primitive was a child of the sixties

[franksolich]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029630617

Oh my.

hamsterjill (9,451 posts)     Sun Sep 24, 2017, 06:42 PM

Maybe it's because I am a child of the sixties

But I find myself simply very sad for my country right now. I see the divisions becoming greater and the anger and frustrations growing. I see nothing right now or on the horizon that gives me any hope of this trend softening.

I'm definitely on one side as I know many are. I feel I'm on the right side, and I certainly understand that we cannot back down in trying to get those things we cherish accomplished for (what I believe is, at least) for the greater good. Health care, equality, fairness, respect, human rights, and many other issues.

I simply feel sad because although I hope all of this strife leads to greater understanding in the long run, I see no evidence of that right now. My country is divided like I've never seen it before in my lifetime. As a proud American, that fact alone saddens me.

With the moron in the White House and all of his minions who so want to hate the rest of us, how will we ever recover?

Thanks for simply allowing me to voice my sadness. Some days, it just gets to me. Today is one of those days.

samnsara (2,161 posts)      Sun Sep 24, 2017, 06:44 PM

1. yes me as well.. i worry about my 90 yr old parents...

...and my two young teen grand daughters. Thank God most of us have passports and Canada is half a state away.

louis c (5,611 posts)     Sun Sep 24, 2017, 06:48 PM

2. I was born in 1952

So I, too, am a product of the same generation.

I wake up sad every day.

When I was politically active in the late 60's and early 70's I would never have dreamed America would be what it is today.

Well now, talk about making someone's life more difficult.

I was all set to begin promoting, marketing, boosting, the louis c primitive for Top DUmmie of 2017--at least somewhere in the top ten--because of his recent allegation that President Trump violated the Constitution by criticizing well-paid football players.  Even though several of his fellow primitives said no, he was wrong, the louis c primitive muleheadedly stuck by his position.

But since he's revealed he was born in 1952, a very long time ago, I'm hesitant, as I usually don't make fun of old people.

Wellstone ruled (12,832 posts)     Sun Sep 24, 2017, 06:58 PM

3. The last threat we had to our

Democracy in form similiar to what is going on today was during the McCarthy era. Many of Trumps phrases that he uses are so similiar to what Roy Cohn and Richard Nixon as well as Tail Gunner Joe,hurled at the Nation.

As someone who remembers the Garbage and Hatred Spewed by these three so called principled peoples Representatives,will never forget the angst of my neighbors and relatives who still had Family in War torn Eourpe. Never will forget how Nixon Propagandized the Republican Party.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

spiderpig (9,817 posts)      Sun Sep 24, 2017, 07:00 PM

4. I've always made an effort to keep my political viewpoint out of the workplace

and even extended family. No point in fighting.

Not any more.

We have a malignant narcissistic sociopath in the Oval Office who, somewhere in his insect brainstem, is aware of his mortality at 71 and seems determined to take as much of the planet with him as he can.

I denounce him at every opportunity - and I'm somewhat surprised at the reaction I'm getting from people I may have doubted.

He is universally hated, at least in my circle.

Just like I'm waiting for the new season of Game of Thrones, I'm waiting for this cretin's demise and public shaming.

Shame! (ding) Shame! (ding).

Lifelong Protester (7,513 posts)      Sun Sep 24, 2017, 07:34 PM

5. I am sorry youare sad.

I wish I felt differently but I don't.

Every morning I wake up and wonder "What did he do now?"

<<<wakes up every morning wondering what he did now, and am always pleasantly surprised; whatever it was, it was the right thing to do.

riverbendviewgal (3,750 posts)         Sun Sep 24, 2017, 07:37 PM
 
6. I know how you feel.

I went to school in NJ. Graduated in 65 from high school. When I was a kid I spent a lot of time reading in the library. Magazines like Life, Look, National Geographic. I hid under my desk for air raid drills. watched the nightly news show the Viet Nam war like it was a TV series. I watched JFK, MLK, RK assassinations, the riots, the moon landing. I read the NY Daily news during the Eichmann trial. I learned what the Nazis did. This affected me very much. I left America in 1969. I am only a Canadian now. Not a Dual. No regrets but a lot of sadness for my birth country.
My NJ family love Trump. It hurts to be a relative of racists. I do not communicate with them.

