{"id":38794708,"date":"2007-01-15T04:36:13","date_gmt":"2007-01-15T04:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.casey.com\/2007\/01\/an-old-post.html"},"modified":"2013-04-09T00:37:32","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T00:37:32","slug":"200701an-old-post-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casey.life\/blog\/2007\/01\/15\/200701an-old-post-html\/","title":{"rendered":"An Old Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"p_embed p_image_embed\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media_httpfarm1static_dxdqf\" src=\"http:\/\/cmcimport.files.wordpress.com\/2007\/01\/media_httpfarm1static_dxdqf-scaled500.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We get one every day, churn through it, and then add it to the recycling pile. But yesterday, while poking around an antique mall, I found an old copy of the Washington Post that just felt worth buying. On Friday, August 9, 1974, I was just a month past turning nine years old. The Presidential campaign of 1972 is really my earliest political memory, and while I don&#8217;t specifically remember the moment, I&#8217;d like to think I was aware of the big news of that day. You can read the headline online today, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2002\/06\/03\/AR2005033108821.html\">Nixon Resigns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What else was going on in this 15\u00a2 copy of the Post? Rain was predicted, with a high in the mid-80s. The Senate Banking Committee decided to delay their vote on the nomination of Alan Greenspan to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors to give newly sworn-in President Ford the &#8220;flexibility&#8221; to offer his own nomination. NFL Players were considering a strike. The TV guide took up a quarter of a page and listed seven channels. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Three_Dog_Night\">Three Dog Night<\/a> was coming to play at The Capital Centre, and <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0072281\/\">The Three Musketeers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0061420\/\">Born Losers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0070895\/\">Walking Tall<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0070735\/\">The Sting<\/a> were playing in local theatres. At the <a href=\"http:\/\/cinematreasures.org\/theater\/758\/\">Penn Theatre<\/a> on Capitol Hill you could catch a double bill of Dairy of a Stewardess and <a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0069087\/\">Pigkeeper&#8217;s Daughter<\/a>. An AM\/FM stereo with built-in 8-track tape player could be had for $99 at Custom HiFi.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere in my basement, hidden under a false floor created when the basement was finished, is a copy of the Washington Post from the morning after Election Day, proclaiming Bill Clinton&#8217;s presidential victory. It it&#8217;s ever discovered, and assuming it&#8217;s held up over time, perhaps it will sell for a few bucks at a flea market in 2025. A much happier political memory, it should be worth something.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We get one every day, churn through it, and then add it to the recycling pile. But yesterday, while poking around an antique mall, I found an old copy of the Washington Post that just felt worth buying. 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