1960's EATING A HAMBURGER . . .

LETS EAT 60's STYLE!

When I was a youngster I would aways go to the drug store and eat burgers and drink a coke.  Then, the big chain, "McDonalds" opened and WOW! we ate burgers, fries and a coke.  This ushered in the chain burgers joints.  Thus began our trips to our local McDonalds so....

In the early 1960s, McDonald's really began to take off. The growth in U.S. automobile use that came with suburbanization contributed heavily to McDonald's success. In 1961 Kroc bought out the McDonald brothers for $2.7 million, aiming at making McDonald's the number one fast-food chain in the country.

What sort of experience do you remember about going to a favorite hamburger place?  Please opine in 50 words or less about as many or as few points as you want to discuss.  Thanks and come back soon.

1967'S JEFFERSON AIRPLANE'S WHITE RABBIT . . .

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Recall Alice
When she was just small

When men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the dormouse said:
"FEED YOUR HEAD"

"White Rabbit" is a song from Jefferson Airplane's 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow. It was released as a single and became the band's second top ten success, peaking at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was ranked #478 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, #27 on Rate Your Music's Top Singles of All Time and appears on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

What was going on in the 60's that would cause this group to sing a song like this? Please opine in 50 words or less about as many or as few points as you want to discuss.  Thanks and come back soon.

1950's LED TO A 1960's TRAFFIC JAM, WHAT'S THE SOLUTION? . . .

     The cars in the 50's were built like tanks and in the 60's the "stream line" style cars and even homes made their way into this era of "new way of thinking".  The men were back from WWII and people were having more babies than ever creating the "Baby Boomer" Class of people which meant more people = more cars and, more cars = more traffic.  Below is a case study showing an example of this era of "new way of thinking" by a study: how to handle the traffic in a big city.

     The thinking was (at least the stated thinking) to ring the core with fast moving traffic that would dump into large parking garages at the edges. Then people would walk to their work place. This would (the thinking goes) eliminate congestion in the center. It was a very idealistic and supposedly a very "progressive idea" which many cities considered implementing.
      Gradually people began wakeing from their coma and came to realize the damage these highways were doing to our cities. It was the birth of a new way of thinking. In the early 1960's Jane Jacobs published her ground breaking book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" in which she described and exposed the myths of highway planning and the destruction wrought by their construction (among many other urban bungles).

What were they thinking? And, how do we even plan ahead?

1.  What were we suppose to do with all the 1950 tanks after people bought the new "stream line" cars?

2.  Most families had one car, but still, the population was growing at a fast pace.  How do you move these people around and not clog the streets?

3.  What about the cost of gas? Can people afford it?  How do you get the private sector to open enough gas stations to accomodate the amount of cars?  How do you get the gas there?  Are there enough bigger roads to allow trucks to get the gas delivered? Please opine in 50 words or less about as many or as few points as you want to discuss.  Thanks and come back soon.

 

PEACE AND LOVE 1960's STYLE . . .

LISTEN UP EVERYBODY 1960's IN RETROSPECT!

1960's NO-NONSENSE BUSINESS WITH IKE'S ADVICE . . .

My parents said, "Time for gas."  Into the gas station we turned running over the bing-bing, pulling up to the pump as the Gas Attendant ran out to our car saying, "What for you today?"  Then my parent would say, "Hi-test and fill it up" with a reply back from the Attendant, "and check under the hood?"  "Yes, thanks," my parent answered.  Then after the Attendant checked the oil, water in the radiator, looked at the tires and even wiped the windows clean, among other things, he would say, "Ok, that's a $3.00 fill-up, THANKS  AND COME AGAIN!", after my parent paid the bill, our car cranked and off we went.

Why is this so important that the Attendant would ask the things in terms of business sense?  Are there key words that appear in the illustration above that trigger business ideas and express in words how they are implemented in your own business strategies and what effects do they have on your business if any?  Can you tell us a story from your past (from the 60's) that might reflect any of the above attitudes?  Please opine in 50 words or less about as many or as few points as you want to discuss.  Thanks and come back soon.

IKE FOR PRESIDENT

                                       

Why would IKE warn the U.S.A. about building such a BIG military as he is leaving office in 1961?  At what cost does overextending the military in any direction cause  the U.S.A.?   Which wars was IKE post-war and pre-war to? Please opine in 50 words or less about as many or as few points as you want to discuss.  Thanks and come back soon.

DWIGHT EISENHOWER 1952 POLITICAL INFO . . .

BE CAREFUL!

this might make you understand something that we need to learn as a nation.

What kind of change will be necessary to get high prices down? What's step #1, #2, #3, etc....?  And, who can make this happen?  In your opinion should the government marry the business sector and exactly, without making a profit, how will the government actually help the business sector prosper?  If the government does make a profit do you think there's anything wrong with that and why? Please opine in 50 words or less about as many or as few points as you feel you can discuss.  Thanks and come back soon.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1960's MUSIC REVOLUTION . . .

GAS PRICES 1968 DURING TET OFFENSIVE . . .

