07-18-2014, 12:32 PM
We now have that 40 year history of that generation and what happened. This was the generation that was going to change the world, bring peace and harmony back, live off the land.
That was what they said. They went on to shave their beards, cut their hair, put on suits and dresses, switched to disco and dress codes, then proceed to back the conservative right wing movement, start evangelical Christianity, have their free spirits broken by the hostages in Iran, backed Ronald Reagan and George Bush with their change of the CIA into a covert operations agency rather than just a surveillance agency, supported the CIA introducing cocaine to the American mainstream in exchange for weapons for the Contras, start confused military operations in Grenada, Somalia and Lebanon, leaving totally unstable regions, and we're only getting into the 80's.
Now, this generation is entering their 60's and 70's, sour, grumpy, constantly complaining, their bodies paying for the excesses of several decades, still blaming the government they created for all their problems.
"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"
That was what they said. They went on to shave their beards, cut their hair, put on suits and dresses, switched to disco and dress codes, then proceed to back the conservative right wing movement, start evangelical Christianity, have their free spirits broken by the hostages in Iran, backed Ronald Reagan and George Bush with their change of the CIA into a covert operations agency rather than just a surveillance agency, supported the CIA introducing cocaine to the American mainstream in exchange for weapons for the Contras, start confused military operations in Grenada, Somalia and Lebanon, leaving totally unstable regions, and we're only getting into the 80's.
Now, this generation is entering their 60's and 70's, sour, grumpy, constantly complaining, their bodies paying for the excesses of several decades, still blaming the government they created for all their problems.
"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*