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I agree, ameliog. He would have been 18 in 1979..just as we were. And if you'll remember, in many states - in 1979 - that was legal drinking age....

And the reference to "That '70s Show" is spot on! My high school years WERE that show.(....especially the basement part! LOL!)!

Oh, wait....

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In all seriousness, I beleive an Obama presidency represents a shift in thinking and a broader view of the world. I believe the sooner that we move out of this myopic foreign
policy pile of poo Bush has left for Obama, the sooner we'll see the world change. I'm cautiously optimistic because Obama's cabinet choices are showing him to be governing from the center. That means foreign policy will remain hawkish....but hopefully it will be moving away from war....I trust we'll get out of Iraq....Afghanistan / Pakistan scares me.... ....as I said, CAUTIOUSLY optimistic. I already knew Obama is more conservative than I am when I decided to vote for him. But jeez, that's ALWAYS been that way with the Democrats for me. Only this time, Obama sold me on ideals I fundamentally believe in...namely, a restoration of integrity and CONSTITUTIONALITY of our government. And an end to a war Bush should never have started.

I'm hoping that the momentum of the shift - brought on by We, the People - will keep his eye on the ball... I expect a new New Deal that leads to a green technology and energy boom (I beleive that we WILL see this)and our infrastructure to provide jobs and get the economy moving again. I expect an end to the Iraq war. And I expect some form of national health care. If he can do these things, he will have my vote for re-election in 2012.....

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  Beau789011 months, 2 weeks ago
  
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  I had no idea there were so many of us 47-year-olds out here! And seriously, "That '70s Show" really did get it right. (I graduated high school in '79 as well.)
  
  The exact years used by commentators to distinguish a generation are arbitrary, but there really is a difference in the thinking of many born just a few years before us 1961ers and that of many born a few years after. It may have to do with the idealism of growing up during the post-war boom and the idealistic '60s versus the cynicism of coming of age during the Watergate years and after, when the outlook for teenagers wasn't so rosy...I don't know the cause. But I've noticed a definite difference.
  
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    memestryker11 months, 2 weeks ago
    
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    Part of the "cause" may have been the recession. Engineers and scientists were out of work in the mid-1970s and beyond, and the employment situation was bleak for many others, too.
    
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