And he also said this: "I have lived . . . . Through this country’s most exciting times In the wake of victory in World War II During the “happy days” of the 50s Under the threat of instant nuclear annihilation While small pox, polio, whooping cough were eliminated To witness an American walk on the moon As the national interstate system was completed To see the Berlin Wall constructed, and then demolished To watch technology bring me pushbuttons and the Internet And for 50 years in the company of a very fine woman And I have lived . . . . In a time when the President of the United States was a crook In a time when the President of the United States was a fool In a time when the President of the United States was a liar In a time when the President of the United States was a fraud Yes, I have lived to see the best of times and the worst of times . . . . As a country degenerated from an international inspiration to a laughingstock As a Congress degenerated from national service to self service As a judiciary degenerated from an interpreter of law to a generator of flaws As an executive branch degenerated from a force to be reckoned with to a farce As public entertainment degenerated from patriotism to melodrama As national behavior degenerated from self respect to self indulgence As national taste degenerated from decency to burlesque As national policy degenerated from world leadership to apology As government degenerated from protect and serve to welfare and food stamps And more people became takers than makers And someone left the book out in the rain . . . I don’t think that we can take it ‘Cause it took much blood to make it And we’ll never have that recipe again . . . Ah, hell! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . But I have lived, though my grandchildren will merely exist."
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 04:49:49 +0000
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