Reply #57: I mean "older folks" as a respectful description....

[H2O Man]

I find our very fake "youth oriented" culture curious ..... in the context of my up-bringing, people who were around 45-55 were held in very high esteem ..... and "elders," meaning over 70, were treasures. The reason being that they had a wealth of experience to draw upon.

But you ... well, hmmmm ... your message is timeless! (grin) How's that?

I enjoy what you are saying, both about Nixon, and about how the Europeans view bush & friends. It's odd that Nixon actually did more for Native Americans than any other American president. Yet in his personal life, he expressed some anti-Indian feelings. He seemed to support the idea of helping Indians remain separate .... which was not entirely bad .... I think that Nixon's views of Jewish people were similar to his views of Indians.... in that he viewed them as "others," and somehow not fully American.

Last week I had an interesting conversation on DU with a person about some of the things C.G. Jung noted about the rise of the monster in Germany ..... things Jung saw in the early 1900s that indicated that what he called "the blond beast" was stirring in its sleep.... and I think its fair to say that many people around the world see bush & friends as appealing to the same archetypal images.