It certainly will not be an electric one. The Big Boys are trying to starve the oil and gas industry the most essential industry of the 20th century. We and the Russians won World War 2 because we had enough oil and the Germans did not.
What a wise man, country wise. Reminds me of my dad, who was born a month after the stock market crash. The poor are not evil or lazy or bad, and certainly not the cause of the depression.
I love visiting his house. It's one of my favorite places to go to relieve some stress from family or work. The view from his house is beautiful because Oologah lake is right behind it.
He was a great person who was liked by others who were doing the best they could do then....my late Mom was born in 1931& grew up poorly in the great depression era
actionman935 He had a dark side when he said he never met a man he didn't like; he meant "I never met a MAN I didn't like"! He also said he "loved that line so much I'm gonna have it on my tombstone and I can't wait to die, so's I can see it for myself! He didn't like plenty of people, he was a Scorpio, he had all their virtues and little if any of their ugly side! But he had sarcasm, his Judge Priest character was a complex and excellent good man it's great to see Will play him! He and Step "n Fetchit cooked up a scheme that has the Judge imitating Step, Rogers best friend in film! It's delicious!
Few alive today know the name Will Rogers; his homespun wisdom is Inspiration at its finest - and most pure. The odd part is that nearly 100 years ago, he is nearly cynically showing us how little things have changed (for us 'little people'.) It's a joy to watch the last of this country's "real" public figures.
Need some of his wisdom in modern times. My grandparents and their families were all from the areas nearby Will Rogers birthplace in Oklahoma. They were of the generation born about 1900’s. They spoke of him often , when I was a youngster in 1950’s-1960’s.
I Love this Speech... Will Rogers speaks out Against the abuses of International Capitalism... and everyone else on here that said things have never changed, are exactly correct. This was in the 1930's ? And the Republicans and the Democrats still play the same game with the American "sheeple" ..
balderrising1 IF you think nothing has changed you’re a blithering idiot. Of course your reference to “International Capitalism” was a dead giveaway! Don't be a moron all your life. Time to wise up! 🙄
I just wish the Will Rogers Memorial Museum would quit sitting on Will's movies and appearances. Let them out so more people can be aware of Will's history and wisdom. He was one of the best and brightest of his day.
Thank you for your passion for sharing Will. We have the same passion. The Will Rogers Memorial Museum, does not own the rights of Will's movies to share with the public. They were controlled by Fox and now are controlled by Disney. We have permission to show them at the Museum and we do, and we are allowed to sell some in our gift shop. We agree that more people should know about Will's history and wisdom and we will continue to do our best to share Will in any way we can.
@@willrogers6642 Thanks for the reply. I had been told that the museum had the rights to his movies. There's way too many actors and actresses being forgotten about seemingly due to lack of exposure. I hate seeing it done to Will also.
@@willrogers6642 ...maybe Fox/Disney are republicans and don't want the masses to know how Will Rogers a democrat expressed facts about republicans in 1930s.
@will rogers6642 Your information explains much. If Oklahoma had EVER had politicians like Mr. Rogers we may have become a truly great State. But we got started with the likes of Alfalfa Bill Murray and ending with a crooked mortagageer.
He is the man H. L. Mencken called "The most dangerous man in America!" That's lesson in economics and a reminder that while we vote, we, the people, are in charge if whether the current big men in Washington will stay in Washington!
He certainly was the biggest celebrity of the early 1930s. Star of stage, screen and radio, the most widely read of newspaper columnists, He was actively courted by FDR in 1932, and obtain his backing. However, as a friend of Lindbergh , and an isolationist he probably would have been an American Firster, opposing American involvement in the European war.
mountains which because of his foresight and sophisticated knowledge of history and politics, still exist intact for all the people to enjoy! He was a very sophisticated man, a world traveller and considerable writer! The Hoover Administration begged him to appear on their behalf as a favor! He was disgusted by that administration but he was a patriot! Mostly, he was a great humanitarian!
He stated the facts about republicans. And he thanked President Hoover for being on the same issue. If I didn't know better I'd say Mr. Rogers was a true democrat.
And nearly 100 years on, what’s different? The US remains the wealthiest country with the most billionaires on earth, but over 30 million people are below the poverty line and many more live from pay check to pay check.
@@moldyoldie7888 you better doubt than believe. good for you. but I don't think that you should've deleted the joke. It was a nice joke... being too cautious might lead to taboos. Taboos create problems, suppressions you might say, not jokes. I mean not this kind of jokes. Don't you think?
well that clearly shows your brain capacity then dosnt it. if your as smart as you think you are you would have read up about him, (if you can read) then you'd find out what a great man he was. you don't win man of the year in America for no reason dip shit
You really don't have room to be talking about mental disability when you apparently can't wrap your mind around the fact that people 80 years ago used language and social interactions differently than they do now. You're a moron.
YOU are IN for the long fight ..... fear that your neighbor sleeps comfortable too long ..... fear that your community saves too much from weakening it for Wealth ..... fear every artist is someone far away & never appreciates the local minds ..... fear that those who walk the streets are just police and criminals working together ..... FEAR... is they only thing we have to FEAR! - - marv.
