Andy Griffith Vs. the Partiot Act

[blizz]

Run time: 01:03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZF_oZEvybw   Posted on YouTube: May 30, 2011 By YouTube Member: NathanHale17551776 Views on YouTube: 37   Posted on DU: May 31, 2011 By DU Member: blizz Views on DU: 6446

 

[Tanelorn]

1. What a find Blizz.

If they understood this way back when, why not now.

[defendandprotect]

2. RW propaganda intervened --

[Hubert Flottz]

3. The "reality" that Bushco invented helped Bin Laden defeat...

the real America.

[WillParkinson]

4. Great clip, but...

I must be getting senile or something. When Opie said, 'we bugged his cell' all I could think of was phones.

(On edit: More senility. I said ad instead of clip.)

[Bucky]

12. No, you can put a bug in the room as well as on a phone line.

I think there was a classic Doonesbury strip in the 70s in which Mike & Zonker dodged a pot bust b/c the local DA bugged their hotel lamp.

[WillParkinson]

21. Oh, no, I figured it out (eventually)....

I just kept wondering why they were talking about bugging a cell. Never thought about the jail cell, just cell phones. I had an airhead moment.

[logosoco]

26. I find it funny that "cell" is the lingo we have fallen into with

well, cell phones. We all have cell numbers now! Maybe we need a new word for where prisoners are located!

[Bucky]

30. What about "Free Speech Zones"?

[logosoco]

31. Yeah, that's another "funny' term

and who the heck knows any more what is "private".

[Maraya1969]

62. I thought the same thing.

[Tx4obama]

5. I think part of the problem in America today is that ALL folks don't watch GOOD shows .....

like we all did in the 60's and 70's like we used to in the old days that explained to folks the difference between right and wrong.

[JBoy]

16. And now all the kids are playing ball in the house.

[LiberalFighter]

38. There were only 3 stations plus PBS back then too.

[Scuba]

48. Not when I was a kid. We got one channel, a CBS affilliate. No fighting over the remote. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

56. there used to be a time...

when principles mattered. Sadly, that time is gone

[LiberalFighter]

63. I don't remember watching tv prior to grade school.

I do remember at my mother's parents that channels were difficult to receive. Madison was about 40 miles away. The Bluffs might had been a factor too.

I remember having to mess around with the tuner on the back too.

I don't remember which channel we generally watched back then. Either 3 or 15 I think.

[tclambert]

42. Yeah, but I bet Andy thought "no one is above the law" too.

You know, before OJ and before Ford pardoned Nixon. Andy probably would've thought it was wrong to execute a retarded convict, too. What a socialist!

[ProfessorGAC]

49. Andy Taylor Is My Hero

Socialist or not, he was the coolest guy on TV. Well, not so much in the color show days, because he was walking through it. After all, they drove a dump truck full of money into his front yard.
GAC

[ScottLand]

6. That's back when we had rights.

[namvet73]

9. Some Folks think due process is Un-American

Go to the actual YouTube site for that video and you will find a comment that says:
"Why does Andy Griffith hate America."

The other thing is that that episode, which was in the last season was over 30 years before the Patriot act and whomever made that comment seems to might have thought it was real response directly to the Patriot Act.

Back then, it was considered a good lesson from a television show.

[ScottLand]

53. I've seen that episode many times.

People viewed the world SOOOO much differently back then, some for the better, some for the worse. This was one of the betters, and they didn't really seem to have to consider what was the right thing in this instance.

[awoke_in_2003]

57. "ome for the better, some for the worse"

true- blacks were second class citizens in those days. If we could only marry the best of today with the best of yesterday

[Lordquinton]

65. It might also have been sarcasm /nt

[oneAngryOhioDem]

15. Amen

We don't have rights anymore. Just our duty to our corporate overlords.

[bowens43]

7. damn commie terrorist loving liberal...... nt

[AlbertCat]

8. Ahhhhhh... pre Reagan attitudes!

I saw the Nat. touring company of "Hair" a couple of weeks ago, and the show made me long for pre-Reagan attitudes. A time before "greed is good". Sure, it wasn't a bed of roses then, but to be cool, you had to care about something other than yourself.

[JJW]

10. Were they not spying on MLK during that time?

Corporate sponsored BS. The CIA spied on whoever they wanted and assassinated them if desired.

[Bucky]

11. Sheriff Andy wasn't. I do kinda wonder how Mayberry would've handled the Freedom Riders, tho

Mob beatdowns accompanied by laugh tracks.

[BeliQueen]

22. In my imagination Mayberry was a quaint town where anyone was welcome

The city slicker finding a slow down; the wayward traveler looking for a piece of pie; the bumbling detective finding a lifelong friend...

That's what Mayberry was for me when I was growing up. Maybe I was naive as a young black girl, but as an 42-year-old black woman, it's still that place in my heart.

I loved that show.

