We often hearken (whatever that is) back to the Good Old Days. Everything was better in the Good Old Days.
According to Time Magazine, in July 2007 it was reported in the news that...
Ø John Kerry (remember him?) orders his Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches with Provolone instead of Cheese Whiz.
> This was being played up by the News Media as demonstrating his Remoteness from the Average American.
Ø Mitt Romney (remember him?) had spent $300 on a Makeup Artist.
>This was being played up by the News Media as demonstrating how out of touch he was from Average American Voters.
Ø Al Gore (remember him?) wore Earth Tones during his campaign for president because he was heeding the advice of a Political Consultant.
>This was being played up by the News Media as demonstrating his Insecurity as a Candidate.
Ø John Edwards (remember him?) had just embarked on 12-city tour to highlight the persistence of poverty in America after getting a $400 Haircut (I sure hope for that price he got them all cut and not just one).
>This was being played up by the News Media as demonstrating his inability to relate to Low-Income Americans.
The really bad news about the 4 Bullet Points above is the Good Ole USofA was certainly having really Big Problems back in 2007, same as we are having really big problems now, but Trivial Trivia was bigger news to the News Media than Big Problem News was.
Whatever your political leanings are, all of us would probably agree that the world we live in today is really in deep trouble. If you agree with this Doom and Gloom, I am about to make you feel even worse.
July 2007 is 11 years and 4 months ago. Stop and think about this. 11 years and 4 months from now we will be looking back at today and calling today the Good Old Days because we always look back at the past and look around at the present and say it was better in the past, probably because it actually was better in the past.
Does this Blog Posting make you feel better?
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
3 comments:
Your perspective is good for sure, but is the world in real trouble. If I think about “the good old days” of yore, they look pretty scary like the world was in trouble then. The world seems like it is in perpetual trouble, doesn’t it? May I quote Winston S. Churchill? Mr. Chamberlain can't seem to understand that we live in a very wicked world. English people want to be left alone, and I daresay a great many other people want to be left alone too. But the world is like a tired old horse plodding down a long road. Every time it strays off and tries to graze peacefully in some nice green pasture, along comes a new master to flog it a bit further along.
Sad to say, you’re probably right; just keep blogging.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! (no PC from me!)
Well, I do long for some of the good old days, for example, I long for the days when I could hit a golf ball about 75 yards longer than I can hit one now.....!!
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