http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/woodstock/ en-us Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:00:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2059338/posts SEXUAL LIBERATION IN AMERICA: PART ONE–THE BEGINNING Sex sells. That’s hardly an original observation filled with keen insight. It’s merely a comment on the obvious which has been a fact of American life since the onslaught of the so-called Sexual Liberation/Revolution in the 1960’s. This website links that revolution with the Civil Rights Movement, the Anti-War Movement, the Black Power Movement, the Students’ Rights Movement, the Womens’ Liberation Movementwith everything but a BM: http://www.hippy.com/php/search.php?cat=17. And it’s pretty much on target. (Speaking of observations, the present observation does not address the sexual revolution as it has impacted homosexuals in America nor... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2059338/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:00:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057414/posts 'Taking Woodstock' set to start Emile Hirsch, Demetri Martin to star in Ang Lee pic By MICHAEL FLEMING Focus Features will begin production late this month on "Taking Woodstock," scripted by James Schamus and to be directed by Ang Lee. Lee's ensemble cast includes Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton and Liev Schreiber. Pic is an adaptation of the memoir of Elliot Tiber, who played a role in helping the historic 1969 music fest unfold on his neighbor's farm (Daily Variety, April 22). Less than a month ago, Focus had been thinking about postponing the start of production over concerns that a... Variety http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057414/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:00:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2037842/posts Joe Cocker, "With a Little Help From My Friends." Woodstock, 1969. Closed captioned for the clear-headed. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2037842/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:15:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967977/posts I posted a squib on the National Review Web site about a robo call I received from John McCain. (Virginia's primary is Tuesday.) The call stressed that he would, if elected, be a down-the-line limited government conservative who would never raise taxes, would defend life, would enforce immigration laws and would win the war on terror. The candidate is trying, I said, to meet conservatives "more than halfway." The response of readers was, shall we say, emphatic. One lady wrote that she would never vote for him as "He is the most disloyal, ill-tempered man and he brings out the... The Everett Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967977/posts#comment Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:42:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922113/posts Funding for a controversial “Hippie museum,” co-sponsored by presidential front-runner Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), may still find a lifeline even though its earmark was stricken from a Senate appropriations bill earlier this year. A conference report of two combined appropriations bills — Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (Labor-HHS) and the military construction-veterans’ affairs measure — removed a provision that would have explicitly cut funds for the museum, located in Bethel, N.Y. That clause was authored by earmark foe Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.). The conference agreement states there is no “general provision proposed by the Senate that prohibits... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922113/posts#comment Wed, 7 Nov 2007 07:03:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917153/posts Republican presidential hopeful John McCain criticized Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's proposal for a Woodstock museum as wasteful spending in a new television ad that started on Friday. In the ad — McCain's second new one in a week — the Arizona senator touts his record fighting such spending and repeats his mocking of the Clinton's failed effort to spend $1 million for a museum in Bethel, N.Y., site of the August 1969 rock festival. "John McCain says if you want to relive Woodstock, buy the record," an announcer says in the 30-second spot. The ad also hits Clinton, a... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917153/posts#comment Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:17:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915802/posts CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Republican John McCain contrasts images of Woodstock and his years as a Vietnam prisoner of war in a new television ad that pokes fun at Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton. The commercial, set to air on New Hampshire television Thursday, decries a proposal, since scrapped, to spend $1 million for a museum in Bethel, N.Y., site of the August 1969 rock festival. Clinton and her fellow New York senator, Chuck Schumer, had backed the plan. The ad highlights McCain's criticism of excessive Washington spending, reminds voters of the Arizona senator's decorated war record and also shows... Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915802/posts#comment Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:09:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914120/posts $1 Million Earmark Removed From Health Bill Plans for $1 million in federal funding for a museum to honor the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival struck a sour note with critics Thursday. It ended badly, with critics successfully striking down the plan for federal tax money to be spent on the museum. The plan began as an earmark in the federal health and education spending bill. Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Chuck Schumer, both of New York, supported the earmark. Critics, though, targeted the plan after it gained some national exposure. “The Woodstock museum is a shining example of what’s wrong... WHIO TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914120/posts#comment Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:31:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1898545/posts <p>Abbie Hoffman interrupted The Who's performance during Woodstock 1969 to attempt a protest speech against the jailing of John Sinclair of the White Panther Party. He grabbed a microphone and yelled, "I think this is a pile of shit! While John Sinclair rots in prison..." The Who's guitarist, Pete Townshend, cut Hoffman off in mid-sentence, saying, "Back off! Back off my f-ing stage!" He then struck Hoffman with his guitar, sending the interloper tumbling offstage, to the roaring approval of the crowd. Townshend later said he actually agreed with Hoffman on Sinclair's imprisonment, though he made the point that he would have knocked him offstage regardless of his message.