I found this an interesting read about past campaigns. We always hear today about how dirty and down right mean someone is being while running for office today. Well, by the looks of the past, we do not get to see or hear the best of the worst that could be had while running for an office.... Bring 'em on!!!! I sometimes wonder about the good 'ole days. Seems like in a lot of ways this world was better off. But I look at if from a conservative point of view...nothing wrong with that..... just saying it. On the other side, I imagine many liberals see the good 'ole days as not so good [for them]....and if it is not good for them, then it is just not good.
A few of the better ideas way back then: in no particular order -
A few of the better ideas way back then: in no particular order -
- public hangings
- many people carried guns
- a lot of business was done by just a handshake
- a man's word meant more back then
- God was not a dirty word
- there was good and evil; people knew the difference
- talk was cheap, but not always nice
- feelings got hurt, but nobody sued over it
- peoples were expected to be responsible for their own actions ; if one spilt hot coffee on themselves, it was their own damned fault
- political correctness did not exist
- outcome based edicashun was not even thought of
- skool was a place to learn things of value and not junque like being taught today.
- if a kid was bad, he got whacked, and again until he learned to behave
- carpal tunnel was never heard of
- a carbon footprint was something left on granny's new carpet from walking through a pile of half-burned wood outside.
- good was often saught and evil was to be avoided
- aspiring to higher points in life was the way to go
- dumbing down the whole classroom or someone was never an option in life in order to make a stupid person feel better.
- a small farm, a small village
- more things were done locally than afar
- there was a lot less paperwork
