interesting
A
collection of, what I think, are just
plain interesting things that various
people have said.
Are You Feeling Old?
If not,
consider this: The people who are
starting college this fall across the
nation were born in 1980.
They have no meaningful recollection of
the Reagan era, and do not know he had
ever been shot.
They were prepubescent when the Persian
Gulf War was waged. Black Monday 1987 is
as significant to them as the Great
Depression. There has only been one
Pope. They can only really remember one
president.
They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke
apart, and do not remember the Cold War.
CCCP is just a bunch of letters to them.
They have never feared a nuclear war.
"The Day After" is a pill to them, not a
movie.
They have only known one Germany.
They are too young to remember the Space
shuttle blowing up, and Tienamin Square
means nothing to them.
They do not know who Moamar Qadafi is.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
They never had a Polio shot, and likely,
do not know what it is.