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Old 04-12-2012, 11:53 PM
 
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That we would be in debt to China and Japan to the tune of Billions.

That we would ever get suckered into another war we didn't have to fight.

The sexy clothing being promoted for young children. I find that sickening and very wrong.

The number of really weird news stories ya read about today.

Oh, and that automakers seem to be more interested in horsepower than miles per gallon. Who cares how fast a van or family car can get from 0-60.
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Old 04-13-2012, 12:01 AM
 
Location: Baltimore, MD
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A house as a bad investment.
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Old 04-13-2012, 12:27 AM
 
Location: home...finally, home .
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....that in the year 2012 there would still be the racial prejudice that we have today , that people would still be made to feel that they are somehow not wanted in this country because of the color of their skin.
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Old 04-13-2012, 12:45 AM
 
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....that in the year 2012 there would still be the racial prejudice that we have today , that people would still be made to feel that they are somehow not wanted in this country because of the color of their skin.
Yeah, I agree, I always found it odd that lighter skinned people were trying to get a tan in the summer and yet have some prejudice for those of darker natural skin tones. Still this isn't the only place where skin tone has been an issue. In the Philippines for example, people tend to be looked down on if they are darker. They have skin whitening stuff in Asia, and most of the people on TV are lighter skinned.

We can hope one day all the color lines won't matter. I did read that 1 out of 12 marriages is now interracial in this country. So that's considerable progress. I do think that color isn't a big deal to people anymore, on the whole.
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Old 04-13-2012, 12:53 AM
 
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I never thought I would see so much violence in our society, and to such an extreme.

I never thought I would see that it costs more to eat healthy than not.

I never thought I would see the land-lined homephones becoming a thing of the past.
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Old 04-13-2012, 01:04 AM
 
Location: Baltimore, MD
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$4.00+ for a gallon of gas.

When I bought my first gallon of gas it was 27.9 cents!
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Old 04-13-2012, 02:03 AM
 
Location: England
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I-never-thought-I-would-see-when-buying-a-couple-of-items-in-the-supermarket-would-cost-the-same-as-what-my-father-got-paid-for-a-weeks-work-when-I-was-a-kid......
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Old 04-13-2012, 07:07 AM
 
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Things that I never thought I’d see,,,,,,,,People murdering others and walking free from justice.

Sadly it happens way too often. Our legal system is a joke......there is nothing about trust and justice that goes on in a court room.
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Old 04-13-2012, 07:17 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Teen male drivers choosing to drive the sized vehicles that used to be the domain of families with a lot of kids and nuns in a convent.

A bazillion channel choices on the TV.

$15.6 trillion national debt with no one cutting up the credit card.

The decline of journalism.

Kids on tricycles wearing helmets.

The mutation of the telephone.

The WTC buildings collapse.

So many kids still living with their parents at age 25 and above.

Rock concerts by performers close to 70 years old. Start me up. If you start me up I'll never stop...except maybe for a hip replacement.

People (but not me) eating raw fish.

The hooker look for pre-teen girls.

A self-avowed Communist appointed by the President.

Pineapple on pizza.

"Kids" on their parents' health insurance until they are 26.

A tax cheat running the Treasury Department that oversees the IRS.

4 Day work weeks.

A Congesswoman publicly announcing, "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what's in it" like that's nothing to be ashamed of.

Self-cleaning home toilets and non-flattening mammograms...oh wait, I'm still waiting to see those things.
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Old 04-13-2012, 08:58 AM
 
Location: Out there somewhere...a traveling man.
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Politicians acting like 4 year old children. Oh wait a minute, 4 year olds are the innocent ones.
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