Reply #49: yes yes and yes...but this asshole is making me miss Nixon!!

[flyarm]

the difference was the dems were strong then..strong in character i believe...

of course i was in my 20's and things look different to you when you are in your 20's than in your 50's...

but it was a very frightening time as well...i was so involved in protesting the war..so i just had hate for him sooo bad...

he was also a baffon..but a dark character..i think it was easier to dislike him because he was such a dark mooded man.

but yes he was "watching " the protestors , infiltrating our groups..it was a very big brother time ..looking over your shoulder.

but we ( the youth) was very vocal..we were very active protesting ..daily it seems now ..i look back and think i was in Washington protesting more than i was in class ( college) ...

as an adult i went back to finish my degree ( i needed 1 semester to get my BS) and i was sitting with a dean of a mid west univ..and he looked at my grades..and i shrugged and said..i majored in protest ..my fist 3 years!!


if we weren't off somewhere protesting we were doing sit in's on our own campus.

of course during my college yrs ..the draft began..many friends were heading for Canada..

the draft really activated people who were sitting on the sidelines ignoring the war..

that is why many of us "oldtimers" say..if * instituted the draft this war would be over tommorrow!!

But the Watergate hearings were a very unsettling , frightening time..

butour folks had all gone through the depression and WWII..and they were very patriotic ..so they went along with Vietnam..for a long time..until Watergate..then they got mad..

but in those days i remember families sitting around the kitchen table talking about it all..people talked..your aunts and uncles..they discussed alot of what was going on..

that is what i do not see today..and that is these assholes success..they divided us so much that people do not discuss or argue within families about all this..everyone goes to their own corners..and no one discusses the crimes of this administration..people are afraid to get into any real serious conversations..
ok it is changing a bit now..but still not much among friends and family..there is a polite under the table agreement to not discuss among ourselves.

and this is wrong..
i took a stand 3 years ago to get into people's faces..and yes even today when i walk into a room of friends..people roll their eyes ( as if i can't see them!!ha!) ..but i don't care..i have lost many friends..and family..but tough shit..i feel anyone who supports this crap i don't want around me.

I have not talked to my only sister since 2001..shortly after 9/11 when i said the offical story was bullshit lies.

my sis was a bu$hbot..sheeple..and she was ripe for this type of propaganda and talking points and this perversion.

i guess i digressed..

but yes it was a frightening time..and we were a divided country then as well about the war...

my dad almost disowned me..because i protested so much..but i had a boyfriend who went to Nam as a Pilot..and when he came home and told stories i became more adamant about stopping the war..so did he..

and my brothers were drafted..both went to nam...and when they came home and were so changed and told my dad what was going on..only then did my dad understand how wrong the war was.

but my dad never apologized to me until he was dying..the day before he died..he said..you know..you were right and i was wrong about Vietnam..and he said it with tears in his eyes. He said..those bastards were evil that did this to this country.

and he asked me to forgive him for being so wrong.

but that was after seeing for years how vietnam had hurt my brothers emotionally.

yes those were frightening times..black panthers were blowing up buildings in Philly and there was a real sense of unrest everywhere.

the thing today that pisses me off so much..it was those who never fought ..who were never drafted and never saw the front lines of anything..that have supported these bastards so much!

all the people my hubby and i are around never went to nam and never ever put the uniform on and they have been the biggest cheerleaders for these pricks..

recently one friend /buisness aquaintence ..said to my husband >>i wish your wife would get off this bandwaggon of bush this or that..and my husband asked this man..when did you serve...when did you ever do a damn thing for this country other than make your millions..when..my husband ( who is non political) said..that lady has done more for this country than you ever have ..so stfu..

and this man asked my hubby what he ever did ..and my hubby said he was in the reserves and served for 8 years..and he said ..i don't say much..but that lady knows more than you ever will about what is going on...and you should only ever care so much..hubby said ..you should be thanking her for trying to save this country for your kids and grandkids..

wow my hubby was furious..he was yelling it..and he finished by saying that man owed me an apology...

yes these assholes in this white house knew thay had to divide this country...to stop the flow of discussion..now it is up to us ...to stop the divide and work together to stop these fuckers!!

when people ask me how i keep doing this every day..i say the best thing we can do is educate..educate educate..others..start talking..make people listen to you...don't yell and scream..talk...and keep educating!!

and tell them to turn faux mews off..to stop watching that propaganda!!

oh and for years i carried military registrations in my car..stacks of them i ran off the computer..so when people /friends said they supported this crap..out i would come with a registration form and say..signup or sign your kids up...that shut people up real quick..and i got to say what was going on..

maybe we all should have those forms in our cars and hand them out when people make excuses of what * has done and is doing in Iraq..and to this country..

i always say ..put the boots where your mouth is!!

fly