Fifties were a better time. We need to return to a better Democratic Party.

[snowy owl]

45. For everybody. Rich and poor alike. Just like Burlington VT it was a better place

for everybody. That's why Bernie so successful as mayor. He improved the lot for poor, middle and rich. Our country was like that then. We were the model for other countries. Now they have what we don't and more. That's the thing. You can learn from the past and make the future better.

BTW, you can make a case either way. Some writers do agree fifties better for blacks because family unity, small local businesses (blacks businesses serving black communities, religious unity). It is not my place to speak for blacks at all. And people who didn't live it may not totally understand it. There was good as well as bad. We should keep the good and move on from the bad. Is today so much better for poor blacks? You have to look at it wholistically. That's sometimes the advantage of age. We've seen it all.