http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hippies/ en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:21:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409908/posts Here’s my new idea for getting rid of hippies. Let’s put out this announcement: Due to increased global warming, polar bears are increasingly scared and sad. The only solution is to give them hugs. Thus, as citizens of the earth, we need to go out and hug polar bears now. So just go up to them and start hugging. They may bear their teeth, swing their paws, and roar, but that’s just polar bear for “I’m scared and need a hug!” If you are too intimidated to hug an adult polar bear, at least hug a baby polar bear then.... IMAO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409908/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:21:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397350/posts Luis Gutierrez is sounding like a human kazoo, demonstrating what he calls the "evilbuster breath." As the speaker's hands tent his nose and he exhales in a loud hum, few of the two dozen freshmen at Overfelt High in San Jose are smirking or rolling their eyes. After the students try this newest yoga technique and report vibrations in their noses, throats and brains, Gutierrez explains the breathing will help calm their nerves Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397350/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 02:57:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359691/posts Two people died and an estimated 19 others were taken to hospital after being overcome while sitting in a sauna-like sweat lodge at an at a spiritual retreat in Arizona. The lodge at the Sedona resort which is meant to provide spiritual cleansing is now the centre of a police investigation. In all, 21 of the 64 people crowded inside the sweat lodge on Thursday evening for the two-hour session received medical care. daily mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359691/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:13:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358070/posts This is hilarious! Do these morons have a clue how many people laugh at them? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIULIJxVr7A&feature=player_embedded YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358070/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 02:51:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347465/posts Channel 11 News reporter Vince Sims said cars were at a standstill as the group converged at 37th Street and Liberty Avenue. "Our city, our streets, our park" were among chants that also included, "This is what democracy looks like." By the time the protesters hit 34th street, police in riot gear blocked the group. There is no word yet on whether they were allowed to continue. Sims spoke to the first protesters to arrive to Pittsburgh for the march. They are protesters in town from Denver and they thanked Sims for covering the story and giving the cause a... WPXI TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347465/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:22:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2346642/posts 'I Slept With My Own Father,' Reveals Daughter of The Mamas And The Papas Singer John Phillips By Daily Mail Reporter 23rd September 2009 The daughter of The Mamas And The Papas star John Phillips Has Revealed She Had A Long-Term Sexual Relationship With The Musician. [Pic in URL] In an explosive new book, Mackenzie Phillips says she was drugged and raped by her famous father when she was 19 and began a consensual incestuous affair that lasted a decade. Ms Phillips, now 49, reveals their first sexual encounter happened the night before she married Jeff Sessler, a member of... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2346642/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:59:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346515/posts Greenpeace is taking credit for taking climbers to the West End and Fort Pitt bridges this morning to unfurl banners stating "Danger — Climate Destruction Ahead. Reduce Co2 Emissions Now." Pittsburgh police and River Rescue crews swarmed the bridges where an estimated 20 protesters assembled. A banner was unfurled from the West End Bridge, but police intervened at the Fort Pitt Bridge to stop a simultaneous attempt there, said Mike Crocker, a Greenpeace activist who said he was the team leader coordinating the event from the North Shore near Jerome Bettis' Grille 36. Pittsburgh-Tribune Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346515/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:26:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2333542/posts NOVATO – The '60s aren't dead. They're in an archaeological site north of San Francisco. An old commune where the Grateful Dead and other bands used to romp is being excavated and items catalogued by state park archaeologists at Olompali State Historic Park. Among the artifacts: the classic hippie beads, a marijuana "roach clip," fragments of tie-dyed clothes, and a reel-to-reel tape a Marin County studio technician has promised to try to restore. They are the stuff of memories for Noelle Olompali-Barton, who was 16 when she and her showbiz mom plunged into California's new counterculture, retreating to this once-private... The Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2333542/posts#comment Sun, 6 Sep 2009 21:16:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2322108/posts 'Vegan fashion' is not an oxymoron 'Vegan fashion' is not an oxymoron: Designers with vegan convictions are creating animal-free high style. VEGAN STYLE: Vaute Couture bamboo-organic cotton velvet and vegan satin lined coat, $2,000; Stella McCartney sequin dress, $2,135 at Stella McCartney, Los Angeles. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) Susan Carpenter They've given up eating burgers. And bacon. And anything else that used to have a pulse or came from something with a pulse. But just because they're vegan doesn't mean they're unfashionable -- only more selective. If an animal was harmed to make a material that goes into... LATimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2322108/posts#comment Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:18:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2318243/posts Obama Healthcare Logo Looks Like An Acid Trip! The logo makes a rather celestial plea for Obama’s health care reform plan. A stylized caduceus rises ethereally from the fields of Obama. Three heavenly stars grace its crown, while a faint bubble trembles above the silhouttes of expectant Americans. If Uncle Sam himself were tripping, this is probably what he would see... “Santana is going to bring a lot of joy, light, peace and happiness into a place that is basically based on illusion,” “We have to triumph, because we’re bringing the opposite of what Las Vegas is built on.” In... LuckyBogey's Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2318243/posts#comment Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:02:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318176/posts For several months I hunted the elusive creature in the Santa Cruz Mountains without any luck. A couple of times I spotted Bigfoot, but I paid no attention to him. I was searching for a being much more rare. Finally, late one afternoon, I caught sight of him through my powerful binoculars. Knowing of his deep aversion to captivity, I spent all night rigging an elaborate trap for my prey. I rolled an old VW bug into the brush and spray-painted it with colorful psychedelic designs. Then I baited the trap with liberal sprinklings of oregano in the front seat... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2318176/posts#comment Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:11:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317246/posts Screw Woodstock. Really, I mean it. If you're my age -- I was 9 when the three-day concert took place -- you noted the 40th anniversary of the key event of our culture's endless 1960s nostalgia by thinking, "Gee, have I really been listening to these goofs celebrate themselves for only 40 years? Because it feels like 400." Doesn't the self-regard and self-significance make you want to vomit? OK, 400,000 people gathered for a rock concert and didn't kill each other -- big flippin' deal. Ten years later, in 1979, 1.2 million people showed up in Grant Park for a... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317246/posts#comment Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:40:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2315312/posts ROOSTING CHICKENS? They’ve been called a “mob.” They’ve been called “passionate Americans exercising free speech.” One TV journalist even called them “veterans of World War 2 and the Great Depression.” So, ever curious, I broke out my calculator and did a little math. If you stood in a bread line in 1933, then you were probably born in the 1910s or before. If you landed on Omaha Beach in 1944, then you were most likely born in the early 1920s or before. You’re pushing 90 or 100 today. You’ve already escaped the Grim Repaper so many times and seen so... Jwint http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2315312/posts#comment Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:31:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314366/posts VFW: Woodstock Wasn't the Only Thing Happening 40 Years Ago By Colleen Raezler (Bio | Archive) August 12, 2009 - 13:47 ET    While some in the media have been dusting off their love beads, bell-bottoms and broomstick skirts in an effort to wax nostalgic about Woodstock, the VFW has reminded its members that the world did not stop for those four days in August 1969. In fact, for 109 American soldiers, the world ended that weekend.VFW Magazine honored those soldiers in the August 2009 cover story, "While Woodstock Rocked, GIs Died." Much has been made over the "half... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314366/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:38:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2308848/posts Woodstock promoter Michael Lang has dropped plans for a 40th anniversary concert. Asked why he abandoned the pursuit for a third anniversary concert celebrating the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, Lang simply told Rolling Stone, “Money. No sponsors.” Lang, one of the four partners to stage Woodstock in 1969, had wanted to hold a free concert in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park to coincide with the anniversary in mid-August. Those plans were postponed after he failed to find sponsors to cover the $8-$10 million cost. He then turned his attention to the end of September and had hoped to hold the concert... Rolling Stone http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2308848/posts#comment Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:34:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2305257/posts How did we get to this point in America? What happened that allowed for the fabric of America to become so thin? Where did all the leaders go? We got here by allowing the media to begin to distort the truth in the 1960’s and allowing them to continue that distortion for the past four decades. We have allowed the media to glorify the 1960’s to this day. And, we have allowed the potential leaders of our nation to be swept away by the tide of progressivism in our schools and systems of higher education. The aging hippies and radicals... TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2305257/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:51:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2300777/posts One Day at a Time star Mackenzie Phillips was molested by her father John Phillips, the founding lead singer of The Mamas & the Papas! That's the explosive secret the 49-year-old former child actress will