     Johnson succeeded to the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, completed the rest of Kennedy's term and was elected President in his own right, winning by a large margin in the 1964 election. Johnson was greatly supported by the Democratic Party and as President, he was responsible for designing the "Great Society" legislation that included laws that upheld civil rights, public broadcasting, Medicare, Medicaid, environmental protection, aid to education, and his "War on Poverty." He was renowned for his domineering personality and the "Johnson treatment," his coercion of powerful politicians in order to advance legislation. 

     Below is a comparison chart of the two years that ushered in back and forth recessions  making the economy fluctuate high and low causing instability, even gas prices rose.  And also look at the difference between the two years for Federal Spending and Debt and the Consumer Price Index......
1960 Economy

President:                        Dwight D. Eisenhower

Vice President:              Richard M. Nixon

Population:                     180,671,158

Dow-Jones: 

High:                                   685

Low:                                    566

Federal Spending:         $92.19 billion

Federal Debt:                  $290.5 billion

Inflation:                           1.4%

Consumer Price Index: 29.6

Unemployment:             5.5%

CONSUMER PRICES: Gallon of Regular Gas  $0.31

1968 Economy

President:                          Lyndon B. Johnson

Vice President:                Hubert H. Humphrey

Population:                       200,706,052

Dow-Jones

High:                                     985

Low:                                      825

Federal Spending:           $178.13 billion

Federal Debt:                    $368.7 billion

Inflation:                            4.2%

Consumer Price Index: 34.8

Unemployment:               3.8%

CONSUMER PRICES:  Gallon of Regular Gas $0.34

     Why would the federal spending and the economy start to move the ceiling debt up during this year (1968) of Johnson’s Presidential term?  And, why would the price of gas start to increase during this year in particular?   What formula is used to deduct the C.P.I. figure? And, how can we even get it to line up with a balanced budget? What is happening in our country today that might imitate this same disaster?  How do we stop it? What's your opinion about these facts because they are translating into today's society. And, do you see a current Presidential candidate that can actually understand how to get this under control?  Or, can you suggest one, not currently in the race, that will would make a great President? Please opine in 50 words or less about as many or as few points that you want to discuss.  Thanks and come back soon.

MOD CHURCH 1960's STYLE CAUSED . . .

Counterculture Effects.

     As the cold war moved into its third decade, cultural currents were changing, particularly among young people. Most continued to share and operate out of the values of their parents, but a significant group, located in large cities and around college campuses, began to reflect behavior that would be called counterculture. They left traditional religion behind them. In the face of the growing attraction of aspects of this set of attitudes, there were a variety of efforts to make religion more relevant to the needs and interests of the young. Malcolm Boyd's Are You Running with Me, Jesus? (1967) was one of the most dramatic evidences of these efforts.
     Why would young people leave traditional religion behind during this time period?  What was going on in the USA, socially, politically, or internationally, and even in our education system at that time which were catalysts for this movement?  Start thinking about these things again because history repeats its self. Please opine in 50 words or less about as many or as few points that you want to discuss.  Thanks and come back soon.

                                        

     

RICK SANTORUM'S BOOK SAYS ABOUT THE 60's . . .

      "We now have a generation that has grown up with the belief, inspired by the Sixties' free-love assault on sexual mores, that true love is a feeling, and that it should not be resisted or constrained--rather, its ultimate validation is through sexual relations, without regard to the outdated social convention of marriage." (Unless he was a particularly precocious conservative, Santorum is channeling the opinions of others in his scorn for the Sixties. He was 11 years old at the time of Woodstock).

     Why would Santorum, in his book, "It Takes a Family" say that the sixties sexual free-love disrupted the ideal family unit?  What actually happened in the 60's that caused the sexual free-love? Are the youth of today really understanding what happened in the 60's? Please opine in 50 words or less about as many or as few points that you want to  discuss.  Thanks and come back soon.
 

EISENHOWER'S 1958-59 RECESSION WHY? . . .

     Eisenhower's two terms were peaceful ones for the most part and saw considerable economic prosperity except for a sharp recession in 1958–59. Although he left office in 1961 with low overall approval ratings, his posthumous reputation has grown and in recent surveys of historians, Eisenhower is often ranked as one of the top ten U.S. Presidents.

     It seems that when Eisenhower left office in 1961, things were in a mess.  Lets talk about why there was a recession when there seemed to be so much prosperity.  Or, why there was such a low approval rating for such a popular president.  So, in your opinion,  what effort did they put into action to bring the U.S. out of that recession, if anything or how would that have effected the economy in the early to late 60's? Please opine in 50 words or less about as many or as few points that you want to discuss. Thanks.

                              

NEIL CAVUTO 60's ERA WITH RAQUEL WELSH WHY? . . .

ATTENTION...A....TTEN....TION>>>>>>

All readers on deck.....

Has anybody watched FOX NEWS lately and discovered that old is new again? Like the Cavuto segment on 2/10/12, about actress Raquel Welsh  straight  out of the 60's era who still looks marvelous!

Why would this particular segment make us think that old is new again?  And, what other 60's movie star or topic about that era would you like to see on Cavuto's show? Please opine in 50 words or less about as many or as few points that you want to discuss.  Thanks.

 

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