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Happy Days..... |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA 
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Economy is out of sight.....prosperity abounds Living wage is going up.....unemployment's down Stocks are at an all-time high....market records fall Interest rates are low with opportunity for all. World-wide conflicts rage but none of which we are a part People who had lost all hope can make a brand new start Everyone is quite well off and, even if they're not, Banks have credit waiting they will hand out on the spot. Happy days are here, for sure. Let's let the champagne flow! It is the greatest time of life that we will ever know. Our futures are assured so let's proclaim that it is great To live in this fantastic year of 1928. |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I know you aren't old enough to remember that year..this is wonderful..funny but tinged with a bit of premonitional horror! I'm keeping my fingers crossed this doesn't happen!  |
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poetry_kills Senior Member
since 1999-12-04
Posts 549new orleans |
balladeer: i love it (as i do all your work)... i've always been a huge fan of irony... hope to read more from you very soon  sincerely, jerome the boy with no brain |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Balladeer,I'll just echo PdV's remarks! The last thing I want to see is a depression. Great poem!  -SEA |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Excellent poem! Though I don't think we'll be seein a depression. But that's just my opinion. <*\\\>< When you can't make up your mind Which way is right for you, Stop and softly ask yourself, What Would Jesus Do? |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
No, I don't think so, either, dovey. Too many safeguards have been put up since 1929. Just interesting to see the similarities, that's all. I thank you all. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This poem was a shocker to me. I had known that it was a time of prosperity right before the depression, but your words hit me with such an impact, we just never know what waits around the bend, no matter how optimistic things look. Another great one, Balladeer. Denise |
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L Tiuch Member
since 2000-02-04
Posts 151NY |
Great poem! I think we can also liken these times to ancient Rome...before the fall. It's rather unsettling. |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Hey, this is scaring me, pal! Things have been going a bit too well, haven't they? Corinne |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Great poem as always Balladeer |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Hopefully some of us have learned from our forefathers' mistakes...and we will not "repeat history..." We can only hope! Sunshine Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I've heard my parents tell the tales Of those depression times When there were no jobs to work... "Brother, can you spare a dime?" The ache inside me's deep, I hadn't Noticed things were looking up. If your life's full of happiness... Brother, could you spare a cup? Great poem, Balladeer!! (And you were how old in 1928???? *G*) |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
You're trying to trick me - but it won't work - I know it isn't 1928... cuz.. cuz... um... they didn't have computers then???  |
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Sally S. Senior Member
since 1999-06-07
Posts 847Ohio |
1, 2, 3 o'clock 4 o'clock rock...5, 6, 7 o'clock 8 o'clock rock...... OH, well now...this isn't a poem about the shooooooow. Mike, you never disappoint. Well done, my sweet. Thought provoking, as always. |
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LngJhnAg Member Elite
since 1999-07-23
Posts 3508Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion |
'Deer - You set up this poem brilliantly! It is amazing how, periodically, the other shoe gets raised so it can fall again. Nice work on this. |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Good time to bring this one up? latearrival |
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Bob K Member Elite
since 2007-11-03
Posts 4208 |
Those safeguards you mentioned were dismantled from the middle of Clinton's second term (at least) right through Bush II's second term. It's those regulations that were keeping us, at least to some extent, protected. If you get a chance, have a look at that article I gave a link to. Also have a look at the Article that Denise posted the link to, which seems interesting as well, though not, as you might guess, quite up my alley. Get well very soon. Mr Bob. |
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