"The past is filtered by nostalgia..."

....and nostalgia isn't as good as it used to be  

no time ever was Utopia...
Never was,.. never will be.

Glad that is out now. Maybe we can start being a bit more pragmatic.
Much has been done, WRONG, in society and bunches more WRONG has come from D.C..
Nobody can thrive while the government robs them. Anyone who believes the wars aren't costing them is either super wealthy and making money from them or, just stupid.

Nostalgia isn't creating the memory of actually getting ahead with a ten thousand dollar CD.
Nostalgia didn't create the memory of what I WATCHED my grandpa accomplish, and buddy, let me tell you, I know how hard he worked.. And I worked much harder, and have less to show for it. I didn't have many minimum wage jobs.
I can't remember the borders being absolutely respected, but the Border patrol were allowed to do that job. Now, they are the final step in importing. The Diversity is Strength crowd are delusional. History shows otherwise. A few various peoples, and that's enough.
What's with the white guilt? Just exactly Who was it that engineered and financed the country? Does everyone understand that Mexico, with a decent government, could outstrip America? They have Vast resources.
I'm so sick of hearing about
The American spirit. How, when times get tough, Americans get tougher.. good grief, that the HUMAN spirit. Every race is the same in Determination to survive. Apparently, not every race is the same in being equipped to solve problems.
Yeah, I'm a racist. I saw Vietnamese show up with fifty bucks in their pockets, team up, live like rats, save every penny, and go into business making donuts or shrimping in the Gulf. Your Rubiks cube giving you fits? Look for some kid with slanty eyes.
You need a factory built? A refinery? Ohh, the complexities of a refinery, you don't even want to know.. Who solves THOSE problems? Look around. If everyone is so equal, why , in places where civilizations have existed for thousands of years, do they still live in huts? Everyone is equal, in the fact that, as a living,breathing human being, they are, like us, just trying to get through this life. We Know how we want to be treated, so, we owe the same to each other. But, we are not , on AVERAGE, equal in capabilities, across the races. Now, you can be horrified by that. You can even take offense. Then, go watch the Kenyan at the Olympics. Watch the NFL, watch the NBA. Notice what the racial spread looks like. How many Rubiks Cube solvers do You see?
Nobody is of low character and to be shunned because of their race. Nobody is good, and to be desired as a friend, because of their race.
Not every slanty eyed kid can solve the cube.
Not every white guy owned slaves. In fact, it was a low percentage.
Not every Mexican is a drunk driver, rapist, murderer...
But the Percentage of Bad people who are coming here is likely quite a bit higher than the Percentage of bad people in the general population of Mexico. I've explained that a few times.

raydawg wrote on 04/10/16 at 07:48:01:


How much media coverage (national OR local) did the Black community get in 1956 ????    

old.indian wrote on 04/10/16 at 08:06:14:

1956  "Media" was primarily defined as "print". Newspapers, magazines, etc. who carried non-local "stories" picked from news wire services (AP, Rutgers etc.)    TV "news" was not mobile. it was all done in the studio with written scripts and film or still pictures.  Stories had to be in before a "deadline" when the presses started or the live program began.  Live coverage 7/24 didn't exist, except in the very limited cases of a few radio stations.

2016  TV "news channels"  run 24 hour "news" loops where anything, and every thing, is used to fill in the time.      Regular TV networks are "entertainment" and their "news" departments are headed by entertainment orientated management.      Internet news....  Well, if you look around, you can find a "news" site that will support any view point you want to hold.....    

Old Indian said  
"2016  TV "news channels"  run 24 hour "news" loops where anything, and every thing, is used to fill in the time.      Regular TV networks are "entertainment" and their "news" departments are headed by entertainment orientated management.      Internet news....  Well, if you look around, you can find a "news" site that will support any view point you want to hold.....  
 Back in 1956 the media, TV, papers and radio was under mostly private local control. Now in present day 2016 the media is owned by only two or three major companies that control what is fed to the public.
I still prefer drinking from a garden hose instead of a plastic water bottle.

Spirit is impossible to steal from some, very easy from others.
Opportunity? Well, with Spirit, Opportunity doesn't necessarily Have to be From someone else. Hence the term, Entrepreneur.
Air Force buddy of mine told me about one of his money making ideas for kids in winter. A dolly, battery, shovels, cables, charger, wagon, extension cord and a friend.
Jump start cars.. How many young guys are making money selling crack? Different opportunities. Different cultures are able to see opportunity when others don't. I've seen immigrants from Vietnam do well while the locals in the same area didn't prosper.
Something about the mindset. There's a test, arrows pointing out from a bold line, arrows pointing into the same bold line,
One looks longer to people from certain places, depending on the teachings.. That's what the article said, bunk and hokum? Dangfino... looked like one was longer to me.

I Did meet a guy who hypnotized. I asked if he could hypnotize me. He tried three times and gave up. He tried several types of gizmos,, I would like to try again,, but, the glass blowers booth at the mall didn't get leased by a hypnotist.

Now THERE is a great idea..
Gotta go get a comic book now,, so I can get the coupon for the gizmos, and, might as well get the presti, prestidigi, magicians stuff, so I can have the mysterious cape.

I won't even try to cover all of this, and these differences between 50 years ago and now.  But I can talk about standards of living.
I'm an only child.  My Mom,Dad, and I were what would probably be considered lower middle class back then.  We never owned a home, but always lived in rental houses; not apartments, but houses.  My Dad always had a job.
We had one car; my mother didn't learn to drive until she was about 45 years old.  We had one B&W TV set.  The dishwasher was my mother.  Up thru high school, I recall 2, that's right, 2 family vacations in all of that time.
We went out to eat on my birthday.  Period.
Air conditioning was what we enjoyed when we went to a store that had it.
A seafood dinner was Mrs. Paul's Fish Sticks, or salmon patties made with canned salmon.
Not often, but once in a while, dinner was toast and gravy.
I can't remember going to a movie with my Mom and Dad.
How many Americans would be satisfied with that standard of living today?  Darn few, except for those poor folks in the ghettos.

Then talk about medicine.  Back 50 years ago, any cancer was a death sentence, as was any heart disease.  No chemo, no stents and bypass operations; you just hung on a short time and died from those ailments.  Even infectious diseases were far more life threatening than today.  My Dad died in 1963 from pancreatitus at a time when it was 85% fatal.  Today it's 95% curable.

So, nostalgia is great, but always remember Paul Harvey's famous saying, "The good old days that never were".