The Grapes of Wrath is younger than John McCain.
I have to admit that I never read the book (1939) and was only turned on to the movie (1940) because of the Springsteen album (The Ghost of Tom Joad) but its message is timeless (I guess that’s part of what makes a classic).
In a nutshell, the economy is down the drain, lenders are foreclosing left and right, there are more applicants than there are jobs, and people are in search of a way to return to dignity.
Hmm, I wonder if they’ll ever make a sequel?
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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Comment by AaronWA — May 13, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
also.. Interstate Highway system is younger than McCain
Comment by AaronWA — May 13, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
I knew you’d like this one. Dusty, classic old book; but younger than John McCain…
Comment by Cheyney — May 13, 2008 @ 9:50 pm
Gone with the Wind and the Wizard of Oz were both made in 1939 too. The movies, that is.
Comment by Bridgete — May 13, 2008 @ 11:07 pm
Microwave Ovens!
Comment by Karen — May 14, 2008 @ 1:43 am
Speaking as a probable McCain voter, all I have to say is …
Where did I put my slide rule?
Comment by Joseph Hertzlinger — May 14, 2008 @ 2:10 am
The 12″ LP (long playing record): 1948
The 7″ single: 1949
Casablanca (the movie, not the city): 1942
Penicillin injections (first given to humans 1942)
Mein Kampf (1939)
God Bless America (1939)
Over the Rainbow (1939)
First jet plane (1939)
Comment by Stephen Dedman — May 14, 2008 @ 6:14 am
I’m well under 40, but can’t believe you’re so worried about his age. Would it be ok to “worry” about Obama’s race? Or perhaps to worry about Hillary’s sex?
Comment by Wow — May 14, 2008 @ 8:37 am
Worrying about McCain’s age is quite different than race or gender. The guy is going to kill over at any minute. He is well past the age where mental deterioration begins and dementia sets in. Obama’s race or Hillary’s gender dont affect our country the way McCain’s wretched oldness does. Think about it.
Comment by Carly Klatt — May 14, 2008 @ 9:28 am
Captain America [every single super hero, in fact]
The play “Our Town”
“Dandy” Don Meredith
The first Broadway musical [Oklahoma 1943]
The March of Dimes
Orson Welles’ “The War of the Worlds” radio broadcast
The Baseball Hall of Fame
The Jefferson Memorial
Dick Vitale
Comment by dj spellchecka — May 14, 2008 @ 9:54 am
How about a blog with people or things less anti-American than “I don’t wear the flag ping” Obama or “this is the meanest country on earth, I have never been proud of my country until my husband ran for president” Michelle?
I don’t care about age, sex nor race. I care about ideas and Obama’s are scary to say the least. Welcome to the United States of France.
Comment by Ramon — May 14, 2008 @ 10:07 am
ramon,
i can’t tell you how little it matters to me whether or not someone wears a flag pin on their lapel. and, with regard to michelle’s comments, i for one wouldn’t want to held responsible today for opinions that i held in my 20’s…. would you?
Comment by admin — May 14, 2008 @ 10:11 am
Michelle’s comment were recent while campaigning for Obama.
Anyway my point is, we should look at ideas, character, and plans for the country rather than age, sex or race. I don’t share Obama’s and Hillary’s socialist ideas, they have been proven wrong over and over around the world. Although I am not happy with any candidate, I prefer McCain over those two at anytime and I’ll take Hillary over Obama at anytime.
Comment by Ramon — May 14, 2008 @ 10:20 am
Socialist ideas have been proven wrong around the world? Which one of Obama/Clinton’s policies, specifically, are you calling socialist? Do you mean universal health care, which has been successfully adopted by every major industrialized country other than the US? Do you mean doing something (anything!) about climate change?
Make no mistake, John McCain’s policies differ only slightly from President Bush’s, and those ideas have been continuously proven wrong over the past 8 years. Everything President Bush has done has failed, usually miserably. I’ll take Obama or Hillary over Bush III, thanks.
Oh, and McCain’s age is most definitely an issue. For someone who has sold himself as a foreign policy expert, he has an awfully hard time keeping Sunnis and Shiites straight - which is only a central issue in the most important foreign policy issue of the day. Either he’s having a “senior moment” or he just plain does not know the difference. Both of those possibilities should scare you.
Comment by Howard — May 14, 2008 @ 3:09 pm
The last Jewish Ghetto in Europe is younger than John McCain. Italian neo-realism is younger than John McCain (I know, I know, everybody’s favorite). Social Security is younger than John McCain. America’s peacetime army is younger than John McCain.
Comment by Jay — May 14, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
Do you mean doing something (anything!) about climate change?
Hanging anti-nuclear activists?
Which reminds me … Man-made nuclear fission reactors are younger than John McCain.
Comment by Joseph Hertzlinger — May 15, 2008 @ 5:24 pm
Ramon, Ramon you need to address the NRA! Vite! Vite! (And, yes, diplomacy scares me, too .. US of O - aieee take me to France!)
Comment by Jesus the lizard — May 16, 2008 @ 9:34 pm
You should TOTALLY read The Grapes of Wrath. It will change your life. I think every American should be required to read it before graduating high school.
Comment by Jill — June 7, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
I’m surprised, mccain is older than the wizard of oz? shocking! well if you look at him not really… Is Forest Gump younger than McCain?
Comment by Laura — July 17, 2008 @ 5:29 am
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