reveal in a scathing memoir due to hit bookstores next March, says a publishing insider. While the publisher, Simon Spotlight, has not publicly confirmed Mackenzie's molestation admission, it released a statement saying the troubled actress would reveal a "shocking, lifelong secret." Her addictions led to the downward spiral of her career, arrests and many stints in rehab, as well as two near-fatal overdoses. "In addition... National Enquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2300777/posts#comment Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:13:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2292443/posts Ward "Little Eichmanns" Churchill has met his own Little Big HornAcademic Fraud and pretend Indian Ward Churchill got the ultimate smackdown from Judge Larry Naves. No money, no reinstatement, nada. He even took back the $1 settlement the last jury gave him. You get a big award of doodly-squat, tonto! Thus ends the Churchill-CU Circus. Naves is a well-respected judge appointed by Democrat Roy Romer, so this will not be overturned. Even the Daily Camera, newspaper of the People's Republic of Boulder, says it's past time to kick this charlatan to the curb. Native American-Hippie Chic Here in the West,... Nietzsche is Dead http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2292443/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:56:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290141/posts The tiny mouse that became a hotly disputed symbol of wasteful spending in the $787 billion economic stimulus bill has returned to pester House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The Obama administration revealed last week that as much as $16.1 million from the stimulus program is going to save the San Francisco Bay Area habitat of, among other things, the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse. That has revived Republican criticism that the pet project was an "invisible earmark" in the massive spending bill for Mrs. Pelosi, whose San Francisco district abuts the Bay, and epitomizes what Republicans say is the failure of... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290141/posts#comment Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:28:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285222/posts The Rainbow Gathering and the U.S. Forest Service continue to trade charges over the festival that is expected to draw 10,000 people to a Northern New Mexico forest by Independence Day. More than 200 people so far have had to travel 240 miles round-trip from the site in the Santa Fe National Forest near Cuba, N.M., to Albuquerque to see U.S. Chief Magistrate Lorenzo Garcia ... Forest Service spokeswoman Denise Ottaviano said only six of the arrests have been for felonies — assault on a federal officer, theft of government property, damage to government property and conspiracy. Seized drugs, she... The New Mexican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285222/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 02:02:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276498/posts New video from Mr. Yankovic about the Internet site Craigslist in the style of Jim Morrison and the Doors. Enjoy! YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276498/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:17:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273670/posts A press conference was held last week announcing Michael Lang’s Woodstock Ventures had served “West Fest, Woodstock’s 40th Anniversary” with a cease and desist for using the name “Woodstock” . After much Peace and Love an agreement was reached between the events producer, Boots Hughston and Woodstock Ventures’ Michael Lang. 40th Anniversary of Woodstock Free Concert Will Take Place as Scheduled in Golden Gate Park San Francisco, Sunday, October 25, 2009 Event: “West Fest” Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock Producer: 2b1 Multimedia Inc. and the Council of Light in association with Artie Kornfeld, the original producer of “Woodstock 1969”... World of Moss blogspot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273670/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:24:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272988/posts This year marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s start of the war on drugs, and it now appears that drugs have won. NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272988/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:43:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2270974/posts El Marco's new photo essay exposes how the Denver Art Museum is promoting LSD and radical revolution to today's generation of children. This in-depth study uncovers how a public institution is undermining the city it is supposed to serve. The shocking history of the Psychedelic Movement in San Francisco is juxtaposed with real tragedy in today's recovery community in Denver. http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2009/06/drugs-and-revolution-to-children-at-dam/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2270974/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:58:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260302/posts Companies: After an all-out war on oil companies from the left in recent years, it bodes well for the future to see Big Oil now recognizing the attack it's under and its duty to fight back. Witness Chevron and Exxon Mobil.Shareholder meetings can be pro forma affairs, but not for major oil companies, which have become a lightning rod for the anti-corporate sentiment gaining traction in U.S. political life since around 2006. Wednesday, Chevron was descended upon by a zoo-full of San Francisco leftists pushing rain forest sentimentalism, Burma, and other pet causes dear to the no-soap crowd. They journeyed... IBD Editorial http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260302/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 04:18:49 GMT