This is a serious, in depth, article about a major shift in American politics. This change has been going on for sometime. It is finally beginning to manifest itself. It also shows the dark side of of our civic scene. In this case it portrays that aspect of Richard Nixon and the cadres which followed his lead. It is obvious that the Republicans were/are much disciplined than the Democrats. The neo-cons and fundamentalists took over and emasculated and center or liberal side of the Republican Party.
Needless to say we must remember that Nixon would never have been elected had the Yippies not started those riots at the Democratic Convention in Chicago. I warned Mayor Daley. That is another story. MB
Monday, June 23, 2008
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Chalmers Johnson writes a great, detailed review of "Democracy, Inc." by Sheldon S. Wolin. This review is interesting enough to oblige me to order the book. I remain in hope that it may lay out some solutions to the depth of the serious problems which the American people need to address. This review will give a good view of the landscape. MB
Sunday, June 15, 2008
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Anyone who was around at that time and thereafter will attest to the reality of what happened at that time. A triple whammy JFK, MLK & RFK murdered. We were shattered-so much lost by the horror of those acts. Anger, vengeance existed but far worse was the sickness of heart which came over the nation.
I had abandoned a good chance for the US Senate to produce HAIR. I felt that it would give an ongoing platform to dialog between the generations-the young to the old. The country was in such turmoil those days. Never since the Civil War had America been so polarized. This came sharply home when the FBI warned Michael Gifford that I was targeted for assassination-planned for the HAIR birthday celebration at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Many thought we were going to have a revolution. The riots at Columbia added to the concern over violence.
The final act was the mayhem at the Democratic Convention in Chicago.
I have added a file from my Website Journal which tells that tale. MB
Monday, June 9, 2008
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Hi, well most of those who know me are aware that I have been in and out of the vege world for many years. Now I am beginning to go there again. There are so many reason. It is difficult to enumerate them. This article does a pretty good job. My transition to tofu is via buffalo burgers and salmon. MB
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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