[dragnet2]

Well, my point is that there were plenty of eras WORSE than the current one in American history. Just the Great Depression alone was MUCH WORSE than now.

Apples and oranges.

You see, the economy might have been worse, but America was much more *united* even then, than it is now, and they came out of it even more united as a country.

If the economy now imploded, it would make what occurred in the Great Depression appear like a peaceful walk in the park.

You don't appear to understand what is occurring, nor do you have a feel for the mood of this country.

[PJ-Comix]

You see, the economy might have been worse, but America was much more *united* even then, than it is now, and they came out of it even more united as a country.

Read John Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle or Grapes of Wrath. The country was VERY divided back then. Communist subversion was in full swing in those days. We see those times thru a hazy gauze of nostalgia but they certainly weren't warm fuzzy times.

You don't appear to understand what is occurring, nor do you have a feel for the mood of this country.

I'm out and about constantly. Remember all the student protests of the 1960s? Well, I visit campuses a lot and guess what? Very little campus protests. More activism by the faculty but that's about all. Most of the leftwing outrage you see is pretty much confined to the Web.