But I have Trudeau and great health care. I went through my son having GBM brain cancer and my husband Non Hodgkins Lymphoma at the same time. No medical bills. Government even paid me $ 2500 toward each of their funerals. My friend's up here love Obama.

We have our share of Trump lovers and RW nuts. We speak up and they crawl back in their hole.

williesgirl (3,896 posts)      Sun Sep 24, 2017, 10:51 PM

7. I'm so sorry to hear you've lost your husband and son. At least

You didn't end up bankrupt as well. Canada is pretty enticing to me right now. Just turned 72, so I'll probably stay put. But, if I were young....

Man, Skins's island is quite the nursing home.

[67 Rover]

riverbendviewgal (3,750 posts)         Sun Sep 24, 2017, 07:37 PM
 
6. I know how you feel.

I went to school in NJ. Graduated in 65 from high school. When I was a kid I spent a lot of time reading in the library. Magazines like Life, Look, National Geographic. I hid under my desk for air raid drills. watched the nightly news show the Viet Nam war like it was a TV series. I watched JFK, MLK, RK assassinations, the riots, the moon landing. I read the NY Daily news during the Eichmann trial. I learned what the Nazis did. This affected me very much. I left America in 1969. I am only a Canadian now. Not a Dual. No regrets but a lot of sadness for my birth country.
My NJ family love Trump. It hurts to be a relative of racists. I do not communicate with them.

But I have Trudeau and great health care. I went through my son having GBM brain cancer and my husband Non Hodgkins Lymphoma at the same time. No medical bills. Government even paid me $ 2500 toward each of their funerals. My friend's up here love Obama.

We have our share of Trump lovers and RW nuts. We speak up and they crawl back in their hole.

Can't help but wonder the outcomes if they had timely and quality health care.  If you really cared about them you would have done what many MP's have already done and went to the American health care system.

[SVPete]

hamsterjill (9,451 posts)     Sun Sep 24, 2017, 06:42 PM

Maybe it's because I am a child of the sixties

But I find myself simply very sad for my country right now. I see the divisions becoming greater and the anger and frustrations growing. I see nothing right now or on the horizon that gives me any hope of this trend softening.

Yes! You and your fellow Liberal and "Progressive" allies betrayed Louis Armstrong's "Wonderful World"!


 

[Old n Grumpy]

I am a child of the 60's as well, I am a veteran, tax payer and am sick of all you progressives, AA's with a chip on your shoulder, illegal aliens, trans genders and all the rest of your left wing bull shit.

So put that in your bong and stuff it up your arse

[thundley4]

But I find myself simply very sad for my country right now. I see the divisions becoming greater and the anger and frustrations growing.

All the anger and frustration is coming from the left. 

Why?

Because they see all their free shit from the government coming to an end.

[Skul]

Hamsterjam and ilk, are the driving force behind the division.
If those flaccid sphincter valves would put some effort into helping rather
than hindering, they  would find life to be more agreeable.
As it stands, they deserve all the doom, gloom and misery that befalls them.

[Happy Fun Ball]

Maybe it's because I am a child of the in my sixties

There we go, all fixed.

[zeitgeist]

I just read the screed in its original over there.   What they need is a good song.  <May I suggest>

"The Welfare State It Is Imploding"

To the tune of and borrowing loosely from:

Eve Of Destruction" Lyrics

Barry McGuire

The eastern world, it is exploding
Violence flarin', bullets loadin'
You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'
You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'

But you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe
We're on the eve
of destruction.


Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say
Can't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today?
If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away
There'll be no one to save, with the world in a grave
[Take a look around ya boy, it's bound to scare ya boy]

And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe
We're on the eve
of destruction.

