jasonk282
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http://nationaljuggernaut.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-cartoon-seemed-far-fetched-in-1948.html Hits pretty close to home in 2009
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1948 cartoon hits a little to close to home in 2009
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PlasmaTwa2
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Dean Wormer
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And just how does that hit a little too close to home in 2009?
Friday on my mind
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Just a typical anti-communist cartoon of the late 40s ,nothing to do with anything today.
The funny parts are when they talk about about how predominant we are vs other countries,boy has that become a lot more equal and the others caught up a lot.Not surprising we were so far ahead as we were the only power to come out of WW2 pretty much intact.Took a couple decades or longer for the other countries to really come back from the devastation they recieved in the war.
The funny parts are when they talk about about how predominant we are vs other countries,boy has that become a lot more equal and the others caught up a lot.Not surprising we were so far ahead as we were the only power to come out of WW2 pretty much intact.Took a couple decades or longer for the other countries to really come back from the devastation they recieved in the war.
Friday on my mind
Pain heals, chicks dig scars, Freeones lasts forever
I like such nostalgia stuff myself.And besides that if your an american who was around at that time the world and the future looked awful good.We were in such a better position than anyone else and it seemed like all things were possible for us materially.And for many it was true.The 50s and most of the 60s were an unprecedented time of growth of incomes and lifestyles for a lot of americans.
Lets get in our time machines and go back is our wish especially if your a white guy who came out of the war with all those benefits like the GI Bill.Go to college,buy a house in the suburbs,make babies,lots of new appliances, new car,plenty of good jobs.The only danger were those ism's and the commies.Really was never much danger we would go commie which is what I guess they were worried about,things were just way to good for us to consider that.
Mrs Jolly
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I particularly like the way it begins with the British national anthem playing over the images of lady liberty. Does this mean the US has finally seen sense and is coming back into the fold?
As a historical document it is fun to watch. Stylistically, we are these days used to much faster edits and information pumped out using a lot more stimulation. It was quaint. And by quaint I mean dull. My initial feeling was that it was too simplistic for today's sophisticated palate but my second reaction was less confident. I'm not sure if a lot of high school kids would get what the plot was driving at with all the talk of 'isms.' Perhaps they would think it was shorthand for prisms - which they learn about in science and jism - which they learn about from - I have no idea.
Two things do remain with me. Firstly, this was a product of a supremely confident nation. Secondly, as with all propaganda of this era, it goes into deep denial when talking about race. If I was a southern black person watching this warning about a system that promised to rip away the status quo, I might be tempted to want to see this false utopia and compare it to the utopia I was currently living in.
As a historical document it is fun to watch. Stylistically, we are these days used to much faster edits and information pumped out using a lot more stimulation. It was quaint. And by quaint I mean dull. My initial feeling was that it was too simplistic for today's sophisticated palate but my second reaction was less confident. I'm not sure if a lot of high school kids would get what the plot was driving at with all the talk of 'isms.' Perhaps they would think it was shorthand for prisms - which they learn about in science and jism - which they learn about from - I have no idea.
Two things do remain with me. Firstly, this was a product of a supremely confident nation. Secondly, as with all propaganda of this era, it goes into deep denial when talking about race. If I was a southern black person watching this warning about a system that promised to rip away the status quo, I might be tempted to want to see this false utopia and compare it to the utopia I was currently living in.
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Those evil, evil commies. It was funny to me because the real evil today is a completely different "ism"... consumerism created by corporations that suck out any notion of freedom for anybody.Those idiots that almost signed away their freedom to Mr. Zootsuit Communist actually sold it to something else and as a result labor unions don't have the power and voice they used to, small businesses are either swallowed up or disected up by larger companies, as is any individual with a good idea...well except for Bill Gates but he has become part of that corperate ruling class. Consumerism placates us by distracting us from the real problems in our own lives as well as in the world as a whole. I think anyway or I could be talking out the side of my ass. Where the hell did you find this thing anyway?
Friday on my mind
Pain heals, chicks dig scars, Freeones lasts forever
You must be a brit that doesn't know we borrowed the melody of your anthem for our song "My Country, 'Tis of Thee". Thanks it sounds pleasant,god save the queen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Country,_'Tis_of_Thee
jasonk282
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You must be a brit that doesn't know we borrowed the melody of your anthem for our song "My Country, 'Tis of Thee". Thanks it sounds pleasant,god save the queen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Country,_'Tis_of_Thee
Yea that's the first ting that came to my min was My Country 'Tis of Thee. Actually a good many of "American" songs are British tunes when different lyrics.
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