never forget it.

We were driving to the bus station in Grand Rapids, MI to pick up our 17-year old son, who had been stranded downstate at a friend's house. A brutal winter storm had messed up his connections. GR was the end of the line, and if we hadn't driven the two hours to pick him up he would have been spending the night in a bus station.

We had the radio on, and there was a news bulletin. I was shocked and devastated. I knew that things had changed forever.