tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196746175867714323.post3367305981372692005..comments2024-01-07T21:34:18.358-05:00Comments on Brian Floca's Blog: Fit to PrintBrian Flocahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15558129689288822233noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196746175867714323.post-51476263891589011882009-07-26T12:05:42.958-04:002009-07-26T12:05:42.958-04:00"Memo to a great-grandson" - how prescie..."Memo to a great-grandson" - how presciently nostalgic. Love it.Marc Tyler Noblemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10732005290440645718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196746175867714323.post-80112168128176200212009-07-23T13:18:09.783-04:002009-07-23T13:18:09.783-04:00Important things to remember, Anne. (Or to learn, ...Important things to remember, Anne. (Or to learn, as the case may be.) Thanks for expressing them so well.<br /><br />And, Timo, those weren’t his exact words, but, ah, yeah, that’s the gist. But don’t ask me about Bucky Fuller’s gist. The man can build a dome, but he can also murder sentence structure. And then there was Pablo Picasso, whose thoughts I missed at first, they were so succinctly expressed and small on the page: “It means nothing to me. I have no opinion about it, and I don't care.” So!<br /><br />And of course it’s worth mentioning that the astronaut corps is more diverse now than it was in 1969. You may even be wondering, Timo, who was the first African American astronaut to walk in space, and where he was from. Happily I have the answer. Bernard A. Harris, from Temple, Texas.<br /><br />Per Temple ad astra!Brian Flocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15558129689288822233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196746175867714323.post-53831000076312929992009-07-22T10:12:57.988-04:002009-07-22T10:12:57.988-04:00It was a great triumph and Americans were especial...It was a great triumph and Americans were especially glad to be proud after the devastating King and RFK assassinations of 1968 and the Vietnam quagmire. I saw a lot of the moonlanding coverage on our 9" black and white tv screen--I was at home, awaiting the advent of Amanda Wetherbee. Aren't the newspapers of the time spooky to see now? I had been working at Redbook, "the magazine for young mamas" at the time, and loved my job, but there was no maternity leave, paid or unpaid. (Women resigned and lost seniority, so if they were hired back, they had to work another year for eligibility to participate in the company pension plan and then five more years for their contributions to be vested.) Such policies were not unusual in 1969. Wives' salaries weren't counted as creditworthy toward mortgages--no wonder, you might think, since the salary gap was huge (around 48-55% in the rare instances of equivalent jobs. Five women had to sue the New York Times to win pay equity there, of course stunting their careers by doing so). In 1969, testimony of a woman who'd been raped wasn't accepted as evidence in any NY court unless there were witnesses to back her up--her word alone simply didn't count legally. So for the nascent women's liberation movement, the "small step for a man, great leap for mankind" statement kinda' clanged in our ears, but most of us quickly put that out of mind. I still love and am thrilled by the Apollo adventure. But the warm and fuzzy nostalgia also brings back other recollections.Anne Mollegen Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196746175867714323.post-71963288016483954742009-07-21T22:08:11.482-04:002009-07-21T22:08:11.482-04:00I wonder if Jesse Jackson was thinking of this
ht...I wonder if Jesse Jackson was thinking of this<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtBy_ppG4hY<br /><br />in his "against."Timonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196746175867714323.post-89409679869038559682009-07-21T15:44:17.968-04:002009-07-21T15:44:17.968-04:00These are great. Might want to include blog link o...These are great. Might want to include blog link on FB postings, tho.tim bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06191165243642321955noreply@blogger.com