Wouldn’t it be nice if they brought that back... Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 28, 2019, at 3:45 PM, Robert Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > > & it was a legal requirement that news provide _both_ sides of an issue every > evening at 5pm, in return for their free access to the airwaves. > >> On 06/28/2019 02:05 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: >> And Walter Cronkite told us how thing were each evening and that is the way >> they were. >> *From:* Ken Hohhof >> *Sent:* Friday, June 28, 2019 2:54 PM >> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT - photo brings back memories of the JFK era >> News sites are reporting that Caroline Kennedy has put Jackie’s Martha’s >> Vineyard estate up for sale, and they are including some historical photos. >> Probably most of you were born after Nov. 22, 1963, and don’t have the same >> emotional reaction I did when I saw this photo. But it brought me back to a >> time when the country felt united and optimistic, and you could turn on the >> TV without being deluged with partisan politics. Things weren’t perfect, >> there were issues with racial and gender equality, and all that Cold War >> stuff, and yes there were divisions and politics. And while youthful and >> inspiring, the President was still a white male. >> But damn, I had forgotten what Lee Harvey Oswald took away from us, and how >> things have changed in 50+ years. I’ve also come across my dad’s home >> movies from the 50’s and 60’s, and those really were more optimistic and >> unified times (although I notice nobody is on their phone). People like my >> dad and uncle had come back from the war and were just raising their >> families, having backyard barbecues and birthday parties for the kids. No >> Fox News or MSNBC, and when the President went on national TV, everyone >> watched because it was something important for the whole country. >> Unfortunately that could be the Cuban Missile Crisis. Or an assassination >> in Dallas. >> Maybe a nice July 4 parade and some fireworks will cheer me up. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