Strange how history repeats itself. Where is Will Rogers when we need him? His wit and wisdom did more to explain in common terms what was going on in the Great Depression. People all over the country stopped what they were doing and listened to him. Yet, Rogers was not mean spirited or demeaning, but could make his point using humor. We are now in a "Small" Depression and what do we have to listen too?? Narcissistic political pundits on both sides who do not even know what is going on.
Rogers's mother was one quarter-Cherokee and born into the Paint Clan. He quipped that his ancestors did not come over on the Mayflower, but they "met the boat".
"Those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it" was written by Georges Santayana in his book "The Last Puritan" and I would hate to dismiss it as a "truism"! Especially as so few of us take the time to study history before we open our mouths; those who do often read with an agenda and half a truth is not better than none!
@4:20 "to see that every man that wants to and able to is allowed to find a place to go to work and also a way to get a more equal distribution of the wealth in the country"
Roberta Gallant He was Cherokee and irish, called his first act "The Cherokee Kid"! Cherokee had great love of politics & some skill. Will had a rope act and rewinding took time, so he made comments; movies to movies with skill and natural gift; in this case, he wrote his speech himself! He was influential in FDR election, would have loathed neoliberals as flim-flam con artists! Dad quoted from this speech on a regular basis; most loved man in America when his plane crashed! I always felt highly suspicious, but adored as Will was, so no one wanted to connect him with assassination! Play this a few times, it's an utterly remarkable highly diplomatic speech uplifting all the people! He was very political, a book on that look it up, really amazing to read!
Beltway Bandit I don't know exactly, not the greatest with details and could have been misreported; his sister said "There was nothing particularly different about Will as a boy, he ran around with all the other indian boys and he was proud Cherokee and had tribes genius for politicking! He also had indian morals, values & sense of humor about white men! I couldn't have liked him more!
I'm Better Than You Can you read? He not only identified indian, he had some pretty good gags about white men, of which he was part; but, he identified Cherokee and was deeply proud of it!
Looking for someone who actually cares for the people. There was a terrible circumstance in the 30's my family lost their merchantile, they lost everything and survived. I just am looking for someone who actually cares about people, Sudan, Hatia, Ukrain, Gaza, Isreal, Iran, Iraq actually, someone who cares about every single person.
I hope you find one. I hope we both do. It does read like you could find one in the mirror. BTW, they are around. I truly believe that, even amoung some of our elected people. Hang in there. 🙂
I wonder, is his comment about "getting nothing from Europe" something to do with Britain and France etc. reneging on their debts to the USA for the Great War? Certainly, it was a main reason for America's reluctance to become involved in the second war, and also her insistence on Britain transferring every ounce of her gold and tradable assets to the US via Canada prior to her signing 'Lend lease'.
We have more of everything including people with their had out wanting something for nothing. The wealthiest always ask for people to give but they stay wealthy. Everyone is free to give as much as they want yet they refuse to give unless others give.
I’m always impressed by some of the old time sound engineers. He is chewing gum and you can’t hear it. Watch some old Porter Wagoner shows and then compare that to the sound of any musical guest on SNL, it’s a stark difference.
Hoover made it worse: much worse. Read "The Forgotten Man", it explains Hoover's role in trying to micromanage the American economy. Boy was he a trend-setter !
@@steverhodesvideos6244 Not necessarily. You could also read a book. It’s basically consensus now FDR prolonged the depression and the economy was saved by war production.
This is what Bernie Sanders and Professor Elizabeth Warren say, and have been saying for long time...#TheOrangeClownandhiscircusofadministrationhavegottogo
We're at a point now where's it's 10X more insane. We're basically at post-scarcity and still trying to create meaningless jobs and businesses to keep people busy.
I disagree. I think Will and Donald would have been good friends. Maybe someone could work a deal with Disney to bring all of Will's movies and stuff back to the public domain where it belongs.
@@kathleenbrock2746 I must agree to disagree. Rogers was from a very mundane background. He toured the world which could not help but to give him insight on man's inhumanity to man. Much like Mark Twain later in life. Rogers' depression era radio broadcasts show how he supported the downtrodden and told the rich guys to share the wealth. Rogers would not have trashed trump, but neither would he support him. Then, of course, Rogers 'never met a man that I didn't like."
We need a Will Rogers in 2012..... how/where can we find another one who will speak the truth in a manner that all people can understand and without the use of filth language....
He was or is a man for all times a truth teller relating to the people. Today we have Jordan Peterson as a truth teller and awaken with JP as a comedian. The two of them combined come close to Will.
I do hope everyone listens all the way through this speech. It's refreshing to hear him say the people, the citizens, the neighbors should be the one to raise the money to help their fellow Americans... NOT that the government should force it out of our hands by tax or otherwise. I'd say he would be shocked & confused by today's Democrats & Republicans... but they were both as messed up then as they are now... he wouldn't be surprised at all.
