Hard Times.
No question. They're here again.
Scarcity. A system collapsed. Spirit-crushing headlines. Billions gone who-knows-where? Doubt & Uncertainty everywhere. You know it. Your family knows it. Your friends know it.
We've been here before.
After the crash, back in '32, in the midst of the Great Depression, a song crystallized the sentiment of a once proud nation who, for the first time, questioned the great powers they had worked hard for, gone to war for, and put seemingly limitless and optimistic faith in.
A nation searched its soul, and a bewildered man sang:
"They used to tell me I was building a dream..."
He was an every-man who had once worked hard for the future. He made a railroad race against time. He built a tower from brick, rivet and lime. Back in those brighter days, they called him by his first name. He had lived for a shining tomorrow full of peace and glory.
Suddenly, he found himself standing in a bread line, forced against his every belief to ask for a hand-out. A forgotten man.
Still fresh were the horrible memories of War.
"Half a million boots went sloggin' through hell..."
Believing there were guns to bear, he, and thousands of others like him, put on the uniform, and led the charge. Later, he was left to wonder. What was the meaning of that "Yankee-Doodle-de-dum?"
More than three quarters of a century later we find ourselves wondering again. Sadly, the song of that terrible time has now become the song of OUR time.
Les Deux Love Orchestra humbly and respectfully presents Yip Harburg & Jay Gorney's timely Depression-Era classic "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" for Huffington Post readers.
Time to be great again. Time to build a new kind of railroad, and make it run. Time to build a new kind of tower. Up to the sun.
"Say, don't you remember?"
Somehow, against formidable odds the shattered nation rose again.
We did it before.
Thank you very much for listening.
2. Greed is what’s killing us! Housing needs to come down to a reasonable level that people can afford. Certain zip codes should not be allowed to charge huge amounts for rent in apartments and houses. By bringing the prices down it will allow people to afford their own homes to live in and not have to fill up shelters or have to live out of their cars. This is the United States of America folks! Working at Wal-Mart making $7-$10 and hour will not let you afford rents from $500-$1000 a month. The owners of these properties are so busy trying to make a profit that they have priced the average Americans out of being able to afford a home for their families. We need RENT CONTROL folks!
This is not rocket science folks! This is common sense. This is the only way we are going to bring this country back from the brink of doom and gloom!!!!!!!
Revolutionary new technology will make possible electric cars that need no recharge - as well as hybrid engines that might sip a gallon of water, as fuel, every 1,000 miles. These comments will defy belief, but read on.
Hybrid engines that are powered by Energy from Collapsing Hydrogen Orbits - ECHO™ are under development.
Rowan University has validated excess heat generation that cannot be explained by existing science. The experiments have been published and can readily be replicated by other laboratories. Those concerned with climate change and American leadership in innovation should see that these additional experiments take place as fast as is humanly possible.
The Rowan validation began the process of proving that new technology can allow a barrel of water to replace 200 barrels of oil!
The article: 5 Steps to Revive the Auto Industry and the Economy on the website: http://www.aesopinstitute.org provides more information about these breakthroughs.
Radically new technologies will seductively let the love affair with vehicles change much of what is currently believed about energy, create millions of well-paid jobs, and revitalize the auto industry and the economy.
We can readily accelerate development and production of these discoveries - and lead, rather than follow, inevitable government inertia.