"If someone announced we were going to the moon in this decade, first thing to happen would likely be a lawsuit." This line made me laugh...and feel sad at the same time because it's so true. The instantaneous speed of information flow has taken away the historical buffer-zone for contemplation; i.e. think before we react. Our natural muscle movement these days starts with "they're wrong... I'm right, let's go to court (or protest). Our nationalism must always have an international component to it, but we have lost the art of rowing together when we need to. Oh yeah.. I was 5 months old when he was assassinated. It would have been interesting to see his impact on so many things.
60 years. My parents were so elated when he was elected, the first of their generation to hold that high office. A WW II vet. "One of us!" A lot more than one man died that day, and you tied together all that came after that day well. Thank you for remembering.
I honestly think it only compares to Pearl Harbour in changing the course of the nation.
"If someone announced we were going to the moon in this decade, first thing to happen would likely be a lawsuit." This line made me laugh...and feel sad at the same time because it's so true. The instantaneous speed of information flow has taken away the historical buffer-zone for contemplation; i.e. think before we react. Our natural muscle movement these days starts with "they're wrong... I'm right, let's go to court (or protest). Our nationalism must always have an international component to it, but we have lost the art of rowing together when we need to. Oh yeah.. I was 5 months old when he was assassinated. It would have been interesting to see his impact on so many things.
60 years. My parents were so elated when he was elected, the first of their generation to hold that high office. A WW II vet. "One of us!" A lot more than one man died that day, and you tied together all that came after that day well. Thank you for remembering.