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The About-Face March

Funeee 😆

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 24, 2010 @ 5:30 pm

The seniors have been been used in so many respects. They’ve been scared to death, their age (as in past societal issues) has been used against them, the way they were raised has been used against them. They’ve been manipulated, and Republicans should be ashamed, but I’m sure they’re not. I find this behavior repugnant, not to mention it leaves an after-one-has-puked-all-night kind of taste in my mouth.

Fifty years ago, my father was 30; fifty years ago it was 1960. My father would have been a Tea Party Person had the organization existed; now he could be the preacher, the choir, or both.

HISTORIC EVENTS AND TECHNOLOGY

Dinner at the Neiburger ‘s – Susan’s family – in 1968. The Civil Rights movement made great changes in society in the 1960’s. The movement began peacefully, with Martin Luther King and Stokely Carmichael leading sit-ins and peaceful protests, joined by whites, particularly Jews. Malcolm X preached about Black Nationalism. After his assassination, the Black Panthers were formed to continue his mission. In 1965, the Watts riots broke out in Los Angeles. The term “blacks” became socially acceptable, replacing “Negroes.”

The number of Hispanic Americans tripled during the decade and became recognized as an oppressed minority. Cesar Chavez organized Hispanics in the United Farm Workers Association. American Indians, facing unemployment rates of 50% and a life expectancy only two-thirds that of whites, began to assert themselves in the courts and in violent protests.

The Presidential Commission of the Status of Women (1963) presented disturbing facts about women’s place in our society. Betty Friedan, Pauli Murray and Gloria Steinem, (National Organization for Women) questioned the unequal treatment of women, gave birth to Women’s Lib, and disclosed the “glass ceiling.” The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was amended to include gender. The birth control pill became widely available and abortion for cause was legalized in Colorado in 1967. In 1967, both abortion and artificial insemination became legal in some states.

Woodstock Festival Remembered The Supreme Court decided in Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421, 1962, that prayer in the public schools was unconstitutional. As the 1960’s progressed, many young people turned from mainstream Protestant religions to mystic eastern religions such as Transcendental Meditation (Maharishi Mahesh Yogi) or Zen Buddhism. Respect for authority declined among the youth, and crime rates soared to nine times the rate of the 1950’s. Marijuana use soared. Well known Harvard psychologist Timothy Leary encouraged the use of LSD as a mind-opening drug. The hippie movement endorsed drugs, rock music, mystic religions and sexual freedom. They opposed violence. The Woodstock Festival at which 400,000 young people gathered in a spirit of love and sharing, represents the pinnacle of the hippie movement. Many hippies moved to Haight Ashbury in San Francisco, East Village in New York City, or lived in communes.

When Fidel Castro, soon after overtaking Cuba, declared that he was a communist, the United States broke off diplomatic relations. Castro seized American property. The CIA attacked Cuba in an ill-fated mission at the Bay of Pigs. In 1962, a spy plane identified long range missiles in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy readied troops to invade Cuba, and the Soviet Union prepared to fire at US cities if we made a move.

Vietnamese Soldier on Bike in Da Nang John F. Kennedy was young and charismatic, and his brief reign as president was often called Camelot. He was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963. His Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson became president, and was reelected the following year. To prevent communist North Vietnam from overtaking South Vietnam, the United States sent military advisors and then soldiers. It was largely a secret war until 1965, when massive troop buildups were ordered to put an end to the conflict. The draft was accelerated and anti-war sentiment grew in the US. College students organized anti-war protests, draft dodgers fled to Canada, and there were reports of soldiers reflected the growing disrespect for authority, shooting their officers rather than follow orders. Johnson, blamed by many for the war and the racial unrest in the country, did not run for reelection in 1968. John Kennedy’s brother, Robert campaigned for the nomination for President and he, too was killed. Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965 and Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968.

😆 My grandmother didn’t care for hard candies; she had a penchant for those soft, orange circus peanuts. 😆

👿 And…my father would have accused me of being “uppity” for using penchant in a sentence. 👿

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 24, 2010 @ 3:06 pm

Today’s Historic House Vote on HCR – LIVE FEED AND BLOG

I thought it was Quarry…

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 22, 2010 @ 3:26 am

x2!!

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 8:30 pm

Night all — work tomorrow.

Congratulations!!! High fives and fist bumps to everyone!!!

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 8:28 pm

Just did! Ah, the sounds of silence.

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 7:57 pm

Group hug!!

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 7:52 pm

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 7:49 pm

My friend pays $800/month for her health insurance; her employer stopped a couple of years ago. She might as well not have it though because her deductible is so high.

This will help her immensely.

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 7:39 pm

So does this mean Rush will be leaving the country? I think Siberia would be appropriate — his voice would be frozen!

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 7:29 pm

Thanks nellie!

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 7:22 pm

😆 😆 😆 😆

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 7:13 pm

No, he combs his hair forward. But if you look closely it looks like he has horns. 👿

Me thinks he’s going to cry.

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 7:11 pm

Orange fluid.

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 7:08 pm

What an A$$hole…here come the tears.

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 7:07 pm

Hey Mr. Tangerine Man
Spray some orange on me…

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 7:00 pm

Hey Khirad!

Lotsa lies from the Puppies…

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 6:55 pm

Hey kes!

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 6:53 pm

Ewwww — the slick Eric Cantor. 👿

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 6:47 pm

They pull them out of thin air?

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 6:42 pm

A wet blanket 😆

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 6:37 pm

Don’t forget three fries short of a Happy Meal!! 😆

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 6:32 pm

Baseball bat would be more appropriate.

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 6:25 pm

I heard it was duct tape. 🙂

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 6:21 pm

Arrogance? OMG! Pot, kettle, black!

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 6:19 pm

I do believe the Secret Service is all over it:

http://jezebel.com/5498461/conservative-blogger-calls-for-obamas-assassination-on-twitter

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 6:15 pm

I hear you Sue 😯

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 6:07 pm

😆 😆 😆

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 6:05 pm

Has Joe Wilson weighed in yet?

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 6:02 pm

Me too…she really looks like she’s from a cult.

» Posted By boomer1949 On March 21, 2010 @ 5:58 pm