He's a distant relative of mine. I have no reason to believe that other than that almost everybody else who has commented on this page is related to him, so I must be too.
I read the comments and some of them are really quite embarrassing, there's no one in America starving due to the fact they can't find or afford food it is almost unheard of someone starving to death.. Once you get out of the crime-ridden slums created by liberal socialist and Democrats in democrat-run cities most Americans either renting their homes or buying and driving automobiles. A good standard of living all depends on what your standards are. Before the Chinese virus anyone willing to work could work. Back in Will Rogers day the only time you seen the government was when you went to the post office. In Will Rogers days They valued their Liberty and there rights and freedom and were far more independent from the government than today self-proclaimed victims. Big government is not the answer big government is the problem. We need to go back to the roots of our manhood and depend on ourselves and solve our problems without government. Self-preservation is the key to living a good life. No one owes me anything, the only debt I have is to the good Lord above. Obey the laws of the land respect yourself and respect others always do the right thing and count your blessings and thank the one who makes it possible. God not the government
All of this kind of thinking serves at disenfranchising Native people and their descendants... people Like Will and I. You know the Cherokee Nation held the land collectively until the Dawes act which broke up their government... their sovereignty... on right you with your American Ideals only like democracy if it suits your imperialist interests.
@@joshuazolten6457 spoken Through The Eyes and the thinking of victimhood. Before the first settlers ever step foot on this continent the Indian nations we're conquering other tribes and there land and people for thousands of years.. they were men of their times doing what every men of their times did. At one point or another someone had to be the original settlers and from that day forth not just in America but on every continent conquering land and people were commonplace. They were men of their times. Who was the very first people to step on any continent and how many times did it change hands between tribes of people will never know. The first settlers from foreign countries who came to America We're Men of their times that obtained the lands through trade and treaties or Wars They were men of their times doing what humans had done for thousands of years all over the world.. who did the Comanche and the Cherokee and other nations obtained the land they were holding at that time. I've got an idea, let's be morally Superior superhumans and let's go to Every Nation every continent and give the land back to its original owners. How would that work? They were men of their times doing what men of their times did. Who did the Cherokee and the Comanche get their land from. Before man we're even keeping history how do you know. Finally at this point in history there is no more land grabbing there is no more concrete other countries and people, do you know why because we are men of our times. We cannot rewrite history or renegotiate it. That does not make us bad people or robbers villains or thieves. That makes us humans and Men of our times. Love one another self preservation treat yourself and others with respect and help each other with a hand up and everyone quit looking for a handout. Our rights do not come from the government but are only protected by the government. We are the people we are the government. There's only one hour power, and it is not government
If you say "a more equal distribution of the wealth in the country," then people will call you a Socialist. It's funny how history keeps repeating itself, over and over again.
Rogers's view was closer to Rerum Novarum than it was to socialism or communism. We recognize that it's morally wrong for people to control great wealth while their neighbors are starving to death... and that was happening in the U.S. Notice Rogers emphasizes the preference for *allowing* people to work for their livelihoods. People were willing to work, but the wealthy were hoarding their resources and not hiring.
@@kimfleury True. If one can find a film clip of the very poor, during the Depression, notice how skinny they are. Many waited in long lines daily, lines that sometimes but not often, connected them to a day job--that day only. Then at some point the rest of the folks in the line wld be told there are no more jobs. Wish I CLD put it here, that poem written by a poor guy who wanted work. "What Is Work?" There are two versions, one much shorter. Then, the longer version. Each is almost overwhelming.
This was recorded during The Great Depression. A time when Republicans were the liberals and Democrats were the conservatives. This was a USA 2 years away from seeing the salvation of The New Deal and Social Security; 7 years away from the Fair Labor Standards Act (minimum wage). They had just come out of World War 1 a little over a decade previously and couldn't imagine the horrors about to face them 8 years later in World War 2. The people of that time remembered their childhood friends getting hurt in factories, trying to earn money for their parents. They knew people who had been crippled with polio. These were people who's parents were the victims of ruthless monopolies which reigned over the business world for decades. If you want to know what a free market economy can do for you; if you want to know what smaller government looks like; if you think things have only gone downhill because of the government turning into a nanny state; ask these people what kind of country they came from. Then think twice before looking down on the bleeding hearts who only want a fair chance at pursing happiness.
Isn't it funny then, that these children born at the end of the decadent 20's, who grew up during the great depression, and sacrificed much to win World War II went on to craft the highest functioning society in human history, one based on free enterprise and conservative values? It was their children who demanded the welfare programs that have kept the poor in poverty,, who destroyed the fabric of the family structure for the sake of easy sex,, who sold out their children and their grandchildren to corporate globalism in the name of cheap electronics. Who would have thought that the "greatest generation" would be followed by the worst?
