Make Mine Freedom!

A Time For Choosing ^ | 10/15 | Gary Jackson

[curth]

Sometimes something comes along that just blows you away. This is one of those times.

Just as we are now, there was another time when America was fighting the strong advances of communism. There were many Americans who thought communism was the way to go, just as there are now. Lots of folks have vilified Senator Joe McCarthy, who held hearings looking for communists in America. Many have said there were no communists. History proves that McCarthy was absolutely correct.

This cartoon is from 1948, just as the Cold War was kicking into high gear. Just as we have now, many snake oil salesmen were out there trying to convince Americans that communism was the way to go, that if folks would just give up certain freedoms, the all powerful, all knowing government would take care of them forever.

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have." Thomas Jefferson

This patriotic cartoon is from John Sutherland Productions and a series he called Fun and Facts About America. Many of us growing up watching these things as kids, even in the 1960's, as so many of the great 1940s and 1950s cartoons were recycled for new generations. Cartoons were more sophisticated back then, in my opinion, many times geared toward an older audience. I’ll leave it to the reader’s imagination, but see if Dr Utopia the snake oil salesman doesn’t remind you of someone we know all too well today.

[Cyber Liberty]

I like cartoons. I really like this one.

[JimRed]

The teachers’ unions would scream bloody murder if they were instructed to show that cartoon, and twice as loud if they had to play the Reagan speech!

[JimRed]

BUMP to give this one a new start; it is worthy!