On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:42:27 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> wrote:

>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

good thing there's no panic like that today - just a healthy
appreciation of the fact that the muslim hordes may come tomorrow and
slit all our throats.

your pal,
blake
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