</p> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1898545/posts#comment Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:55:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896241/posts RUSH: Mrs. Clinton had a conference call with reporters, and we had the story yesterday, she's actually going to try to send a note out with the money going back saying, (paraphrasing) "Feel free to send it back in." Turns out, this is illegal. Federal Election Commission rules make it illegal. I got a note from a guy who worked on John Anderson's campaign in 1980, who ran that third-party independent candidacy when Reagan and Carter were battling it out, and they had a snafu. They had to give back $80,000 in donations, and they asked the FEC, "Can we... The Rush Limbaugh Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896241/posts#comment Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:21:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895230/posts The Wall Street Journal has tracked down the source of Norman Hsu's cash, and the good news is that the People's Republic of China didn't provide the funds -- at least, not some of them. However, the bad news is that Hsu apparently moved from Ponzi schemes to outright embezzlement as a former Woodstock backer proved as inept at background checks as the Democratic Party: New documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal may help point to an answer: A company controlled by Mr. Hsu recently received $40 million from a Madison Avenue investment fund run by Joel Rosenman, who... Captain's Quarters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895230/posts#comment Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:26:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895124/posts Woodstock Creator Tells DA That Funds Have Gone Missing A $40 Million Shortfall Where did Norman Hsu get his money? That has been one of the big questions hanging over the prominent Democratic fund-raiser, as reports have surfaced about hundreds of thousands of dollars he made in political donations, plus lavish parties, fancy apartments and a $2 million bond he posted to get out of jail earlier this month. New documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal may help point to an answer: A company controlled by Mr. Hsu recently received $40 million from a Madison Avenue investment fund run... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895124/posts#comment Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:54:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878589/posts The infallible Washington Times reports that up for sale is one of the most famous scenes of infantilism in the 20th century, "Woodstock." Actually, what is on the block is the late Max Yasgur's New York farm, 38 acres of which were used for the 1969 Woodstock music festival that hagiographers for the "1960s Generation" have ever since boomed as a pivotal event in American history. Such rock singers as Jimi Hendrix and Richie Havens got together before a stupefied crowd of some 500,000 eternal children to sing of peace, and freedom, and mind-numbing substances, even the most feeble of... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878589/posts#comment Thu, 9 Aug 2007 11:37:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878411/posts The famous farm near the alfalfa field that drew 400,000 people to Woodstock for three days of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll is up for sale. The asking price: $8 million. Roy Howard, the current owner, is packing it in after years of tangling with local officials over permits for reunion gatherings to mark the 1969, three-day Woodstock music festival that helped ignite a generation. Up for sale is the 2,000-square-foot house that belonged to dairy farmer Max Yasgur, along with a larger farmhouse, a barn and 103 bucolic acres about 80 miles north of New York City. Included... AP via FOX News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878411/posts#comment Wed, 8 Aug 2007 23:17:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1878372/posts Bethel, N.Y. (AP) -- The famous farm near the alfalfa field that drew 400,000 people to Woodstock for three days of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll is up for sale. The asking price: $8 million. Roy Howard, the current owner, is packing it in after years of tangling with local officials over permits for reunion gatherings to mark the 1969, three-day Woodstock music festival that helped ignite a generation. Up for sale is the 2,000-square-foot house that belonged to dairy farmer Max Yasgur, along with a larger farmhouse, a barn and 103 bucolic acres about 80 miles north of... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1878372/posts#comment Wed, 8 Aug 2007 22:04:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867070/posts The grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today released a list of Senate earmarks slated to be included in the Fiscal Year 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill. The 1,016 earmarks total nearly $392 million, and include millions for questionable projects such as $1 million in tax dollars for a museum dedicated to recreating the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival experience and $250,000 to help fund the Polynesian Voyaging Society, which makes and sails ancient canoes from Hawaii to Japan. AFP compiled the earmarks scattered throughout the Senate Appropriations Committee Report 110-107 into a convenient, searchable... Americans For Prosperity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1867070/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:01:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851750/posts Summer of love: 40 years later Hippie Hippie Shakedown: But where was love? BY DAWN EDEN, Guest Columnist LA Daily News WHEN it comes to inappropriate names, "Summer of Love" has to be right up there with "Joy Division," the name the Nazis reportedly gave to the sections of concentration camps that