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Topic Started: Aug 16 2012, 05:22 AM (176 Views)
Banandangees	Aug 16 2012, 05:22 AM Post #1
Fire & Ice Senior Diplomat Posts: 9,013 Group: Members Member #23 Joined: Mar 14, 2008	Unless you've lived the experience in a town like this it's hard to really know the feeling: Allentown We could experience it again. In some places, it has never ended. "Well we're living here in Allentown And they're closing all the factories down Out in Bethlehem they're killing time Filling out forms Standing in line Well our fathers fought the Second World War Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore Met our mothers in the USO Asked them to dance Danced with them slow And we're living here in Allentown But the restlessness was handed down And it's getting very hard to stay Well we're waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real Iron and coke And chromium steel And we're waiting here in Allentown But they've taken all the coal from the ground And the union people crawled away Every child had a pretty good shot To get at least as far as their old man got But something happened on the way to that place They threw an American flag in our face Well I'm living here in Allentown And it's hard to keep a good man down But I won't be getting up today And it's getting very hard to stay And we're living here in Allentown



Brewster	Aug 16 2012, 05:42 AM Post #2
Fire & Ice Senior Diplomat Posts: 15,054 Group: Members Member #105 Joined: Jul 16, 2008	Sounds like Romney's theme song.



Pat	Aug 16 2012, 08:09 AM Post #3
Fire & Ice Senior Diplomat Posts: 11,384 Group: Admins Member #200 Joined: Apr 13, 2011	The song can be replicated nationwide. Just change the name of the town, state, and industry. A guy started a Facebook page on Olympia, my home town. It's devoted to early memories from the 40's and 50's with some 60's. Photos and first hand accounts. Well over 200 participating. One post covers the Olympia Brewery. Until Miller bought it out and ruined it, it was a thriving local operation, employing hundreds in good jobs.



Mountainrivers	Aug 16 2012, 08:11 PM Post #4
Fire & Ice Senior Diplomat Posts: 15,746 Group: Members Member #34 Joined: Mar 24, 2008	Banandangees Aug 16 2012, 05:22 AM Unless you've lived the experience in a town like this it's hard to really know the feeling: Allentown We could experience it again. In some places, it has never ended. "Well we're living here in Allentown And they're closing all the factories down Out in Bethlehem they're killing time Filling out forms Standing in line Well our fathers fought the Second World War Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore Met our mothers in the USO Asked them to dance Danced with them slow And we're living here in Allentown But the restlessness was handed down And it's getting very hard to stay Well we're waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real Iron and coke And chromium steel And we're waiting here in Allentown But they've taken all the coal from the ground And the union people crawled away Every child had a pretty good shot To get at least as far as their old man got But something happened on the way to that place They threw an American flag in our face Well I'm living here in Allentown And it's hard to keep a good man down But I won't be getting up today And it's getting very hard to stay And we're living here in Allentown Nothing remains the same. Change happens.



Banandangees	Aug 16 2012, 08:18 PM Post #5
Fire & Ice Senior Diplomat Posts: 9,013 Group: Members Member #23 Joined: Mar 14, 2008	Yea, but we were "hoping" that "change" was going to be for the better.



Mountainrivers	Aug 16 2012, 08:21 PM Post #6
Fire & Ice Senior Diplomat Posts: 15,746 Group: Members Member #34 Joined: Mar 24, 2008	Banandangees Aug 16 2012, 08:18 PM Yea, but we were "hoping" that "change" was going to be for the better. I believe it has been for the better. All one need do is look at things from a reasonable viewpoint. I can list all the things that are better now than when Obama took office, but it's been done numerous times and you just ignore it.



Banandangees	Aug 16 2012, 08:32 PM Post #7
Fire & Ice Senior Diplomat Posts: 9,013 Group: Members Member #23 Joined: Mar 14, 2008	Mountainrivers Aug 16 2012, 08:21 PM Banandangees Aug 16 2012, 08:18 PM Yea, but we were "hoping" that "change" was going to be for the better. I believe it has been for the better. All one need do is look at things from a reasonable viewpoint. I can list all the things that are better now than when Obama took office, but it's been done numerous times and you just ignore it. You want to back that up with some significant corroborative facts. And you have to weigh the good with the bad, otherwise it's just biased nonsense.... and the favoritive corroborative info should come from an unbiased source.



Mountainrivers	Aug 16 2012, 08:46 PM Post #8
Fire & Ice Senior Diplomat Posts: 15,746 Group: Members Member #34 Joined: Mar 24, 2008	Banandangees Aug 16 2012, 08:32 PM Mountainrivers Aug 16 2012, 08:21 PM Banandangees Aug 16 2012, 08:18 PM Yea, but we were "hoping" that "change" was going to be for the better. I believe it has been for the better. All one need do is look at things from a reasonable viewpoint. I can list all the things that are better now than when Obama took office, but it's been done numerous times and you just ignore it. You want to back that up with some significant corroborative facts. And you have to weigh the good with the bad, otherwise it's just biased nonsense.... and the favoritive corroborative info should come from an unbiased source. So, tell me what unbiased source you will accept.



Banandangees	Aug 16 2012, 09:54 PM Post #9
Fire & Ice Senior Diplomat Posts: 9,013 Group: Members Member #23 Joined: Mar 14, 2008	You pick. But it should be corroborative facts from an unbiased source.... your suggested rules.



Mountainrivers	Aug 16 2012, 11:01 PM Post #10
Fire & Ice Senior Diplomat Posts: 15,746 Group: Members Member #34 Joined: Mar 24, 2008	Banandangees Aug 16 2012, 09:54 PM You pick. But it should be corroborative facts from an unbiased source.... your suggested rules. "I believe it has been for the better" Those are the operative words, Ban. I said I "believe" it. That doesn't make it true. The items Colo listed in another thread would lead one to believe that Obama has had a productive first term. You can discount them if you choose.



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