What is mainly wrong with society today, is that too many dirt roads have been paved. There's not a problem in America today, crime, drugs, education, divorce and delinquency, that wouldn't be remedied if we just had some more dirt roads, because dirt roads give character. People that live at the end of dirt roads learn early on that life is a bumpy ride. That it can jar you right down to your teeth sometimes, but it's worth it, if it ends at home, a loving spouse, happy kids and a dog. We wouldn't have near the trouble with our educational system if our kids got their exercise walking a dirt road with other kids, from whom they learn how to get along. There was less crime in our streets before they were paved. Criminals don't walk two dusty miles to rob or rape, if they knew they'd be welcomed by five barking dogs and a double barrel shotgun. There was no drive by shootings. Our values were better when our roads were worse! People did not worship their cars more than their kids, and motorists were more courteous, they didn't tailgate by riding the bumper or the guy in front would choke you with his dust and break your windshield with rocks. Dirt roads taught patience. Dirt roads were environmentaly friendly, you didn't hop in your car for a quart of milk, you walked to the barn for your milk. For your mail, you walked to the mailbox. What if it rained and the dirt road got washed out? That was the best part, then you stayed home and had some family time, roasted marshmallows and popped popcorn and pony rode on Daddy's shoulders and learned how to make prettier quilts than anybody. At the end of dirt roads you soon learned that bad words tasted like soap. Most paved roads lead to trouble, dirt roads lead to a fishing creek or a swimming hole. At the end of a dirt road, the only time we even locked our car was in August because if we didn't, some neighbor would fill it with too many zucchini. At the end of a dirt road, sometimes city people would get stuck, everybody wanted to help. Sometimes you'd get a dollar and always got a new friend at the end of a dirt road.

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