What teabaggers REALLY mean when they say "I wish things were the way they used to be"

[Hugabear]

What they really mean:

* They wish that women were still relegated to the kitchen; or if they got a job, that it was a "woman's job" like a secretary
* They wish that segregation was still the law of the land, where they didn't have to mix with African-Americans
* They wish that sweat shops still existed in the US, where 80-hour work weeks were common, and there was no such thing as minimum wage or overtime
* Deep down, many of them still wish that slavery was still legal, just replace the plantation with large factories
* They wish that homosexuals were confined to the closet, subject to prosecution

Feel free to add some more

[csziggy]

1. They wish for higher tax rates, especially for the top 5%?

Because that was part of the way it used to be. What was it during the Eisenhower administration, 90% on the top levels?

[Skip_In_Boulder]

6. Oh no, we can't have that. You see that was a different economic time then

I swear, I heard one of them say it on Thom Hartmans TV show.

[csziggy]

11. Yeah, I believe that

So in the spirit of the original post:

Nothing but twin beds allowed, no matter how long a couple has been married. The word "pregnant" never said in public or in mixed company. Euphemisms must prevail!

[SnakeEyes]

18. I think they'd rather have the rates that existed

closer to when income tax was brought into law.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. A BIG K&R

[Hugabear]

3. Apparently somebody unrecc'd it

Must have upset some lurking teabaggers. Oh well.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I saw that.

But mine is still there...just hidden.

Hopefully you'll get enough to show...

It's a great post!

[Skip_In_Boulder]

7. I cancled it out. n/t

[steve2470]

5. I agree, back to the utopian paradise of 1776

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[Hardrada]

8. Child Labor

No income tax
No environmental regulations
WASP supremacy
The Latin Mass
Laws against race-mixing
Indentured Servitude
Letters of Marque

[bengalherder]

9. Manifest Destiny. All that free uninhabited land out west just for the taking...

Never mind those pesky indians, bison or ecosystem.

[hfojvt]

10. what they really miss

is the music, the sweet harmonius music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znrjbo9QRLk

[RandySF]

12. They wish a white man was president

That's what they mean.

[Kablooie]

13. They also miss the color rebel gray in the 64 color crayon box.

[jberryhill]

20. And "flesh"

Back when there was no question what color "flesh" was supposed to be.

[polichick]

14. They miss the days when Lake Erie was dead and there were no environmental regs.

[appleannie1]

15. Don't forget that children from poor families should work instead of going to school.

[BR_Parkway]

16. No sexual harrassment rules

[eridani]

17. Wonder if we could talk them into the tax rates of the 50s? n./t

[pampango]

19. No competition from minorities and women for the "good" jobs, so more jobs, better pay for

straight white men. Ahh, the good ol' days that teabaggers remember. ;)