Well of course they did. Their parents (The Greatest Generation and the silent generation) established the foundation of a more functional economy which they (The Boomers) took full advantage of. And it wasn't a cake walk for their parents either. They faced conservative opposition at every turn. The New Deal's labor rights, for example, were shot down thanks to a movement started by a single businessman who notably never thought it would go all the way to the supreme court. When the Boomers entered the work force, minimum wage had been in place for decades. In the 1960's it expanded to jobs beyond factory work and soon became a standard across the country for all jobs. What they earned was more than enough to live on. They could buy houses with the money they were earning on minimum wage job. They took that money, invested it, started businesses of their own (without loans), tinkered in their garages and started families. As for the Greatest Generation's grandchildren (Generation X), they had to work nearly twice as hard to get the same results. As for Welfare, that was part of Social Security which was introduced in The New Deal back in 1935. It's actually a vital part of any economy. The problem with it that "kept the poor in poverty" is thanks to the extremely effective business tactics of the boomers and a few Gen X. The disparity has moved faster than policy can account for. Because of that, the pathway out of poverty is less of a gradual process and more a leap of faith. If one fails at striking out on their own, they fall hard. Two or Three generations out now with the same regressive business practices being followed, the Greatest Generation's great-great grandchildren often times can't even fall back on moving in with their parents in an emergency, since their parents are also struggling to get by. And in regards to easy sex? If you look it up, you'll find that boomers on average have had more sex partners than their parents, their children, and their grand children (when age is taken into account). So whether or not the traditional family structure has eroded, it wasn't for the sake of sex. And as for selling out to corporatism? That's a fundamental business practice throughout all generations. It's all about who manages to sway the leaders. From time to time it happens. This time it happened on the boomer's watch. It's not the generation's fault though. Boomers are typically good people (good as anybody else.)
I just want to jump through the screen and give him a big hug. And drag him to 2022. Damn, Mr. Rogers - we need people like you right now
makes me proud to be a smart ass half breed
"We'll be the only nation in the history of the world that went to the poor house in an automobile"- Will Rogers
It certainly will not be an electric one. The Big Boys are trying to starve the oil and gas industry the most essential industry of the 20th century. We and the Russians won World War 2 because we had enough oil and the Germans did not.
What a wise man, country wise. Reminds me of my dad, who was born a month after the stock market crash. The poor are not evil or lazy or bad, and certainly not the cause of the depression.
I love visiting his house. It's one of my favorite places to go to relieve some stress from family or work. The view from his house is beautiful because Oologah lake is right behind it.
He was a great person who was liked by others who were doing the best they could do then....my late Mom was born in 1931& grew up poorly in the great depression era
My mum was born in1900, she told me of her admiration for Will, a unique man. Dave.
Will Rogers's wisdom is ageless!
actionman935 He had a dark side when he said he never met a man he didn't like; he meant "I never met a MAN I didn't like"!
He also said he "loved that line so much I'm gonna have it on my tombstone and I can't wait to die, so's I can see it for myself!
He didn't like plenty of people, he was a Scorpio, he had all their virtues and little if any of their ugly side! But he had sarcasm, his Judge Priest character was a complex and excellent good man it's great to see Will play him! He and Step "n Fetchit cooked up a scheme that has the Judge imitating Step, Rogers best friend in film! It's delicious!
Well said thanks
Thanks for posting. We need more of Mr Rogers wisdom and wit
Ole Will makes me a little less embarrassed to be from Oklahoma. Him and Woody.
Oklahoma is a lot dumber and a lot lower class than it was in the 1920s, sad to say.
F you, I'm proud to be an Okie.
I'm an Okie but I moved to California just out of college and I've been here ever since. Now I'm a little embarrassed to say that I'm from California.
It’s funny how the more we think things have changed… we stay the same. This is just as relevant today as it was then.
I always did love the wisdom of Will Rogers. Will, we sure ca use you now.
During this COVID-19 pandemic I just had to come back for these words.
Few alive today know the name Will Rogers; his homespun wisdom is Inspiration at its finest - and most pure. The odd part is that nearly 100 years ago, he is nearly cynically showing us how little things have changed (for us 'little people'.)
It's a joy to watch the last of this country's "real" public figures.
Will Rogers, may he Eternally Rest in Peace, reminds me of Robin Williams, may he Eternally Rest in peace..
Wow I can see that
Occultism claimed that Williams was the Reincarnation of Rogers.
Need some of his wisdom in modern times.
My grandparents and their families were all from the areas nearby Will Rogers birthplace in Oklahoma. They were of the generation born about 1900’s.
They spoke of him often , when I was a youngster in 1950’s-1960’s.
I Love this Speech... Will Rogers speaks out Against the abuses of International Capitalism... and everyone else on here that said things have never changed, are exactly correct. This was in the 1930's ? And the Republicans and the Democrats still play the same game with the American "sheeple" ..
balderrising1 IF you think nothing has changed you’re a blithering idiot. Of course your reference to “International Capitalism” was a dead giveaway!
Don't be a moron all your life. Time to wise up! 🙄
I just wish the Will Rogers Memorial Museum would quit sitting on Will's movies and appearances. Let them out so more people can be aware of Will's history and wisdom. He was one of the best and brightest of his day.
