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Diary Entries from the Great Society

Wednesday, March 13th, 1963-

     Johnson's doing splendidly as president. Ever since the Kennedy tragedy, he's taken over watching this country as well as Kennedy had been doing. Last month, in his first month of presidency, he announced his plan for this..."Great Society". It seems like a good idea, ending racial prejudice and poverty. Not to mention creating these new major spending programs that address education, medical care, urban problems, and transportation. Some people are saying it's in much likelihood with Roosevelt's New Deal. I could see it, the reform part of it and all. Well anyway, he's decided to include me in part of it. He says we need to start helping people get what they need instead of handing it to them. I am really curious to see where the President takes this. I'd like to see it reach a helping hand across the nation. The social and economic problems people are facing right now are unacceptable in the face of the nation, and they deserve a helping hand to get on their feet. I hope this doesn't end up being a bad idea because I'd like to see it prosper and change the nation. 

Sunday, September 6th, 1964-
     
      Last month, President Johnson issued a "War on Poverty" act called the Economic Opportunity Act. Its goal is to help those impoverished and unable to help themselves. If I remember correctly, it's going to provide aid and help in education, health, and general welfare. It includes a program called Head Start that is going to provide education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families. The program's services are designed to create and keep stable family relationships. It also looks to strengthen children's physical and emotional well-being and establish a safe environment to promote cognitive growth. Along with this, another program being administered is the Job Corps. It will offer free education to young adults. The goal of the Job Corps is to help young people improve the quality of their lives, through training for jobs they could hold in the future. President Johnson's Great Society seems to be moving along seamlessly, it seems as though this was really a positive step in the fate of the nation. 

Friday, December 20th, 1968-

     Johnson's Great Society reforms and acts have been doing wonders for the country. With the introduction of the Social Security act in 1965, that authorized medicare and provided funding for medical costs to our older Americans, and several civil rights acts, the nation has been further secured and has improved greatly. Last year, in April, the Department of Transportation got to work on the bill Johnson passed, known as the Urban Mass Transportation Act, that provided millions of dollars for public and private rail projects. The most prominent result was the high speed rail from New York to Washington. On top of this, several acts have been passed in the preservation and conservation of the environment. The Great Society has created a noticeable difference in the amount of Americans living below the poverty line. In 1963, when all of this really started, the percentage of these Americans was around 22.2%, and now I'm happy to say it's around 14.2%. A 10% difference is momentous in this day, and no one can really say that the Great Society is not doing good for the country. 

Song Lyric Collages

"Paint It Black"

I see a red door and I want it painted black

No colors anymore I want them to turn black

I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes

I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they're all painted black

With flowers and my love both never to come back

I see people turn their heads and quickly look away

Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black

I see my red door and it has been painted black

Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts

It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue

I could not foresee this thing happening to you

If I look hard enough into the settin sun

My love will laugh with me before the mornin comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black

No colors anymore I want them to turn black

I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes

I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I wanna see it painted, painted black

Black as night, black as coal

I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky

I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black

"Good Vibrations"

I-I love the colorful clothes she wears

And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair

I hear the sound of a gentle word

On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air

I'm pickin' up good vibrations

She's giving me excitations (Oom bop bop)

I'm pickin' up good vibrations (Good vibrations, oom bop bop)

She's giving me excitations (Excitations, oom bop bop)

Good, good, good, good vibrations (Oom bop bop)

She's giving me excitations (Excitations, oom bop bop)

Good, good, good, good vibrations (Oom bop bop)

She's giving me excitations (Excitations)

Close my eyes, she's somehow closer now

Softly smile, I know she must be kind

When I look in her eyes

She goes with me to a blossom world

I'm pickin' up good vibrations

She's giving me excitations (Oom bop bop)

I'm pickin' up good vibrations (Good vibrations, oom bop bop)

She's giving me excitations (Excitations, oom bop bop)

Good, good, good, good vibrations (Oom bop bop)

She's giving me excitations (Excitations, oom bop bop)

Good, good, good, good vibrations (Oom bop bop)

She's giving me excitations (Excitations)

(Ah, my my, what elation)

I don't know where but she sends me there

(Oh, my my, what a sensation)

(Oh, my my, what elation)

(Oh, my my, what)

Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations a-happenin' with her

Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations a-happenin' with her

Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations a-happenin'

Good, good, good, good vibrations (Oom bop bop)

(I'm pickin' up good vibrations) (Oom bop bop)

She's giving me excitations (Excitations, oom bop bop)

Good, good, good, good vibrations

Na na na na na, na na na

"House Of The Rising Sun"

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new bluejeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

"My Girl"

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day.
When it's cold outside I've got the month of May.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl).

I've got so much honey the bees envy me.
I've got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl).

Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Ooooh.

I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I've got all the riches baby one man can claim.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, mt girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl).

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
with my girl.
I've even got the month of May
with my girl [fade]

"Downtown"

When you're alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go downtown
When you've got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know, downtown

Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares

So go downtown
Things will be great when you're downtown
No finer place for sure, downtown
Everything's waiting for you

Don't hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close downtown

Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova
You'll be dancing with 'em too before the night is over
Happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares

So go downtown
Where all the lights are bright, downtown
Waiting for you tonight, downtown
You're gonna be alright now, downtown

Downtown
Downtown

And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along
So maybe I'll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares

So go downtown
Things will be great when you're downtown
Don't wait a minute more, downtown
Everything is waiting for you, downtown

Downtown (downtown)
Downtown (downtown)
Downtown (downtown)
Downtown (downtown)

Who, What, Where, When and Why of the Watergate Scandal

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