blake murphy wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:53:20 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
>>Chris Marksberry wrote:
>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>>> 5.247...
>>
>>>>> people forget how terrifying the prospect of polio was in the 50's,
>>>>> before salk and sabin came along:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>>> think of the early AIDS hysteria and you get the idea.
>>>>
>>>> I think the polio hysteria was even greater.
>>
>>Then there was this related hysteria:
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/5q4tzx
>>
>>(Wikipedia image of a flyer issued by the Keep America Committee, May
>>16, 1955.)
>
> 'keep america' what, i wonder? nuts?

"Keep it" versus "lose it" to the Reds.

Comic book, 1947:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Is_this_tomorrow.jpg


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