Arrrrrrrrgh! Did you hear Duncan Hunter on Blitzer's show? AGING HIPPIES!

[in_cog_ni_to]

He said Cindy Sheehan supporters looked like a bunch of AGING HIPPIES!!!!!!!

Why did I see a post on DU which addresses this very issue? Why are DU members repeating their crap?

THAT IS THE NEW REPUKE MEME AND WE CANNOT BUY INTO THEIR BULLSHIT!!!:grr::nuke::grr::nuke:

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. the other day at the vigil there were some

but mostly it was young people and older concerend americans, but what is going on is scaring them, This is what meme number ten that does NOT stick?

[johnfunk]

50. Better an aging hippie than an old, bitter douchebag of liberty...

... like, say, Duncan Hunter!

[Tigress DEM]

136. Well turned phrase. May I quote you?

:spank: And when Bu** is through letting you be his whipping boy, his mama needs a cleansin', ya' ol' douchebag!

[johnfunk]

141. Feel free to!

I like YOUR imagery pretty well, too! :evilgrin:

[Melodybe]

158. Well at our vigil we had people of all ages, old/young/middle aged/babies

We had 2 catholics priests and only one younger hippy.

Suck it Duncan!

[montanacowboy]

2. It's their new talking point

on Reliable Sources this am the pig reporter talkig to Howie the whore characterized them as " PETA people and Hippies"

I am so freaking disgusted with these monsters - these media whores need to be made accountable along with their corporate masters - they are as guilty if not more -

[Gabi Hayes]

18. was that Mike Allen? cause that's exactly what he said on Face the

Nation

Where are the PETA people? are they there? didn't they get kicked out, along with those dirty dirty commies.....I mean socialists

Mike Allen should be hogtied and dragged along the ditch, right where the crosses USED to be, that supercilious, smarmy, bald, little PRICK!

[Imagevision]

73. Recommend -it now takes 5 votes to make it to the Greatest

[mhr]

3. Most Aging Hippies would Be In Their 70s By Now

Did not see many geriatrics in the Camp Casey photos.

[Webster Green]

11. No!.....Most are in their fifties and sixties....

The ones in their seventies were beatniks.

[mhr]

14. Let's See

1965 - 75 = 10 years
1975 - 85 = 20 years
1985 - 95 = 30 years
1995 - 05 = 40 years

20 plus 40 = 60 years

Still pretty damn old.

[Webster Green]

33. Whadd'a you mean old?

I don't feel old. I'm quite active, lookin' good, and I love Green Day!

[Cha]

81. I love Green Day, too! And not just for

their lyrics which are quite Cool! I love watching them!

http://mp.aol.com/video.index.adp?pls=music.live8_us_berlin_no_int&start=19&_AOLFORM=w708.h344.p7.R1

[delen]

34. Be nice

we're not getting older, we're getting ah.....ah........whats that word again........

[HeeBGBz]

52. Bolder

I think

[Cha]

82. "Bolder"! Has a certain ring to

it..I'll take it,HeeB!

[Gabi Hayes]

97. wise up, friend....I can only wait til you get within ten years of that.

Please: save that sentence. bronze it; frame it....just never forgetit

you won't believe how silly you'll feel after reading that one again a few years down the pike

[ElectroPrincess]

139. Oh take that back mhr ...

When you're 60 y.o. then you will re-define *OLD* as 65. ;)

I'm a year younger than Cindy (I believe it was reported that she is 48 y.o.). Therefore, she was approximately 18 y.o. when the Vietnam war was wrapping up in 1975.

I doubt that barely being of legal age, Cindy made the "hippie rounds".

As such, IMO the term "old hippies" a lame argument. :-)

[Pretty_in_CodePink]

192. They use the word hippie like an insult - just as they do liberal.

Hippies = people with a preference for peace, love and understanding. I would be happy to be considered one!
But can we leave off the aging part? I am still in denial about that.

I think people who saw Vietnam for what it was, called it such and as it turns out were right. People with a concern for social justice, the environment and the liberation of women.

[wryter2000]

143. Most people didn't get into it until the 70's

Plus, many were under 20. I was 21 in 1969 when I became active. I'm almost 57 now.

[Patchuli]

165. And just how old are you, ya whippersnapper? LOL!

I'd rather be an "aging hippie." I saw something young hippies and most freepies never saw and will never see; Jimi Hendrix doing "FOXY LADY!'

heheheee!

[candy]

23. The aging hippies would be in their early 60's,not the 70's.

[flyarm]

26. no many of us are in our 50"s!! don't make us older please!! n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

29. YEAH! I JUST turned 50.

;)

[kliljedahl]

56. No, I'm 56

[Imagevision]

77. what r u 12? aging hippies were resonsible for ending Viet nam

certainly opened the eyes for those claiming 20-20

[mhr]

84. Last Time I Counted, I Was Claiming To Be Five

eom

[femrap]

127. Do the math....

and read your history....hippies were around in the '70's....when I was in college...and gee that would make some of us doddering in at 50!

You should be so lucky to be referred to as a young hippie...! Better start naming your own generation before the neocons do it for you....

[silverweb]

4. The superficiality is mindblowing.

He defends his very real crimes by making disparaging remarks about other people's appearance?

And what does he think he looks like besides an over-fed, overly self-inflated, putrid gasbag?

:puke:

[Burried News]

144. I think you have him CONfused with Richard Perle

[democracyindanger]

5. Cindy has referred to herself as an ex-hippie

It's only an insult if you let it be.

[MADem]

152. Yeah, I am a closet hippie

In military service, you did not have a choice as to your appearance. But that is just surface crap...what matters is what is inside your head and heart.

I am proud to be a closet, aging hippie. I consider it a compliment, frankly.

[BrklynLiberal]

6. Why is "aging hippie" considered an insult????

We were, are, have, want and represent everything that the neocons and fundies wish they could have, but never will....happiness, love, peace, freedom, good sex, and a basic belief in justice for all.



I think that someday "aging neocon" or "aging chickenhawk" will be the REAL insult!!!!

[marylanddem]

21. I'm with you - I'm PROUD to be an aging hippie n/t

[Cocoa]

36. it's inaccurate, for one thing

there's all kinds of people there, hippies and non-hippies of all ages.

[Imagevision]

78. Exactly, Why is "aging hippie" considered an insult?

been there done that scenario

[Cha]

83. And Good Food!

We've always had the most delicious Food on the Planet!

[Imagevision]

89. Why is "aging hippie" considered an insult?

Even Rove must admit hippies were instrumental in ending the viet nam war. So Rove like Limbaugh hannity is also talking thru his ass, wouldn't you say?!!

