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Wed Aug-19-09 11:56 AM
Response to Reply #149 |
| 157. now that was a low blow |
| -Okay, let me get this straight...we're fighting about WOODSTOCK on DU? |
Atman |
Aug-17-09 09:32 PM |
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yeah, enough of Woodstock already nt |
crazy_vanilla |
Aug-17-09 09:34 PM |
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I think we're all stressed out. |
madmax |
Aug-17-09 09:35 PM |
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if you lived thru the 60's you get woodstock...there's really no way to convey it |
spanone |
Aug-17-09 09:35 PM |
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That's right. |
Blue_In_AK |
Aug-17-09 09:37 PM |
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It's all context - |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Aug-17-09 09:41 PM |
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True. |
Joanne98 |
Aug-18-09 07:52 AM |
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And so--the stupidity continues in yet another thread. I'm Switzerland here. |
blondeatlast |
Aug-17-09 09:37 PM |
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Switzerland wouldn't have interjected. |
Atman |
Aug-17-09 09:38 PM |
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That's today's DU for you (n/t) |
Catch22Dem |
Aug-17-09 09:38 PM |
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These "Woodstock was the best thing ever" threads are fucking priceless. |
Avalux |
Aug-17-09 09:38 PM |
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I didn't say Woodstock was "the best thing ever." |
Atman |
Aug-17-09 09:39 PM |
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LOL! |
Avalux |
Aug-17-09 09:41 PM |
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Atman? Yo, Atman? |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Aug-17-09 09:40 PM |
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Absolutely, literally, laughing out loud. |
Atman |
Aug-17-09 09:41 PM |
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Figured you'd get it - |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Aug-17-09 09:43 PM |
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What TL Said, Baby !!! |
WillyT |
Aug-17-09 09:42 PM |
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Bravo. (Seconded.) |
TahitiNut |
Aug-17-09 09:50 PM |
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Really? You seriously support and respect how Atman communicated |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 06:35 AM |
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My "message to youth?" I'm not the Pope, I made a freaking message board post! |
Atman |
Aug-18-09 07:11 AM |
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"Hey old dudes, Woodstock sucked ass!" |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 07:29 AM |
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Gee, that's a tough question - |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Aug-18-09 10:47 AM |
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Thanks, Atman....K and R |
femrap |
Aug-17-09 09:45 PM |
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You seriously support and respect how Atman communicated and his message to youth? |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 06:44 AM |
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Atman spoke the Truth.... |
femrap |
Aug-18-09 10:25 AM |
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The kids are home from school and they're bored |
Lorien |
Aug-17-09 09:48 PM |
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Even -- or especially -- for those too young to be there |
omega minimo |
Aug-17-09 09:48 PM |
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i never attended outdoor concerts during those years |
madrchsod |
Aug-17-09 09:50 PM |
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so what? |
HughMoran |
Aug-17-09 09:55 PM |
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The seeming inability of those who weren't alive to at least let those who were reminisce |
HughMoran |
Aug-17-09 09:54 PM |
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recommend ... because this fire needs more gasoline! |
TexasObserver |
Aug-17-09 09:57 PM |
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We didn't start the fire...it was always burnin' since...oh shoot me NOW! |
Atman |
Aug-17-09 09:59 PM |
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Yeah, and, of course, was a rip off of what song? |
TexasObserver |
Aug-17-09 10:05 PM |
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The guy who owns The Olive Garden taught his Israeli pitbull to smoke at Woodstock. n/t |
Ian David |
Aug-17-09 10:01 PM |
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bah hahhah. you title alone, makes me giggle. didnt read your post cause.... |
seabeyond |
Aug-17-09 10:02 PM |
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That's the problem...so many of you think it "was a concert." |
Atman |
Aug-17-09 10:07 PM |
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Those things exist precicely BECAUSE of Woodstock. |
ContinentalOp |
Aug-17-09 10:12 PM |
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Which brings us back to... |
Atman |
Aug-17-09 10:14 PM |
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The kids depend on them, though and expect them to be there. And don't notice the omnipresent logos |
omega minimo |
Aug-18-09 12:21 AM |
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"the kids" "depend" "don't notice...anything odd" |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 06:43 AM |
