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JustAnotherGen

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4. I do

Reply to ChicagoRonin (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 11:31 AM

Nov 30

My dad was a military officer who (no other way to say it ) had two mantras:
Better dead than Red
I hate the fucking Russians

Korean Vietnam War Era - Green Beret.

Made us watch it. He had several nights of PTSD nightmares after watching this and Red Dawn.

Also - we had to do survival training in the Adirondacks, this girly girl can kill and field dress game, and he liked to point out that if escaped enslaved people could get across the Niagara river - so could we.

I'm brainwashed so will see myself out of the discussion now.

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"Amerika" (1987 miniseries imagining a future U.S. conquered by the Soviet Union) [View all] ChicagoRonin Nov 30 OP

The SNL skit Amerida Johonny Nov 30 #1

I loved that skit! ChicagoRonin Nov 30 #2

My niece warned me that 90% of Canadians live five days march from the border! John Farmer Nov 30 #15

The US is looking more like Russia every day. Irish_Dem Nov 30 #3

I do JustAnotherGen Nov 30 #4

Yikes! I thought my dad was bad! LeftInTX Nov 30 #10

I do! JustAnotherGen Nov 30 #11

It was a right-wing "answer" to "The Day After." Archae Nov 30 #5

Same, here. ChazInAz Nov 30 #12

I did see it. You can find the series on youtube. irisblue Nov 30 #6

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I have a paperback novelization of that mini-series. John1956PA Nov 30 #8

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Put a beard on that Ruskie dude and he'd look just like .. Bo Zarts Nov 30 #13

How about the 'Man in the High Castle' tinymontgomery Nov 30 #14

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