Thank you for your passion for sharing Will. We have the same passion. The Will Rogers Memorial Museum, does not own the rights of Will's movies to share with the public. They were controlled by Fox and now are controlled by Disney. We have permission to show them at the Museum and we do, and we are allowed to sell some in our gift shop. We agree that more people should know about Will's history and wisdom and we will continue to do our best to share Will in any way we can.
@@willrogers6642 Thanks for the reply. I had been told that the museum had the rights to his movies. There's way too many actors and actresses being forgotten about seemingly due to lack of exposure. I hate seeing it done to Will also.
@@willrogers6642 ...maybe Fox/Disney are republicans and don't want the masses to know how Will Rogers a democrat expressed facts about republicans in 1930s.
@will rogers6642
Your information explains much. If Oklahoma had EVER had politicians like Mr. Rogers we may have become a truly great State. But we got started with the likes of Alfalfa Bill Murray and ending with a crooked mortagageer.
WE NEED WILL ROGERS NOW!
You're so right about needing him now.
He is the man H. L. Mencken called "The most dangerous man in America!" That's lesson in economics and a reminder that while we vote, we, the people, are in charge if whether the current big men in Washington will stay in Washington!
He certainly was the biggest celebrity of the early 1930s. Star of stage, screen and radio, the most widely read of newspaper columnists, He was actively courted by FDR in 1932, and obtain his backing. However, as a friend of Lindbergh , and an isolationist he probably would have been an American Firster, opposing American involvement in the European war.
mountains which because of his foresight
and sophisticated knowledge of history
and politics, still exist intact for all the people to enjoy!
He was a very sophisticated man, a world
traveller and considerable writer! The
Hoover Administration begged him to
appear on their behalf as a favor!
He was disgusted by that administration but he was a patriot! Mostly, he was a great
humanitarian!
He stated the facts about republicans. And he thanked President Hoover for being on the same issue. If I didn't know better I'd say Mr. Rogers was a true democrat.
And nearly 100 years on, what’s different? The US remains the wealthiest country with the most billionaires on earth, but over 30 million people are below the poverty line and many more live from pay check to pay check.
Well, this was Will Rogers tradition. He was just a simple, Oklahoman & kept his political humor simple. He was a humble man.
My dad was born 1918. In 1931 he told me if you had a single dime you were good to go. They had to make their own fun. That was in Sherman Texas.
I never met a man that Will Rogers didn't like.
@@moldyoldie7888 what if goD doesn't forgive you
@@moldyoldie7888 i hope whatever makes you happy find you well but i don't think god would be dealing with dirty jokes
@@moldyoldie7888 you better doubt than believe. good for you. but I don't think that you should've deleted the joke. It was a nice joke... being too cautious might lead to taboos. Taboos create problems, suppressions you might say, not jokes. I mean not this kind of jokes. Don't you think?
That is one beautiful Western Electric condenser microphone.
"uhhh, Young Kippur." Classic.
Things haven't changed Will.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent." - Dragnet
yes they have
I'm so proud to be related to this man. he's a distance relation but I'm still proud to say he is.
Interesting so we are related... I'm Will Rogers’s direct great grandson through Will Rogers, Jr. How are you related?
he's like my great grandads cousin or something like that
or my great great grandads cousin
well that clearly shows your brain capacity then dosnt it. if your as smart as you think you are you would have read up about him, (if you can read) then you'd find out what a great man he was. you don't win man of the year in America for no reason dip shit
You really don't have room to be talking about mental disability when you apparently can't wrap your mind around the fact that people 80 years ago used language and social interactions differently than they do now. You're a moron.
I've lived in San Bernardino my whole life and never knew who this guy was
YOU are IN for the long fight
..... fear that your neighbor sleeps comfortable too long
..... fear that your community saves too much from weakening it for Wealth
..... fear every artist is someone far away & never appreciates the local minds
..... fear that those who walk the streets are just police and criminals working together
.....
FEAR... is they only thing we have to FEAR! - - marv.
Boy, he had that right! It's amazing how bad people are with history; they keep repeating it!
''Stupid got us into this. Why can't stupid get us out?'' -Will Rogers
Strange how history repeats itself. Where is Will Rogers when we need him? His wit and wisdom did more to explain in common terms what was going on in the Great Depression. People all over the country stopped what they were doing and listened to him. Yet, Rogers was not mean spirited or demeaning, but could make his point using humor. We are now in a "Small" Depression and what do we have to listen too?? Narcissistic political pundits on both sides who do not even know what is going on.
They flood the airways with retarded psychopaths to drown out voices like his. The left AND the right do this. It’s sickening
Will Rogers was Cherokee. I just learned this today.
Rogers's mother was one quarter-Cherokee and born into the Paint Clan. He quipped that his ancestors did not come over on the Mayflower, but they "met the boat".
