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Love blooms anew for 1967 - Boomers mark the 40th anniversary of a celebrated summer (BARRRFFF!!!)
Chicago Tribune ^
| May 28, 2007
| Stevenson Swanson
Posted on 05/28/2007 3:25:01 PM PDT by Chi-townChief
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All of these 50-65 year-old hippies running around is probably a sight you don't wanna see.
To: Chi-townChief; qam1
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:26:03 PM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: Chi-townChief
I thought they were nuts then and my opinion has not changed.
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:26:37 PM PDT
by
MamaB
To: Chi-townChief
My parents got married that summer. They are still together.
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:31:14 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: Chi-townChief
Don’t much care about the goings on of the summer of love, but 1967 produced some of the best music of all time! 1966-1967, the best years in rock history, IMO!
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:31:32 PM PDT
by
upsdriver
(DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT!!!!)
To: Incorrigible
That was my first thought. No mention of the smell.
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:35:57 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: MamaB
You are far too kind, I believe, for referring to them only as "nuts."
My boys had grown very tired over the years hearing their dad express his "less than flattering" opinions about hippies.
Wish we could have dropped 'em on Hanoi instead of bombs...
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:36:27 PM PDT
by
MarineDad
(Whenever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits.)
To: Chi-townChief
1967...the year of the Yaz!!
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:38:50 PM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
(It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
To: Chi-townChief
Time it was,
And what a time it was,
It was...
A time of innocence,
A time of confidences.
Long ago...it must be...
I have a photograph.
Preserve your memories;
They're all that's left you.All that sex and all those drugs. (huge sigh of nostalgia)
Unfortunately, I was in college at a socially backward engineering school in Philadelphia and was in ROTC. The best slogan I could muster was, "Make love and war."
I envied the hippies for their clothes, long hair, free sex, drugs and attitude. But they were getting far more sex than I was -- and I've never forgiven them for that.
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:39:46 PM PDT
by
Publius
(A = A)
To: Chi-townChief
To: upsdriver
To: Chi-townChief
"It was a very special moment of optimism and idealism," said Amalie R. Rothschild
It was also the time where society took a huge leap off the cliff into a sea of immorality and degradation.
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:45:24 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Put illegal immigrants on ICE)
To: Chi-townChief
I dunno. I was 14 when that stuff was going on - too busy in school to care. As soon as I was old enough to care I was in boot camp at Ft Ord - my DI certainly didn't care. Now I have time to think about it and wise enough not to.
I see the people that era produced and I just shake my head.
Oh, my Dad didn't care about them either.
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:47:31 PM PDT
by
WorkerbeeCitizen
(I Relieve Myself In Islam's General Direction While I Deny Global Warming.)
To: Chi-townChief
Didn’t the White Rabbit song come out in 67?
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:50:24 PM PDT
by
StoneWall Brigade
(For True Conservative Leadership Vote For Duncan Hunter/Newt Gingrich 08!!!!!)
To: Chi-townChief
"The colors, man! The Colors!!"
To: Chi-townChief
I was born in 1967.....
I wonder if that is why I hate hippies so much?
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posted on
05/28/2007 3:54:25 PM PDT
by
Volunteer
(Just so you know, I am ashamed the Dixie Chicks make records in Nashville.)
To: Chi-townChief
I was part of that crowd. Pot, LSD, you name it....It was fun while it lasted. Then I had to work so I could eat. Changed everything. I'm doing well now, and wouldn't give up my memories of those days for anything.
I don't know how old you are. I'm 56. Everybody goes through their own "Age of Aquarius" at some point.
The important thing about all this is at what point do you decide to give up the narcissitic beliefs of youth and begin the true journey of life through all its stages?
Some people never "grow up"
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
05/28/2007 4:01:54 PM PDT
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: nothingnew
+1
Well said.
Some of the best times of my life.
To: Publius
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posted on
05/28/2007 4:05:56 PM PDT
by
JillValentine
(Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
To: StoneWall Brigade
Yes it did! Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow LP is one of my all time favorite albums. Great stuff!
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posted on
05/28/2007 4:10:05 PM PDT
by
upsdriver
(DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT!!!!)
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