Nate1647545505 Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 People are products of their environment, if you want to change an entire demographic, change its environment. MMMMmmmmm yeah.....what type of people come from a giant bathtub? Bunch of Swap Things are about to be spawning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemosley01 Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 Roosevelt/FDR It is thanks to FDR that we have all of these 'wonderful social programs'. I'll pass. Frankly, anyone worth his salt could have rallied the American people during World War II; for one thing, the people had a different mentality back then - that changed in the 60s with Vietnam. For another, we were fighting an easily identifiable enemy with definite boundaries, by the fact that they spoke german/italian or looked japanese and had a 'home country'. WWII was not a war fought by politicians but by soldiers, and it was handled thusly, with none of the ridiculous 'political sensitivities' under which we currently conduct 'engagements.' Remember, in following wars we were (and are) fighting both WITH and against people that look and sound the same. It makes identifying the 'bad guy' a lot more difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRocket1647545505 Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 Remember, in following wars we were (and are) fighting both WITH and against people that look and sound the same. It makes identifying the 'bad guy' a lot more difficult. Damn. That sound awfully similar to a war we lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 FDR's "rallying of the American people" began in 1932, well before the second world war. By the time the war started, he had been elected to his third term. He established more worthwhile gorvernmental programs in his first hundred days as president than any other president has been able t do since in their entire administration. The reason we were able to respond the way we did to the war was thanks to FDR. His programs were wonderful for the time in which they were implemented. The mistake was leaving the programs unchanged for 50+ years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted September 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 FDR's "rallying of the American people" began in 1932, well before the second world war. By the time the war started, he had been elected to his third term. He established more worthwhile gorvernmental programs in his first hundred days as president than any other president has been able t do since in their entire administration. The reason we were able to respond the way we did to the war was thanks to FDR. His programs were wonderful for the time in which they were implemented. The mistake was leaving the programs unchanged for 50+ years. I normally don't make it a habit of agreeing with Eli, but I have to agree 100% here. FDR was a great man. He saved the nation from the great depression, and a lot of his programs really helped us become a much more modern society and world dominating force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science Abuse Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 yes, yet the same people that will defame FDR will laud regan. Hooray for supply side economics, yehhaaay trickle down. What a lovely place the buisness world is today thanks to him. FDR's only negative point was trusting Joe Stalin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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