I'm an old man that was born in 1956 in White Plains, NY, conceived by Immigrants from Ireland that along with the millions of their brothers & sisters came too this country to seek a better opportunity for themselves & their children.
I grew up in a World that taught me where to find the closest bomb shelter & that when the sirens go off duck under your desk, and huddle in place.
We actually had drills to protect against the seemingly inevitable Nuclear Holocaust, now our children train again against the threat of an active shooter in their school building.
No shit, in 1962 we were trained to expect the Apocalypse at any moment from the Red menace & that left an indelible mark on my 6 year old mind
And then when JFK was assassinated in 63, then followed by Bobby & Martin being murdered in 68, that was the end of the pure propaganda of the American Dream for me.
I'm just disappointed that with all the hope & promise that America offered, it was highjacked by Republicans mostly in my experience, and has just dissolved into this mess we are experiencing now
Why should wearing or not wearing a face mask be a political football?
That's just simply fucking ridiculous, but in the Age of Trump, it's a valid argument?
Oh well, it's that time of the day for me to kill some liver cells
Stay safe & peace out
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Happy fourth James from Canada! Here is a Stan Rogers tune, Sherbrook is near Halifax and after ya kicked us out, we we're looking for some payback!I'm an old man that was born in 1956 in White Plains, NY, conceived by Immigrants from Ireland that along with the millions of their brothers & sisters came too this country to seek a better opportunity for themselves & their children.
I grew up in a World that taught me where to find the closest bomb shelter & that when the sirens go off duck under your desk, and huddle in place.
We actually had drills to protect against the seemingly inevitable Nuclear Holocaust, now our children train again against the threat of an active shooter in their school building.
No shit, in 1962 we were trained to expect the Apocalypse at any moment from the Red menace & that left an indelible mark on my 6 year old mind
And then when JFK was assassinated in 63, then followed by Bobby & Martin being murdered in 68, that was the end of the pure propaganda of the American Dream for me.
I'm just disappointed that with all the hope & promise that America offered, it was highjacked by Republicans mostly in my experience, and has just dissolved into this mess we are experiencing now
Why should wearing or not wearing a face mask be a political football?
That's just simply fucking ridiculous, but in the Age of Trump, it's a valid argument?
Oh well, it's that time of the day for me to kill some liver cells
Stay safe & peace out
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Crazy shit, right?
One more from Stan and the past, the price of "Liberty", sometimes ya lose.I'm an old man that was born in 1956 in White Plains, NY, conceived by Immigrants from Ireland that along with the millions of their brothers & sisters came too this country to seek a better opportunity for themselves & their children.
I grew up in a World that taught me where to find the closest bomb shelter & that when the sirens go off duck under your desk, and huddle in place.
We actually had drills to protect against the seemingly inevitable Nuclear Holocaust, now our children train again against the threat of an active shooter in their school building.
No shit, in 1962 we were trained to expect the Apocalypse at any moment from the Red menace & that left an indelible mark on my 6 year old mind
And then when JFK was assassinated in 63, then followed by Bobby & Martin being murdered in 68, that was the end of the pure propaganda of the American Dream for me.
I'm just disappointed that with all the hope & promise that America offered, it was highjacked by Republicans mostly in my experience, and has just dissolved into this mess we are experiencing now
Why should wearing or not wearing a face mask be a political football?
That's just simply fucking ridiculous, but in the Age of Trump, it's a valid argument?
Oh well, it's that time of the day for me to kill some liver cells
Stay safe & peace out
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A lot of those pictures remind me of my elementary school photos taken around the same time, eerily familiar. We didn't have too much duck and kiss yer ass goodbye, though it was always a presence and we would have been the nuclear battleground. A look across the harbor in the town I grew up in revealed the radar station of the old pinetree line and Canadian fighters were first to intercept soviet bombers.
Trumpy* has established a 'Heroes Garden' at the WH.One more from Stan and the past, the price of "Liberty", sometimes ya lose.
there's still way more of us.They don't even try to hide it anymore.
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