by draghnfly
My PBS station rebroadcast American Experience Civilian Conservation Corps tonight. I cried. Again. Is it possible that we could be even more in need of such an institution now than we were when drought and dust ravaged the land? Along the Gulf Coast we can only watch in helpless, impotent rage as another manmade environmental disaster destroys habitat, wildlife, livelihoods, and lives. On par with, perhaps exceeding, the devastation of the "Dirty Thirties." From the program transcript: Jonathan Alter, Writer: When Franklin Roosevelt took office in 1933, it was almost a perfect match of man and moment. He was somebody who could inspire people and used the crisis to redefine what we owe each other as a people. That’s one of the reasons why the New Deal really was a "New Deal" between the public and the government.
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