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re: For those 60 and up
Posted on 7/4/26 at 4:24 pm to lynxcat
Posted on 7/4/26 at 4:24 pm to lynxcat
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What would good even look like to you to signal us coming together?
Political parties having face-to-face debates wrt their primary conflicts. - let each side describe his recommendations and defend against the other's critique.
Ban political advertisements on any public airway or thououghfare that does not allow the person attacked to make a statement in the same space/time.
Make any political attack swear under oath that every statement is true.
Felony charges for any deviation from truth where time is not provided for rebuttal.
In other words - make the opponents face each other in real time and promote/defend their arguments and proposals with the opponent.
You can promise what you want - but must provide time for critique from opponent.
no external financing of candidates - limit what any individual can spend on his on campaign.
All debates publicly financed.
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Posted on 7/4/26 at 4:32 pm to greenbean
I lived in a small town in Avoyelles Parish and I certainly remember the bicentennial being a big event. The weeks leading up to it. Everything was red white and blue and flags and decorations everywhere you looked. I'm just in disbelief that it was 50 years ago! I was 10. Where does time go?? 
Posted on 7/4/26 at 4:37 pm to bluedragon
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JFK murdered in Dallas.1963
Other than a few reported future Communists. National comes together to mourn.
My introduction to the fact that there were malicious elements at work within the political arena.
I did not vote for JFK but was enraged at the assassination. I was working in St. Louis at the time at McDonnell Aircraft Corp when the announcement was made.
Most people were clearly outraged and sympathetic - but I noticed a small group who had been huddling together at break times and walked over to see what they were saying - It was a group of John Birchers (first I;d ever heard of them) and they were clearly enjoying the news.
I was totally shocked that anyone could even hold that idea for a moment, but to openly celebrate it opened my eyes to the evil in political extremists.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 6:22 pm to greenbean
Posted on 7/4/26 at 6:53 pm to greenbean
Remember 1976 well. The town we lived in was a normal celebration in retrospect. Banners, flags, balloons, some fireworks, etc..
Yes, it was a different time - no social media, cell phones, up to the minute news.
Yes, it was a different time - no social media, cell phones, up to the minute news.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 8:43 pm to greenbean
It was a 90% white country where all people were moderate to conservative by today's standards. In other words, it was a totally different country, and a totally different type of feel is not surprising.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 8:45 pm to greenbean
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For those 60 and up
Judging from the meme thread that’s 90% of this board
Posted on 7/4/26 at 9:02 pm to greenbean
I was in Washington DC on 7/4/76. My dad worked for the FDIC and would go to Washington occasionally for an extended work stay. We actually were there the entire summer of 1969. In 1976 it was only a couple of weeks. On the way up we stopped in Gatlinburg a couple of days. We did not have to be in Washington till after the Bicentennial but I lobbied to get there early so we could see the fireworks. We stayed in Alexandria VA. The hotel had a really nice pool and a ping pong table. Sixteen year old me decided I would rather hang out at the hotel where there were girls in bikinis and non stop ping pong games going on. The rest of the family were kind of pissed at me but they went into DC without me. They told me the fireworks were great but the crowd was so huge that got back to the hotel around 2AM.
Great memories!
Great memories!
Posted on 7/5/26 at 12:05 am to greenbean
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and half the country hates the other half
Half the country hates the country. Now ask yourself what about our history changed in the last 50 years to make them have that opinion?
Posted on 7/5/26 at 7:49 am to greenbean
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seemed like people came together and celebrated
Well, half the country is communists who fundamentally dislike the very conceptual foundations of the nation and want to abolish it.
The other half is normal.
Posted on 7/5/26 at 10:20 am to ThroughThickAndThin
quote:Yes, because Watergate, the aftermath of the "police action" in Vietnam, racial hatred and flower power movement all had us so unified...
I am not sure of your question. But yeah, it was much different then. Our country was much more unified, overall
No.
The truth is that we had a special energy during the bicentennial period in spite of the disunity. The enthusiasm was supported by corporate America because they deemed it to be in their best interest.
The country was excited in a way that is a bit lacking right now.
Current corporate America is leaning far globalist Left and not interested in indulging our American enthusiasm.
But even with their wet blanket attitude, deep inside, it is not extinguished.
Real Americans still care.
We have our own enthusiasm - whether they choose to share it or not.
Posted on 7/5/26 at 2:00 pm to ThroughThickAndThin
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I am not sure of your question. But yeah, it was much different then. Our country was much more unified, overall
Yet it was closer to slavery than we are now. The left has becomes nuts!
Posted on 7/5/26 at 3:20 pm to greenbean
Man it was a way simpler time back then. I was only 8 but remember parades and it seems way more patriotism than today
Posted on 7/5/26 at 4:15 pm to greenbean
Why no painted fire hydrants?
Posted on 7/5/26 at 6:22 pm to greenbean
It was definitely a different time back then, and few, if any, gave a crap about who was in the White House.
It's sad that so many musicians backed out of the festivities simply because Trump is President.
Hell, if Barack Obama had asked me to perform for something like that, I wouldn't hesitate to do it, and I absolutely loathe that America-hating POS.
I just love this country more than I hate folks on the other side of the aisle.
It's sad that so many musicians backed out of the festivities simply because Trump is President.
Hell, if Barack Obama had asked me to perform for something like that, I wouldn't hesitate to do it, and I absolutely loathe that America-hating POS.
I just love this country more than I hate folks on the other side of the aisle.
Posted on 7/5/26 at 6:59 pm to rrboy
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1976 schools taught patriotism and faith in God.
What 1976 school did you go to? It certainly wasn't mine. My 1976 graduating class was urged by parents to pick Red, White, and Blue as our class colors. That got way less than 50% of votes and lost. We NEVER heard anything from our teachers about patriotism, or especially faith. It was a country still in a hangover from Vietnam. It was better than what we have now, but still not great. Things got much better in 1980.
Posted on 7/5/26 at 6:59 pm to rrboy
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1976 schools taught patriotism and faith in God.
What 1976 school did you go to? It certainly wasn't mine. My 1976 graduating class was urged by parents to pick Red, White, and Blue as our class colors. That got way less than 50% of votes and lost. We NEVER heard anything from our teachers about patriotism, or especially faith. It was a country still in a hangover from Vietnam. It was better than what we have now, but still not great. Things got much better in 1980.
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