[FreedomAngel82]

108. Really

I'm proud to be a hippie. I just don't smoke or drink. ;)

[Burried News]

145. I was pro war in the 60's and always respected the Hippies.

Nixon and the crew did a great job smearing them. The first Hippies were bright, thoughtful, considerate and charming. Thinking of Goldie Hawn here. Later alot of homeless kids gravitated to areas where Hippies were because they were treated kindly and welcomed. When the drugs hit big time that was the end.

We won't discuss who helped bring in the drugs but let's just say the name J. Edgar Hoover should be taken off any public buildings because he was happy to look away and let thousands be destroyed. Well the winners got to write the history one more time.

[Psyop Samurai]

157. "Why is "aging hippie" considered an insult????"

Because the revisionist, corporatist, media mind-controllers have spent twenty-some years making it one.

[Fovea]

7. It is an old repuke meme

and the 80 some percent of those now opposed to the war will laugh at it.

[Webster Green]

8. What's wrong with aging hippies anyway?

I'm proud to be a hippie, and there's not much I can do about the aging.

[in_cog_ni_to]

16. I'm a proud aging hippie too, but now we have

DU members buying into the meme thinking it's a BAD THING! It pisses me off when Liberals buy into the repuke crap. I had JUST read a thread here wanting to 'ban tie-dye' from Camp Casey when I heard that come out of Hunter's fat trap. :grr: It's crap. IMCPO.

[seabeyond]

9. i am a 43 yr old agin hippie, yes i am, from calif living in texas

this agin hippie is raising two young kids, supporting our school system, paying taxes, running a business and paying more taxes, paying wages, health care, and being a part of my community in raising children as a village

i have no issue them calling me an agin hippie. aging i am. seems at 43 awfully fast too

so

we aging hippies are pretty cool. and educated and smart

[BrklynLiberal]

12. RIGHT ON! I'm with you...

a proud, fellow aging hippie

[seabeyond]

27. walmart, this is a chuckle. found tie dye tshirts for son to wear to

school this year. they are pretty and cool. bought two different ones. my favorite of his shirts. just thought that was a giggle to be able to dress son in tie dye, lol, in all the peace movement mood. and then for crawford to want to eliminate tie dye. see a lot in the pictures out of crawford. does it get any neater

[BrklynLiberal]

35. My friend's son went off to college last week..Berkeley..so she had a

farewell party..and we all made tie-dyed shirts. It was so much fun!!
I made two shirts that are actually wearable!!
It seems to be coming back into vogue as part of the peace movement..I guess.

[seabeyond]

48. yes yes yes it is, lol lol. i have my eyes out for necklace, black

leather string, or brown, and a metal peace sign. i want one so bad. i want one before ny trip in two weeks to albq with my corncob in the butt intellectual, snob inlaws, lol lol. and my tie dye adn glasses.

for real, told mother in law 5 years ago, i wanted to dress hippie style, really thinking bohemian, and she about shit. told her i wanted another piercing, she said she would disown me. have been meaning to do for a couple years to seeif really, she would disown me. after over a decade loving on her son adn two grandsons, lol lol

i might be getting all tis done. oh oh tongue ring, lo lol. bah hahah

rebel with a cause. keeps us young, along with our kids

[in_cog_ni_to]

57. SPECIAL, just for your Mother-in Law...GET A NEW PIERCING!!

Then go get some new tie-dye....JUST FOR HER! Here's a GREAT online store, if you're interested.

http://www.hippieshop.com/cgi-bin/gold/category/1001

They have EVERYTHING Hippie! :bounce: You can probably find a PEACE necklace there too. ;) :hippie:

[seabeyond]

58. you are so good to me, & i have learned how to use credit card on net

gonna do it. but really the reason for not getting piercing yet.....i ama chicken to pain. gotta do though.

not tongue. i have two holes in one side, want a third high on the ear. that was what she was going to disown me for. 43 friggin years old. ya right
thanks

[Gabi Hayes]

104. ha.....my sister is a freakin' JUDGE, and has four or five in each

ear; at least one high up in both

during the election last year, CNN came to her town; camped that ahole CNN bus of hers. Novak was right down below her office, and she opened her window and shouted shouted shouted her lungs out at him, along with her court reporter (in her sixties, not a hippie, but became VERY radicalized since Reagan stole the election in 80)

he kept looking around and around, but never UP.

har

if only she'd had vidcam

[leftchick]

51. I tie-dye shirts every year for my son's class

I have been doing it for six years now. Everybody loves them!

:)

[seabeyond]

62. we just have to try that. we have never done that., ok ok xmas presents

to all my nieces and nephews with repug fox watchin parents. lol. boys will make each one. that is funny. shoot, since we all love and really good, boys can make them for the fox lovin uncles too, bah hahahah. oh. sounds fun

tell me this isnt more fun than playing with white sheets.

[Cha]

85. It seems Tie Dye is in "Vogue", literally!

I found out on the "Let's Ban Tie Dyes" thread.

To be fair the OP apologized for trying to do it.:)

[in_cog_ni_to]

41. My son's nickname at school is "HIPPIE" because he's been wearing tie-dye

t-shirts to school for years. I tell him to wear the name with PRIDE. :hippie:

[seabeyond]

49. that is cool. peace.... lol

ok they want to make us, hippie we become

[Cha]

87. My son lovingly calls

me a "Hippie" cause I'm not mainstream matron mom. :hippie:

[candy]

176. At 43 you would hardly be called an aging hippie.

[seabeyond]

182. k i was more the james dean leather good girl rebel, lol lol

than flower child peace love. and more late 70's than the 60's.

[cascadiance]

190. I'm not much older than that... and I"m sure that my office mates

all young 'uns younger than probably consider me an "aging hippie" when I wear a Woodstock t-shirt or something similar which I'm doing more of these days. I look at reviving the spirit of the 60's as my duty! One thing I remember from then, was even with all of the problems with drugs, etc. there still was an underlying message that was communicated of hope and to work towards peace and better times. We need to do better at rekindling that sort of spirit in today's youth. We face bigger challenges today, with more barriers in front of everyone, but we still need to retain and be strong around our hope for the future in the face of these neocons who would like to turn this into a fascist state. A lot of great stuff from this newer generation now too, but we need to do more and bind together more. Cindy's doing a great job of helping us all move together in that respect. No more of the "don't trust anyone over 30" mantra either.

[CatWoman]

10. Amy Goodman was on Washington Journal one morning

and some repuke called in and called her that.

She laughed at him.

We should ALL laugh at them.

[Greeby]

13. Note to Cindy

Send him some lemon chicken and two types of fruit :evilgrin:

[MuseRider]

15. So?

Does that mean we do not have the right and that our concerns are not valid?

