I love that movie so much because they got some of my older relatives (I
mean OLD when I was just a little kids) spot on!

"They got this here dee-pression goin' on.  I got to do for me and mine."
--Pete

Much of the rural south hadn't recovered from that until well into the
'70s.  I suppose that's why so many of my relatives came north to the auto
plants.  The folks that stayed behind had a hardscrabble live for more than
another generation.  Incredibly sweet and simple folks.  I get misty-eyed
for them every time I watch that.

They regarded FDR as almost a demi-god.  Daddy said that, at least as far as
the South was concerned, he would have been president for life (I guess he
was, though, wasn't he?).  If it weren't for WPA and the Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA), people would literally have starved to death.  I believe
FDR and Eisenhower had a good vision for what Federal gov't should be:
focused on infrastructure to create work and stimulate the economy.  Our
infrastructure (roads, bridges, electrical grids, etc.) are in deplorable
shape.  There's been no widescale effort for improvement since the '50s.
THAT's the kind of thing we need our government to focus on to pull us out
of this mess.


As for my personal views, I suppose I would be in the Libertarian or
"state's rights" camp.  If someone would start a "Leave me the heck alone"
party, I would pull that lever right now!  LOL!  As it stands right now, I
think we are blindly headed toward an Orwellian state.  Now if I can only
find my tin-foil hat! [?]

Kyle

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 6:20 AM, Kathy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> LOL I'll have to watch that again this weekend!  I sure do love those
> ol-timey politicking scences.
>
> We have early voting here in NC and I plan to take advantage of it on my
> way home from the audiologist's next week.  There've been long lines so
> it'll take a while, but I expect it'd take even longer on Election Day. We
> have a real anti-Obama phone campaign but as I can't hear a thing on the
> phone right now, it goes over my head, *smirks*  They wouldn't do any good
> anyway as I've made up my mind already.  I wanted to help out at the
> campaign here but as I can't go up to doors and knock (accessiblity issues)
> and I can't call people,  I can only give money.  Maybe next time I can do
> more with my implant having been activated and I've learned to use it.
>
> Kat
>
>
> KE Cleveland wrote:
>
>> "It's back to the flour-mill for Pappy O'Dan'l!" --Homer Stokes, "O
>> Brother,
>> Where Art Thou?"
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Michael H. Collis <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>

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