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"Because, let's face it, we're not nearly as cool as we were 40 years ago."
Oh yeah! We were so cool 40 years ago that we elected Nixon. I'll take 2009 and Obama over Nixon and 1969.
I do wish we had the equivalent of NASA's race to the moon today in the form of a manned mission to Mars. And music was still evolving in 1969. The last new development in music was hip-hop and rap and that was at least 25 years ago. Haircuts and clothes ranged from the ultra-conservative to the way-out with very little middle ground. I'll take today's styles. The gourmet-foodie scene had not happened yet. We had 3 networks and PBS and no movie channels and no mp3s or DVDs or computers or internets.
Heather! You don't know what you're saying young lady.