[in_cog_ni_to]

20. Hunter seems to think so.

:grr: and so do some DU members. :(

[MuseRider]

60. Well people are who they are.

I have to admit that it felt really really good in Camp Casey and at the Crawford Peace house and there were some old hippies there. There were also young people, very old people, crippled people, freaky people and very ordinary people. Some of us there are most assuredly old hippie freaks but you would never know it by looking at us now.

Actually what I would call the group there would be society with a good bit of pissed off added in.

[FreedomAngel82]

112. Gotta love it!

I love all the photo's and video's I've seen. It just warms your heart. "Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called sons of God." :) I always remember that when I get pissed off. Lately that verse has been helping me out a lot to stay grounded and to know that God will have his revenge as in Proverbs 19: 9 < A false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who pours out lies will perish.> So since George Bush and all of these people have poured out so many lies the Lord will have His revenge. :)

[Cha]

92. According to the recons

who label all anti-Invasion of Iraq protesters, "hippies" we don't.

And according to the corporate media who doesn't have any aging hippies on to counter their so called charges :hippie:

[livetohike]

17. A proud aging Hippie here

and I am 53 years old and proud to say I marched against the involvement in the war in Viet Nam. I lost friends in that war. I became a teacher and also did a lot of volunteering for social welfare organizations in my Hippie days. Being a "hippie" was more than being about drugs.

I guess it is going to take us "aging hippies" to show the way again.

Perhaps the comment was meant as an insult, but I don't take it that way.

[Gabi Hayes]

24. they use hippie as a code word for communist, cause that doesn't

do the trick any more, and they CAN'T call them terrorists, yet.

some of the worst ones are calling them traitors, and that'll be catching on, most likely, as more media hoes go down there to get clips of the trogs calling the protestors traitors and worse

that's how they'll get away with the smearjob

[livetohike]

30. Oh well, heard it all before back in the late 60's

so here we go again, I guess (sigh).

[Gabi Hayes]

96. same here, comrade sister

it's all they do: lie, label, project, then lie some more

then, lie some more

this quote flies around here every so often, but it bears repeating, just to put what these fascist thugs are doing into its proper context:


"All this was inspired by the principle - which is quite true in itself - that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods.

It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously.

Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation.

For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying. These people know only too well how to use falsehood for the basest purposes. ... "

guess who. too easy, I know, but it's just SO redolent of the techniques they've been using since Reagan. Mike Deaver, meet Edward Bernays; pass what you've read on down to Lee Attwater, then to Karl Rove, then let it trickle down to little PISSants like Duncan Hunter, and sleazeball 'reporters' like Mike Allen, who used this on CBS Face the Nation earlier today

hope you feel good about what you've done

[livetohike]

115. Remember the poster with Nixon and a pinocchio nose?

No different today - just a different face. I remember one of my History profs saying, "Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.". I don't know who the original author is of that quote, but it's deja vu all over again :-).

[FreedomAngel82]

119. Oh yes for sure

You can even feel the dejavu. I wasn't around then (as far as I know of course) and can feel things happening all over again. This time though it's going much faster. :shrug: Don't know why but I'm glad anyways!

[Gabi Hayes]

course.....and it was Santayana, I think who said that

the Bushnocchio ones are more satisfying, but that's just today.

and AFAIC, the best Nixon cartoons were done by Ralph Steadman, when he was illustrating for the departed Hunter Thompson.

did you hear about his 150 blowout yesterday, at Owl Creek Farm?

if you have time, you should go back and read some of his Nixon era stuff. his Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail was as good a political journal as I've ever read, and I've read a whole LOT of them. He was the ONLY journalist who predicted, quite a bit in advance, that McGovern had the nomination sewn up, while the rest of the herd was convinced it was all Muskie. won't go into detail, but Thompson actually did on the ground reporting, unlike they do today (and most did back then), and TALKED to those who were actually the movers and shakers in the revised nominating process.

makes me very sad to think his voice is stilled

sigh

not Nixon, but this makes me LOL whenever I see it



that's a Tshirt now

[FreedomAngel82]

118. I am also reminded of

what was said at the Numberg triles. It's what is going on now and they're trying despratley to hang on and not lose the public.

<"The people can always be brought to the bidding of their leaders. That is easy.... All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked
and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."~Nazi Reich Marshall Hermann Goering at the Numberg War Trials

[Imagevision]

76. remember when construction workers would throw shit at us

and finally join us against Viet nam several months later! and todays punks say we failed in our protests as they visit starbucks...
Kids? yeah! we knew it all too...!

[flyarm]

19. WELL THATS THERE MESSAGE..and they are going to beat the band with it

i looked at pics yesterday of the pro war folks(thugs) going to the gates of * ranch( again?)..and they had suits on and the women were all dressed up and perfect looking...they are trying to draw a distinction...and that will be sold by the *pr folks...of course what they don't tell the american people is ..the pro-war folks stayed 5 minutes..and came in a souped up bus with all the amenities in the world...but folks that is what will be sold to middle America..in a carefully pr package!
they will sell us off as has beens with radical views ..instead of a majority of real Americans..they can not let middle America to know that we are as diverse as America itself! that we are from all spectrum's of America..they can not let that message get out!!

these pr *shits have every move covered..


i keep seeing it on the aol message boards ..over and over again..that the people at camp casey are dirty and old hippies..they are doing their best to get that message out..its their talking points du jo ur!

they are desperate!!

[FreedomAngel82]

122. It's all about the media

[tigersumtin]

183. absolutely positively correct

Nice to her from a hot lookin hippi,

[eleny]

22. That meme will die with the rest

Cindy supporters are no more aging hippies than W is a real cowboy.

[Gabi Hayes]

106. HAHAhahahhaaaaa

send that one to somebody who can USE it on the air the next time somebody pulls out that egregious, filthy hoary pejorative--the way THEY choose to insinuate

rembember, HIP means to be with it; to be in tune with reality....LONG before the squares

based on that reading, is there ANYwhere more hip than DU? how many times has it happened that what's REALLY going on in the world is communicated here not long after it happens, LONG before it appears, if EVER, in the socalled MSM

let your freak flags FLY!

lots clearer, cleaner air than any chickenhawk will ever experienc

[Pithy Cherub]

25. Hippies of whatever age are LOL at Duncan right now.

He forgot to do some recent historical review - these would be the same Hippies that were against the Vietnam War and were proven correct. These Hippies would be the same ones that were determined to protest a president that went down in disgrace. If that's the best he can do in the name calling department, he's already gotten a black eye and had his lunch money stolen.

Believe he's from Califonia which ain't a hospitable place for republican'ts right now. :rofl:

[flyarm]

32. and what was cheney and most of this admin??

they didn't go to vietnam..they put in for all sorts of deferments..so what are they other than aging hippies??

so ...were all who didn't want to go to nam or protested nam hippies??
everyone was in reality a hippie then..everyone was wearing tie dye..it was the fashion then!!

i would love someone to find pics of rush and oliey and cheney back then and see what they were wearing...

and laura and cheneys wife...it was the fashion then period!!

