Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Guazy Memories

The Right is frequently rambling on about trying to hang on to some idealized value or idea that never really existed such as the 1950s. You know, when Republican President Eisenhower was warning about the military industrial complex that the Right loves so much now and compulsively feeds.

Then there's the great stuff about how minorities were treated in the good old days, and women, and disabled people and...But don't let the truth get in the way, the idealized memory is always softer and you also don't have to look at what a jerk you are.

The rich did well as always if I recall correctly. Even though the tax rate was much higher than what it is now.

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