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1 posted on 07/23/2013 7:26:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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I was born in 1975, so this resonates with me. And not for the better.


62 posted on 07/23/2013 8:04:45 PM PDT by Category Four (Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy ... Flippancy is the best of all.)
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Just 8 years earlier, blacks were burning down their cities.
Today, there’s nothing left of Detroit to burn, so they quit that practice.


65 posted on 07/23/2013 8:06:31 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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I was born in 1975, and I don’t think they HAD to get me a Socialist Insecurity Number.


74 posted on 07/23/2013 8:28:23 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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I’ve got about 12 million arguments against #6.


80 posted on 07/23/2013 8:46:40 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
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why do you need an id to sell gold coins?

do i need an id to sell other personal property? if so, since when? and why the hell is it any of their business??


82 posted on 07/23/2013 8:48:59 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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Yeah, not being able to open a swis bank account without jumping through hoops is a real pain.

Good list...but they were stretching on this one.

I would add that you could drink at 18, and generally make love without the possibility of a death sentence.


83 posted on 07/23/2013 8:49:12 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?)
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4.You could buy a gun without showing an ID

Oversimplified. The 1968 Gun Control Act requires paperwork to buy a firearms from someone with an FFL, but not for a private transaction. Local gun laws aside, of course...this is hardly the case in NYC or Washington DC (or even Colorado as of this month).

93 posted on 07/23/2013 9:23:45 PM PDT by Kip Russell (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
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11. You could walk or bike outside your home ANYWHERE with expectation of privacy.

12. You could drive ANYWHERE in the USA with expectation of privacy, and you could drive car without a black box recording everything you were doing/everywhere you were going...

13. You could travel to Mexico or Canada without a passport.

14. You could buy ANY goods & services with expectation of privacy.

15. You could checkout ANY library book with expectation of privacy.

16. You could go to ANY physician with expectation of privacy

17. You could SAY WHAT YOU WANTED WITHOUT FEAR OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS....

18. You could PRETTY MUCH LIVE YOUR LIFE AS YOU SAW FIT

Anyone remember the Southwest Airline commercial “You are now free to move about the country”?? Well, not so much now...Hmm have not seen that commercial in a long time :(


113 posted on 07/23/2013 11:14:56 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 ("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
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I was 6 In 1975 and if it was summer I left the house after breakfast, found whatever friends were out, stopped playing for lunch and was back out again. After dinner was with the family and/ or kids came over to my house. We road our bikes to buy cheap candy and stayed out in the dark catching fireflies and playing hide and go seek.

I wish my kids could have one day where I felt I could say just go with your friends wherever and have fun. But I have to put a limit on them for safety reasons, and I only grew up about a half mile from where I presently sit.


114 posted on 07/23/2013 11:34:24 PM PDT by MacMattico
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8.You could have a phone conversation without the government knowing who you called and who called you.

Wrong, the feds have always tapped the phones, even going back to electro-mechanical switches in the 30's.

Bell Labs in NJ, a branch of AT&T, gave the feds the keys to the switches and there has been a funnel of technology and information from the phone companies to the feds for 80 years.

117 posted on 07/24/2013 3:55:33 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages, start today.)
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Kids could ride a bike without a helmet, play on jungle gyms, sliding boards and see saws on public school play grounds, swim in creeks and play outside all day.


118 posted on 07/24/2013 3:56:40 AM PDT by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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When I was about 7 or 8, my parents got a new station wagon. It was white, with a red vinyl interior , and had seat belts! I remember distinctly Dad telling us to always use them, and how they would help keep us safe in case of an accident.

When I wondered if there should be a law mandating seat belt use, my Dad was quick to give me the lecture about freedom, and how the government could give you information, but they could never force you to do the right thing- this was America and you were free to make the choice or not.

I remember - and st is something the nanny state has taken from parents- feeling so happy that my parents were concerned enough about our safety to buy a car with seat belts for us.


122 posted on 07/24/2013 6:59:25 AM PDT by Red Boots
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The creep of soft tyranny.


125 posted on 07/24/2013 7:48:04 AM PDT by Amagi (Buying "Green" means purchasing inferior quality at increased cost.)
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You could buy ammo at 7-11 and Target.


130 posted on 07/24/2013 4:59:44 PM PDT by Trteamer ( (Eat Meat, Wear Fur, Own Guns, FReep Leftists, Drive an SUV, Drill A.N.W.R., Drill the Gulf, Vote)
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Cereals with the word "Sugar" in the title, and cool prizes inside.

134 posted on 07/26/2013 5:56:50 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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You could see people off at the gate at airport.
You could meet people at the gate at the airport.


141 posted on 07/27/2013 3:54:36 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 ("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
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