Yeah, my blood's so mad feels like coagulatin'
I'm sitting here just contemplatin'
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation.
Handful of senators don't pass legislation
And marches alone can't bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin'

This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'

And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe
We're on the eve
of destruction.

Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
You may leave here for 4 days in space
But when you return, it's the same old place
The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace
And, tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend
You don't believe
We're on the eve
Of destruction
Mm, no no, you don't believe
We're on the eve
of destruction.

 

Any takers for help updating this old ditty?  I done the hard work with the title.   

[Drafe Hoblin]

I just read the screed in its original over there.   What they need is a good song.  <May I suggest>

"The Welfare State It Is Imploding"

To the tune of and borrowing loosely from:

Any takers for help updating this old ditty?  I done the hard work with the title.   

Nah.  So many better ones than that one-hit wonder.  And the chorus-assumption was right.  We weren't on the eve of whatever destruction-by-definition it was.

This blows-away that candy-ass crap: 

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AG3RLgAvbo[/youtube]

[Drafe Hoblin]

    louis c (5,611 posts)     Sun Sep 24, 2017, 06:48 PM

    2. I was born in 1952


    I wake up sad every day.

    When I was politically active in the late 60's and early 70's I would never have dreamed America would be what it is today.



So was I, crybaby.  We got the self-indulgent 5 o-clock shadow outta Office.  What was the point of remaining in the leftwing-mindset?  You became the pro-BIG Government enemy you abhorred.

[SVPete]

Nah.  So many better ones than that one-hit wonder.  And the chorus-assumption was right.  We weren't on the eve of whatever destruction-by-definition it was.

This blows-away that candy-ass crap: 

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AG3RLgAvbo[/youtube]

IIRC, Larry Norman's wife was the voice of the stewardess at the end of that song. Larry had a way with words and getting to the point:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6KE7mLAPug

[SVPete]

After he "couldn't get no higher" and realized it wasn't worth "aiming at" Barry McGuire went another direction DU-folk wouldn't appeciate:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVyRtSWsDgk[/youtube]

That recording was from the mid 70s, but the pic at the start is more recent.

And just because the story is so funny and the song so beautiful and relaxing:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG9AEdRaJhc[/youtube]

[YupItsMe]

6. I know how you feel.

I went to school in NJ. Graduated in 65 from high school. When I was a kid I spent a lot of time reading in the library. Magazines like Life, Look, National Geographic. I hid under my desk for air raid drills. watched the nightly news show the Viet Nam war like it was a TV series. I watched JFK, MLK, RK assassinations, the riots, the moon landing. I read the NY Daily news during the Eichmann trial. I learned what the Nazis did. This affected me very much. I left America in 1969. I am only a Canadian now. Not a Dual. No regrets but a lot of sadness for my birth country.
My NJ family love Trump. It hurts to be a relative of racists. I do not communicate with them.

But I have Trudeau and great health care. I went through my son having GBM brain cancer and my husband Non Hodgkins Lymphoma at the same time. No medical bills. Government even paid me $ 2500 toward each of their funerals. My friend's up here love Obama.

We have our share of Trump lovers and RW nuts. We speak up and they crawl back in their hole.

All the working folks in Canada who pay 50% in taxes for your "free healthcare"  would appreciate a thank you card at the very least.

[Drafe Hoblin]

After he "couldn't get no higher" and realized it wasn't worth "aiming at" Barry McGuire went another direction DU-folk wouldn't appeciate:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVyRtSWsDgk[/youtube]

That recording was from the mid 70s, but the pic at the start is more recent.

And just because the story is so funny and the song so beautiful and relaxing:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG9AEdRaJhc[/youtube]

Those are excellent selections.

[thundley4]

But I have Trudeau and great health care. I went through my son having GBM brain cancer and my husband Non Hodgkins Lymphoma at the same time. No medical bills. Government even paid me $ 2500 toward each of their funerals.

I wonder how long they survived after the diagnosis.

[SVPete]

Those are excellent selections.

I love that live concert album. The first time - and many subsequent times - I heard the dolphins story I literally . And the song really needs nothing more than Barry and his 12-string.