I am so sick of the generation behind mine blaming my generation for the problems of our country and the world.
Checking out at the grocery store recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.
I apologized & explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days."
The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to
save our environment for future generations."
She was right about one thing -- our generation didn't have the green thing in “Our” day.
So what did we have back then…?
After some reflection & soul-searching on "Our" day here's what I remembered we did have.... Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles & beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed & sterilized & refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly.
So they really were recycled.
But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store
& office building.
We walked to the grocery store & didn't climb into a 300- horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.
But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's nappies because we didn't have the throw-away kind.
We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind & solar
power really did dry our clothes back in our early days.
Kids got hand-me -down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.
But that young lady is right. We didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room.
And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size
of the state of Scotland.
In the kitchen, we blended & stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us.
When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.
Back then, we didn't fire up an engine & burn petrol just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power.
We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.
But she's right. We didn't have the green thing back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water.
We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, & we replaced the razor
blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the
blade got dull.
But we didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the bus, & kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service.
We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?
It reminds me of the Billy Joel song/video We Didn't Start The Fire.
I love this when it came out but had no clue that Billy Joel is old enough to be my father and from the generation before mine.
I was never stupid enough to blame previous generations because of the problem our country faced but I know my generation stole this song as their own when it actually belonged to the one before us.
Many people today believe that the United states and its problems are all to blame on previous generations.
In a way I agree.
However, we need to remember that we are far removed from the feelings and events of the times past. It is much easier for us to pass judgment on events and motives of the past than it is to evaluate or own actions and motives honestly.
As we study our past, it is important that we not look at an event with only a modern, critical eye. We mus also examine it in the context of the culture of that day, considering the information and attitudes we would have had if we had lived at that time.
Americans have always desired a better way of life for the third world countries around the world, and mostly honestly thought that the United States could help them achieve progress.
News agencies of today still play yellow journalism that probably got its start with Hurst and Pulitzer just before the Spanish American War.
In a subscription war the Hurst and Pulitzer, fed the population of readers a steady diet of sensational stories.
They manipulated news stories, trying to make each on more exciting and attention getting that the others.
Unfortunately, some of what they reported was either inaccurate or greatly exaggerated. They knew that if they wrote about extremely poor condition in Cuba and about Spain insulting the United stated they could stir up great interest in a growing conflict. Their reporting intentionally drove America toward war.
They then proceeded to take private information about Dupuy de Lome the Spanish minister to the United States people. In a letter to a personal friend of the minister, that was never meant for publication, they read the insulting letter that called the president weak and undecided.
At that time America was fiercely protective of its President and took personally the insults stated by the Spanish minister.
Then the war ship Main anchored in Havana, Cuba blew up. Two officers and 250 enlisted men died in the initial blast. The yellow press said Spain was responsible. After that Americans wished to blame Spain.
We obviously have not learned our lesson from history because our gooberment uses this tactic to repeatedly manipulate our minds and feelings to justify their actions.
Because of this we can no longer trust the media. But because so many of us have realized this and started news blogs and commenting regularly on twitter and facebook they need a way to shut us down.
They have labeled us (that is you and me) and made way to take away our freedom on the internet and at home.
Here is a short list of stories the main stream media chose to ignore.
One-month old infant raped and murdered by illegal alien.
More to come after verification. If you know of any please post them in the comments.
They can now detain us with out charges indefinitely. It looks like they can now even kill us without trial or even arrest. They are now working on ways to shut us down and block the content of our blogs and posts.
You can see this now on facebook with how they are controlling your ability to see friends posts in your news feed and even when going directly to their wall.
Posts of little or no consequence are even being removed from your friends wall and status on facebook because of simple buzz words in them.
Homeland Security to Monitor Journalists, Bloggers, Social Media
Please wake up.
If you have a news or comment blog please share it with your facebook, twitter and all your friends.
Please also connect with your friends on venues other then facebook, twitter, google, yahoo, etc.
You will want to be able to keep in touch and informed when big brother flips the switch.
You may also want to start a phone tree, mail tree or email tree of friends on facebook, twitter etc to keep connected.
If you have suggestions on how to stay connected if and when the big switch is put in OFF position please share them below in the comments section.
credits BJU press the american republic copyright 1993
Blessings HHC
Checking out at the grocery store recently, the young cashier suggested I should bring my own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.
