Thoughts of a college graduate, 1975.

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Believed that Frank Church, Michael Harrington, the Berrigan Brothers, and the righteous social justice warriors of this time would prevail and really change things. Left with a sense of optimistic hopefulness....

Boy was I wrong.

Not only that didn't happen, but the cancer has metastasized. So, here we are - today - trying to figure what to do with a former President that is a wholly owned subsidiary of an unregulated financial corruption octopus, residing in Moscow, RU.


Whatta long, strange trip it has been.

[Hekate]

1. What a long, strange trip it's been. Yes, it certainly has.

[Laurelin]

2. Amen

I really believed the world was becoming more enlightened. Apparently I forgot that the barbarians always bring down civilizations.

[multigraincracker]

3. One step forward and two steps back.

For the near future now.

[ShazzieB]

4. There seems to be a word missing.

Missing word inserted in bold.

So, here we are - today - trying to figure what to do with a former president that is a wholly owned subsidiary of an unregulated financial corruption octopus, residing in Moscow, RU.

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5. I'll correct.

[brooklynite]

6. Doesn't every protest movement believe they're going to change the world?

What I picked up from college was that change comes the slow, old-fashioned way, through the political process.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Absolutely, class of 1970.