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Now, don't you think that Betty would utterly FREAK OUT when she woke up next to something that was her vacuum cleaner (or dish washer) the day before? 
http://subversify.com/2011/03/25/andy-griffith-was-a-socialist/
Andy Griffith Was A Socialist
BY GRAINNE – 25 MARCH, 2011
POSTED IN: REPRINTS
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Back to my old blog. I think Andy Griffith had a closer picture to what we want and this is why:
Every time it’s an election year or there are disagreements in our Party system, both sides point fingers at each other and try to make the other one appear less than “American”. This year much has been said about Wall Street as opposed to Main Street. In past years we have been slammed with “Family Values”. All this leads us to the idea of Americana. What is this Americana exactly? When we belong to a country made up of so many different people and cultures? Some people would have you believe that we don’t need the influx of new… That there is certain already laid out way to believe we are culturally cohesive. These are the kind of folks that want us to have walls on our borders. They often point to old Saturday Evening Post covers as examples of how things should always be….Which got me thinking about Mayberry.
Mayberry, North Carolina. That fictional town where Andy Griffith Resides along with his son Opie, his maiden aunt Bee, his Trusty Side Kick Barney Fife. And all the other characters you remember from Floyd the Barber to Otis the town drunk. Doesn’t everyone want to live in a town like Mayberry? Sometimes I think this is the vision the “Family Values” Crew sees in their mind’s eye of how America should be.
I happen to agree. Although I think they miss the point of Mayberry entirely. Mayberry is not as simple a place as it at first seems. It is a socialist haven! The town sheriff finds ways to rehabilitate and help those who end up in the cells. Often finding them work or even a mate! There is a place and a job for everyone to do in Andy’s mind and he has only to find it. He guides others with wisdom fit for the situation like a Buddhist, not directing, just pointing out what they already know. Even those who are upwardly mobile in Mayberry, think Barney Fife, who wants always to stand out and get ahead,….even he gets it that there are limits and rules for how you should treat fellow human beings…..yes he forgets but always remembers in time. People want to be good here, new people are accepted and bad people not shunned, but re-educated. Even those with enduring problems like Otis have a place to lay their heads and are treated with dignity. There is much mixing between the haves and the have nots. Yes Mayberry is what we all should strive for…..
BY GRAINNE – 25 MARCH, 2011
POSTED IN: REPRINTS
...
Back to my old blog. I think Andy Griffith had a closer picture to what we want and this is why:
Every time it’s an election year or there are disagreements in our Party system, both sides point fingers at each other and try to make the other one appear less than “American”. This year much has been said about Wall Street as opposed to Main Street. In past years we have been slammed with “Family Values”. All this leads us to the idea of Americana. What is this Americana exactly? When we belong to a country made up of so many different people and cultures? Some people would have you believe that we don’t need the influx of new… That there is certain already laid out way to believe we are culturally cohesive. These are the kind of folks that want us to have walls on our borders. They often point to old Saturday Evening Post covers as examples of how things should always be….Which got me thinking about Mayberry.
Mayberry, North Carolina. That fictional town where Andy Griffith Resides along with his son Opie, his maiden aunt Bee, his Trusty Side Kick Barney Fife. And all the other characters you remember from Floyd the Barber to Otis the town drunk. Doesn’t everyone want to live in a town like Mayberry? Sometimes I think this is the vision the “Family Values” Crew sees in their mind’s eye of how America should be.
I happen to agree. Although I think they miss the point of Mayberry entirely. Mayberry is not as simple a place as it at first seems. It is a socialist haven! The town sheriff finds ways to rehabilitate and help those who end up in the cells. Often finding them work or even a mate! There is a place and a job for everyone to do in Andy’s mind and he has only to find it. He guides others with wisdom fit for the situation like a Buddhist, not directing, just pointing out what they already know. Even those who are upwardly mobile in Mayberry, think Barney Fife, who wants always to stand out and get ahead,….even he gets it that there are limits and rules for how you should treat fellow human beings…..yes he forgets but always remembers in time. People want to be good here, new people are accepted and bad people not shunned, but re-educated. Even those with enduring problems like Otis have a place to lay their heads and are treated with dignity. There is much mixing between the haves and the have nots. Yes Mayberry is what we all should strive for…..
