"WE HAD A LITTLE FAITH" (America then & now)
by Robby Bowling Once upon a time we had a "Fairytale Country" AMERICA and yes we all know our history was imperfect & even somewhat checkered....And as a "baby-boomer" I remember "segregation" and "integration"......I remember when JFK , MLK & Bobby Kennedy were killed.....I also remember ."The Cold War." the Berlin Wall, The Korean War, Vietnam & Nuclear War Drills in High School...... We also went to Church every Sunday, prayed in school, said the Pledge Of Allegiance & the family's while not perfect they STAYED TOGETHER.......And the Pick-Ups parked out I the School Parking lots had "GUN RACKS" in them......We often went out at lunch to shoot our guns....And (drum roll, please) NOT ONE PERSON WAS SHOT..... As I said this was far from being a "Perfect Society" but somehow we managed.....Gas was 25 cents a gallon, cigarettes were 20 cents a pack & the Minimum Wage was $1.35 an hour......W...