http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/10/1968/ ...politics, pictures, pugs and all that jazz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/10/1968/comment-page-1/#comment-53183 Tweets that mention 1968 -- Topsy.com Mon, 11 Oct 2010 06:03:09 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/10/1968/#comment-53183 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Karoli, Karoli and David McLemore, trench. trench said: RT @Karoli: I got what I wished for back in 2007. Let's hold onto it in 2010 http://bit.ly/9jeQfG [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Karoli, Karoli and David McLemore, trench. trench said: RT @Karoli: I got what I wished for back in 2007. Let's hold onto it in 2010 http://bit.ly/9jeQfG [...]

]]> http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/10/1968/comment-page-1/#comment-53182 trench Mon, 11 Oct 2010 05:52:00 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/10/1968/#comment-53182 Brokaw is great. I've a lot of respect for him. As for the difference between then and now, I agree... but I also think it has a lot to do with where we were as a nation. We were booming. Amidst all of the pain, and all of the passion, there was (in the adults) the looming memory of WWII... the memory of monumental pain, and forced passion. It wasn't so much that we were all progressives, but rather that we were running away from horrible, horrible times. So we were willing to take the necessary risks. We were willing to trust a "big government", because we wanted the moon, dammit. We'd seen a bit too much of the earth. It was time for a vacay. Brokaw is great. I’ve a lot of respect for him. As for the difference between then and now, I agree… but I also think it has a lot to do with where we were as a nation. We were booming. Amidst all of the pain, and all of the passion, there was (in the adults) the looming memory of WWII… the memory of monumental pain, and forced passion. It wasn’t so much that we were all progressives, but rather that we were running away from horrible, horrible times. So we were willing to take the necessary risks. We were willing to trust a “big government”, because we wanted the moon, dammit. We’d seen a bit too much of the earth. It was time for a vacay.

]]> http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/10/1968/comment-page-1/#comment-51572 Michele Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:21:26 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/10/1968/#comment-51572 I agree with you about people being more apathetic today as opposed to back then. Yeah, I, too, have great memories of that time. Maybe because I was just a clueless kid. I remember it all kind of bathed in color and sunshine. that's why it's weird to realize all that was actually going on - from MLK and RFK's murders, to riots. Great Post! I agree with you about people being more apathetic today as opposed to back then. Yeah, I, too, have great memories of that time. Maybe because I was just a clueless kid. I remember it all kind of bathed in color and sunshine. that's why it's weird to realize all that was actually going on – from MLK and RFK's murders, to riots. Great Post!

]]> http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/10/1968/comment-page-1/#comment-41857 Michele Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:21:26 +0000 http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/12/10/1968/#comment-41857 I agree with you about people being more apathetic today as opposed to back then. Yeah, I, too, have great memories of that time. Maybe because I was just a clueless kid. I remember it all kind of bathed in color and sunshine. that's why it's weird to realize all that was actually going on - from MLK and RFK's murders, to riots. Great Post! I agree with you about people being more apathetic today as opposed to back then. Yeah, I, too, have great memories of that time. Maybe because I was just a clueless kid. I remember it all kind of bathed in color and sunshine. that's why it's weird to realize all that was actually going on – from MLK and RFK's murders, to riots. Great Post!

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