stories like this show how america is a great country

certainly not any more, now it's a fa.... let's say a sodomite country.

i mostly will not be able to answer your reply, since marissa mayer hacked my email, no notification

Yeah, in some cultures intelligence and drive are still appreciated but most have swung to mindless thuggery and ignorance.

Heart warming, American ingeunity from country boys out of West virginia

People always idealize the past but it was pretty much the same as now.

The film takes place before the advent of today's spoiled and entitled brats who want everything handed to them or at least want fifteen dollars an hour for shaking salt on fries and filling up soft drink cups.

Right - was. To me, it kinda boils down to this:
It used to be "strive for the best, don't settle for 2nd".
Now it's "tolerate as much as possible and the lazy should be taken care of".