@hey norm: I’m really trying to not take sides in the fear-mongering, but you keep repeating and repeating and repeating the same…erm….truth-challenged claims, that “it’s only the other guys!”. 2000: George W. Bush runs for president, promising to maintain a balanced budget. Yet they have been spoken by Republican Presidential candidates. But what if you're over 50? His $4 million house in Laguna Beach has a tax bill of $2,264. Or are you just part of that 76% of tea party members that so believe in your narrative that you are not going to let the facts get in your way? If you are planning to be taken serious, you’re expected to contextually quote. That said I think we’re entering a period that’s going to be a lot less fun than the last 15 years have been. That’s what is happening now with this downgrade, just like it has happened in the past. I also think that life is basically worse now than it was in the 90s and early 2000s. Are The Good Times Really Over. March 2011: Congressional Republicans declare intention to hold full faith and credit of the United States hostage — a move without precedent in American history — until massive debt-reduction plan is approved. Once you can't show or say what you want, that is the beginning of an oppressive ideological dictatorship. You’re really missing the ability to perceive, or alternatively, the intellectual honesty to admit to the fear mongering that’s going on today from your own partisans? Are the ‘Good Times’ Over? And, then when the sky caves in, they will somehow find something in their rationalization bag to pull out and hang it on those who have only been attempting to rectify and reform costly, unsustainable programs and burdensome regulations. The country had suffered defeat in war, several shocks in the political system, and the economy was in the crapper. But, IMO the dems do it more. It’s about Eddie’s desire to hear James say “Yes, Eddie, you’re right, the GOP has gone batshit crazy and should be opposed” or something to that effect. Looking to the Future of Global Health Governance. That’s not frightening, just different. We often become fixated on the negative experiences of life—a bad breakup, a vacation from hell, or that time we got food poisoning. doh…jan’s been reading far-right blogs again. Are the good times really over for good? Wish a Ford and a Chevy, Let’s make a Ford and a Chevy, There’s never been a home buying market like this one. Any American economy would suffer compared with the one that emerged as a dominant force after World War II. I see now what you’re doing. (BTW, I think the Boomers went to Vietnam…). Tom Friedman says it’s our own damned fault. Or have you forgotten, The spirits that beckoned you on? The world economy, Friedman’s “flat earth”, is dependent on cheap liquid fuel. All Original Content Copyright © 2003-2019 by OTB. Technically I am still registered Republican, as I have been all my voting life. So household income rose. As for that fiscal “timeline” you posted, it has so many holes in it that I’m not going to waste much time refuting most of it. / Back before Elvis and before the Vietnam war came along. Consequently it’s more due to the latter, rather than the former that we have fiscal problems here in CA. The Civil Rights movement is one again the generation before the boomers. I think Rasmussen, like Zogby, had a couple good cycles back in the 1990s and either subsequently fell into disrepute, either by intentionally shifting their likely voter screens or just lousy methodology. It’s pretty unlikely that deleveraging will be accomplished by borrowing a lot more. If so, why is your state on the verge of insolvency, year after year? All they’ve done their entire lives is show up at each institution in our society, ravenously consume everything available, and the crap all over whatever’s left before moving on to the next one. And again, can you square your earlier comment: @jan: Oh oh, the “Blame-the-teas” message is running into some problems — people aren’t buying it! Jan, you’ve accused me of selective reading in the past. 13, where we cannot raise property taxes until a house is sold. I am a U. S. citizen and thanks to God all U. S. citizens will survive ! AU - Cefis, Elena. Is the best of the free life behind us now? And if you have to lie to make your argument it isn’t much of an argument. Maybe we will find that a good life can be had with smaller houses, fewer cars and quite a bit less stuff. Noah Graves. Several prominent Democrats and their media friends have charged the Tea Party with being economic terrorists during the congressional budget debates, but most voters don’t see it that way. Voters, in fact, say members of the Tea Party are not economic terrorists. Lyrics for Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver) by Merle Haggard. Did you continue reading down the Rasmussen page you linked to. @jan: There may be good times ahead but they will be much different than the old good times. I doubt they were really involved accept possibly as some of the most junior engineers involved in the project. Filibuster is a cheap price to pay for a process that guarantees a high quality and diverse bench. Jan and Drew… Oh, look, Jan, you accidentally left something out from your Rasmussen quote: Still, a plurality (43%) of all voters think the Tea Party has made things worse of the country in the budget debates in Congress. Riots, wars, sickness, corrupt government, greed... it's always happening. 35 rumbles. Or is “[making] things worse for the country” different than blame? Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future returns.”