...promise made/promise kept...

As I was finishing up painting for the night, hand cramping, I turned to CP24 for a final news briefing before bed. Instead of the current news, they were showing a Rewind from this night in 1982. The global/national stories of that night?
- strengthening Canadian loonie rising above 84 cents to the US dollar
- rising oil prices
- excessive rain warnings
- a ridiculous American president in power
- multinational peacekeeping force leaving Cyprus for Lebanon
- the impending withdrawal of Israeli troops from Beirut, and
- the disarmament of the PLO

If it wasn't for the fact that the Israeli press statement came from then-defense minister Ariel Sharon, the yellow felt weather board, and the truly horrible hair of everyone appearing, I swear it sounded like tonight's news might conceivably sound. Clearly, we have learned nothing, due to repeat.