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The "Good" Old Days

11/22/2018

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​Far too many people feel that they have little to be thankful for. Some think their world is rotten because the wrong person is in the White House. Others can only see the bad in things. Many seem to wish for a simpler time. They often look at the 1950’s as such an era.  To them it was a carefree time symbolized by Elvis, Eisenhower and I Love Lucy. The reality was a little different.

We hear a lot about all the problems today. Back then we worried about atomic war. I can remember being told to get under my desk and cover my head if a bomb went off.

You might miss today’s technology. Black and white televisions got three channels and you had to walk to the set to change them. To make a phone call, you talked to an operator. Computers were room sized machines. You might have enjoyed some of the cars but there were no seat belts.

You also would have to forego modern medical advances. Cancer was considered a death sentence. I remember the swimming pool closing due to a polio outbreak.
If you were a woman, your career choices would be very limited. You could be a nurse but not a doctor, an executive secretary but not an executive.

If you were black, the situation was much bleaker. If you lived in the South, you were subject to harsh segregation. If a white person killed you for being “uppity” no jury would convict them. Even if you lived in the North, you likely were stuck in a menial job.
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My grandmother used to say “Those weren’t the good old days, those were the bad old days”. She sure was right.
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    Hi! My name is Dave. I'm in my 60s and live in Indiana. I'll write about whatever is on my mind but most posts will be political. I'm a centrist who thinks both sides are on the wrong path.

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At long last this idiotic shutdown is over. Hopefully cooler heads prevail and it doesn’t start up again.

The real story is that 800,000 government workers are back on the job and many millions of people are no longer inconvenienced.

Unfortunately, that is not the story we are hearing in the media. Their story is about how Speaker Pelosi beat President Trump. He got himself into this mess. She decided that all that mattered was winning. The harm done to the people involved was of no concern whatsoever. A good leader puts the good of the people over political gamesmanship,

it would be nice to think that both people have learned their lesson and will try to do what is best for the
country. I sure wouldn’t bet on it.
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