. But, when fiscal conservatism, or any other idea, is listened to and works on a democratic watch, the dems take all the credit. Randy travis - Are the good times really over. Almost across the entire world. Again, there’s a noticeable partisan divide: 53% of Republicans believe the Tea Party has made things better, while 73% of Democrats feel it has made things worse. Education, business, religion, government, and soon healthcare and retirement. Stop rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell. It’s that simple. He thinks we can right the ship if we just work together and make the right choices. I wish coke was still cola And a joint was a bad place to be And it was back before Nixon lied to us All on TV Before microwave ovens When a girl could still cook And still would Is the best of the free life behind us now? Do you ever feel "too good" for relationships? “The 2007-2009 collapse brought this era to an end,” Mr. Reischauer said. Jan…facts are not facts…for instance that Ed Morrisey post you linked to is full of CHERRY-PICKED facts intended to support his faulty ideological argument. The Times followed Liz and two other mothers in different parts of America who shared their experience of pandemic parenting over dozens of interviews. Still last ten years, like they should. I think a convincing case for 75% can be made, though. Are the Good Times Really Over For Good? @Rob in CT: Those are great points. The Good ‘Ol days are gone…free-loaders and people of all different colors and them flaming homosexuals are going to take your jobs and your money and turn your grand-children into free-loaders and colored people and flaming homosexuals. Does anyone know of any good links that provide a narrative for how the Democrats “went back” on their promises? Because there is a paragraph the pretty much undercuts your entire point (with the exception of the “terrorists” thing). Drew, feel free to jump in on this one. Clinton was a more flexible president too, and went along with cost-cutting bills, such as Welfare reform, which only gave fiscal kudos to his reign, especially in light of his impreachment. My dilemma is the alternative which I don’t particularly like either. Even though we got slapped in the face with 12 foot pole. I don’t blame our country’s ills on just the GOP. Reid sure doesn’t seem very progressive. (Preferably an analysis from a semi-neutral source or a partisan with some legitimate research chops). From left to right: Bart, Marge, Santa's Little Helper (dog), Maggie, Homer, Lisa, and Snowball II (cat). Borderline treasonous? It’s easy to sell romantic nostalgia, and to sow fear. That said, like many other aspects of life, location and timing along with micro factors will allow the cream to rise from the top and for pockets of prosperity to flourish. C F I wish a buck was still silver, and it was back when the country was strong, G C Back before Elvis, and before the Vietnam war came along, F Before the Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work, and still would, G is the best of the free life behind us now, C and Are The Good Times Really Over For Good. But to render it a draw is just nonsense. And are we rolling downhill like a snowball headed for hell. ... See, that’s what the app is perfect for. The future is going to be different and yes, your grandkids might be browner than you and they will come out sooner, so what? @Drew: Oh oh, the “Blame-the-teas” message is running into some problems — people aren’t buying it!. Even to companies that don’t need them. But I’m not sure they’re any worse than they were then. Granted the immediate futur will be a little rough since nationalism and capitalism is making a comeback. The Financial Times is calling the downgrade “a contentious and historic move that highlights the weakened fiscal stature of the world’s most powerful country.” The key word there is “highlights.” Which is humiliating but hard to argue. In 1981 the United States had a fair lower debt to GDP ratio. Are The Good Times Really Over For Good lyrics and chords are intended for your personal use, it's an excellent Merle Haggard song. Stand up for the Flag and let’s all ring the Liberty bell. We’re undergoing the same thing again, perhaps at an even more rapid pace, now. But reaching the conclusion that they are seen in a particularly positive light… that’s not what this data is saying. Later recently analyzed 12 million Instagram posts and found that the best overall time to post on Instagram is between 9am and 11am EST.. We’re not always going to win, but generally, over time, we come out on top. Really? I didn’t bite…..because there are simply more of ‘you’ than ‘me’ on this blog. And one that really works on the old white well-off suburbanites of the Tea Party…oooooooh…SOCIALISM. Anybody who thinks otherwise is deluded. 13, where we cannot raise property taxes until a house is sold. I say we try and break the habit of talkin’ ’bout our generations. TAKE AMERICA BACK. Fewer jobs, higher debt, smaller crops, computer speed development has slowed. GOP opposes all of them, while continuing to push for deficit reduction. I feel I should respond since you addressed me personally, but honestly I think MattB and others have already disassembled you pretty thoroughly. Hospitalizations are … Netflix is pulling comedy series for social commentary involving white actors portraying other races. Sort by. Ed blog i guess. They were slaying it in the early 60’s…dozens of chart-topping hits. Are we rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell? @ Boyd… Owain David Williams and Simon Rushton. Fascinating. angelKing $1.38 earned. Un-American? Sep 30, 2014 - Music video by Edie Brickell performing Good Times. It shows an American economy under ever-increasing competitive pressure, demographic trends making those pressures more acute and a voting public facing repeated disappointment as it yearns for better times. When a property is sold it can be taxed at 1 1/4% of the sale price (and, you know our sale prices here are high, especially in the coastal regions), after which it reverts