What does it take to be satisfied?

I think it was Porter Wagoner who recorded a song entitled ‘Satisfied Mind.’ As I recall it was sometime during the early to mid 1950s. Some of the words of the song went something like: ‘It would be hard to find one man in ten with a satisfied mind.’ Do we have a satisfied mind? What would it take to make us satisfied?
I grew up in the 40s and 50s In the 40s there was no television in this area. Radio was the source of nightly entertainment at our house. Numerous series were broadcast daily as well as nightly. Shows such as ‘Red Skelton,’ ‘George Burns and Gracie Allen,’ ‘Bob Hope,’ ‘Gunsmoke,’ and many other weekly series. When television came into focus, many of the radio series followed.
Even through television was in development before the years of W.W.II, the wide use of the system didn’t come into being here in middle Tennessee until the early 50s, the war having slowed its progress. The first television that I ever had seen was in Kansas City, Mo. at a great uncle’s in 1950.
We were satisfied with radio until television came into the picture, then it was a whole new world even though the owner of a set could only receive, at the most, three black and white snowy channels.
Again we were satisfied with black and white snowy channels and having to get up to change channels or adjust the set, until color, cable TV (or satellite), VCRs, remote controls, and DVDs came along. With each new invention our ability to enjoy peace of mind and having a satisfied mind is tampered with.
Technology sure has gone wild with these things. The computer I’m now using has more ‘whistles and bells’ on it than I know what to do with. The word processor program that was installed, not only has a spell checker, it also has a grammar checker. You know folks, all this kind of technology really shows is how dumb and lazy some people are, especially Americans.
We work and worry trying to find those things that will save us time and then we worry about what are we going to do for a pastime. Folks, we run around in circles to which there is no end.
Back in the early 1950s, a certain auto had developed carburetors that would achieve higher gas mileage than automobiles were then getting. I think the Studebaker and Nash were noted for their fuel efficiency. At least I think these cars were bought because of their fuel efficiency. I can’t really think of any other reason anyone would buy one; as, in my judgment, they certainly weren’t pretty. It was said about the 1946 Studebaker, one couldn’t tell if it was coming or going. Anyway I do not believe any of those carburetors got to the assembly line, as big oil was said to have bought all rights to the designs of such carburetors. They wanted vehicles to use more gas. They wanted to increase profits.
To punish a child some people use the ‘time out’ method. In other words parents may take away certain privileges from the child for a certain length of time. Taking away their very favorite thing to do may work.
Recently the President visited the leader of Iran. I think. Bush asked for more oil. The answer Bush got was very short. It was ‘no.’ Then I begin thinking what better way for a little country to bring a bigger country down on its knees than to withhold what it wants most? That is oil for America. With the knowledge and technical ability of America, why can’t we be self sufficient in the oil fields?