SamSaid!Commentary and Perspective from Samuel O. Lemon Jr.OUR IGNORANT ELITES- June 21, 2008 Prominent historians and sociologists have observed that it takes 40-50 years for major technological change to take full effect in the USA. It was true for Steam engines, railroads, the commercial aircraft industry, Radio, TV, electronics, antibiotics, computers etc etc. Major change just doesn&8217;t take place overnight. Right now, we live in an oil driven ...http://www.samsaid.com/2008/06/20/293/ THE INDICES- June 9, 2008 If Mr Obama wants &8220;change&8221;, all he has to do is read the newspapers or watch TV. There is lots of change going on &8211; all around him. Doing something about it is a different story. The Dow Jones average is bouncing back a forth between 12,000 and 13,000, sometimes leaping or dipping by 350 points ...http://www.samsaid.com/2008/06/09/292/ The Pitch Man- June 8, 2008 The Presidential election of 1960 was a landmark event in the political history of this country. It was Kennedy vs Nixon. More important than the outcome, it was the birth of the Pitchman in days of National TV. If ever there was a guy born for politics and TV, it was Jack Kennedy. H e ...http://www.samsaid.com/2008/06/07/291/ |