RIP Walter Arthur Young 💯❤️📯🌹
10:07 When you can't find something nice to say, say "he's a very .... human man"
"Those who do not study history are
condemned to repeat it" was written by
Georges Santayana in his book "The Last
Puritan" and I would hate to dismiss it
as a "truism"! Especially as so few of us
take the time to study history before we
open our mouths; those who do often read
with an agenda and half a truth is not
better than none!
@4:20 "to see that every man that wants to and able to is allowed to find a place to go to work and also a way to get a more equal distribution of the wealth in the country"
Through wages.
My parents were visibly disturbed when they learnt of his death in Alaska. America list a great satirist & comedian on that day.
They weren't listening then and they're not listening still - perhaps they never will! (Don McClean)
The relevant will rogers.
That poor gum didn't have a chance!
I love Will Rogers' Oklahoman accent!
Roberta Gallant He was Cherokee and irish, called his first act "The Cherokee Kid"! Cherokee had great love of politics & some skill. Will had a rope act and rewinding took time, so he made comments; movies to movies with skill and natural gift; in this case, he wrote his speech himself!
He was influential in FDR election, would have loathed neoliberals as flim-flam con artists!
Dad quoted from this speech on a regular basis; most loved man in America when his plane crashed! I always felt highly suspicious, but adored as Will was, so no one wanted to connect him with assassination!
Play this a few times, it's an utterly remarkable highly diplomatic speech uplifting all the people!
He was very political, a book on that look it up, really amazing to read!
Read a book: He was half-Cherokee, and said so almost every time he introduced himself.
Beltway Bandit I don't know exactly, not the greatest with details and could have been misreported; his sister said "There was nothing particularly different about Will as a boy, he ran around with all the other indian boys
and he was proud Cherokee and had tribes genius for politicking! He also had indian morals, values & sense of humor about white men! I couldn't have liked him more!
I'm Better Than You Can you read? He not only identified indian, he had some pretty good gags about white men, of which he was part; but, he identified Cherokee and was deeply proud of it!
@@carolvogelman5261 He was 25 percent native i just finished his biography
October 1931.....a time when I think on it scares me for the horrible situations. they still had to wait a little bit for FDR
Looking for someone who actually cares for the people. There was a terrible circumstance in the 30's my family lost their merchantile, they lost everything and survived. I just am looking for someone who actually cares about people, Sudan, Hatia, Ukrain, Gaza, Isreal, Iran, Iraq actually, someone who cares about every single person.
I hope you find one. I hope we both do. It does read like you could find one in the mirror. BTW, they are around. I truly believe that, even amoung some of our elected people. Hang in there. 🙂
What a pragmatic man and I wish that he could have been My psychiatrist because he is very realistic about life 😂😁✌️
Wow. Wow. Nothing changes, does it?
I wonder, is his comment about "getting nothing from Europe" something to do with Britain and France etc. reneging on their debts to the USA for the Great War? Certainly, it was a main reason for America's reluctance to become involved in the second war, and also her insistence on Britain transferring every ounce of her gold and tradable assets to the US via Canada prior to her signing 'Lend lease'.
Britain told us after that war, "We won't pay you back. The monarchy needs its money." Something like that...
Thank you
He was a good man. Elected to politics. He wasnt. A poitician. 🇺🇸
right on Will!
We have more of everything including people with their had out wanting something for nothing. The wealthiest always ask for people to give but they stay wealthy. Everyone is free to give as much as they want yet they refuse to give unless others give.
legendary
wow so this is my relative i am in awe
We must be related! He's mine too!
no way!
***** Both of you,congratulations....I'm just reading one of the many biographies on him. Amazing person, not just actor.
***** He was my great great grandma's first cousin.
e must be kin
will rogers 816 subs. snoop dog 816,000. that might be the problem right there
I’m always impressed by some of the old time sound engineers. He is chewing gum and you can’t hear it. Watch some old Porter Wagoner shows and then compare that to the sound of any musical guest on SNL, it’s a stark difference.
Now and days they would of put the gum chewing on full max
This speech could have been reused for the 2008 crash. 07:42
"Well once a wealthy Democrat tells me to do something, i gotta do it!" Lol
Oklahoma's favorite son
Mr. Rogers' made these remarks on October 18, 1931.
A lot of people are related to this man....
His son was his spitting image.
Common sense is a thing of the past
"Common sense don't make no sense no more." John Prine
Will was magnanimous to Hoover, who actually had the Depression flung on him rather than he being the cause.
Hoover made it worse: much worse. Read "The Forgotten Man", it explains Hoover's role in trying to micromanage the American economy. Boy was he a trend-setter !
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You're right, Hoover worsened it, and FDR worsened it even more.
@@rg8071 Really, where's your proof, or are we just supposed to take the word of some trumped-up social media troll?
@@steverhodesvideos6244 Not necessarily. You could also read a book. It’s basically consensus now FDR prolonged the depression and the economy was saved by war production.
I live in Oklahoma and I’ve been to his school thing
Sad that nothing has changed.
