For us seniors- Remember When

This video is a kind of add-on to the "Here's to Us" segment earlier in this blog.
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On a more sour, but still interesting note, from one of my more skeptical, bleeding heart friends, Jim:

Ah, yes, the Fabulous ‘50’s. I have nothing better to do than wax nostalgic about the ‘50’s, so I will. Memories:

Child abuse was a ok.

So was drunk driving.

And especially so was wife beating.

Drinking was the norm.

Especially when driving.

Cigarette smoke was everywhere.

Gays got electroshocked.

So did the clinically depressed.

There were three public facilities: men, women, and colored.

L.A. was the most polluted city in the world.

Joe McCarthy led witch hunts.

Ike assassinated Patrice Lumumba.

My neighbors built bomb shelters.

Our diet was fat, sugar and preservatives.

Women were homemakers.

Police shot to kill, no questions asked.

Sex equaled guilt.

God was a monster, not a lover.

The media never dared question America.

Travel was prohibitively expensive.

Which meant America really was ordained by God.

But these are mere moral problems. Let’s get to the crux of the matter. Does any of you really want to give up comfortable cars, air conditioning, affordable plane flights, cheap telephone service, emails, cell phones, HDTV, clean air, clean water, advanced medical care, diversity, great parties, healthy food, I could go on and on—best of all, a world that values love?

The ‘50’s were an unmitigated nightmare.