repukes are always longing nostalgically for the 1950's

[leftofthedial]

Looks like they're getting their wish--on Wall Street at least.

[fascisthunter]

1. Throw Back Squares

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I long nostalgically for the 1950s too

but for OTHER reasons

That was a very successful MIXED economy...

IT WORKED

Strong labor, strong middle class... the drill

[daggahead]

3. Plus, and I will catch hell for this ...

White men ruled everything!

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. No you wont... that is why the conservatives long for it

:-)

See very different reasons

I want that economy

They want that social system

[zbdent]

12. when my mother-in-law explains how little they payed for their house ...

I remind her to think of what Mr. ZBDent-in-law's salary was at the time ...

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. very true

[cobalt1999]

18. There are lots of things that were great about the 1950's.

Not as much income disparity.
The dollar was king.
The USA was respected around the world.
One income was enough to support a family.
No Walmarts.
Pensions were expected.
Unions ruled.

I'd like to have all those things back

[codjh9]

5. Yes! Listen, I've (unfortunately) lived in the D/FW area twice, and that's exactly what I thought

when I lived there - they think it's still the 50's. No limits to sprawl, consumption, pollution, consumerism, anything! Actually they often DENY the existence of pollution - the letters to the editor during some of the worst air periods (often late summer) were just ridiculous when I lived there... and it was very visible/obvious (the air pollution, that is). Another phrase I had for the area was The Land That Time Forgot... the age of the dinosaurs... etc.

[Warpy]

6. yeah, most of them are Ronnies, born in the late 50s or later

and who only remember the 50s in sitting on the floor in their diapers, fed and cared for, if at all.

Those of us who were a bit older remember them more clearly as a time of McCarthy engendered fear, social and racial regimentation, and grey conformity where social problems were never mentioned as we all pasted smiles on and pretended to be Leave it to Beaver come alive.

It's odd, but that's what all the faux nostalgia is for, regimentation where everyone knew his or her place and there were no uncomfortable decisions to be made. None of the silly gits is ever nostalgic for the only good part of the 50s, the New Deal that created full employment and allowed families to survive and prosper on one income. They sure as hell don't want the strong unions back. I doubt if many of the working women who long for the 50s long for the total dependency in servitude married women faced back then. They want to stay home, but they want the freedom to work in their own field instead of being restricted to waitress, nurse, secretary, or teacher.

In short, the right winger's reading of the 50s is as incomplete as his reading of his bible is. It's easy to love something when you don't know a single thing about it.

[Winterblues]

7. You mean back when Democrats were running government?

:shrug: Wasn't that during that horrible forty year period of Democratic Control over our country. When we all slept peacefully in our beds knowing Responsible people were looking out for our interests.. Those fifties?

[mrcheerful]

8. No pukes want to go back to an age that never existed to began with

they think TV sit coms like Leave it to Beaver and Father knows best were documentaries on life during the 50's, not made up TV shows. It's just like their ideal of the wild west came from Little House on the Prairie, not from history books. Pukes don't live in reality, they live in TV land where all problems in life can be fixed in 1/2 an hour.

[leftofthedial]

9. it was a Democratic world

brought safely through WWII by Democratic leadership

jobs secure thanks to strong unions

public education the best in the world thanks to Democratic policies

BUT, what I was talking about is where the Dow is headed.

[librechik]

10. don't you mean the 1850s? When they could still own slaves?

Sometimes I feel they are trying to hold the clock right about there, when business regulation was practically non-existent and paying someone a dollar a day was right generous.

[leftofthedial]

15. actually many of them long for the 13th Century

pre Magna Carta, pre-Enlightenment

[Bonhomme Richard]

11. The odd thing is that the good in the 50's was FDR's doing.

They really don't get it.
They are against everything that FDR did that helped create the middle class.
Morons, one and all.

[guitar man]

13. jsut the social side

On the economic side, we had a thriving middle class brought to us by FDR policies and a unionized labor force. We produced things for a living and were prosperous for it.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. Yup. The "good old days" that weren't.

The best thing about the '50s is that they ended and brought on the '60s.

[Fumesucker]

17. You mean back when the top tax rate was 90%+ ?

*Those* 1950's?

[leftofthedial]

19. they kind of forgot that part