Bubble gum and the age of discovery! (Bubble Gum Weekend)

Compared to BushAmerica, almost everything else seems like the age of discovery. Many folks such as me who like to discover would have gone much further in life if they lived in certain other times and places. Perhaps not all discovery-minded individuals would have succeeded in all other times, but certainly some would have been more likely to prosper in some times.

Things weren't perfect centuries ago. In many ways, they weren't even good. But if America was run 100 years ago the way the GOP misrules it now, the Wright brothers never would have discovered airplane travel. They would have been forced to keep quiet, study unrelated subjects, and put on a suit and tie just to have someone else get rich off their work.

And that creatively funny series of Care-Free gum commercials from the '70s never would have happened! Perish the thought!

That series also featured this commersh (reportedly from 1978):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tlmfaj1Ieo

In that ad, Isaac Newton discovers the theory of gravity. And he discovers bubble gum too! Of course. Some dude even bubbled!

Incidentally I don't recall that ad like I remembered the Wright brothers ad. I do remember one commersh in this series featuring George Washington - which has yet to surface online.

Commercials today aren't nearly as creative, but if they were, who would they feature? Perhaps John McCain thinking he discovered the BlackBerry pager.

"John McCain, you've discovered Care-Free gum!"

"No, something really hard to swallow: I've discovered the BlackBerry!"

And at the end of the ad, Bush appears blowing a bubble like in the old photo from his college years, and the jingle sings, "32% unemployment..."