back to the annual raise until it is resold once again. As much as folk on the right would claim that now, it’s not there. The good times ain’t over for good. And are the good times really over for good? But for real significance you probably have to go back to the temporary splintering of the GOP back in Teddy Roosevelt’s day. 1993: Bill Clinton passes economic plan that lowers deficit, gets zero votes from congressional Republicans. Don't say the good times are over, 'Cause every second is a state of mind, Don't say the good times are over, Don't let the world pass you by. There's going to be a few war torn and impoverished areas that are better now, but basically the world is a worse place. At all. 1998: U.S. deficit disappears for the first time in three decades. Cost of living is high everywhere in the world. Wish a Ford and a Chevy, that quotes are always taken out of context. The first time that he blinked the republicans have been rolling him and the democrats ever since. Apparently The money just not. Items that are made in China and last a year or two will be replaced by items made locally that last a decade or two. (The Kinks’ “Catch Me Now I’m Falling” [1979] and Hank Williams Jr’s “Mr. Good times gona for USA and the world, Actually I think the best times are ahead. It’s difficult to, nigh on impossible, to sell a vision of the future and sow hope…because the folks selling fear can too easily use it for a punch-line. with the following sentence from the very same link you provided: Those who are not members of the [tea party] movement are narrowly divided over the terrorist question, and 58% of this group think the Tea Party has made things worse for the country. innovators and entrepreneurs, rules to incentivize risk-taking and start-ups, and government-funded research to spur science and technology. Before The Beatles and “Yesterday”, The Danny Joines Channel. The same Enron that was for a while the single largest corporate donor to the GOP? In short we paid our dues, meet our resposibilities to our elders, protected your freedom. Yes most definitely. @Stormy Dragon: How about admitting that characterizing an entire “generation” of Americans is simply stupid? Are the good times really over for good? And again: this is GOP pollster Rasmussen, with a question deliberately phrased to elicit a pro-Tea Party response. When American citizens refuse to stand for the National Anthem and pay respect to our flag. I’d have to say, pretty much. Those who are not members of the [tea party] movement are narrowly divided over the terrorist question, and 58% of this group think the Tea Party has made things worse for the country. I suspected for a while, but I err on the side of assuming better of people. Lyrics to "Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver)" by MERLE HAGGARD: I wish a buck was still silver and it was back when the country was strong. Don’t do that. Until it does, the good times are probably over–for most of us, at least. In fact I was pretty quiet on what I really thought about the bill, because you all were saying that the people (mainly the teas) would now complain about not getting more, in a way to set them up as petulent and not in the mode of being nice and compromising. Darin Newsom DTN Senior Analyst DTN/The Progressive Farmer 2013 Ag Summit December 10, 2013 . Oh oh, the “Blame-the-teas” message is running into some problems — people aren’t buying it!. The college education fact is just outright wrong: greater percentages of both Generation X and Generation Y are college educated than the Boomers. Starting a revolution against the rich and politicians will solve the problem. How do you reconcile those two vastly different points of view? Then just wait until Social Security and Medicare get in touch with their inner Greece. Are the ‘Good Times’ Over? John Harwood, not so much. Eleven percent (11%) are undecided. Or your own, evidently. They can't afford house anymore. Or have you forgotten, The … Thirty-two percent (32%) say the Tea Party has made things better for America, and 14% say it’s had no impact. I’m Generation X, thank you very much. Merle Haggard - Are the Good Times Really Over Lyrics. Maybe we won’t; there’s a first time for everything. GOP continues to accuse Obama of fiscal irresponsibility. schools are greedier and greedier they only care about money. But changes in American society helped mask the effects. I always believe that the future will be better. Be very afraid. But I’d bet the other way.”. Monday, August 8, 2011 at 13:38. Thanks. (I also don’t want to get into the issue of “independents” and how that’s a somewhat useless category at this moment — thanks to the historically low general opinion of both political parties — when its listed without a discussion of which way particular independents are leaning. The situation as I see it is that we may be in for another period like the time before “morning in America.” Stagflation and high unemployment, limited employment mobility, and the like are things that I’ve seen before–remember that Felix Royhatyn or some other guy from the Nixon era declared that the US was destined to have an unemployment rate permanently fixed at 6-7%. Classic Liminal. So you went ad hominem rather than answer the question. Could still last ten years, like they should. That’s not cherry-picking…. None? The people in this country are sick of it because of the crazy actions of our government and the president. Poster !Fail… Eddie, that last comment was directed at Jan. @jan: Just out of curiosity, did you read to the bottom of the Rasmussen page? That’s the entire reason the Koch Brothers and Dick Armey have been able to manipulate well-off old white southern suburbanites. Debt clock is unplugged. Within a couple of years, it was Morning in America. 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