WideRight05 Wrote:lol, losing ground? The conservatives control the house of representatives by a large margin, and the democrats don't have a strong hold on the senate. You do realize that in 1936 the democrats held a 334-88 advantage in the house, and a 76-16 advantage in the senate, along with the president position? The democrats had the opportunity of a life time to exterminate the republican party for good - yet they still found a way to screw it up.
White, conservative voters trying to take us back to the 50's? Pray tell, you even in the same dimension as the rest of us? The 50's had problems, but it sure sounds so much better than the time we have now. I mean, a good economy, and the morals and respect people had were so much higher. I would go back to the 50's anytime. At least the people in the 50's didn't have to deal with a socialist president that is trying to run the country in the ground.
Well, since you brought it up. Let me tell you about the 50's and slide it up into the 60's. Abortion rate, unheard of, and I mean that literally. A high school grad could go down to Armco Steel or Ashland Oil, and if he had anything going for himself at all, get hired that day. Jobs were everywhere. The building trades were actively seeking apprentices. There was no such thing as illegal immigration statistics per se. we found them and shipped them back home. Election fraud was non existent. Your banker invested in your character as much as your credit rating, (which was largely by word of mouth) If somebody promised to pay, it happened. Welfare lines were there but, there were not that many folks in it, and you got help in the form of food items, not a check.
I had a couple of chevy convertibles during the 60's, it was nothing to leave the top down overnight while parked on Winchester Ave.,
that's present day route 23 if you didn't know. Never got the first thing stolen. I made .65 cents an hour minimum wage while working part time at McDonald's, to pay for my cars and the maintenance associated therewith. Matter of fact, I could pick up my girlfriend, top off my tank with high test, stop by McD's where both of us could eat for $1.25, the drive in movies cost $1.00, and there was always a double feature, big night out = $5.25. Ours was part of the generation that left the doors open at night. Only a screendoor with a hook for a lock served as ample security against a lack of intruders. Open windows let in the night air for our idea of airconditioning. Never a thought of worry about being broken into ever troubled our peaceful nights. There was an explosion of new housing starts. People built three houses in those days, two to sell and the third one would be free to the builder. School kids went to school to learn, and there was precious little slack cut to those who were too lazy to do their work.
No liberal loons dominating the 24/7, make that the 30 minute, nightly news loop. One could hang his hat on what lawmakers and news anchors said in those days. Lies were an abomination in that day. A legislator, or God forbid the president of the United States caught in a lie, from that minute on was disgraced. (Just ask Richard Nixon) No gay would ever have had the courage to parade around demanding his rights. They would have been too ashamed to think about such an admission of open rebellion against passable moral behavior. The crime rate in Ashland, and the surrounding region? Nearly zero.
No nation dare rattle the sabre too loudly in our direction. Even though Russia and the US were in a nuclear stare down, it did not dominate our thoughts. Respect for one's neighbor was the rule rather than the exception. Life was sweet, and rewarding. I have always said, to know the golden age of American living one needed to live through the 50's and 60's. BTW, burning rubber in at least two gears, is a kick all it's own.
nicker: Abortions have been happening for thousands of years, and yes they were happening every year before RvW. BTW, just about everything you post about above, a huge percentage of Americans are glad those days are gone.