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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:04 PM Original message |
DU Boomers: What was the period of assasinations like? (JFK, Malcolm X, MLK, RFK) |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. it was kind of like living in a psy-ops experiment. kind of like now. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
117. What you said...... Right on.... |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. It was a very dark time. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Yes, and following the assassinations, Noxin was elected |
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prairierose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. csziggy, yes, many of us felt that we.. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Living in Central Florida, the Cuban Missle Crisis made a huge impression |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
75. Yes the true hippies were only about 5% of the movement...the wannabees 95%. |
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MgtPA (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. What you said - "Things felt out of control, and we didn't know who would be next." |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. Completely debilitating. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I watched Cronkite's Tet Commentary, and one thing led to another |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Thank you for letting me know. I appreciate that you are asking. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. I just know that the words "breaking news" coming across the screen |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. or there's a fire somewhere, but the prompter reader doesn't know where |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. Touche |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Confusing, disorienting. And very distant in memory. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. I felt like I was getting punched in the gut.. time after time. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. It was like having the plots of "24" actually happen. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Our "consciousness" was ushered in with the belief that we WOULD |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. I was 8 in 68 and I saw RFK at my hometown airport just before he went to LA. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. I felt like everybody was being shot or |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. There was a lot of death on TV back then |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. Like the country lost its mind |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Kent State... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
70. Sometimes the combination of your post /pic and your sig picture cause me to |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #17 |
129. Funny how Jackson State is never mentioned. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #129 |
131. It should be. My bad. |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. For this little kid, it was a very confusing time |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. some memories |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
109. I agree, Lyndon Baines Johnson should have been |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. Horrible and exciting |
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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. In A Few |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. We teenies KNEW something seriously fucked up was up. |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. It seemed all too convenient for those interests which had been inconvenienced by those figures. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. We who watched and got what was going on...never got over it... |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. That is very true. |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. Memories |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. A time of great turmoil |
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wovenpaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. An interesting question |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
112. I was in school too, |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. Sad, very sad... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
81. Yes...exactly. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. I was 8 when Kennedy was assassinated. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
58. We're about the same age. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. "it was the best of times, it was the worse of times" |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
64. Funny, I used that same quote below |
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Frosty1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. We had a saying back then |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
33. Tumultuous. |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. Life went from light to dark, and the dark lasted a long time. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
35. I don't consider myself a Boomer, but the body count on the nightly news is something I remember |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. Constant waiting for the fall of another shoe |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. One trauma after another. I was 14 when JFK was assassinated. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
61. I remember seeing Oswald shot live on TeeVee. |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. Oddly freakish. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
66. Your remarks left me breathless. Beautifully expressed. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
94. "I was expected to be able to assemble them with all the pieces face down. " |
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texanshatingbush (435 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. Divisive times..... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. Funny you should ask. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
42. As someone else said, it was the best of times, and the worst of times |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
43. It was hard to believe that all the crazed "lone gunmen" |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. These two photos tell a big part of the story |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
46. Shattered. And the hits |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
47. K&R |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
48. Chaotic. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
50. I'm forever imprinted to expect the worst when I hear the phrase "this is a special report" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #50 |
80. :( |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
98. This is when the term "breaking news" really meant something. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #98 |
114. Yep...unlike these days |
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mr1956 (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
51. I remember a sense of hopelessness in 1968 |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
67. That was Dion who sang that song, |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
52. It hasn't really changed. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
53. I was an adolescent during that time frame and it was damned scary. |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
54. What an intriguing question....I was 9 in 1963 when JFK was murdered.... |
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Z_I_Peevey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
56. I was still in grade school, but |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
57. It was kind of like realizing that the people in charge are murderous nazi fucks. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
59. I remember holding and crying with my cousin (I was 9 she was 8) because we were |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
60. The end of any illusions about America being "exceptional". |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
62. I felt heartbroken,betrayed and abandoned |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
63. It's very difficult to put into words |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
65. references |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. I shed a tear for Walter, as well, |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Yes |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
68. My first memory in life was the hit on Lee Oswald by the leaders of the coup .... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. How old were you? Did you see it on TV? |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. I was five... my grandfather and I were in the living room watching when it happened... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Wow. Jello Biafra talks about the same memory. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. My grandfather earned his citizenship by joining the US Army in WW I... |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. In keeping with the story of the day.... here's a big hint .... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #78 |
91. "Somtime ya gotta catapult the propaganda!!" |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
73. I was a Junior in HS when JFK was assassinated.. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:00 AM Response to Reply #73 |
126. So was I, in all three events we were in the same circumstance |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
79. I remember eating dinner while the news was on...watching very real scenes |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. It felt like what I feel today |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
83. Just had one of those chills run down my spine |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
84. What a deep question you ask. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #84 |
107. It wasn't McNamara's little war |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
85. Two words from my parents: scary and exciting. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
86. As an African American during those troubled time |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Wow. thank you for sharing your thoughts and memories |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #89 |
111. Thank you ~ your words made something click in my head |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. :)))))) |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #86 |
95. Your post put tears in my eyes |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #95 |
119. Your appreciation made my day~ |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #86 |
97. What a beautiful sharing--DU at it's best! thank you so very much! |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #97 |
124. Your thoughtfulness brings sunshine to my day. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
87. I remember JFK's assassination and was deeply saddened. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
88. I was 5 in 1968 so don't remember much |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
90. I was in the 5th grade when JFK was killed |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #90 |
116. Same age, same experiences in school. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
93. It was scary. Nobody was saying out loud that Democrats were being |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
96. I don't remember it as a "dark time" as some people have said |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
99. The Cuban Missile Crisis had the most profound impact. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
100. The sixties were a wild rollercoaster ride: high highs and low lows. It was "land of the free |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
101. surreal |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
102. It was a movie with a continous plot that never seemed to end. Some still search/ending. |
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babsbunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
103. This is so wierd! This has been a conflict in my house for the past week! |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
104. 68 sucked |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
105. Deep depression and lots of alcohol and drug use. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
106. Sad and infuriating. That was when we were making progress |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
108. It was as if.... |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
110. In a word, revolutionary. n/t |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
113. That's a weird question. Is anyone going to answer, "It was great! It was awesome" |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
115. Well, I remember that Mom was crying a lot and I didn't know why |
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lilytea (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
118. HA! |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
120. Shooting people for political purposes. What do you suppose it was like? |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
121. I was 10 when Bobby and MLK were shot |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
122. Duck and Cover |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
123. it was a horrifying time |
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Born_A_Truman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
125. My memories |
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D-Lee (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
127. LBJ and his Great Society were incredibly positive |
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jdadd (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
128. Here is my story...... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
130. I was born in 1960. |
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132. False premise. It wasn't "LIKE" anything. That's why it was chaotic. |
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133. I was shocked that the govt. didn't close EVERYTHING down when |
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