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"paranoid" "mistaken" "narcissistic" "illiterate" "paranoid" "misinterpreting" |
omega minimo |
Aug-18-09 11:42 AM |
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It's fine; it's completely hypocritical of you, naturally, but it is fine. |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 12:03 PM |
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Before you get yourself in trouble |
omega minimo |
Aug-18-09 12:11 PM |
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As succinct as ever, OM. |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 12:20 PM |
#126 |
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LOL |
omega minimo |
Aug-18-09 12:31 PM |
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Well, if you hadn't tried to contextualize my thread to fit your needs, your disappointment |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 12:39 PM |
#132 |
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I asked you questions based on the perspective you shared |
omega minimo |
Aug-18-09 01:16 PM |
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And what happened afterward? |
Pab Sungenis |
Aug-17-09 10:14 PM |
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Get off my lawn. |
Atman |
Aug-17-09 10:19 PM |
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I have none. |
Pab Sungenis |
Aug-17-09 10:37 PM |
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It changed people, |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Aug-17-09 10:55 PM |
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Let's put it a different way...OUR PRESIDENTS AND LEADERS WERE BEING SHOT |
Atman |
Aug-17-09 11:25 PM |
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So were our young men - |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Aug-17-09 11:29 PM |
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And you can prove this..how? n/t |
Cetacea |
Aug-18-09 04:06 AM |
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Well, |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Aug-18-09 10:45 AM |
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In part just because of what the generations since have taken for granted. |
truedelphi |
Aug-18-09 07:15 PM |
#148 |
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Woodstock changed Snoopy |
robdogbucky |
Aug-18-09 11:03 AM |
#116 |
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Oh yes it did change the world..do you have a draft? No. Do the young adults gather anywhere to |
MichiganVote |
Aug-18-09 10:28 AM |
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Well said. The battle never ends, we just came closer to winning between 1969-1980. |
TexasObserver |
Aug-18-09 10:57 AM |
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As they say...freedom tain't free. They want more? Go get it. They won't give it em'. Thanks! |
MichiganVote |
Aug-18-09 06:02 PM |
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"Takin' it to the streets" has become "txt ur bff abot it" |
TexasObserver |
Aug-18-09 11:56 PM |
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Oh God you ain't kiddin' :) |
MichiganVote |
Aug-19-09 10:49 AM |
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One of my sons teaches English at a nearby University. |
TexasObserver |
Aug-19-09 01:26 PM |
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You bet. Plus in my experience in working in the schools, writing is just not taught well anymore |
MichiganVote |
Aug-19-09 07:56 PM |
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We ended the draft |
DoBotherMe |
Aug-18-09 03:13 PM |
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well... i was a teen in 70's in calif. so not like i had all that shit you are talking about. |
seabeyond |
Aug-17-09 10:55 PM |
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Here Here! Viva Le Geezeritude! |
Stinky The Clown |
Aug-17-09 10:10 PM |
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You got it, man! |
Atman |
Aug-17-09 10:11 PM |
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I was a little kid during Woodstock and even I get it |
carlyhippy |
Aug-17-09 10:12 PM |
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I love it when that happens |
WolverineDG |
Aug-18-09 07:27 AM |
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## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
DU GrovelBot |
Aug-17-09 10:12 PM |
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FUCK YOU YOU WERENT THERE MAN!! YOU..... oh wait. |
Political Heretic |
Aug-18-09 03:59 AM |
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LOL! |
Atman |
Aug-18-09 06:59 AM |
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...... |
trusty elf |
Aug-18-09 07:56 AM |
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BEST POST OF THE YEAR! |
Atman |
Aug-18-09 07:58 AM |
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Bzzz...klik...peace 'n love |
mogster |
Aug-18-09 08:07 AM |
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Love it! |
MichiganVote |
Aug-18-09 10:03 AM |
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I understand, Atman |
MorningGlow |
Aug-17-09 10:16 PM |
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I was 12 at the time... |
jimlup |
Aug-18-09 07:29 AM |
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They're still doing it, too |
MorningGlow |
Aug-18-09 10:17 AM |
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Yes, I think the corporate media holds sway in ways we don't realize |
jimlup |
Aug-18-09 10:41 AM |
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Here's The Take From Somebody At 420 Magazine... |
