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Offline midnight Target

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« on: August 26, 2003, 02:58:56 PM »
For his Great Society.

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from 1963 when Lyndon Johnson took office until 1970 as the impact of his Great Society programs were felt, the portion of Americans living below the poverty line dropped from 22.2 percent to 12.6 percent, the most dramatic decline over such a brief period in this century.


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The Great Society saw government as providing a hand up, not a handout. The cornerstone was a thriving economy (which the 1964 tax cut sparked)



 
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Since 1965 the federal government has provided more than a quarter of a trillion dollars in 86 million college loans to 29 million students, and more than $14 billion in work-study awards to 6 million students. Today nearly 60 percent of full-time undergraduate students receive federal financial aid under Great Society programs and their progeny.



Thank You LBJ, a Great Democrat.
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« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2003, 03:12:23 PM »
Sheesh MT,..you been going to the Sandman Fishing School or what?  That's some pretty raunchy bait.

I would be very surprised if the sharp minds of this community were to even sniff it, much less nibble on it.
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« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2003, 03:19:13 PM »
I believe!!!!!!!!







(sandman school.... bah! He went to the MT School!!)
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« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2003, 03:21:06 PM »
Yaaay he created 3 generations of parasites, WTFG LBJ!!!
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« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2003, 03:32:38 PM »
Let me get this in before the flames begin...
LBJ did more for Civil Rights than any other President since Lincoln. His work in Congress brought electricity to rural America where companies deemed it unprofitable. His downfall was Vietnam, a dirty little war handed down to him from Eisenhower via Kennedy. LBJ was not faultless on Vietnam, but he was given some very bad intel during the war from Westmoreland and very bad advice from McNamera. Just imagine what could have been accomplished in America if Ike had never entered the conflict.
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« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2003, 03:36:20 PM »
Not bad work for a guy who stole his election into congress  
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« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2003, 03:37:31 PM »
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Originally posted by funkedup
Yaaay he created 3 generations of parasites, WTFG LBJ!!!


ROTFLOL!
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« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2003, 03:38:25 PM »
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Originally posted by rpm371
His downfall was Vietnam, a dirty little war handed down to him from Eisenhower via Kennedy.  



BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz....wrong answer. Take Eisenhower out of it.
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« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2003, 03:39:26 PM »
Rip, crack open a history book.
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« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2003, 03:39:38 PM »
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Originally posted by JimBear
Not bad work for a guy who stole his election into congress  


His dislike for Kennedy was obvious, and the swing vote in Texas that got Kennedy in office was obvious Mob foul play.  I wonder what LBJ had to pay to get his boss snuffed?
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« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2003, 03:42:37 PM »
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Originally posted by rpm371
Rip, crack open a history book.


I suggest you quit trying to interpret and rewrite history.

Diem’s army only received advice and minimal aid in 1954-56.
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« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2003, 03:42:41 PM »
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Originally posted by rpm371
Let me get this in before the flames begin...
LBJ did more for Civil Rights than any other President since Lincoln. His work in Congress brought electricity to rural America where companies deemed it unprofitable. His downfall was Vietnam, a dirty little war handed down to him from Eisenhower via Kennedy. LBJ was not faultless on Vietnam, but he was given some very bad intel during the war from Westmoreland and very bad advice from McNamera. Just imagine what could have been accomplished in America if Ike had never entered the conflict.


Dirty little war eh?
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« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2003, 03:43:07 PM »
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Originally posted by funkedup
Yaaay he created 3 generations of parasites, WTFG LBJ!!!





hehe    thats gonna leave a mark!
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« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2003, 03:44:18 PM »
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Dirty little war eh?


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In 1961, South Vietnam signed a military and economic aid treaty with the United States leading to the arrival (1961) of U.S. support troops and the formation (1962) of the U.S. Military Assistance Command. Mounting dissatisfaction with the ineffectiveness and corruption of Diem’s government culminated (Nov., 1963) in a military coup engineered by Duong Van Minh; Diem was executed. No one was able to establish control in South Vietnam until June, 1965, when Nguyen Cao Ky became premier, but U.S. military aid to South Vietnam increased, especially after the U.S. Senate passed the Tonkin Gulf resolution (Aug. 7, 1964) at the request of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2003, 03:44:26 PM »
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Rip, crack open a history book.


Maybe I missed something, but why would Ike get involved in an uprising in a French colony?  I thought the French were fighting the Viet Minh on their own (which was part of their reason for not getting involved in Korea).  :confused:
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