Our Great Society
"And with your courage and with your compassion and your desire, we will build a Great Society. It is a Society where no child will go unfed, and no youngster will go unschooled." - Lyndon B. Johnson, May 7, 1964 That was just over 50 years ago, and I'd assume that Mr. Johnson had no idea of the so-called technological advancements that would take place over the next 5 decades. Things like cable television, the Internet, microwave ovens, and digital photography that would contribute to our now Great Society. yeah . The mid-sixties was a time when we concerned ourselves with issues like civil rights, gender equality, and free speech. In the mid-(I don't know)-14th year of the third millennium , we have other concerns. Those of legalizing marijuana, same-sex marriages, and where to build our next casino. It's very sophisticated - and selfish, in most ways. We walk around with earphones, heads down, oblivious to the rest of the "great socie...