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I was merely a child growing up in teh 70s, but old enough to remember the malaise, the anti-hero, the 'no such thing as a good guy' attitudes, the reeking hippies, the HORRIBLE HORRIBLE colors/fashions/campground-commune-folkart decor that was so prevalent then. I couldn't WAIT for the 70s to end. I remember the summer of the gas shortage : Dad bought a deisel stationwagon just so we could make our summer vacation bearable.
The best thing I remember from teh 70s, until Star Wars, was the Bicentennial. It was glorious. I seldom heard much against America then, but that was when I learned about George Washington and fell in love with the guy. What a hero!
Cheers to all my Generation Reagan FReeper friends!