[Pithy Cherub]

39. As always, republicans hoisted on their own petards....

or tie-dyed shirts...:spray:

[Patchuli]

166. I heard Laura was a pot dealer!

And we all know about *'s old habits...yah, pure as the driven snow, huh? LOL!

[Hubert Flottz]

28. I believe that Duncan Hunter is on drugs like rush and bob dole.

He wants to swiftboat our generation! Nixon was the one that got busted not me!

[Skidmore]

37. Nawh, he ate too much pilaf at Gitmo and it didn't set well with him.

He's chronically dispeptic, and a gasbag too.

[maveric]

45. Hunter is a warmongering asshole from my district.

Well known for taking kick-backs from San Diego defense contractors.
He's not a chickenhawk though. Served in Army Rangers in Viet Nam.

[Hubert Flottz]

65. Duncan forgets that Bush is the burned out FREAK!

At least I can still ride a bike and eat pretzels at the same time!

[Cha]

94. That's Right! And nixon was no

Hippie! nixon Got Busted!

Now it's our turn to get "swiftboated"..are we going to sit back and take it???

I didn't think so!

[Hubert Flottz]

105. NO!

We didn't sit back and take it then and we can't sit back and take it now! * If we do the terrorists have won!

Looking for beads and boots!

I thought a Duncan was a damned yoyo, and I was right...I had one when I was a kid and traded it off for a Beatle Album.

[Cha]

121. Weren't you smart!

"Traded it for Beatle Album". :7

"Beads and Boots"! Aging Fascists Beware! Make that fascists of all stripes.

[Hubert Flottz]

137. Smart but not rich enough to avoid the draft lotto and Nixon's ...

Army.




Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'.
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drummin'.
Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it.
Soldiers are gunning us down.
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.

Gotta get down to it.
Soldiers are cutting us down.
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'.
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drummin'.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.
Four dead in Ohio.

[Cha]

138. Glad you came

out the other side!

[JaneGat]

31. That mastodon looks silly saying something like that.

Who's he callin' old :rofl:

[Warren Stupidity]

38. I resemble that remark.

The new talking points are that the grass roots peace movement is just 'a bunch of old hippies' and the bush thing has already met with Cindy.

I'm damn glad to see that some of us have not forgotten who we are and where we came from. I remember in the late 60's meeting some of the anarchists and others from the 30's who were out on the streets with us, lending their wisdom and insight to our naive strength. Now its our turn to pass the torch.

Never forget the dream.

Oh and most of us are in our 50's and early 60's.

[ewagner]

42. Woohooo!

Well said Warren! :bounce: :applause: :woohoo:

[Hubert Flottz]

47. Duncan Hunter is pissed off because he's the freak now!

If he thinks there ain't somebody under this hair that can still kick his flabby ass, bring him on! Give us back all that tax money we paid all those years, if we aren't Americans anymore. At least we are smart enough to know how STUPID Bush is! Fuck yes, I protested the War in Vietnam after I got out of the Army, because, I DID CARE and I wasn't too much of a coward, to stand out there on the street and say it loud!

I saw the loud mouthed Asshole say that on Wolf the Traitor's GOP suckfest and yes it pissed me off! Wolf has a beard too, but he don't have any balls at all.

[in_cog_ni_to]

54. Exactly! Wolf just let the bastard drone on and on and THEN tried to

cut off Levin and not let him give an opinion on Cindy Sheehan. Levin had to stop him from ending the segment to get his comment in. Blitzer's just as big an asshole as Hunter is.

[Hubert Flottz]

59. We know who the OUTLAWS are and it's them now!

DAMN...I'm pissed off AGAIN! I was surfin' past CNN lookin' for a ball game, just in time to hear that wormy crook spout his ignorance and BAM! Popping blood pressure medies!

Carl Levin is a fine man, he can hold his own with any of the thieves and crooks and LIARS in the GOP! We still have some great people in this party. We need to weed out the Bad Apples soon, but we can't take a chance until AFTER we are in the cat bird's seat again in 2006.

[Cha]

95. Wolf is a BIGGER ASSHOLE

than that creep duncan hunter because he's got the bully pulpit on cnn and uses it to whore at his blackheart's delight.

woof blitzer needs to answer for his crimes against humanity..I shit you not!

[ewagner]

40. A few days ago

I wrote a piece about being "an old, grey warrior". I still stand by that.

It seems that us "old grey warriors" are Duncan Hunter's "aging hippies"....but you know what?

I'm proud to be back out there standing up for democracy again and no amount of name-calling, minimalizing, or ridicule is going to deter me from standing tall and proud.

Oh yeah, one more note to Duncan Hunter....

Many of my generation stared down police with billy clubs and teargas. Some even stared down National Guard troops. You think they, (or we) are going to be intimidated by your childish name-calling?

Think again.

See you on the frontlines.

[Cha]

98. "Grey Warriors"..that's where the

hippies evolved. duncan better watch out..the Grey Warriors are mad and they're not going to take it anymore And their's is a RIGHTEOUS ANGER!

[Catrina]

43. Better than the AGING DRAFT DODGERS

who are starting and still rooting for wars they won't fight in ~

[in_cog_ni_to]

44. THAT should be OUR meme! AGING DRAFT DODGERS!

I like it! It fits like a glove.

[longship]

46. I wondered what he had cookin' up.

Mmmmm!
Looks like some more of that Gitmo Chicken (with special sauce).

[Burried News]

167. Oh where did you get this pic - all I can thing of is "hoerkly dorkly"

from the chef. Was this laugh in? I can't place it? SNL?

[Burried News]

173. From the Muppets

[Old_Fart]

53. "Aging Hippies"

You rang sir :hippie:

[mopaul]

55. like, wow man, what a trip. stick some flowers up your ass duncan

[Burried News]

168. Why not into the barrel of his gun?

[Desertrose]

61. "Aging hippies"...like thats supposed to be an insult or something...

I frankly find the 50-60 somethings to be some of the hottest ,sexiest ,knowledgeable, most well informed energetic people I know.
:hippie:

and yes...I AM in that age bracket :evilgrin:

Hell, we been through the 60's stuff...who better than an aging hippie to see what is really going on??

(with the exception of those who turned into repuke capitalists, naturally ....)


They're just jealous they missed the 60's.....;)

[Hubert Flottz]

66. It's the establishment that hasn't changed a bit, or grown wise!

Still starting wars they can't win and still blaming it ALL on someone else! They are the ones escaping reality! They are the ones who have been in charge and have ruined the country for us all!

[Cats Against Frist]

63. Where's the "no tie dye" guy, from yesterday

I think that people owe him an apology.

