That decade could have gone better, but it wasn’t all bad.

The decade started of with the Vietnam protests ever more vocal and present in our cites and towns. People were absolutely sick of the war and wanted it to be over with. In 1973 they got their wish, as all us troops would be pulled out save for a few advisors. Unfortunately North Vietnam took advantage of the situation, and in 1975 the last holdouts in Saigon fell to the communists.

Speaking of things falling, Richard Nixon’s reputation. Turns out ‘Tricky Dick’ had his boys wiretap the Democratic National Convention at the Watergate Hotel. He then had the audacity to lie about in on television. In a smart move, he resigned his position as president. His former vice president Gerald Ford then pardoned him.

Meanwhile in space the crew of Apollo 13 suffered a serious accident to their ship. For days it was unknown whether they would make it back home alive, but thankfully they did. The idea of dying out there in space, floating forever, is a grim one. But speaking of space, there was this film that came out a few years back called Star Wars. It was really fun, really fast, the music was great, the effects were wonderful, and just the world it built is fascinating. I’m looking forward to its sequel this year, titled ‘The Empire Strikes Back.’

Persia had a revolution, calling themselves Iran now, and they really hate our guts. This oil crisis is hitting the nation hard, its a shame the Middle East can’t get along. It’s a shame we and the Soviets can’t get along. They invaded this place called Afghanistan out of nowhere and President Cater got so mad he had us boycott the Olympics in Moscow this year. I was looking forward to us showing them up on their own turf, but I guess we’ll have to wait till next time.

Hope things are brighter in the years ahead.