I’ve got to admit I wasn’t “present” politically during so much of what led up to where we are today. I’m 80, so benefited from so much of the New Deal while growing up. My “waking up” came during Newt Gingrich’s term. That’s when I switched from Republican to Democrat. I can remember having a discussion with a co-worker after the pa…
I’ve got to admit I wasn’t “present” politically during so much of what led up to where we are today. I’m 80, so benefited from so much of the New Deal while growing up. My “waking up” came during Newt Gingrich’s term. That’s when I switched from Republican to Democrat. I can remember having a discussion with a co-worker after the passing of the de-segregation bill about what it would mean in the south. (I attended segregated schools in Louisiana through the fifth grade when we moved to North Dakota. Cultural shock!!). Anyway, my point was that a law couldn’t and wouldn’t change the cultural mindset of the people that lived there. My co-worker was all about everything is fine now that we have a law. As the years have passed, I have often thought of that conversation and, unfortunately, have seen that I was so correct. It takes more than laws. The laws are so important, but then we need to educate “the masses” as to what happened to cause those laws to be made. My soapbox has been and will continue to be EDUCATION.
I’ve got to admit I wasn’t “present” politically during so much of what led up to where we are today. I’m 80, so benefited from so much of the New Deal while growing up. My “waking up” came during Newt Gingrich’s term. That’s when I switched from Republican to Democrat. I can remember having a discussion with a co-worker after the passing of the de-segregation bill about what it would mean in the south. (I attended segregated schools in Louisiana through the fifth grade when we moved to North Dakota. Cultural shock!!). Anyway, my point was that a law couldn’t and wouldn’t change the cultural mindset of the people that lived there. My co-worker was all about everything is fine now that we have a law. As the years have passed, I have often thought of that conversation and, unfortunately, have seen that I was so correct. It takes more than laws. The laws are so important, but then we need to educate “the masses” as to what happened to cause those laws to be made. My soapbox has been and will continue to be EDUCATION.