Whether or not you think there should be "dress codes," (I personally don't think there should be, but if I'm truly concerned about broadening the message, and stopping the war -- I sure as fuck wouldn't wear a Grateful Dead T-shirt and a Cat-in-the-Hat top hat to a serious protest), I think he was just trying to ward off exactly this: the media calling the protesters "aging hippies."

Of course, we know the media is being unfair -- but, if you don't bring a flaming turd on a stick to a rally, no one can get film of you bringing a flaming turd to a rally. Ex-hippie-looking people, on the other hand, are readily available for photos at most protests -- right along with the wankers with the hammer & sickle on their backpacks.

[Gemini Cat]

79. Totally agree.

The point behind an anti-war demonstration, is to be anti-war. It's not a fashion show or a hammer and sickle show.

[Warren Stupidity]

90. Oh bullshit.

"The guy from yesterday" was spouting the party line, knowingly or not, spreading the meme. And like always, instead of a resounding 'Fuck Off' we go and disembowel ourselves to see if it is true that we are full of shit.

[Cha]

100. Well put!

Especially the "disembowel" part.

[Warren DeMontague]

131. So, I shouldn't go to a protest if I won't cut my hair?

Let's be clear on this.

Bottom line is, the media will find a way to marginalize the things they don't like. I posted yesterday that I went to the March for Women's lives, and I guess the media couldn't find enough freaks or hairy looking lesbians to use as tv fodder, so they ignored the whole thing -1.2 million people- altogether. CNN spent the day talking about the "Nascar Voter" (they actually WENT to a Nascar event and hunted down Bush people to talk to, instead of talking to the 1.2 million people who came to the mall) and then Estee Lauder's death. So don't give me this flaming crock about how it's the fault of what the people were wearing in crawford that they're using this line about "aging hippies". News Flash: They would be doing it anyway, because they've been searching desperately for a way to defuse her message. This is just as weak as the "Cindy Sheehan is an Anti-Semite" baloney.

I'll be damned if I think anyone owes that guy an apology; if anything, this proves that he was just spouting the same GOP bullshit party line yesterday that is on cable today.

If someone came around here blasting swift boat bullshit last summer before the ads started airing, would we thank him?

And how do we know that it was "tie-dye" that led them to make that comment? Maybe it was the fact that Cindy Sheehan didn't have a fucking beehive hairdo.

It's a crock of shit, and by perpetuating slams against us "aging hippie" types, all you're doing here is pissing large numbers of your allies off.

[Cats Against Frist]

151. Hey -- I didn't read this reply before I responded to the other one

I agree with parts of what you're saying -- but other parts, I don't. I'm not worried about, necessarily what and why the media do what they do -- that's another topic (mostly because they're owned by corporations) -- BUT, I'm just saying that minimizing some of the accoutraments could, potentially, tone done some of the rhetoric.

People agree with kicking out the socialists, and minimizing other causes, because it "dilutes the message." I think this is quite similar. Which is more important -- wearing the shirt, or meeting the goal.

P.S. I cannot say you're totally wrong about the media, so I won't -- but I still think that every bit helps. And I'm not disparaging aging hippies. I HATE that things are like this -- and that is my biggest beef with the GOP -- disparaging counter-culture, while advocating for rigid social institutions and paternalistic, archaic philosophies of "order." Please -- it burns my ass. I'm simply thinking strategically.

[Warren DeMontague]

162. Hey, cats. Yeah, I understand the reasoning and the concept;

but I don't agree with it.

I also wasn't aware of anyone kicking anyone out in Crawford; if they were only kicked out because they WERE socialists, that's wrong. (Shit! I support a SPHC system... shhh, don't tell anyone) If they were trying to hijack the protest or use it as a springboard to get a different message out, that's something else.

It's reasonable, at an anti-war protest, to expect that folks stay somewhat 'on message', Instituting a dress code, however, is entirely different.

With regards to the thread you referenced, you should certainly understand that when someone starts with an OP suggesting "banning" something like tie-dye, it's not just the hippie but also the libertarian in me that gets more than a little riled.

But here's the real meat of the issue, for me- aside from the fact that I think it's ludicrous to single out tie-dye (although it does seem to give the people who are mad at their hippie parents a chance to vent) ... This is who many of the anti-war people ARE. Everyone has these assumptions about "middle america", and how we need to do X,Y, and Z to "reach" them.. In case no one has noticed, that kind of shit hasn't really been working. One of the biggest complaints leveled against our last two presidential candidates is that they were trying TOO HARD to be something people didn't think they were. You know, Al Gore took focus groups to see what color shirts to wear. John Kerry "flip-flopped". I bought into some of that stuff; I really thought JK was more 'electable' than, say, Howard Dean. In retrospect, I am SURE that we would have done better running someone like Dean; with a clear, concise, and unequivocal stance against the Iraq war, among other things.

I would humbly posit that we need less "strategic thinking", not MORE. Maybe what we need is to be honest and upfront what we stand for, what we believe in. People, even "middle America", respect that.

I'm tired, really tired, of being told we need to apologize for who we are. Hide it. "Modulate" it. Personally, I think the tie-dyed, joyful masses are one of our best weapons. Aside from the fact that "we are everywhere" and there are more of us than you think (Look at some of the places where the Grateful Dead used to draw huge crowds- middle America indeed) I also think that the contrast between pissed-off, angry, hateful freepers who can't spell and the folks on our side is made more clear, more positive, if the rainbow that is the democratic party, that is the left, that is the opposition to this administration, is brought into full-color focus. Yes, we are the real pro-lifers, and if that means having clothes full of color and women breastfeeding babies and longhairs and shorthairs and even people in cat in the hat hats, hey, that's all part of the antidote to the real culture of death, the cold gray warriors in their dismal, rigid psychic suits of money, greed, power and hate.

Heck, somewhere in middle america there may be a family or two watching those things on the news, and the kids will look at each other and go, you know, Mom and Dad and their singing vegetables and left behind books and abstinence pledges and Toby Keith CDs aren't really where it's at. Maybe those smiling people with the colorful shirts are on to something...

But, really, I don't think the battle for public opinion is going to be fought and won on the basis of what the folks in crawford are wearing, frankly, and if the media wants to disparage Cindy & co. as "aging hippies" it honestly wouldn't matter if they were all in three piece suits. All that would accomplish is to make them really fucking hot.

[Cats Against Frist]

174. We will have to agree to disagree

This might be the first time that I've ever said the above, to anyone, but I enjoy your posts and writing, a lot. I still think that there are no "cold grey suits" of the right-wing -- it's more like Lee Jeans, shaker-knit sweater vests, Cabello flannels, American Flag sweatshirts and ball-caps with mesh in the back. I will concede, however, that if someone has held onto their anti-hippie bias for 40 years, it is quite possible that they would never be decidedly anti-establishment, anyway -- and they probably eat war for breakfast.

