And the assassinations. And the body bags from Vietnam. And LBJ and Billy Sol Estes and his tanks of anhydrous ammonia, so useful in later years for manufacturing methamphetamine.
But it was a great time, all things considered. Like you, I thought it would go on forever, or get better.
Yep, a lot of that stuff.
As you said, back then most Americans worked to improve the country. And they did.
I’m having to look up Billy Sol.
Nowadays, 1/2 of America decides to destroy the country because they watch the idiots on Saturday Night Live.
SNL is the substitute religion for self-destructing fools.
[In 1962, after information came to light that Estes had paid off four Agriculture officials for grain storage contracts, President John F. Kennedy ordered the Justice Department and FBI to open investigations into Estes’ activities and determine if Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman had also been “compromised” (Freeman was cleared).[3] Congress conducted hearings on Estes’ business dealings, including some that led to Vice President Johnson, a long-time associate of Estes.[4]]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Sol_Estes
Ah, so Billie Sol Estes was a friend of LBJ and this (above) was happening in 1962??
Well, I would say more but that would just be a tinfoil nut-job conspiracy thingy.