Monday, December 7, 2009

Ah, the Carter Years: America Comes to Grip With Some Hard Realities

1968 Pontiac GTO ad



1973 OPEC Oil Embargo



A piece when they did away with the 1973 55 MPH Speed Limit in the 1990s



The AMC Gremlin



another Gremlin ad!



Evacuation of the Embassy in Saigon, 30 April 1975



The Embassy in Tehran



Carter's "crisis of confidence" or "malaise" speech.



The 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow - Who is missing here (hint: THE USA!)



This after the 1980 Lake Placid Games featuring the "Miracle" hockey upset!



The 1980 Election


And, of course, who could forget Operation Eagle Claw?

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