I also agree with you about Howard Dean -- however, would you feel that the public would accept a tie-dyed Howard Dean in a Cat-in-the-Hat top hat -- even with the exact same message? I know it's not the same -- official v. protester -- but unfortunately, appearances do have ramifications -- and your argument can be turned around, too. The right wing will attack, no matter what, so Al Gore's shirts are just another opportunity -- the same as the tie dye.

I suppose we have to stop listening to the right-wing attack dogs, at some point, but this seems like something easily dealt with. And, for the record -- I don't agree with a ban, either. I just wish that some would reel in their "flair."

[Warren DeMontague]

175. On the right, you left out the mullets

but I think you have the uniform down, otherwise.

I actually said psychic suits, but, that's neither here nor there.

And I have to be honest- the only stuff I've seen from Crawford has been pictures posted here. I haven't been able to stomach what passes for Cable "News" since about a year or so ago, although I guess if I suddenly absolutely MUST get an update on the Aruba situation I will turn it on. But, in the pictures I've seen, the most outrageous stuff, the craziest "flair", has been in the signs people have been holding. I don't recall seeing ANY tie-dye, and maybe one grey, male ponytail. Hardly the Dead at the Greek Theatre, or Burning Man.

So, I'm not really an expert on how this deal is being portrayed on CNNMSNBCFOX.. but I have no doubt that if there's one incoherent guy with face paint in a Lyndon LaRouche t-shirt, they'll pick him to interview for an hour.

And heck, you should try to be more contrarian. I probably "agree to disagree" with someone a couple times a week, here! :)

[Peace Patriot]

163. "People agree with kicking out the socialists..."???????????

This civil rights worker (Alabama 1965), antiwar protester (SF 1967, LA/Century City 1968), environmental activist (1990- __), anti-Diebold activist (2004-__), and lifelong Democratic Party voter, supporter and activist (40 years), since I bird-dogged precincts for the California Democratic Council (leftist, grass roots California Democrats, who did all the work) when I was 16 years old, is outa here, if you're going to ban socialists. You have wounded my Wobbly heart!

If what you say is true, the predatory capitalists have won--and you can fold up your tiny little tent and get used to life in a heartless, murderous, cold, cold, cold and dark, predatory capitalist world, in which the strong kick the weak, the rich rob the poor, the healthy sneer at the sick, the bullies and the robber barons prevail, and kindness and communal responsibility are "quaint" notions from the past, long disappeared into the drug-crazed heads of "aging hippies."

Capitalism without socialism is an atrocity.

[Cats Against Frist]

172. It was because they set up a table and "diluted" the message

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4413819

The thread was locked. But there were many DUers on the thread who agreed that they should have either taken down their table, and followed the "rules," or get expelled from the rally.

[Warren DeMontague]

133. And maybe the GOP got their idea from reading that dude's thread.

You never know.. some of them, Like Michelle Malkin, sure do seem to pay an awful lot of attention to this place.

So.... Yeah, thanks alot, pal.

[Cats Against Frist]

149. Oh, come on -- you know they've been doing that, *like* forever

I happen to love tie dye. I just ordered a partially tie dyed dress, myself, the other day. Don't get me wrong -- I think these things are wonderful. I'm simply curious why people get all defensive about this.

Let's say I said, I'd pay you one hundred dollars, if you could walk across your front lawn, and not have anyone stare at you. So, you went inside your house, and put on a Superman outfit, a clown wig, and roller skates -- and walked across the lawn.

I'm simply saying that if one KNEW that the media was going to call protesters "aging hippies," -- and, they've been doing it SINCE the 60s, so how could you not know -- and knowing that marginalizing "hippies" is a favorite sport of the right -- if you REALLY cared about ending the war -- if that was a very important goal to you -- and you KNEW that your political enemies would attempt to marginalize and sterotype you, based on your clothing, again: if your GOAL was of the utmost importance, then why the hell couldn't you leave the tie dye at home? It's no different than the Camp Casey organizing staff kicking out the socialists -- which many people, here, supported.

I can't believe I'm about to say something so stupid, but "tie dye dilutes the message."

I'm sorry that I live in a world where I have to say that. See what I'm sayin'? It's not about approving of the 'core murican dress code -- it's realizing that you have opponents, and they're called "neocons," and those fuckers start off at square one thinking that Joe & Mary Jane Seed Hat are stupid -- so they are able to play them like a violin. But, you would rather wear a particular type of shirt than play the game -- not the game to conform -- the game to win, mind you.

:hi:

[helderheid]

154. Yes - this is true (unfortunately)

"Who you are is so loud no one can hear what you're saying". I hate the media.

[seabeyond]

64. really this is bigger than just tie dye

i have stickers all over back of my very white car. colorful, bright. it really is a time for liten up. get some color into your life. quit being so black and white. metamorphically this is bigger than just hippie or clothes

my boys want me to add more stickers more color on my car in a very conservative area. a new school for them. you would think they would hesitate. i asked if they wanted stickers off car. they so NO......MORE

[BrklynLiberal]

67. Ahem...Like this? My car:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Webster Green]

88. Love it!......Here's my hippie-mobile......

[Gabi Hayes]

111. AWE....SOME plate....they won't let us have those in Illinois

too political

and that "terrorist behind every bush" is GENius....I'm gonna print one up and put in on today!

I got a new car three months ago and haven't put on my real plates yet, so I can keep this on the front:

[BrklynLiberal]

160. hahahahahaha

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Cha]

102. This is great!

"LORD HELP ME TO BE THE PERSON MY DOG THINKS I AM"!

[wryter2000]

146. Oh, gawd

My car is starting to look like that. I swore I'd never be the gray-haird old lady driving around in an ancient heap with bumper stickers all over it. That's what I grew up to be.

At least, I think that's what I'll be when I finish growing up. :evilgrin:

[BrklynLiberal]

161. That is EXACTLY what I am. ANTI-Bush and Pro-animal stickers all

over the place.
:shrug: :hi:

[FreedomAngel82]

124. Goodness!!

I saw the Bush America sticker around here once at WalMart no less! (I was there with my mother) It said "I don't have to like Bush to love my country".

[seabeyond]

171. i have been waiting to tell you how much i love your car

and all the stickers. i took a picture of my car and waited for my husband to come home and show me how to put it on here. but i dont have a web page to put my picture on to get it onto this site. ah well. one of these days i am going to get the web page all set up so i will be able to do, but will have to wait

YES.....i love your vehicle. and YES like that. but, you have more than me. now i want to put some more on my car. that competitive me

[mnhtnbb]

68. Poll- Should Bush meet with Cindy

Freepers have been after a poll being done by the Chapel Hill News. I watched it go this a.m. from 129 votes 80% in favor of Bush meeting with Cindy, to 700 votes 84% Bush should not meet with Cindy, in a few minutes. If anyone doubts the freepers can change votes in voting machines, they shouldn't after seeing that. The site had clearly been hacked.

