I thought we were goners in the 1970’s which I thought were worse then today by a million miles. I could not stand Carter for even a second. We survived then and we will now. 2016 we may just get our “Reagan”. Remember many thought Reagan was just a Hollyweird actor in 1979-1980...he proved everyone wrong.
In 1970 one in 21 was foreign-born; today it is one in 8, the highest in 90 years; and within a decade, it will be one in 7, the highest in our history. We don’t have the same electorate that we had in the 1970s.
Reagan was an aberration. Aside from he and Coolidge, skunks were the standard from the beginning of the twentieth century until the present.
I hate to diaagree but the 70’s were nothing compared to today. Economically it was bad but the politics are way different.
People are openly talking about Civil War in the grocery store. Everybody is gunning up. 92 million people are out of work and we have a president who says its not a bad thing because now they will have a chance to enjoy their life more. Our debt is out of control. A silent communist coup is taking place before our eyes. I predict if Barack Obama is not removed from office we will be in a civil conflict within the next 2 years.
No this is not the 70’s.
Jimmy Carter’s grandson is running for governor of Georgia.
Reagan managed to cut out a ton of the stifling regulations and tightened up the money but he made no dent in the bureaucracy, the effective Government. Now that bureaucracy has immensely more power and scope than it had in the 70s. And Public Education has cut two more generations to cut off from history.
I watched a certain progression as a gate guard at a large beach resort on the Gulf Coast for 7 years. The 20-30 age range of visitors got steadily dumber and more short sighted from 2005 to 2011. In the 2012 season the slope of intellectual deterioration did not continue its steady decline. In 2012 there was a definite step down, a noticeable increase in the rate of disintegration. These are our future captains of industry and political leaders. America is not coming back.
I thought we were goners in the 1970’s which I thought were worse then today by a million miles. I could not stand Carter for even a second. We survived then and we will now.
I agree with you about the 1970’s. It was a scary time and it felt like the MSM was beating the war drums constantly in an effort to start riots again. As Cronkite famously said “If it bleeds, it leads.”
Carter was bad too from an economic point of view but in a weird way I think that helped out as the MSM concentrated on the “Iran Hostage Crisis” EVERY single day. And that drowned out the Race hatred that was being fueled by them.
Today is a bit different, with so many people out of work and lazing about the house, (Thanks Obama and your Obamacare too!), they have ample time to absorb the MSM’s messages and I can feel the tensions and pressures building up again.
And maybe the MSM will get its wish, Riots and Civil War and lots and lots of blood to lead the nightly news with.
today is a million times worse that the 70's. Government at all levels is totally out of control. We are ready to cross the 50% threshold of parasites over producers.
We have a large number of anti-American, anti-capitalist illegal third world cretins pouring into all areas of our Republic.
We are at the precipice of a irrevocable transformation into a decaying third world Socialist sewer. Illegal immigration truly the checkmate for our Republic.
Let's say we elect a Reagan X10. How in the H*ll do you think any part of this Federal leviathan will be rolled back?
History shows that all Republics die, mostly from within.