WillyT |
Aug-17-09 10:39 PM |
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Great piece. Thanks for posting it. n/t |
Cetacea |
Aug-18-09 04:09 AM |
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What a nice article |
Chemisse |
Aug-18-09 06:23 PM |
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I was 12, but old enough to remember the times |
Skittles |
Aug-17-09 11:19 PM |
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It's weird how you can't defend Woodstock without taking shots at the whippersnappers |
fishwax |
Aug-17-09 11:29 PM |
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We're not defending it - |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Aug-17-09 11:30 PM |
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It's weird how difficult it seems to be to do so without bashing the whippersnappers |
fishwax |
Aug-17-09 11:34 PM |
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Really? |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Aug-17-09 11:39 PM |
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plenty of bashing going on |
fishwax |
Aug-17-09 11:48 PM |
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I wish you could show me some examples, |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Aug-17-09 11:58 PM |
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like the OP, for instance |
fishwax |
Aug-18-09 12:08 AM |
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Did you see the OP as "bashing"? |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Aug-18-09 12:21 AM |
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Here's the "bashy" parts clipped out for ya: |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 06:50 AM |
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Thank You |
NashVegas |
Aug-18-09 07:51 AM |
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Beautiful - |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Aug-18-09 10:44 AM |
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Now, can you please show me |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Aug-18-09 10:40 AM |
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The debate is, and always has been, the relevance and legacy of woodstock. |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 11:08 AM |
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I disagree - |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Aug-18-09 11:12 AM |
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In the context of your perceptions, I can add nothing. |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 11:19 AM |
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I was ten at the time and I understand it, |
kster |
Aug-17-09 11:37 PM |
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I am switzerland. |
Political Heretic |
Aug-17-09 11:53 PM |
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LOL !!! |
WillyT |
Aug-18-09 12:20 AM |
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What could there be to argue? Woodstock is the greatest event in the history of Rock |
TheKentuckian |
Aug-18-09 12:23 AM |
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Hahahaha! Happy to kick and rec your post. |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 06:33 AM |
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It's what I lived this long for! |
Atman |
Aug-18-09 07:05 AM |
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Hey, man, if you're diggin it, i'm diggin it. |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 07:27 AM |
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Okay, so you DO get Woodstock! |
Atman |
Aug-18-09 07:48 AM |
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I'll stay off the lawn, but don't mind if you share the grass. |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 08:20 AM |
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I sent the phrase into translation party |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 11:10 AM |
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Ahem |
AllentownJake |
Aug-18-09 07:09 AM |
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I don't deny that. |
Atman |
Aug-18-09 07:13 AM |
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We voted in a pretty good block for Obama |
AllentownJake |
Aug-18-09 07:23 AM |
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Yes, you got that right! |
ShortnFiery |
Aug-18-09 07:37 AM |
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Every Generation sells out |
AllentownJake |
Aug-18-09 07:39 AM |
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That doesn't mean that we should shirk OUR responsibility. It's time to work together ... |
ShortnFiery |
Aug-18-09 07:49 AM |
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Yes they did |
DoBotherMe |
Aug-18-09 06:28 PM |
#145 |
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Righteous rant! |
City of Mills |
Aug-18-09 07:30 AM |
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IMO, quoting Clint Eastwood's character on the flick "Gran Torino" is bordering on LAME.. |
ShortnFiery |
Aug-18-09 07:32 AM |
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Uh, I've never seen "Gran Torino" so I have no idea what you're talking about. |
Atman |
Aug-18-09 07:36 AM |
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It's good to "keep up" even though we are getting older. We sold out and Woodstock is |
ShortnFiery |
Aug-18-09 07:45 AM |
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"It started with the "Reagan Democrats."" |
redqueen |
Aug-18-09 10:12 AM |
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I think some people are trying to work out some parental issues. |
