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Cold War bunker found in Brooklyn Bridge

Great story, from CNN:

"New York workers have discovered a trove of Cold War-era supplies within the masonry of the Brooklyn Bridge, a cache meant to aid in survival efforts in the event of nuclear attack...".

Gee, War supplies from the 1950's. It's quite a time capsule from another time when we were threatened by an tyrannical enemy that wished us death or slavery. Maybe if they look hard enough in there they will find a Democrat party leader who believes its "ok" to fight for America. Remember when there was such a thing as a Democrat who categorically and proudly said things like "pay any price, bear any burden in the defense of liberty". Can you imagine 'Daily Kos' reacting to that today, or Howard Dean responding?

Imagine a world where Democrats proudly flew the flag and sang "happy days are here again" and believed it. Folks who believed it was a good idea to fight for America. Folks who were totally unlike todays regressive tribe of reactionary utopians who burn the flag and sing "up against the wall redneck M-Fers!...

I wonder what happened to those folks.

Posted @ March 21, 2006 03:52 PM | Current Affairs

Comments

"I wonder what happened to those folks."

Simple. Most of them turned Republican in 1968, and the remainder (along with most of their children) turned Republican in 1980. Not necessarily out of a great love of the GOP, mind you, but out of realization that they had nowhere else to go because of the "progressive" drift of the Donks.

When your presidential politics for the last 40 years are based entirely around the word "suck," it's tough to keep the basic lunch-pail historic Democrat in the fold.

Posted by: JD at March 21, 2006 10:57 PM

I tend to think that if the Democrats were where they were in the late '50s - early '60s, I and a lot more marginal Republicans would be sorely tempted to switch.

Posted by: RPD at March 22, 2006 06:28 AM

I am afraid you may just done an injustice to Jerry Jeff.

Posted by: PDS at March 22, 2006 07:25 AM

Repackage it and put it back. May need em again - add tuna and cheff boy ardee too - more yummy.

Posted by: newc at March 24, 2006 02:34 PM