I am declaring a National Holiday starting February 1 and ending midnight March 26th in celebration of the day I was born In preparation to this festive time of year, I was watching a History Channel program on 1968. The sixties fascinate me and a couple of things came to mind watching.
The issues folks were dealing with were not that different from what challenges we face today. A seemingly endless war, corruption in politics and mistrust in Government. Class issues.
But oh the differences in the ways we protest. The hippies and other “radical” groups of the 60’s really knew how to throw a protest. They got shit done, let me tell you. Not like the small gatherings today where people with nothing better to do get together to repeat their clever little chants and admire the wittiness of each others sign. They sacrificed themselves and got attention. The whole world was watching.
It seems today’s protestors main concern is the rich. The “greedy bastards” with obscene bank that are in control of everything. From Wall Street to the Bankers to media conglomerates to Big Pharma and Oil – they all seem to have targets on their backs in the minds of the modern day 21st century protestor. Cant you just feel their anger?
To me, it seems like its more jealousy than anger or anything else for that matter. Why not try and better yourself and become CEO of your own corporation? Take advantage of the same laws they do and make yourself an economic success? But you may not want to feel like a “sell out” even at the expense of your family. I understand. Even though you could really make a difference in society and financially support the ideals that you cherish so deeply.
Or would you? Would you feel the same way towards the rich if you were rich yourself?
So thats what this holiday is all about. Unconventional? You betcha. But these confusing times demand unconventional remedies and it seems that the fine art of “thinking” has become unconventional in America today. So sit back this holiday season – we’ll call it Fed Up’s Folly – and think. Think about what steps you can take to improve you quality of life and the lives of those around you.
Quit your bitching and whining, your pissing and moaning, STFU and DO something.
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We started out well in the 60's, but we wimped out. They beat us down in Chicago at the 68 Dem convention and we backed off, and chickened out. We were never the same.
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