Please help with the vote that now stands: 5055 votes at

33% yes, meet with Cindy
35% no,
33% don't know


http://www.chapelhillnews.com/

[BrklynLiberal]

70. Just voted..yes is leading 35%

[Greyhound]

71. Current numbers

1pm Pacific
Should President Bush meet with Cindy Sheehan?

Yes 36%
No 33%
I don't know 31%
Total Votes: 5304

[FreedomAngel82]

129. Done

Yes- 36%
No- 24%
Don't know- 40%

total votes 9195 at 6:04pm est

[Imagevision]

93. Bush should meet with Cindy in Washington now that we've united

and the whole world is watching thing will be much more effective!
Plus, Fitzgrald's report/findings/indictments will be just right around the corner.

[Cha]

103. Yes..36%

An awful lot of "I don't know"s :silly:

[AuntPatsy]

69. I agree with you, this is getting old when I see far too many buying

into this supposed insult.

[Independent_Liberal]

72. Hunter is such an ass!

Can you believe the nerve of some of these people?

[Imagevision]

74. Aging hippy? yup! that's me - easier to see thru the BS

enough to know they will use provocateurs to control the protesters and what to do about it...etc.- etc...

[DeepModem Mom]

75. Same on "Face the Nation" -- "hippie" is Rove's talking-point word of day.

n/t

[Liberal In Texas]

86. Yep. I'm sure this is the new "talking point" memo from the WH sent

to all the hate radio jerks and other talking heads that push the official propaganda line.

They must really be desperate to pony out the "dirty hippie" meme that was so popular with the hawks in the '60s.

It's part of the myth they like to maintain; the libs don't have jobs, live off welfare, and are elitists. (Where we would get the money to be an elitist is one of the ironic contradictions that the zombies aren't supposed to spend too much time trying to reconcile.)

And the other side of the equation is that they view themselves as successful, well dressed, pillars of the community; they believe that they are extremely moral and unfairly burdened by taxes that go to support the dirty hippies and unwed mothers on welfare.

It's all a crock. These people, by and large, don't think for themselves. They take their marching orders and talking points right off the AM radio airwaves from their gods: Limpballs, Hannity, O'Really, Savage, etc. They eat up every mean spirited phrase and spout it back to people in the super market or the corner bar. They firmly believe that if they tow the company line long enough, they will attain the wealth that their radio heroes have themselves and promise them.

[Gabi Hayes]

114. that was MIKE ALLEN of the Washingto Post who said that!

I wasn't watching, just listening, and finally checked to see who it was, thinking it was some RW PR hack.

when I saw who it was, I almost Elvised the tube

that little scrotesac

[DeepModem Mom]

150. That's true -- Allen drank the talking-points Kool-Aid...

which is reprehensible for a reporter.

[The2ndWheel]

80. It's what the whole movement is about

They hate the 60's. They've invested billions of dollars into an entire political/corporate/religious movement in response to what the 60's did. That's why the attitude and music from the 60's is sucked into car commercials, or iPod commercials, or food commercials, for the new generation(my generation...pun possibly intended).

[Name removed]

117. Deleted message

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[Celeborn Skywalker]

125. *yawn*

Yes, and I'm sure where you're from is a utopia, isn't it? This region bashing is really getting old. :eyes:

[Gabi Hayes]

135. if you're so fricking sleepy, how'd you summon the energy to put your

fingers to keyboard?

why don't you go take a nap?

a long one

[Imagevision]

91. Why is "aging hippie" considered an insult?

Even Rove must admit hippies were instrumental in ending the viet nam war. So Rove like Limbaugh-Hannity would also be talking thru his ass, wouldn't you say?!!

[AAARRRGGGHHH]

99. No, I didn't hear that

:P

[Edgewater_Joe]

101. Did He Say Aging Hippies Needed Chicken Kiev?

Or was that rice pilaf? I get confused ...

[FreedomAngel82]

107. So I guess the soliders down there are aging hippies??

:shrug: And the other military mothers? Does this guy look like an aging hippie?



(side note: he's so cute)

[FreedomAngel82]

109. I think what they're trying to do

is trying to show that only "hippies" are out there caring and Bush still has majority of the public which includes young people which I doubt. I've always considered myself a hippie and heck it can be said that Jesus was the first original hippie. But it's another forum of manipulation. They're not telling you soliders and soliders families are out there.

[Hubert Flottz]

110. I found this website where Duncan was awarded the Yoyo of the

month award! I KNEW...that Duncan was a damned Yoyo!

http://www.yo-yo.com/AUGUST.HTML

My story and I'm sticking to it DUNCAN IS A YOYO!

[Generic Other]

113. Better an aging HIPPIE, than an old fool.

Power to the People, Right on!

[livetohike]

116. Good one Generic Other

:-)

[leesa]

120. Duncan 'Two Fruits' Hunter dutifully repeating his talking points

Someone on this board suggested we need to fall in line behind him and wear white shirts because white is in the flag!!! This is a completely irrelevant point. Ignore it.

[Hissyspit]

123. "Hippies" or not, it is not their fault that the Right does not have facts

and the truth on their side.

If it takes "aging hippies" to get the truth out to a deluded American public, than so be it.

By the way, I am hardly someone anyone would call an aging hippie. I am 42, a college professor with closely shaved hair, don't do drugs, and have (almost) two Master's degrees. I live in a RED state and listen to a vast variety of music, including new music, and wear Bill Blass shoes, pleated slacks, and ties from time to time (if I feel like it).

[FreedomAngel82]

130. Yep

And like someone else said: hippies were right about Vietnam. So if I had to choose to trust a hippie or a neocon it'd be a hippie in a heart beat!

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

169. Except for your age, you could well be

indistinguishable from some "aging hippies."

Personally I have 3 degrees, 2 of them Masters in very technical fields.

Most of us do move on as time goes by. We don't look like we did when we coulda been called "hippies."

Despite what the neocons might have us believe, changing opinions, lifestyles etc actually makes sense with changing times and ages and life eras.

[Donailin]

126. I heard it as I was mowing the lawn

Wearing headphones tuned into c-span which replays ALL the sunday political talkshows. It pissed me off so much I ended up cutting a hyalf acre in 30 minutes.

This has to stop. We absolutely have to come up with a way to stop the media lies. My sense of urgency has increased exponentially within the last week or so. I've fucking had it.

What do we do that we haven't done already? I'm up for just about anything at this point.

