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Originally Posted by Mr Earl  Quote:
Originally Posted by Milkman The late 1970s and 2008 have very little in common.
. | I seem to remember gas prices going crazy, the dollar being worth shit, and the Islamofukwit association having their merry way in Tehran. 
I was pretty high at the time so I might be wrong. |
Gas prices went up starting in 1973. That was short-term. Today's price increases will be long-term, IMO. Different.
Weakening dollar? Many reasons for it today. Different.
Iran? Reza Shah was overthrown in large part because of the what the USA did. It was an Iranian domestic issue, not international Islamicism like today.
Different.