tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3253281712354769447.post3221510180951725816..comments2024-03-17T14:39:52.833-07:00Comments on Inches Per Second: A More Civil Time and PlaceBob Pursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00595178670595128341noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3253281712354769447.post-87256658903596247682020-08-16T00:09:23.465-07:002020-08-16T00:09:23.465-07:00how does one sound so clear while the other sounds...how does one sound so clear while the other sounds like a microphone next to speaker? they must have had a mic standmichaelhansenyoutubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11535745946566834177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3253281712354769447.post-71893243626624827532016-04-15T11:16:17.634-07:002016-04-15T11:16:17.634-07:00Thanks Bob, for this window from a (?) Kinder, Gen...<br />Thanks Bob, for this window from a (?) Kinder, Gentler Time.<br /><br />I'll have to cut it short today, because topics like these really wind me up. And please bear in mind that I'm not trying to offend yourself or any readers here. But I remember the second time Ronald Reagan was running for President, and when I compare and contrast that time to our present situation, it's a world of difference. It seems that every campaign since that one, the one where I was really<br /><br />I'd never want to romanticize that past. The Reagan era had it's own share of problems, especially if you were a working-class victim of Reaganomics. Still, the discourse was much more civil. No making faces. Or using social media for cheap shots. Even the lies back then were much more skillful. Ever heard of Fact Checking? This type of behavior is that of a demagogue from some sort of bush league Banana Republic, the kind we used to laugh at. But certainly not the behavior of a potential US President! Now the world's laughing at us :(<br /><br />As an aside, there was a Christmas LP floating around just a few months ago called, "Everett McKinley Dirksen At Christmas Time." <br /><br />It was a spoken word album by former US Senator Everett Dirksen (1967) and it was also a window to a much different past, like your tape above. When I saw it, and later as I listened, the same thoughts kept repeating in my mind like a loop, "What kind of politician would record something like this today?" <br /><br />Would they only make this LP available to their largest campaign boosters? Would it be full of venomous attacks, all the while mouthing piety and holiday cheer?<br />Would said politician have to do numerous polling before releasing such a politically tricky message?<br />Would various PACs mobilize seemingly overnight to criticise the message, or to question why only a Judeo-Christian POV was reflected? <br />If the message was ecumenical, in light of the holiday being shared throughout the globe, would that somehow be criticized?<br /><br />Myself, I don't even celebrate the holidays. But just hearing a former US Senator with his non-political message aimed at children, was very touching, on many levels, for yours truly.<br /><br />Thanks again for your lovely tapes, Bob! Muff Diverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00589527136408204869noreply@blogger.com