Recent comments in /f/OldSchoolCool

misterfriend t1_jedymh2 wrote

His dad's stage name was Blackie Dammett, and the only time I had ever seen him was in National Lampoon's Class Reunion and as a thug in Lethal Weapon.

Eerily handsome guy, but not the sharpest knife in the drawer. He had given a tearful testimony about how badly he screwed up his kid, thinking that introducing Anthony to drugs at such a young age would make him the coolest dad ever. I've grown up with kids who experimented early, and it was almost always the same tragedy on some level or the next. The ones who recovered in turn became the coolest, most successful but humble guys I know.

I don't know if I would judge Blackie as "evil" but definitely stupid. He's been in the ground for nearly two years now, so I don't suppose it matters.

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Unmissed t1_jedyijm wrote

The author of Nixons Southern Strategy, and the reason we've had to deal with Reagans, Bushes, and Twimps.

Old school, yes. Cool, no.

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SoylentGrunt t1_jedxshe wrote

“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.”

― Barry Goldwater. The politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s.

Edit to offset the heavy hand of politics. The ol' boy looks tough as nails.

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After-Map-1725 t1_jedx39m wrote

I can feel warm just to looking at this image...

Also I can be thinking too much, but can't help to say "hey there was a time when at some period of the day you could do anything but take a break under the sunlight and its fine", because today has many things to do all the time... but I know that is not true, is just the way we face our life or something like that

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