Meh.
I never had, nor never would, go back even an hour, let alone a year or a decade. Glorying in the past is for whiners and losers. I won’t even associate with anyone who doesn’t think the best of both our lives and this nation is ahead of us. Losers have been whining about the good old days since the Roman Republic.
Just a cranky, KMA .02 cents worth.
my best is ahead of me, anyone who can’t hang with that is part of the problem, not the solution.
The demographics were different then too. The change has had an impact on political demographics and the direction of the country. Sadly, we ain’t going back.
My golden years were when Eisenhower was the big man.
There’s nothing like the 50’s, but I will say that I really enjoyed the 80’s. The kids had their own style and identity. Computers and technology was really picking up steam. And after the Carter fiasco, Ronnie bridged the gap between youth and maturity to swing the pendulum towards conservatism, fiscally and politically.
Good times!
What I didn't understand was the absolute blind, insane fury to which Reagan drove The Left.
I didn't realize that - in the highest councils of The Left - the decision had been made: "If things continue on this trajectory, we're doomed. The only solution is to change the demographics of the United States, permanently."
I really don’t know what this country is coming to, 20 years ago we didn’t have an invasion of our borders nor this:
http://shoebat.com/2014/07/28/hamas-protesters-miami-express-solidarity-obamas-brother/
I agree with the good times. BUT, I entered University in 1988 and the warning lights were on. It was just a long slow slide to where we are today. But the signs were evident.
The conservative university I went to was very much into de-constructing everything that was america. The Bush years were about making government bigger in spite of the Reagan heritage inherited by Bush I.
Clinton was elected. Hitlery was tolerated.
I did. I thought if we get many more Howard Metzenbaums or Patrick Leahys that we would be doomed.
Even back then, I knew something was wrong. It was undeniable in the 1970’s that the country was on a trajectory to self destruction. It was all laughtracks and Johnny Carson poking fun at it, but we were whistling past the graveyard.
The other day they showed President Reagan’s response the the Soviet’s shooting down of KAL 007. The contrast between Reagan and anyone we have had since him was rather startling. I had forgotten what it was like to have a leader I was confident in. It was almost painful to watch. I thought of how much a better the world was with Reagan in the White House, Thatcher on Downing Street, John Paul in the Vatican, and even Gorbachev in the Kremlin.
“I was born in a welfare state, ruled by bureaucracy
Controlled by civil servants and people dressed in gray
Got no privacy, got no liberty
‘Cos the twentieth century people
Took it all away from me”
From the Kinks 1971.
Ray Davies 20th Century Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD14kdgQEe8
Great American muscle cars of the 60s and 70s. Fantastic music pre-80s (rock, pop, soul, country). Truly funny and creative TV shows of the 60s and part of the 70s. Classic Westerns and Sci-Fi films of the 50s, 60s & 70s. Hilarious and smartly written cartoons: Loony Tunes, Popeye, etc.
Having read prophecies by catholic saints and holy people, I have been aware of this for quite a long time. I used to tell people the prophecies about Islam gaining in strength and invading into and destroying Europe. Some laughed at me for it. Doesn’t seem so far fetched now does it?
Hang on, it’s going to get worse. Russia will attack Europe, Islam and the arab nations will attack Israel and WW3 will kick off. So the prophecies say.
Radical Shi’ite haPPens!!
Jesus?
My personal happiness and success is not dependent on who sits in the White House.
As far as the world being on fire? Personally, I don't really care what flag flies over Ukraine.
I’d like to go back to the 80s.
The 90s were the beginning of the end — very discouraging for those who saw at the time, and understood.
So true. 25 years ago I would have bet my life savings that today could never happen here in the USA.
The Communist Party hijacks the Dems and gets a Muslim Marxist elected and in 5 short year effects a fundamental transformation of our entire culture.
Every agency of our government is totally rogue at this point. Pay to play is the game from top to bottom. If you want to get anywhere you have to be from the right political spectrum. Everything is for sale and nobody every gets held accountable.
Crap. The country has been a shithouse since Roe v. Wade (1972).
Yes. Radio talk show hosts like Bob Grant, Paul Harvey, etc. and groups like Middle America News and Samuel T. Francis and Pat Buchanan have been talking about the immigration time bomb for 40 or more years.
California was a Republican state. The demographics are against conservatives and leftists are accelerating it penalizing workers and wealth creators.
I couldn’t imagine a day when an American would flee to Russia for freedom after exposing a U.S. government illegal spy program. That’s a shocker.