10 More things that became obsolete in the last decade...

Jackpine Radical

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Thu Mar-11-10 03:14 PM
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10 More things that became obsolete in the last decade...

Winning elections by having the most people vote for you

Being able to pay off your mortgage

Being able to afford going to the doctor

$1.35 gas

The right of assembly

Innocent until proven guilty

Atmospheric science

The theory of evolution

Outrage

Majority votes in the Senate

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FSogol

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Thu Mar-11-10 03:16 PM
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1. Journalism?

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JohnnyBoots

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Thu Mar-11-10 03:25 PM
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3. I'd say the entire 4th Estate.

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hvn_nbr_2

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Thu Mar-11-10 04:07 PM
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10. That demise happened more than a decade ago.

Anyone else remember the booming brass and percussion crescendos accompanied by breathless barkers announcing "Crisis in the White House" that opened every nightly newsaganda broadcast for six months during the Clenis Crisis? In six months there was one night that a hurricane preempted the propaganda fest and one other night when a tornado did. Otherwise, the lead story every night was leaks from the Starr Chamber.

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eppur_se_muova

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Thu Mar-11-10 07:12 PM
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14. Liberal bias did the media in.

:sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm:

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LiberalEsto

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Fri Mar-12-10 03:06 PM
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15. Five of the 6 papers I worked for

have gone out of business. I was a newspaper reporter from 1972 to 1997. Now I'm obsolete.

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Mari333

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Thu Mar-11-10 03:20 PM
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2. The Constitution and Bill of Rights

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BrklynLiberal

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Thu Mar-11-10 03:26 PM
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4. A valid, and therefore, very depressing list....

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Individualist

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Thu Mar-11-10 03:27 PM
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5. Civil liberties

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lpbk2713

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Thu Mar-11-10 03:30 PM
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6. Personal accountability.

An alien concept since BushCo came on the scene.

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Winterblues

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Thu Mar-11-10 03:33 PM
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7. But on the plus side Torture is no longer obsolete

:silly:

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G_j

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Thu Mar-11-10 03:36 PM
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8. but, Geneva Convention; obsolete nt

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Donnachaidh

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Thu Mar-11-10 03:41 PM
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9. nominations based on work record -- celebrity nominations will replace it.

No one will have to complete a full term, once the bookers for various TV pundits decide who is the latest spokesmodel *type*.

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Individualist

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Thu Mar-11-10 04:32 PM
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11. K&R

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glitch

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Thu Mar-11-10 04:39 PM
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12. Habeas Corpus

it goes deeper than innocent until proven guilty, it provides relief from unlawful detention by the state.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_Corpus

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cali

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Thu Mar-11-10 04:46 PM
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13. wrong on most of your list

It was unaffordable to go to the doc for many people a decade ago. It's worse now, but clearly being able to afford to see the doctor isn't obsolete for the majority of Americans.

The right of assembly is not obsolete.

Innocent until proven guilty is not wholly obsolete despite Gitmo.

Atmospheric science has advanced in the last decade.

The theory of evolution has incorporated fascinating discoveries in the last decade.

Outrage is certainly not obsolete. I see it everywhere.

Majority votes in the Senate? Pretty much obsolete.

Gross hyperbole does not an argument make.

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