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The time when America stopped being great(Barf alert)
BBC News ^ | November 3rd | Nick Bryant

Posted on 11/03/2017 6:05:30 PM PDT by Ennis85

A year ago Donald Trump produced the biggest political upset in modern-day America, but were there historical clues that pointed to his unexpected victory? Flying into Los Angeles, a descent that takes you from the desert, over the mountains, to the outer suburbs dotted with swimming pools shaped like kidneys, always brings on a near narcotic surge of nostalgia.

This was the flight path I followed more than 30 years ago, as I fulfilled a boyhood dream to make my first trip to the United States. America had always fired my imagination, both as a place and as an idea. So as I entered the immigration hall, under the winsome smile of America's movie star president, it was hardly a case of love at first sight. My infatuation had started long before, with Westerns, cop shows, superhero comic strips, and movies such as West Side Story and Grease. Gotham exerted more of a pull than London. My 16-year-old self could quote more presidents than prime ministers. Like so many new arrivals, like so many of my compatriots, I felt an instant sense of belonging, a fealty borne of familiarity. Eighties America lived up to its billing, from the multi-lane freeways to the cavernous fridges, from the drive-in movie theatres to the drive-through burger joints. I loved the bigness, the boldness, the brashness. Coming from a country where too many people were reconciled to their fate from too early an age, the animating force of the American Dream was not just seductive but unshackling. Upward mobility was not a given amongst my schoolmates. The absence of resentment was also striking: the belief success was something to emulate rather than envy. The sight of a Cadillac induced different feelings than the sight of a Rolls Royce.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: obamaracism; reagan; trump

1 posted on 11/03/2017 6:05:30 PM PDT by Ennis85
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To: Ennis85

Hey BBC! You F*cked up progressives have ruined your once great country. Mind your own business!


2 posted on 11/03/2017 6:11:00 PM PDT by willk (everyone)
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To: Ennis85

Too many “I”s to take seriously.


3 posted on 11/03/2017 6:11:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Ennis85

America ceased to be great, not at any single point, but as an evolution. America became increasingly irrelevant the more the liberals gained control.


4 posted on 11/03/2017 6:22:55 PM PDT by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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To: LouAvul

We saved their a@@es from the Nazis and in the future we will have to save their a##es from the muzzies


5 posted on 11/03/2017 6:29:27 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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To: Ennis85

November 08, 2016:The Day America Got Wise Again


6 posted on 11/03/2017 6:44:23 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Ennis85

Oh, some writer at the BBC was in love with Reagan’s America and smog-ridden LA (much cleaner now)??? Pull the other one.


7 posted on 11/03/2017 6:50:30 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Ennis85

Nobody’s interested enough to read the rest of this person’s words.


8 posted on 11/04/2017 4:25:45 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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To: Ennis85
Progress - progress of, by, and for the American people - defines the greatness of America.

“Progressives” subvert the thrust of progress in America by defining “progress” as growth of government which inevitably comes at the expense of the ability of society to progress.

The “Great Society” boast of LBJ was actually a boast of creating a great government. “Great” governments are a dime a dozen - great societies, not so much.


9 posted on 11/04/2017 7:52:32 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Presses can be 'associated,' or presses can be independent. Demand independent presses.)
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