Posted on 06/14/2018 7:17:38 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Ron Howard has one question on his mind, and it has nothing to with his latest film, “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”
“Honest question to #MAGA minders,” the 64-year-old tweeted Thursday. “When was America at its greatest? Can you tell me an era that reflects the ‘Again’ that you hope to return to?”
The Oscar-winning filmmaker and former “Happy Days” actor quickly started a conversation with users who had different opinions of President Trump’s famous slogan.
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A long long time ago
I can still remember how
That music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they’d be happy for a while
But February made me shiver
With every paper I’d deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn’t take one more step
I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
Something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
So
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin’ this’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die
Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Do you believe in rock and roll?
Can music save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Well, I know that you’re in love with him
‘Cause I saw you dancin’ in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage broncin’ buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died
I started singin’
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin’ this’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die
Now, for ten years we’ve been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
But, that’s not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Lennon read a book on Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
We were singin’
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
And singin’ this’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die
Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
‘Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
We started singin’
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
And singin’ this’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die
Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
‘Cause fire is the devil’s only friend
Oh and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan’s spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
He was singin’
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin’ this’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die
I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I’d heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn’t play
And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
And they were singing
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin’ this’ll be the day that I die
This’ll be the day that I die
They were singing
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin’ this’ll be the day that I die
Songwriters: Don Mclean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5ecvBaqHBk
When you were a little snot-nosed kid with a fake Southern accent playing second banana to Andy Griffith and Don Knotts.
Wow!
America was an unrivaled economic powerhouse between 1945 and 1975. We made all the best stuff. No one could touch us. Jobs actually got you ahead. The American Dream was more easily attainable. The Leftists has really began poisoning society and industry after that. The Vietnam War was used as a bludgeon by the anti-American Left. Johnson had wreaked havoc by expanding the welfare state. Nixon didn’t do us any favors with Affirmative Action in that it hurts all of us except those who directly benefit. Leftists still didn’t have a complete hold on the universities and couldn’t shape the thoughts of too many students.
What is Opie really asking?
His question is framed to generate the type of responses from conservatives, so he and his ilk can say that conservatives just want to go back to a time when white people were the majority and are afraid of "change."
The day The Constitution of the United States of America was Ratified, June 21, 1788.
It’s sad to see a man that grew up in the San Fernando Valley, who can’t grasp that there has been a terrible decline in our region over the last 40 years.
This isn’t about White people being in control, and White privilege. This is about any semblance of social order, and what we had breaking down over the last 40 years.
Look folks, if Blacks, Hispanics, or Asians attained middle to upper middle class great. The problem is nowadays, they are destroying what it means to be middle class.
We aren’t moving minorities into the middle class. We are merely destroying the middle class. And I reference that from the vantage point of the law, following the law, looking down on people who break it and refuse to honor our nation at all.
We are headed for anarchy. Does Ron honestly believe that’s better than the 50s and 60s he grew up in, landed his staring role, and propelled him to the life he lived over the years.
Tell us Ron. Do you want others to have the opportunity to live the life you did, or are you as happy as you seem to be, to seeing that middle-class model condemned and destroyed?
It’s truly sad to see a guy like Ron Howard take a crap on his heredity.
And the Jets won the Super Bowl!.........
1984, Reagan gets re-elected in a historic landslide and ‘Happy ‘Days’ gets canceled.
I used to know that entire so g by heart!.......
The 50s,no contest.
.
Up until the day Dopey was born.
When we nuked Nagasaki.
Why doesn’t he tell us who is better then?
Dumb ass rich little %$@@#^*.
Good job screwing up that Solo movie, btw.
*like*
I concur.
All of my grandparents were great people and easily managed to traverse the transition with elan.
Winthrop Paroo, The Music Man, 1962
Ron Howard is asking “When exactly was America Great?”
It’s a trap.
What he’s really asking is “When was America Perfect?”
Richie Cunningham’s authenticity is already suspect... He and his cast of
thirty / forty year olds kind of looked lame in their acting roles as high school teens.
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