I apologized & explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days."
The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to
save our environment for future generations."
She was right about one thing -- our generation didn't have the green thing in “Our” day.
So what did we have back then…?
After some reflection & soul-searching on "Our" day here's what I remembered we did have.... Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles & beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed & sterilized & refilled, so it could use the same bottles repeatedly.
So they really were recycled.
But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store
& office building.
We walked to the grocery store & didn't climb into a 300- horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.
But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's nappies because we didn't have the throw-away kind.
We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind & solar
power really did dry our clothes back in our early days.
Kids got hand-me -down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.
But that young lady is right. We didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room.
And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size
of the state of Scotland.
In the kitchen, we blended & stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us.
When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.
Back then, we didn't fire up an engine & burn petrol just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power.
We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.
But she's right. We didn't have the green thing back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water.
We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, & we replaced the razor
blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the
blade got dull.
But we didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the bus, & kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service.
We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?
It reminds me of the Billy Joel song/video We Didn't Start The Fire.
I love this when it came out but had no clue that Billy Joel is old enough to be my father and from the generation before mine.
I was never stupid enough to blame previous generations because of the problem our country faced but I know my generation stole this song as their own when it actually belonged to the one before us.
Many people today believe that the United states and its problems are all to blame on previous generations.
In a way I agree.
However, we need to remember that we are far removed from the feelings and events of the times past. It is much easier for us to pass judgment on events and motives of the past than it is to evaluate or own actions and motives honestly.
As we study our past, it is important that we not look at an event with only a modern, critical eye. We mus also examine it in the context of the culture of that day, considering the information and attitudes we would have had if we had lived at that time.
Americans have always desired a better way of life for the third world countries around the world, and mostly honestly thought that the United States could help them achieve progress.
News agencies of today still play yellow journalism that probably got its start with Hurst and Pulitzer just before the Spanish American War.
In a subscription war the Hurst and Pulitzer, fed the population of readers a steady diet of sensational stories.
They manipulated news stories, trying to make each on more exciting and attention getting that the others.
Unfortunately, some of what they reported was either inaccurate or greatly exaggerated. They knew that if they wrote about extremely poor condition in Cuba and about Spain insulting the United stated they could stir up great interest in a growing conflict. Their reporting intentionally drove America toward war.
They then proceeded to take private information about Dupuy de Lome the Spanish minister to the United States people. In a letter to a personal friend of the minister, that was never meant for publication, they read the insulting letter that called the president weak and undecided.
At that time America was fiercely protective of its President and took personally the insults stated by the Spanish minister.
Then the war ship Main anchored in Havana, Cuba blew up. Two officers and 250 enlisted men died in the initial blast. The yellow press said Spain was responsible. After that Americans wished to blame Spain.
We obviously have not learned our lesson from history because our gooberment uses this tactic to repeatedly manipulate our minds and feelings to justify their actions.
Because of this we can no longer trust the media. But because so many of us have realized this and started news blogs and commenting regularly on twitter and facebook they need a way to shut us down.
They have labeled us (that is you and me) and made way to take away our freedom on the internet and at home.
Here is a short list of stories the main stream media chose to ignore.
One-month old infant raped and murdered by illegal alien.
More to come after verification. If you know of any please post them in the comments.
They can now detain us with out charges indefinitely. It looks like they can now even kill us without trial or even arrest. They are now working on ways to shut us down and block the content of our blogs and posts.
You can see this now on facebook with how they are controlling your ability to see friends posts in your news feed and even when going directly to their wall.
Posts of little or no consequence are even being removed from your friends wall and status on facebook because of simple buzz words in them.
Homeland Security to Monitor Journalists, Bloggers, Social Media
Please wake up.
If you have a news or comment blog please share it with your facebook, twitter and all your friends.
Please also connect with your friends on venues other then facebook, twitter, google, yahoo, etc.
You will want to be able to keep in touch and informed when big brother flips the switch.
You may also want to start a phone tree, mail tree or email tree of friends on facebook, twitter etc to keep connected.
If you have suggestions on how to stay connected if and when the big switch is put in OFF position please share them below in the comments section.
credits BJU press the american republic copyright 1993
Blessings HHC
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