housed the guards' sex slaves. For one thing, it was not just a summer event. The countercultural happening that swept through San Francisco and beyond began with an April1967 planning announcement by concert promoter Chet Helms, aka Family Dog, creating the "Council for the Summer of Love." It... DailyNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851750/posts#comment Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:07:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739148/posts Hippies still trying to ruin the country By Jenean Mcbrearty CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST America won't win another war until the 1960s flower children are pushing up petunias. Radicalized, the flower children morphed into lefty loonies who now masquerade as social progressives. No matter what they rename themselves, however, their agenda hasn't changed. They still want utopia, and it wouldn't be worth mentioning except that their naivetŽ has aged into a persistent denial of reality that may have devastating consequences. For example, consider their continued belief that America's armed forces are neo-Nazi stormtroopers who delight in burning babies to further the aims... Lexington Herald-Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739148/posts#comment Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:58:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1627444/posts HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - As he walks to the stage of a Hofstra University lecture hall, Robert Leonard's attire is every bit the college professor: blue blazer and shirt, charcoal slacks, yellow tie, glasses. He's a long, long way from the summer of 1969 when the uniform of the day was a gold lame jumpsuit. Leonard was a founding member and bassist for Sha Na Na, a zany doo-wop group that played one of its first gigs at Woodstock. Leonard's specialty today is forensic linguistics — employing the science of language to help identify the writers of ransom notes, threatening letters... AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1627444/posts#comment Fri, 5 May 2006 18:30:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1470408/posts CNSNews has broken the story on anti-war protesters outside Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. This is the facility where those with significant injuries are sent to from the battlefield. They are there holding up signs such as "Maimed for Lies" and "Enlist here and die for Halliburton". The organization organizing this is Code Pink, the same organization that has funded terrorists with the apparent knowledge of Rep. Waxman. For the most part the anti-war crowd doesn't see a problem with this, mostly because it garners attention which is what they are seeking. They think by kicking around... Part-Time Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1470408/posts#comment Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:04:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1430353/posts Thunderstorms and torrential rain were today threatening to turn this year’s Glastonbury Festival into a wash-out. Thousands of music fans arriving at the Worthy Farm site in Somerset last night were greeted with heavy downpours and even lightning as the glorious sunshine came to an abrupt end. Weather forecasters have warned an expected crowd of around 150,000 to prepare for a mud bath – as rain threatens to waterlog the site and turn camp sites into bogs. Festival organiser Michael Eavis said he was keeping his fingers crossed that there would be no repeat of the infamous mudfest of 1997.... Irish Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1430353/posts#comment Sat, 25 Jun 2005 08:02:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1414435/posts The rapidly disappearing cohort of Americans that endured the Great Depression and then fought World War II is receiving quite a send-off from the leading lights of the so-called 60s generation. Tom Brokaw has published two oral histories of “The Greatest Generation” that feature ordinary people doing their duty and suggest that such conduct was historically unique. Chris Matthews of “Hardball” is fond of writing columns praising the Navy service of his father while castigating his own baby boomer generation for its alleged softness and lack of struggle. William Bennett gave a startling condescending speech at the Naval Academy a... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1414435/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jun 2005 15:10:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1387312/posts Up to six days ago my post automatically carried my tagline. Abruptly that stopped. If I do not enter it manually, it does not post. Clues as to why? And I can't seem to figure out to fix it. This is apparently one of my duh days. me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1387312/posts#comment Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:09:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309413/posts just read a fascinating book – "Chronicles, Volume 1" by Bob Dylan. There are some real surprises in this book. Most of us baby boomers thought of Dylan as a man with a political agenda. It turns out Dylan wasn't trying to lead anyone anywhere. He just wanted to be a singer-songwriter. It's quite a revelation, and Dylan has an interesting way of telling the story. Dylan was a private man who tried to put his family first. He didn't want to get caught up in the '60s activism. He was conspicuously absent from Woodstock, Altamont and all the other... Worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309413/posts#comment Tue, 28 Dec 2004 07:51:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1281790/posts Woodstock performer Joe McDonald (Country Joe and The Fish) leads crowd in singing 1960s antiwar songs Thin, clean-shaven, balding and slightly stooped, the 62-year-old McDonald says he's still a socialist but confesses he's now part of the middle class. Organizers had tried to get people out. Groups involved in the protest included the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism, Marxist organizations, non-Muslim supporters of the Palestinian cause, members of the Unitarian Church and the occasional Vietnam war draft evader and army deserter. McDonald's sound system was handled by Mike Tulley, an American army draftee who arrived in Canada in April... The Edmonton Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1281790/posts#comment Wed, 17 Nov 2004 06:17:00 GMT