Younger generations often wonder why so many of us old fogies, AKA baby boomers, still feel nostalgic about the 1950’s. They ask us if things aren’t better now, what with all the technology available.
Well, technology is a good thing, but I’d give it all up to revert to the type of life we had during the sixth decade of the twentieth century. Yes, I’d give up personal computers, ATMs, mobile phones, color TV, CDs, DVDs, and the rest of the technology that has made many things easier in so many ways.
I suppose readers are now scratching their heads, wondering what’s wrong with me, and if that’s the case, then I doubt that you’re a boomer.
Okay, I suppose some explanations are in order. Back then, we prayed in schools, people followed the rule of law, and most people, especially kids, respected authority. When we watched programs on our black and white TVs we never had to worry about children being present, because swear words were not permitted on TV, and nudity was not considered an element of family fare.
During the fifties we defined abortion as what it is – baby killing. We realized that the baby’s rights were as important as the rights of the pregnant woman, and that a woman’s “choice” to destroy her baby was indeed a criminal act. Most doctors realized they had taken an oath to do no harm. That all went out the window, along with the mangled babies, after 1973, and ridding women of unwanted children became a cottage industry for some in the medical profession. I suspect the baby hackers largely comprise doctors not good enough to be real surgeons who save lives.
Homosexuality was not considered a “gay” activity during those times, and those who considered it vile and disgusting were not ridiculed as the bad guys. Now it’s not uncommon to see grown men prancing down the street in a parade, carrying “Gay Pride” signs. If God thought this was a good idea, Sodom and Gomorrah probably wouldn’t have been vaporized. Although homosexuals make up only a small part of the population, they have inserted themselves into many sitcoms and movies, often treating the subject as if it were humorous. One comedian on a late night show did his entire routine about the fact that he was “gay.” Ha ha. . .
Now they keep pushing for equal rights, as if they deserved special treatment because they practice perverted behavior. Their rights are no different from those of heterosexual individuals. Everyone is free to marry someone of the opposite sex. The idea of people of the same sex marrying each other seems, to many, as ridiculous as someone marrying an article of clothing or an appliance. Should we also make it legal for someone to marry a sex doll? When will this insanity stop?
Probably not anytime soon, based on a Mississippi high school canceling its prom because it told a girl she could not wear a tuxedo and bring her girlfriend. The ACLU took up the case, so the school said, “No prom.”
They keep trying to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in the military. It’s obvious that, since elimination of the draft, the military had to look to women and homosexuals to fill the ranks. Women have served on ships for a quite awhile now (how ridiculous) and now they’re going to put them on submarines (even more ridiculous). If you think putting homosexuals on a ship to share the same living quarters with heterosexuals is a good idea, then you have a different view than my shipmates and I had.
Back when Ike was in office we didn’t have to worry much about the country becoming socialist, or even communist. We were taught in school that something like that could never happen here. That was before the era of the Clintons and Obama. We now have a president and Democratic (Ha-ha!) congress that is hell-bent on tearing up the United States Constitution. The socialist health care bill was rammed down our throats by invoking a procedure that circumvented the two-thirds vote requirement. Republicans, and much of the general public, just sit around in the pot while the water gets warmer. Pretty soon it will be too late to jump out.
Our president is determined to weaken our country and signed a ridiculous treaty with Russia concerning nuclear weapons and missile defense. It hasn’t been pushed through congress yet, but why bother going through the motions? This president does whatever he wants to, whether the people like it or not. Per my observations, he has never acted very presidential; only smug and arrogant. During one of his teleprompter speeches to a partisan audience, he claimed that, in Arizona, if you took your kid out for ice cream you could be harassed. That’s not what the Arizona law said, and it was obvious that the president hadn’t bothered with reading the law before criticizing it. But why bother with silly little details? How about because, as president of the U.S. details are very important?
It still amazes me that, after 9-11, we elected a president named Barack Hussein Obama, who, for at least twenty years sat in church listening to the rantings of a so-called preacher who hates America, white people, and Jews. He has aligned himself with Marxists and radicals throughout his entire adult life and now is determined to force his views on us. Now I hear murmurs concerning possible impeachment, but we see how well that went with Clinton, who they decided to not remove from office for something that would have been a felony for real people. Even if Obama were to be impeached and removed, though, how much better off would we be, with two nut cases, Biden and Pelosi, waiting in the wings?
I suppose part of the nostalgia thing is due to missing old friends and relatives who have passed on, but that’s only part of it. We had our problems back then, but they didn’t seem as ominous. We were proud of our country, respected our flag, as well as authority, and were happy with a lot less than what we require in modern times. An old joke said there was an Eisenhower doll. You wind it up and it does nothing for eight years. Maybe that wasn’t so bad.