Reply #26: Ha Ha I LOVE it!

[MuseRider]

Seriously. In grade school we had to have emergency plans drawn up and given to the school in case of nuclear attack. Then the duck and cover drills.

Spent our teen years and more protesting a war that was killing our brothers and friends rapidly and there was no real way for regular folks to get out of it.

Also worked on civil rights. Lived during the time that there were "colored entrances" in the back and "colored" drinking fountains. People died trying to make things better but we damned well got it started.

Watched the assassination of a beloved president, then Martin, then Bobby.


Spent the rest of the time working hard to get out from under the same fucking criminals that are back in power.

Spent the Reagan years apologizing every time I went out of the country, especially when I was down Grenada way.

Worried about ecological disaster ALL our lives and watched as the country continued on the path it is still on.

The key words here are watched and worked. We watched and worked to the best of our ability to change things for the better of everyone. Odd how that effort has now turned into "hippie" bashing.

Yes, these people ruling now are from our generation but I do not believe they are typical. Every generation has their trials and their bad apples ;).