06-05-2012, 11:03 PM
Remember life expectancy under 60?
Remember entire towns wiped out by epidemics like cholera and the flu?
Remember the Dust Bowl? and the Great depression?
Remember when land disputes were settled with blankets full of smallpox?
Remember when civil rights disputes were settled with rope?
Remember when cocaine and heroin were legal?
Remember when alcohol wasn't?
Remember when cigarettes' health benefits and lead in paint and gas were selling points?
Remember when being poor would be enough to get you thrown in a dank cell?
Remember when being epileptic, sick with TB, or mentally ill would get you put somewhere even worse?
Remember when snail mail was the fastest way to get a message through, and it was a federal crime to read it?
Remember when you had to plan to be home to take a phone call?
The good old days had their moments, but most often I'm pretty damn glad I'm alive right here and now.
Remember entire towns wiped out by epidemics like cholera and the flu?
Remember the Dust Bowl? and the Great depression?
Remember when land disputes were settled with blankets full of smallpox?
Remember when civil rights disputes were settled with rope?
Remember when cocaine and heroin were legal?
Remember when alcohol wasn't?
Remember when cigarettes' health benefits and lead in paint and gas were selling points?
Remember when being poor would be enough to get you thrown in a dank cell?
Remember when being epileptic, sick with TB, or mentally ill would get you put somewhere even worse?
Remember when snail mail was the fastest way to get a message through, and it was a federal crime to read it?
Remember when you had to plan to be home to take a phone call?
The good old days had their moments, but most often I'm pretty damn glad I'm alive right here and now.