— You follow my logic here….

ergo the existence of turnips is solid proof of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Holy Bible…

So, I’m sure you see where I’m going with this.

When Abraham said in Genesis 22:8 “And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.”

Then the true meaning… I mean the TRUE MEANING of Jesus can be heard.

“Therefore” Jesus said, and in no uncertain terms, “I sayeth unto you — that there will be no boobies shown on TV — is that clear!!!???”

Janet Jackson just wasn’t paying attention to what Jesus was saying that day.

And she did it.

“Whateth parteth of ‘no boobies on TV’ do you not understandeth?” Yelled Jesus!

And the USA violateth Jesus’ commandment with the help of Janet Jackson.

But, as I said before, words are being unruined! I never thought I’d see the day that “socialist” wasn’t such a bad word in the USA. Awesome! We can start being grown-ups again and realize that socialism, whether or not your agree with it, does not immediately mean dictatorship, like China or Cuba.

That “liberal” is considered by a large number (if not a majority) of Americans to be a bad word indicates just how fucked up your country is.

Increasingly less true, actually. That was more of a 90s and early 2000s thing. The fact that it has been thrown up against wildly popular figures (example: Obama) has neutralized the word.

In fact, the word socialist (yes, the “S” word! ZOMG!) has also been neutralized. I wish I had the link on hand, but something like 45% of America now has a neutral or positive view of the word socialist. The largest gap seems to be the age divide. Those who nostalgically remember the cold war (WOLVERINES!) seem to think it’s just icky to be socialist. The younger generation… not so much.

You will notice that republicans are more frequently throwing the word fascist against Obama these days. That happened immediately after the survey I am referencing. You sometimes might hear liberal or socialist combined with fascist, but you will rarely hear them alone as a slander anymore. With the exception of possibly some congressional reps from districts where being anything left of Cheney will get you shot… you know, in the face.

…but it also spawned The Electric Company, so it wasn’t all crap.

I’ll have to take your word for that part of it. Everybody my age also has fond memories of Schoolhouse Rock and the original cast of Saturday Night Live, facts that still baffle me.

I’m actually going to go out on a limb and say that despite the ’70s strangeness (or maybe because of it), that decade was, overall, pretty good to me. I wasn’t as eager to see it go as everyone else was. Remember that it was followed immediately by the Reagan era, so it’s not like it was replaced by something better.

I don’t see where the confusion is. You call them Neo-Cons, rather than cons. Conservatism is small government, low tax, anti-authoritarian. Neo-conservatism is small government (except where it isn’t), low tax (for the rich and corporations and rich corporations), anti-authoritarian (except your superiors. Obey!). “Conservatism” (preferably small-c) is more pre-Reagan Republican party. Neo-con is pretty much everybody after that. Mod-Repubs are “RINOs” now, because in the black & white world of the neo-con/Christian Right, “If you’re not for us, yer agin’ us.”

Of course, I say this while being one of them weirdo vaguely-socialistic foreigners. Your left is our center. Your right is right out to lunch. That “liberal” is considered by a large number (if not a majority) of Americans to be a bad word indicates just how fucked up your country is.

“The 1970s were more than just disco. It was also the Pet Rock, bell bottoms, 8-track tapes, the Partridge Family, and thousands of other atrocities.”

Ah, but it also spawned The Electric Company, so it wasn’t all crap.

Case in point; Dr. Schnygsky posed this particular test…

Can anyone born after January 1, 1966 explain this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv-5EOAOTQM

I was born in ‘66 and I can’t explain disco at all

If you were born a year earlier you would be able to.

I forgot all about the Great ’65/’66 Disco Schism….