HiTech Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 (edited) the moon ..THIS DAY 1969 WAS SPECIAL .America went to the moon . KENNEDY announce to the whole world we look to put a man on the moon before this decade ends ... .I can not remember word for word. but what I do know and the rest of the world knows America did it …. too bad he didnt live to see that ..every step of the way the feat to get there was amazing ..as a young man I could not wait to see a liftoff a landing and the first man to walk in space … and the day we held our breaths hoping they landed on the moon open the hatch and step out ..old black an white tv with rabbit ears watching CbS as Walter Cronkite carried us through each minute …. the world stopped to watch .nothing sense has gathered poeple from all over the world to stop what they were doing ...the country was in a can do attitude we wont fail ...we had our divides we had bussing we had racial tensions .we were fighting a war and cold war with Russia .and 50 years later we still have the same issues ..but looks of the can do anything has faded ..the pride I see poeple have has lost its way ….America will always be great at what level is yet to come ..me I have hope just like I did back then that our best times have yet to come .the moon landing our space program shown us there is no limits we cant achieve ….. this sight we have the luxury posting on started in partly from our space program .. you see it in your hands your cars your home every waking moment and you sleep at night with security systems seeded from our space program ……. AMERICA IS SECOND TO NONE JUST STUBBLING RIGHT NOW . Edited July 17, 2019 by HiTech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 On July 20, 1969, I was a 25 year-old wearing a US military uniform overseas. The Apollo 11 lunar landing gave an extra special boost to the folks in my unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted July 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, NickHolt said: On July 20, 1969, I was a 25 year-old wearing a US military uniform overseas. The Apollo 11 lunar landing gave an extra special boost to the folks in my unit. funny I figured you were in uniform then .and was hoping you or someone spoke up about being somewhere else ….just past your sons apartment where the bridge crosses oso ..SAT A radio transmission station that was a part of Apollo missions . Edited July 17, 2019 by HiTech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top_shelf_12 Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 It sucks in my lifetime, only one event truly galvanized our country, and it was through tragedy. 9-11, less than 20 years later, America has a "you owe me" mentality. Not working for what you want, not a sense of national pride (generally speaking), it's ok to be separated yet lumped together, people lost gender identity, political opposition is no longer civil. Disagreements are ugly, hateful and without compromise. Agreements are reinforced by hating the other side. I hope we do experience another "man on the moon" moment and we can regain the pride, the civility and unity again, and not through a tragedy. Not to dive into the politics, but it does seem to be more divided than ever, or at least in the past 50-75 years. Despite the flaws in this country, it's still the greatest place to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted July 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 5 hours ago, top_shelf_12 said: It sucks in my lifetime, only one event truly galvanized our country, and it was through tragedy. 9-11, less than 20 years later, America has a "you owe me" mentality. Not working for what you want, not a sense of national pride (generally speaking), it's ok to be separated yet lumped together, people lost gender identity, political opposition is no longer civil. Disagreements are ugly, hateful and without compromise. Agreements are reinforced by hating the other side. I hope we do experience another "man on the moon" moment and we can regain the pride, the civility and unity again, and not through a tragedy. Not to dive into the politics, but it does seem to be more divided than ever, or at least in the past 50-75 years. Despite the flaws in this country, it's still the greatest place to be. well the ipad was created in your time ...that should count for something ..ask not what your country can do for you .but what you can do for your country …. that seems to be gone . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top_shelf_12 Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 Yes, a lot of the technology advances have also been the downfall. How many times have we seen it here, "keyboard warriors" so to speak and even in a racing conflict, people air issues out in public and expect the other party to give in to their will. Long gone, for the most part, are the days of taking the other party aside and discussing the issue and trying to come up with a mutually beneficial solution. Now it's "so and so screwed me over they owe me this or we won't deal with them and you shouldn't either." But that's a common mentality in a lot of areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arob Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 This looks like a good place to stick this. Written in 1994 seems more relevant in 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted July 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 Get over it arob .your too tight man .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arob Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 LOL! I do try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty9 Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 Wow. Haven't heard that song since the Marine Corps years. Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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