Re:Pentagon declares war on rust
by bradleyland on Friday January 14, 2011 @03:29PM
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I'm not entirely certain that this was the first use of the phrase, but the "War on Drugs" started before I was even born (the seventies). To say it is "beginning" to get annoying is to say that my avocado colored bathroom is beginning to look a little dated.
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The War on Poverty is the name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address on January 8, 1964. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Poverty