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I guess Im going to take the plunge & do a blog. I ain't an interesting individual, though, so some of y'all may fall asleep reading this. |
| Something just dawned on me earlier this A.M. while watching the ending credits to "Leave It To Beaver". I'm sitting there, watching the ending credits, waiting on Perry Mason to come on, when it dawned on me ( this is a phrase commonly used when something obvious becomes clear to someone...in other words, they finally see the forest for the trees, I guess you could say) that all the houses Wally & the Beav walk in front of, just before they get to their own...ARE EXACTLY LIKE THE HOUSES WE BUILD TODAY! In other words, "Leave It To Beaver" was supposed to be set in "mid-century America", a short era lasting only 19 years....1945-1964. It was supposed to be the most progressive time in our nation's history. Lots of good things came out of "mid-century America", penicillin being a prime example (1948). The polio vaccine is another fine example (1947). But now here is what really dawned on me. It is almost 70 years (close to it) post "mid-century America", & we still build houses the same way. WHY!!!????? Shouldn't we be living in homes like the Jetsons by now? Shouldn't we be driving cars now that run on anything BUT gas & oil? Shouldn't we be doing LOTS OF THINGS at least CLOSE TO what the Jetsons were doing? WHY are we not building energy efficient homes? WHY are we NOT driving cars that do NOT pollute the environment??? WHY is all our foods CONTAMINATED with chemicals that make us ignorant & stupid & kill us with cancer? Why do we STILL HAVE some curable diseases hanging around that we should have eradicated YEARS AGO???? All these things I just listed....whose idea of PROGRESSIVISM is that? IT CERTAINLY AIN'T MINE!!! Why are we not allowing people to CHOSE alternative forms of energy for their homes (solar, wind)?? Why are we still building house like we did....actually as far back as the 1930s...which means these houses today...nothing special about them...same style as 1935. Over 80 years of the same old, same old. WHEN is somebody ever going to get tired of this, & step forward & say, "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD!" WHEN is somebody going to step forward & untie the hands of scientists & Drs & give them resources to eradicate a ton of PREVENTABLE diseases?? When is somebody going to step forward & say...."We DON'T need fossil fuel burning vehicles ANYMORE!!!!????" by vehicles...I DO mean planes, trains, cars, trucks, ships, 18 wheelers... the whole gamut. When is somebody going to step forward & say "We need to build houses that can live OFF the grid!" The way we are living now...this is not Progressive...it is Regressive. We are actually going in REVERSE. I hope a lot of people read my thoughts today...& share some answers....BUT....I do not want any finger paointing…(the greedy Democrats did it to us)...or...(the greedy Republicans did this to us)...no, because see, really...the answer to everything I have wrote here IS greed. But I really would love to hear some opinions...but remember...NO fingerpointing! |
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