[blackbart99]

28. I hear you Beli....me too.

Loved Otis the old drunk. Walk into the cell and close the gate on himself. The show was priceless
American heritage. Sad to say our country isn't even remotely like that now.

[Enthusiast]

34. Black people were welcome,

as long as they knew 'their place'. You know, sometimes naive is good.

[PSzymeczek]

46. I don't think it was so much the CIA

as the FBI. J. Edgar had volumes of files on Martin.

[awoke_in_2003]

58. +1...

J Edgar had files on everyone

[Ian David]

13. "I can't use this tape. Now, excuse my while I waterboard him until he confesses." n/t

[spooked911]

18. LOL! (n/t)

[Hassin Bin Sober]

41. Old-timey coppers used a large phone-book up side the head.

[avebury]

14. K&R

[spooked911]

17. priceless!

Oh, but people were so naive back then, and there weren't those nasty terrorists running around!

[MindPilot]

19. Remeber how Reed & Malloy would make a big deal about Miranda?

That's where I learned it.

[soulardbill]

20. privacy

When this was filmed the 2 towers were standing tall and pretty ,there was no internet and only 5 channels these are differnet times .If your worried about getting caught doin somthing wrong then DONT do it lol.

[Cannikin]

23. So, I should be comfortable with knowing all my personal conversations are being..

monitored as long as I'm not doing anything wrong? Because...ya know, I'm not comfortable with it.

[BeliQueen]

24. I hope that LOL at the end of your message meant that it was sarcastic

Because there were no Twin Towers during the run of "The Andy Griffith Show", and the Internet and access to hundreds of avenues of information doesn't negate the basic rights that we have for privacy--especially when it comes to confidential communications between our lawyers, our doctors, and our spouses.

And unless you have the entire judicial code memorized, you can't be sure that you haven't violated any law. That's why it's best to keep your mouth closed and wait for your lawyer if you're ever detained.

[rateyes]

29. The twin towers were not standing tall and pretty when the show was filmed...

and there were three broadcast networks. Of course, you are correct that there was no internet where you could post your idiotic defense of the Patriot Act.

Nice to know you will give up your freedom for a false sense of security without a fight. The terrorists have defeated you.

[Wind Dancer]

36. In other words...........

.... the terrorists have won!

.If your worried about getting caught doin somthing wrong then DONT do it lol.

Fyi - "your" should be - you're, an abbreviation for "you are". Also, spell check is your friend! lol

[PSzymeczek]

47. This was the early to mid '60s.

The towers didn't go up until the early '70s

[no limit]

51. His post was not meant to be a factual statement.

[gejohnston]

50. I think the towers were still on the drawing board at the time.

[theFrankFactor]

52. You're kidding right? Because you'd be better off in fucking Iran!

[gtar100]

64. Hahahaha !! Fear and loathing! You should consider hiding under your bed.

Did you hear that folks! These are different times. Therefore, let's throw away our liberties. hahaha

Little people like this are the very reason our liberties are being trampled.

[buddysmellgood]

25. Those were the days.

[florida08]

27. miss those days

when the law was actually respected and something we aspired to. Now it's just a political football. Thanks for the clip blizz. America has lost it's moral compass I'm afraid.

[progressoid]

39. "those days" only seemed to apply to certain people.

If you were the wrong color (MLK jr) or of the wrong political flavor (John Lennon), the law was willfully ignored by those in power.

[florida08]

55. absolutely

but corporations were not the huge bloodsuckers they are now. Glass Steagall was in place, NAFTA had not been concocted and the middle class was growing. Then came Reagan. The republicans now are so far right with their Randian view they make the mob look legit. On top of those issues you mentioned we now have democracy reduced to whether or not it can turn a dollar.

[awoke_in_2003]

60. "Then came Reagan"

good name for a horror flick

[florida08]

68. LOL...good one

[Capt. America]

32. "Sheriff Griffith is soft on crime. Paid for by Fyfe for Mayberry".

[geardaddy]

35. I can just imagine the doom and gloom music

track in the background or a minor version of the theme song.

[tclambert]

43. The problem is Fyfe won.

Or rather, the Supreme Court appointed him.

[awoke_in_2003]

61. please do not...

insult barney by comparing him to bush

[tclambert]

67. My sincerest apologies. Barney was cool.

But he had Andy to keep him in check. Bush had . . . Karl Rove.

[BeliQueen]

33. This calls for a new bracelet...WWAGD?

[GreenTea]

37. Andy Griffith supported Obama for prez...NC should be proud.

[Elwood P Dowd]

54. Andy, Ron, and Don have been good Dems for years.

:kick:

[tclambert]

40. Opie: "But, Pa! Barney and I want to waterboard the prisoners!"

"Golly, Pa, you never let me have any fun. I bet Dick Cheney would let me if he wuz sheriff."

[JDPriestly]

44. I watched and found myself clapping.

[BEZERKO]

45. Nice clip.

[MrMickeysMom]

59. Excellent!

[RainDog]

66. k&r n/t