[Golfingnut]

Someone said I love it the way it used to be. So I said I love it just the way it is.

We were both wrong: to borrow a Quote from Dale:
"I love it the way it should be

Now that is using your head for something besides a hat rack.


I have lived for more than 2/3's of a century and (in my opinion) feel I am living a better life today than them GOOD OLE DAYS. We are better in the methods of medical treatment and many ways Everyone is closer to being treated as being EQUAL. When groups of Americans are given a right, I do not feel like I lost one.
We still have need of improvement, but must not go back.

[redwitch]

I am an American citizen. I am also a German citizen. I chose America over Germany a long, long time ago and have rarely regretted it. America is not perfect, she makes some horrendous mistakes and her people have done some awful things. So have most other nations. However, America does learn from her mistakes -- she and her people do what they can to make things right. America tries. This is a great nation and I am proud to say I am an American.

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by redwitch

I am an American citizen. I am also a German citizen. I chose America over Germany a long, long time ago and have rarely regretted it. America is not perfect, she makes some horrendous mistakes and her people have done some awful things. So have most other nations. However, America does learn from her mistakes -- she and her people do what they can to make things right. America tries. This is a great nation and I am proud to say I am an American.

I am a 22 year Army Veteran. Ich habe 11 Jahre lang in Deutschland gelebt. Loved it very much I might add. I also agree, that most if not all countries committed terrible acts in the good ole days. We are getting better so must not look back.

[Challenger]

Originally Posted by redwitch

I am an American citizen. I am also a German citizen. I chose America over Germany a long, long time ago and have rarely regretted it. America is not perfect, she makes some horrendous mistakes and her people have done some awful things. So have most other nations. However, America does learn from her mistakes -- she and her people do what they can to make things right. America tries. This is a great nation and I am proud to say I am an American.

Well said--- Glad you came and contributed to the American Experience

[buggyone]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

Someone said I love it the way it used to be. So I said I love it just the way it is.

We were both wrong: to borrow a Quote from Dale:
"I love it the way it should be

Now that is using your head for something besides a hat rack.


I have lived for more than 2/3's of a century and (in my opinion) feel I am living a better life today than them GOOD OLE DAYS. We are better in the methods of medical treatment and many ways Everyone is closer to being treated as being EQUAL. When groups of Americans are given a right, I do not feel like I lost one.
We still have need of improvement, but must not go back.

You are absolutely right. A poster in a different thread said he loved America like it WAS. How far back? Before women got the right to vote? Before slavery was abolished? Before the Civil Rights Act?

We, as a country, have gone forward a long ways. Progressive action is needed to go forward and to keep moving forward.

[OCsun]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

Someone said I love it the way it used to be. So I said I love it just the way it is.

We were both wrong: to borrow a Quote from Dale:
"I love it the way it should be

Now that is using your head for something besides a hat rack.


I have lived for more than 2/3's of a century and (in my opinion) feel I am living a better life today than them GOOD OLE DAYS. We are better in the methods of medical treatment and many ways Everyone is closer to being treated as being EQUAL. When groups of Americans are given a right, I do not feel like I lost one.
We still have need of improvement, but must not go back.

[Topspinmo]

"Progressive action , Wouldn't that be considered "political Views". in other words our way or the highway! Forum Police, Forum Police ZAP! ZAP!

Not to worry no supermen around to reverse the rotation of the earth. So there is no going back except when were all broke.

[buggyone]

Originally Posted by Rc Moser

"Progressive action , Wouldn't that be considered "political Views". in other words our way or the highway! Forum Police, Forum Police ZAP! ZAP!

Not to worry no supermen around to reverse the rotation of the earth. So there is no going back except when were all broke.

No, progressive action just means to be forward thinking. There is absolutely nothing political about looking forward and going forward instead of going backwards.

[KeepingItReal]

Originally Posted by buggyone

No, progressive action just means to be forward thinking. There is absolutely nothing political about looking forward and going forward instead of going backwards.

Suppose that might be the reason our country is in such a mess and basically going down the drain. It's saddening to see what is happening to our once greatly blessed country.

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by KeepingItReal

Suppose that might be the reason our country is in such a mess and basically going down the drain. It's saddening to see what is happening to our once greatly blessed country.

I see us in better shape than any time in my life. Better medical, better equal rites etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

[KeepingItReal]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

I see us in better shape than any time in my life. Better medical, better equal rites etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

Maybe you should look at the overall picture of the country and not just what is better for you...

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by KeepingItReal

Maybe you should look at the overall picture of the country and not just what is better for you...

The way it is now is not better for me. It is better for so many that don't look like me.

[KeepingItReal]

Originally Posted by Golfingnut

The way it is now is not better for me. It is better for so many that don't look like me.

Obviously your opinion is the only opinion that matters....

On many, many fronts we are faced with declines and problems that no one has a clue how to solve...or where they will take us down to in the end.

[Golfingnut]

Originally Posted by KeepingItReal

Obviously your opinion is the only opinion that matters....

On many, many fronts we are faced with declines and problems that no one has a clue how to solve...or where they will take us down to in the end.

I love opinions from everyone. Let's just shake hands and say we differ on the direction to proceed from here.

Love
Lou

[rubicon]

This is a difficult question to address given the limitations of time and space.
Advances in health safety, technology etc. are better.
Morally and socially we are rapidly digressing.
Political leadership is corrupt and lacks vision.
Our educational system has failed miserably and the affects of that failure are now self evident.
The federal government over reach is stripping both industry and private citizens of constitutional rights and compromising our free enterprise system with unnecessary and expensive regulations
I love America also and it is sad to see the America I knew disappear before my eyes.