Ganja Ninja |
Aug-18-09 07:34 AM |
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Possibly |
AllentownJake |
Aug-18-09 07:36 AM |
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I have a fine relationship with my parents |
RadiationTherapy |
Aug-18-09 11:02 AM |
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People whose sole pleasure in life is hating will leap at the chance to hate anything at all. |
QC |
Aug-18-09 07:41 AM |
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Congrats, you completely figured us out. |
ShortnFiery |
Aug-18-09 07:47 AM |
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Well, I have managed to figure some of you out. |
QC |
Aug-18-09 07:52 AM |
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Yes, because we know anyone who disagrees with such LOGIC is often deemed crazy or un-american. |
ShortnFiery |
Aug-18-09 07:59 AM |
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Yes, Stella, that's it. Now run along, Stanley's looking for you. n/t |
QC |
Aug-18-09 08:13 AM |
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You did sell out, actually |
Prism |
Aug-18-09 07:48 AM |
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If something magical happened at Woodstock, what about Altamont? |
AngryAmish |
Aug-18-09 07:48 AM |
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Ouch, that might leave a mark. nt |
Bonobo |
Aug-18-09 08:06 AM |
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A few things. |
ozone_man |
Aug-18-09 01:11 PM |
#134 |
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My take on how we boomers "sold out" to corporate whores. When I was |
madmom |
Aug-18-09 09:35 AM |
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Also |
Mixopterus |
Aug-18-09 10:02 AM |
#101 |
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Yeah Yeah Yeah what ever. More antagonistic to younger generations huh.. |
madmom |
Aug-18-09 10:29 AM |
#107 |
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Right |
Mixopterus |
Aug-18-09 12:19 PM |
#125 |
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So in other words what you are saying is the boomers should shut up and die so the poor little |
madmom |
Aug-18-09 01:23 PM |
#136 |
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This is good stuff |
Mixopterus |
Aug-19-09 01:35 AM |
#154 |
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Yeah like I said, you just want us to move out of the way so you can take over our |
madmom |
Aug-20-09 10:44 AM |
#161 |
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What planet of ignorance did you bloom on? |
Peacetrain |
Aug-18-09 10:56 AM |
#113 |
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Ok... |
Mixopterus |
Aug-18-09 12:27 PM |
#128 |
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The generational arrogance was you.. |
Peacetrain |
Aug-18-09 12:37 PM |
#131 |
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Disinformation, much? |
omega minimo |
Aug-18-09 08:10 PM |
#150 |
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Generations fighting is all BS. Divide and conquer all of us, make us all fight. |
Jennicut |
Aug-18-09 12:06 PM |
#123 |
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You are right |
Mixopterus |
Aug-18-09 12:21 PM |
#127 |
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Some created it, some did not. I wait to criticize because who knows what Gen X will do. |
Jennicut |
Aug-18-09 12:28 PM |
#129 |
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If Woodstock doesn't shape up, I won't vote for it in the 2012 primaries. |
HiFructosePronSyrup |
Aug-18-09 12:40 PM |
#133 |
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"Never trust anybody under 30." |
edbermac |
Aug-18-09 01:24 PM |
#137 |
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my dad was in the military during woodstock |
citizen snips |
Aug-18-09 01:25 PM |
#138 |
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So do you even know how many men and women were in the military at that time? |
MichiganVote |
Aug-18-09 06:09 PM |
#143 |
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If people QUIT joining the military we'd all be a lot better off |
Generic Other |
Aug-18-09 06:50 PM |
#147 |
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I don't think the shelf life on this one is very good. |
MichiganVote |
Aug-18-09 08:01 PM |
#149 |
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now that was a low blow |
citizen snips |
Aug-19-09 11:56 AM |
#157 |
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Apparently the kids need a distraction from all the health care angst. |
MissMarple |
Aug-18-09 02:02 PM |
#139 |
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Truer words were never spoken! |
Fire1 |
Aug-18-09 04:57 PM |
#141 |
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Monterey Pop was way better. So was any Teen Fair or Battle of the Bands in the San Jose circa 1966. |
Dr Fate |
Aug-18-09 06:29 PM |
#146 |
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Fuckin' A! |
the blues |
Aug-18-09 08:28 PM |
#151 |
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We're fighting over anything we can sink our teeth into. |
cherokeeprogressive |
Aug-19-09 12:11 AM |
#153 |
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The only woodstock I think made a lasting impression, is the kent state woodstocks. |
Gman2 |
Aug-19-09 11:09 AM |
#156 |
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Hey man, is that FREEDOM ROCK? Yeah, man! Well turn it up, man! |
rd_kent |
Aug-19-09 01:41 PM |
#159 |
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