Hoover: he’s a very human man 😅
1:50 Young Kippur 😅
This is what Bernie Sanders and Professor Elizabeth Warren say, and have been saying for long time...#TheOrangeClownandhiscircusofadministrationhavegottogo
I have never seen anyone able to talk and chew gum at the same time.
this is prophecy, i think.
what chowderheads clicked a "thumbs down" to WILL ROGERS?!
We're at a point now where's it's 10X more insane. We're basically at post-scarcity and still trying to create meaningless jobs and businesses to keep people busy.
sounds like we are aheading to where the economy was back then again.
We need a calming voice of reason like this today. But trump would have trashed Rogers daily by tweet.
Yes. Because trump is the problem. 😂
I disagree. I think Will and Donald would have been good friends. Maybe someone could work a deal with Disney to bring all of Will's movies and stuff back to the public domain where it belongs.
@@kathleenbrock2746 I must agree to disagree. Rogers was from a very mundane background. He toured the world which could not help but to give him insight on man's inhumanity to man. Much like Mark Twain later in life. Rogers' depression era radio broadcasts show how he supported the downtrodden and told the rich guys to share the wealth. Rogers would not have trashed trump, but neither would he support him. Then, of course, Rogers 'never met a man that I didn't like."
@@H.pylori I can pretty well promise you WR wld NOT have liked dt. AT ALL!!!
I doubt this speech could even be broadcast today, there is no way our corporate press would allow it.
The corporate media that is gleefully promoting outright marxism on the regular?
Go to bed old man.
so true!
I trust the mainstream media, not some random troll with zero credibility...
We need a Will Rogers in 2012..... how/where can we find another one who will speak the truth in a manner that all people can understand and without the use of filth language....
make that 2021 now. Instead, we still have a rapidly worsening saturday night live.
He was or is a man for all times a truth teller relating to the people. Today we have Jordan Peterson as a truth teller and awaken with JP as a comedian. The two of them combined come close to Will.
I do hope everyone listens all the way through this speech. It's refreshing to hear him say the people, the citizens, the neighbors should be the one to raise the money to help their fellow Americans... NOT that the government should force it out of our hands by tax or otherwise.
I'd say he would be shocked & confused by today's Democrats & Republicans... but they were both as messed up then as they are now... he wouldn't be surprised at all.
You just got an infrastructure bill on the table - in Ontario, we are taxed and we've replaced over 50 bridges in the last 20 years.
Bacon Beans And what are limousines 🙄🙄🤔🤔its said listening to will the man gave you hope .now eat those beans bacon and limousine 😊😂
I like the anti ad at the beginning. I can't recommend any other mouthwash haha.
The original George Carlin.
He's a distant relative of mine. I have no reason to believe that other than that almost everybody else who has commented on this page is related to him, so I must be too.
Ha-ha, brilliant!
You from Oklahoma?
"Liberal" means something very different now than it did then.
I read the comments and some of them are really quite embarrassing, there's no one in America starving due to the fact they can't find or afford food it is almost unheard of someone starving to death.. Once you get out of the crime-ridden slums created by liberal socialist and Democrats in democrat-run cities most Americans either renting their homes or buying and driving automobiles. A good standard of living all depends on what your standards are. Before the Chinese virus anyone willing to work could work. Back in Will Rogers day the only time you seen the government was when you went to the post office. In Will Rogers days They valued their Liberty and there rights and freedom and were far more independent from the government than today self-proclaimed victims. Big government is not the answer big government is the problem. We need to go back to the roots of our manhood and depend on ourselves and solve our problems without government. Self-preservation is the key to living a good life. No one owes me anything, the only debt I have is to the good Lord above. Obey the laws of the land respect yourself and respect others always do the right thing and count your blessings and thank the one who makes it possible. God not the government
All of this kind of thinking serves at disenfranchising Native people and their descendants... people Like Will and I. You know the Cherokee Nation held the land collectively until the Dawes act which broke up their government... their sovereignty... on right you with your American Ideals only like democracy if it suits your imperialist interests.
@@joshuazolten6457 spoken Through The Eyes and the thinking of victimhood. Before the first settlers ever step foot on this continent the Indian nations we're conquering other tribes and there land and people for thousands of years.. they were men of their times doing what every men of their times did. At one point or another someone had to be the original settlers and from that day forth not just in America but on every continent conquering land and people were commonplace. They were men of their times. Who was the very first people to step on any continent and how many times did it change hands between tribes of people will never know. The first settlers from foreign countries who came to America We're Men of their times that obtained the lands through trade and treaties or Wars They were men of their times doing what humans had done for thousands of years all over the world.. who did the Comanche and the Cherokee and other nations obtained the land they were holding at that time. I've got an idea, let's be morally Superior superhumans and let's go to Every Nation every continent and give the land back to its original owners. How would that work? They were men of their times doing what men of their times did. Who did the Cherokee and the Comanche get their land from. Before man we're even keeping history how do you know. Finally at this point in history there is no more land grabbing there is no more concrete other countries and people, do you know why because we are men of our times. We cannot rewrite history or renegotiate it. That does not make us bad people or robbers villains or thieves. That makes us humans and Men of our times. Love one another self preservation treat yourself and others with respect and help each other with a hand up and everyone quit looking for a handout. Our rights do not come from the government but are only protected by the government. We are the people we are the government. There's only one hour power, and it is not government
If you say "a more equal distribution of the wealth in the country," then people will call you a Socialist. It's funny how history keeps repeating itself, over and over again.