[Warren DeMontague]

128. And the fat, polyester-clad goons, that can't spell their way out of a

paper bag, who constitute the "Other" side?

What do they look like?

[mcscajun]

185. Could you leave the "fat" out of it, please?

There are plenty of fat liberals here...we don't mind the word fat but we do mind it being used as an insult.

Let's concentrate on who they are and what they do, rather than what they look like.

[Beam Me Up]

132. Well AGED Hippie here!

57 YO with rich character and mellow after taste.

I've been there AND BACK and I can tell you that reality is far more strangely constructed than these fascist fucks CAN imagine. I'm in harmony with the planetary core and I can sure you, the Earth Mother will have the LAST laugh. :hippie:

[laugle]

134. From one aging, good looking suburban hippy,

1,2,3, what are we fighting for
don't ask me I don't give a damm!!

NEXT STOP will be IRAN, ain't no time to wonder why....

WHOPPEE were all gonna DIE!!!

And they hate our music too!! We are bringing it back, jack!!!

[ClayZ]

140. This Aging Hippie

Is going to the Seattle Hempfest to hear our Daughter sing "Peace Train" with the band La Push on the Seeley Stage at 6:00 today. She will dedicate it to Cindy!

http://www.westsoundrecords.com/

http://www.hempfest.org/

SO THERE DUNCAN HUNTER....

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[wryter2000]

142. I am an aging hippie

I get your point, that they're belitting the movement because it's "only" aging hippies.

However, someone could point out to them that THE HIPPIES WERE RIGHT ABOUT VIETNAM, AND WE'RE RIGHT AGAIN.

[MADem]

153. Moveon oughta do one of those clever commercials

...showing pictures of young hippies at antiVietnam demonstrations, morphing into their current faces, many of them indistinguishable from any odd soul you would pass in the street, speaking out against the war. AGING HIPPIES FOR PEACE...!

[wryter2000]

181. Old folks

Remember how we all discovered that older folks (like our grandparents) were really cool and already knew most of the stuff we were discovering for ourselves? I figure I'm one of those now. :)

[MADem]

186. I learned that lesson early on (very large family)

And being a geezer now myself, I am passing it on to the next generation!

[AuntPatsy]

147. Perhaps the protesters should have been seen wearing their

spurs and ten gallon hats while jingling their bike lock keys on thier tight bicycle pants....

I guess people like that are more like regular people.......


What a bunch of wingnuts.

[Martin Eden]

148. Hunter is a fan of South Park

He identifies with Cartman, so he hates hippies

[spanone]

155. Duncan Hunter looks like a bitter aging yuppie asshole.

I'm proud to be an aging hippie. Gonna age as long as I can.

[cascadiance]

191. I guess we need to give him some Orange glazed chicken and rice pilaf

to help him feel better treated!

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

156. He's either brain dead or speaks only in talking points

I was pretending to do a graph of his brain activity and Levin's.

Duncan repeated "ballots, not bullets," and "fledgling democracy," over and over.

I laughed at the "aging hippies," comment. What a crock. He wouldn't know an aging hippie if he saw one. We've changed the uniform and style by now. :P

Anyhow, his line was mostly flat, no genuine brain activity. He was just droning on with the standard talking points blah blah blah.

:kick:

[tlsmith1963]

159. If I Had Been There...

...I wouldn't have looked like an "aging Hippie". I was just starting school at the height of the Hippie period. So maybe I'm an aging Punk Rocker or something, but not an aging Hippie.:evilgrin:

Tammy

[Patchuli]

164. From what I see

we've all aged much better than the freepers too! Nahya nahya!!!

heheee

[Warren DeMontague]

177. Yeah, well, look what they eat...

High Fructose Corn Syrup, Hydrogenated Goop, Ring-Dings, Ho-Hos, Cheap, Warm Beer in cans... Since they don't buy all that environmental tree-hugger bullshit, I'd wager they aren't too worried about avoiding pesticides and enviromental hazards.

plus, all that bile isn't good for you.

[Patchuli]

178. Is that why us 'aging hippie' chicks can still look

so hot? We haven't eaten junk food for years and years? *just occasionally!* heheee

[AbbyR]

170. Hey, I've called myself an aging hippie for years....

and I'm quite proud of it, thank you very much. ;-) It's not a put-down, it's a badge of honor!

I still play the guitar, remember all the old protest songs, and I'm 55.

I think it's time we dusted off some of those old hippie songs and got on the road to sing them again!

Abby in Arkansas, tuning the guitar

[livetohike]

179. Welcome to DU Abby

:hi: and I will harmonize with you whenever you want to get started!

[Mr_Spock]

180. We are the new hippies - get over it you crusty old grumps

Fuck them and their meme - it's numbers that count and we got 'em - the vigils proved their idiotic theory wrong - there may be a higher number of hippie-looking people who can spend more time there away from work, but that doesn't mean they don't speak for me. They represent us no matter what T-shirts they wear and I'm proud of them - wish I could be there...

[BlueJac]

184. The Fools

They have nothing of content to talk about Cindy. Cheap shot after cheat shot........that is how they run their neocon campaigns.


:kick:

[MADem]

189. And God help them if they keep that shit up!!!

Not all of those crusty bastards looked (or ACTED) like Young Republicans in their youth...Ben Stein looked like one of the friken Weathermen, fachrissake. And we all know the long history of the Pharmaceutical Chimp.

If they keep throwing that tired, gnawed bone out, hoping for the dawgs to bite, Keith Olbermann or Jon Stewart just may dig through some of those neocon's old yearbooks, and come up with a few surprises...

[mcscajun]

187. Another Proud Aging Hippie Here!

I'm goin' on 54, I marched against the Vietnam War, I worked for McGovern, cheered when Nixon resigned, and I'm doin' it all again now: I marched against the War on Iraq, I supported Clark, then Kerry, and I'm a DU Activist. I'm running for local office. Nearly all of my friends (*the best ones, anyway*) are also Proud Aging Hippies.

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Idiots like Duncan are just trying to marginalize the mainstream opposition to this war in the eyes of their right-wing audience and Mom & Pop Middle America by using what they still think is a slur.

This born and bred New Yorker says "Fuhggeddaboutit!"

So, I'm kickin' it for all of us Proud Aging Hippies!

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

We Rock!

[imperialismispasse]

188. I don't have anything against hippies, but I'm not one, BUT

I am totally in support of Cindy Sheehan and what she's stands for. She is inspiring, she's the reason I'm on this website for one thing. I think she is inspiring to a lot of pretty regular people (I am one.) Not saying hippies aren't regular people, but I guess I mean people who aren't usually politically active can be inspired by Cindy because her message is pure. So I think this portrayal in the media of all her supporters being fringe Left is bull.