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What Was The Most Important 1980's Historical Event That Changed Your Life?
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Posted on 05/20/2008 3:27:35 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD

What 1980's event helped re-shape your life, thoughts, person and/or change your focus and outlook on life?

You can answer as many times as you desire.


TOPICS: History; Hobbies; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: 1980s; 80s; decadeofdecadence; genx; historicalevents; popculture; reagan; unitedstates
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

My Dad took me to Devonshire Downs in Northridge, CA to see Ronald Reagan at a 1980 campaign stop. I remember some knucklehead yelling out, “What are you gonna do about smog?” every couple of minutes.

Anyway, when Reagan was finished speaking, he walked thru the crowd. I stuck my hand out and he smiled at me and shook my hand. I was nine years old. I’ll never forget it.

We got a campaign poster that had a giant peanut crossed out in red. The next morning I pinned it to our garage door.


161 posted on 05/21/2008 8:03:05 AM PDT by hoppity
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To: latina4dubya

It was a lucky break for him.


162 posted on 05/21/2008 8:20:04 AM PDT by the lastbestlady (I now believe that we have two lives; the life we learn with and the life we live with after that.)
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To: MayflowerMadam
Watching military thugs with artillery, wearing masks, storm a private American residence and steal a small child, Elian Gonzales. I sat in front of the TV and sobbed, not believing this could be happening in our country.

This occurred in 1999.

163 posted on 05/21/2008 8:27:00 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (The Dingo Ate Your Bay-bee!)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

When Robert BORK (was nominated at a Justice of the Supreme Court); and was completely castigated personally ... it was horrible to WATCH or to have happened. He believed in maintaining the original intent of the U.S.constitution.

What they did to an eminently qualified conservative Judge changed the style of politics, before the world, to this very day.

The term ‘Borked’ came out of this debacle. It opened a new era of how to discredit any candidate with which the liberals disagreed.

For SHAME.


164 posted on 05/21/2008 9:29:59 AM PDT by geologist (The only answer to the troubles of this life is Jesus. A decision we all must make.)
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To: Impy
"Tony Blair came to my high school in 99. I remember his remarks where amusing but I was up in the balcony of the auditorium and could barley make him out."

Wheat you say ?

Sorry, that was baaad. ;-)

165 posted on 05/21/2008 11:35:52 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

My parents divorced.


166 posted on 05/21/2008 11:38:04 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Thanks Silvie,

Great idea.

In 1985 I was vacationing in Florida; some friends and I got up very early to drive up to Cape Canaveral to see one of the shuttles launch.

The next year, of course, the Challenger exploded on launch.

That’s the historical. Since others are giving personal stuff, I’ll also tell you that is the same year that I met my lovely wife while studying in Ireland.


167 posted on 05/21/2008 11:54:43 AM PDT by incredulous joe
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

For me. It was the Savings and Loan Crisis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_and_Loan_crisis

I’m surprised I didn’t see any previous replies to this huge 1980’s event. It affected all Americans.

Me especially. I was laid off by by an S&L that had been in business over 65 years. I went through mergers. I was under employed for almost a year. I delivered pizza’s just to pay the bills. It was tough.

Too bad I wasn’t as smart as Hillary Clinton - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Guaranty - who made millions at taxpayer expense off of failed S&L’s.


168 posted on 05/21/2008 12:43:41 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Typical White Person)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD
There are three:

Beirut barracks attack.

The Russians shooting down KAL 007 (on my 15th birthday.)

Lockerbie.

169 posted on 05/21/2008 2:07:23 PM PDT by RepoGirl ("Tom, I'm getting dead from you, but I'm not getting Undead..." -- Frasier Crane)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Don’t you mean corny? :)


170 posted on 05/22/2008 3:25:34 AM PDT by Impy (Obama, you are stupid and your wife smells.)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

August 1, 1981: MTV played its first video (which was what song, boys and girls? heheh! Video Killed the Radio Star — the Buggles, September 1979)


171 posted on 05/22/2008 6:01:46 AM PDT by twinzmommy
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To: Impy

If only we could edit our posts, I could “hopps” right to it and change it. ;-D


172 posted on 05/22/2008 11:05:58 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: grellis
We pounded our 500 crosses in the ground last night and I gave our pastor a note with your name on it and the prayer was specifically for you and others like you.

Believe it or not, my battery went dead on the camera so I'll charge it and get a photo later but I want you to know our group prayed for you and your baby.

Jesus love you and so do we.

173 posted on 05/23/2008 7:22:58 AM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD
What Was The Most Important 1980's Historical Event That Changed Your Life?

Knocking up a bimbo when I was 20.

It took me 15 years to bootstrap myself out of that historical event.

174 posted on 05/28/2008 4:31:03 PM PDT by FierceDraka (I'm not against the government. The government is against ME.)
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To: FierceDraka

Sounds quite interesting....


175 posted on 05/28/2008 4:52:54 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (The Dingo Ate Your Bay-bee!)
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