Rogers's view was closer to Rerum Novarum than it was to socialism or communism. We recognize that it's morally wrong for people to control great wealth while their neighbors are starving to death... and that was happening in the U.S. Notice Rogers emphasizes the preference for *allowing* people to work for their livelihoods. People were willing to work, but the wealthy were hoarding their resources and not hiring.
@@kimfleury True. If one can find a film clip of the very poor, during the Depression, notice how skinny they are. Many waited in long lines daily, lines that sometimes but not often, connected them to a day job--that day only. Then at some point the rest of the folks in the line wld be told there are no more jobs. Wish I CLD put it here, that poem written by a poor guy who wanted work. "What Is Work?" There are two versions, one much shorter. Then, the longer version. Each is almost overwhelming.
... latter day Rogan ?
Great Day for Flying Will...
Fewer people have it
Has anything changed?
sounds just like today doesn't it?
SO DID I AT WILEY POST AIRPORT - THEY SAY IF YOU CAN LEARN TO FLY IN OKLAHOMA YOU CAN FLY ANYWHERE BECAUSE THE WIND(S) ARE SO BAD...
Oklahoma City - where we name our airports after people who died in plane crashes.
This was recorded during The Great Depression. A time when Republicans were the liberals and Democrats were the conservatives.
This was a USA 2 years away from seeing the salvation of The New Deal and Social Security; 7 years away from the Fair Labor Standards Act (minimum wage). They had just come out of World War 1 a little over a decade previously and couldn't imagine the horrors about to face them 8 years later in World War 2.
The people of that time remembered their childhood friends getting hurt in factories, trying to earn money for their parents. They knew people who had been crippled with polio.
These were people who's parents were the victims of ruthless monopolies which reigned over the business world for decades.
If you want to know what a free market economy can do for you; if you want to know what smaller government looks like; if you think things have only gone downhill because of the government turning into a nanny state; ask these people what kind of country they came from. Then think twice before looking down on the bleeding hearts who only want a fair chance at pursing happiness.
Isn't it funny then, that these children born at the end of the decadent 20's, who grew up during the great depression, and sacrificed much to win World War II went on to craft the highest functioning society in human history, one based on free enterprise and conservative values?
It was their children who demanded the welfare programs that have kept the poor in poverty,, who destroyed the fabric of the family structure for the sake of easy sex,, who sold out their children and their grandchildren to corporate globalism in the name of cheap electronics.
Who would have thought that the "greatest generation" would be followed by the worst?
Well of course they did. Their parents (The Greatest Generation and the silent generation) established the foundation of a more functional economy which they (The Boomers) took full advantage of.
And it wasn't a cake walk for their parents either. They faced conservative opposition at every turn. The New Deal's labor rights, for example, were shot down thanks to a movement started by a single businessman who notably never thought it would go all the way to the supreme court.
When the Boomers entered the work force, minimum wage had been in place for decades. In the 1960's it expanded to jobs beyond factory work and soon became a standard across the country for all jobs. What they earned was more than enough to live on.
They could buy houses with the money they were earning on minimum wage job. They took that money, invested it, started businesses of their own (without loans), tinkered in their garages and started families.
As for the Greatest Generation's grandchildren (Generation X), they had to work nearly twice as hard to get the same results.
As for Welfare, that was part of Social Security which was introduced in The New Deal back in 1935. It's actually a vital part of any economy.
The problem with it that "kept the poor in poverty" is thanks to the extremely effective business tactics of the boomers and a few Gen X. The disparity has moved faster than policy can account for. Because of that, the pathway out of poverty is less of a gradual process and more a leap of faith. If one fails at striking out on their own, they fall hard. Two or Three generations out now with the same regressive business practices being followed, the Greatest Generation's great-great grandchildren often times can't even fall back on moving in with their parents in an emergency, since their parents are also struggling to get by.
And in regards to easy sex? If you look it up, you'll find that boomers on average have had more sex partners than their parents, their children, and their grand children (when age is taken into account). So whether or not the traditional family structure has eroded, it wasn't for the sake of sex.
And as for selling out to corporatism? That's a fundamental business practice throughout all generations. It's all about who manages to sway the leaders. From time to time it happens. This time it happened on the boomer's watch. It's not the generation's fault though. Boomers are typically good people (good as anybody else.)
sirdeadlock and Wills family was disenfranchised... The Trail of Tears...
Early podcaster
money controls congress. congress benefits money
Okie accent!
He was one-fourth Cherokee.
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Will never met a man he didn't like. Will never met Donald Trump.
So true.
Help each other through the government , best chance we have , from an old socialist.
Was that at Los Angeles' KFI?
When "liberal" still meant "generous."
Always meant take from one to give it away to another.