tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402707.post114065818695836795..comments2023-11-03T02:57:13.789-05:00Comments on The Adventures of TriSaraTops: What's the U.S.S.R?Trisaratopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516116052466206839noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402707.post-1140745877854802222006-02-23T20:51:00.000-05:002006-02-23T20:51:00.000-05:00I remember sitting outside in the summer mornings ...I remember sitting outside in the summer mornings in the early 80’s as a kid. Looking up at how blue the sky was and how beautiful the day was “how could they possibly want to drop booms and spoil all this”. We didn’t know what a Cold War was but we sure lived it. <BR/><BR/>Great Post<BR/><BR/>Cheers <BR/><BR/>RiceRicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683643051357184033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402707.post-1140738330762498562006-02-23T18:45:00.000-05:002006-02-23T18:45:00.000-05:00I'm always amazed at how things change, and when y...I'm always amazed at how things change, and when you hear how young certain people and that they have no idea who people like Debbie Gibson or New Kids are. Time just marches on!!Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08904635948454938056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402707.post-1140727475946438822006-02-23T15:44:00.000-05:002006-02-23T15:44:00.000-05:00We're getting old. :( And you're even younger tha...We're getting old. :( And you're even younger than I am. Thanks for the reminder! :P<BR/><BR/>It is so bizarre that something so major and that was a part of our everday lives is "history" to these kids.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590295954365525648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402707.post-1140705237540066692006-02-23T09:33:00.000-05:002006-02-23T09:33:00.000-05:00yeah. YEAH. and having to explain sept. 11 someda...yeah. YEAH. and having to explain sept. 11 someday? how great will that be? <BR/><BR/>my dad told me about 'bomb drills' where he would have to climb under a desk so to be 'protected'. what kind of warped thinking made that something that went on in schools? as though a desk would protect you! it funny, but also a little sad. what are we doing now that is will ultimately seem totally ridiculous? <BR/><BR/>oh, and i like your analogy...it works!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402707.post-1140702117190122922006-02-23T08:41:00.000-05:002006-02-23T08:41:00.000-05:00Great post. I too can remember crying and being te...Great post. I too can remember crying and being terrified about where a bomb would hit when it hit. Remeber that movie, "The Day After?" I don't think I even watched it, I just saw the trailers for it - it was a TV movie...and it just made me sick to my stomach. It'd be nice to think that the world is a safer place but is it really? Keep on teachin' em....Hollyfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643256123648282064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402707.post-1140699646862155032006-02-23T08:00:00.000-05:002006-02-23T08:00:00.000-05:00Amazing! This whole time I though the USSR was si...Amazing! This whole time I though the USSR was simply a piece of fiction written in order to tighten the plot in Rocky IV.<BR/><BR/>Who'd Thunk? ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402707.post-1140698975180484332006-02-23T07:49:00.000-05:002006-02-23T07:49:00.000-05:00That is amazing to me. I hate to think that all o...That is amazing to me. I hate to think that all of the things that were signifigant in our lives (like the Challenger explosion or the Berlin Wall) are as far removed to these kids as the Civil War.<BR/><BR/>TThis will make you feel old- the other day I heard a kid call Bon Jovi "classic rock".Cycling Under The Influencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12201537432425067873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402707.post-1140691801751421892006-02-23T05:50:00.000-05:002006-02-23T05:50:00.000-05:00I bet you are a great teacher. Having read your p...I bet you are a great teacher. <BR/><BR/>Having read your post, it sounds kinda like you're saying - what's the worst that can happen? are my fears really justified? (I find in most cases mine are not) <BR/><BR/>It makes total sense to me that every mile you run, bike, or, swim is a mile that nibbles a little at your fears. I've read that those who do the Ironman (woman?)survive by trusting in the training hours logged.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04740378196839345108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402707.post-1140670320427828802006-02-22T23:52:00.000-05:002006-02-22T23:52:00.000-05:00Hatred, tyranny and oppression still exist today; ...Hatred, tyranny and oppression still exist today; just in a different form. Its more sophisticated because it exists without half the world to back it up.<BR/><BR/>The same will be true for you after IM-Moo. You will exist in a different, more sophisticated form.Battmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06613551130558653989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402707.post-1140667148652018732006-02-22T22:59:00.000-05:002006-02-22T22:59:00.000-05:00I did a paper on the fall of Communism...a lot of ...I did a paper on the fall of Communism...a lot of the Eastern European countries were actually thinking to change from Stalinism (Stalin's form of Communism) to a more truer form of Communism. Stalinism is basically take control of the media, elminiate any opposing political party and rule by iron fist (just like in the Stalin days).<BR/><BR/>Ironically, it is closer to democracy, their plan was to have a bodily elected government or certain government position. Interesting....<BR/><BR/>One of the fault in Communism was that it only benefit Russia. After WW2, Moscow is only concern in protecting itself. All the Eastern European countries were use more as a barrier between Moscow and the Western Power. <BR/><BR/>With this in mind, Moscow stripped and exploit all the resouces of Eastern Germany and other countries and bring them back to Russia. As time goes on, the other Countries' quality of life goes down and there was riot everywhere...<BR/><BR/>Ok..enough history lesson.i am sure u know more about this than me....:)Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03227378544813320248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402707.post-1140665599126002402006-02-22T22:33:00.000-05:002006-02-22T22:33:00.000-05:00I love history, especially the political side of h...I love history, especially the political side of history. "Today class we're gonna talk about who F'd up the most." I'm just amazed at how different things once were. And how they continue to change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402707.post-1140661735402751362006-02-22T21:28:00.000-05:002006-02-22T21:28:00.000-05:00I remember how fascinating it was to watch the USS...I remember how fascinating it was to watch the USSR fall apart. After all the fear and all the hype that we'd lived with all our lives, that our parents had lived with all their lives, that even our grandparents had lived with all their adult lives, the big ol' boogeyman crumbled just like that! <BR/><BR/>I remember being over at a guy's house one night, he turned on the TV and there was a news broadcaster reporting from St Petersburg. Not Leningrad. Such a small thing, but it hit me hard. <BR/><BR/>Just as an aside, my DH still sometimes forgets himself and uses "communist" as an insult. LOL! Poor baby needs to catch up with the times!Ann (bunnygirl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04938134750150653386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402707.post-1140659668706108892006-02-22T20:54:00.000-05:002006-02-22T20:54:00.000-05:00WOW. What a concept but the kids just don't know....WOW. What a concept but the kids just don't know. They now Russia, Kavakstahn (sp), and all the broken up little pieces of the former U.S.S.R. I too remember how it was growing up in the 80's since I graduated from high school in '85, twenty years ago.<BR/><BR/>I like how you found the similarities between USSR and IM.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903883660163304283noreply@blogger.com