May 4, 1970.

[liberaltrucker]

How many Lounge Lizards know the significance of that date?

Hint: I'm in the State where the event happened. It's mentioned
in my "vibes" thread.

:cry:

[SiobhanClancy]

1. Kent State...

I remember the horror of it too well.

[liberaltrucker]

3. Me, too

Mike Malloy just mentioned that someone whose 40 was 4 on that dreadful day.

Damn, seems like just yesterday.

[SiobhanClancy]

17. I was a senior in high school...

I've been extremely wary of the government ever since.

[liberaltrucker]

19. I was in 9th grade

My brother was in VietNam. So my Dem Mom was pulled in
two directions, not unlike troop's Mom's today.

[KitchenWitch]

2. I have been hearing the song "Ohio" a lot today

:cry:

[liberaltrucker]

4. I'm in Portsmouth, OH tonight

Jean Schmidt's district. I'm getting lots of positive
feedback from my DU sticker, and seeing VERY few yard
signs for that, uh, no, I won't say it.

[KitchenWitch]

5. ARGH!

She is such a tool. I hope they kick her to the curb.

[liberaltrucker]

7. From what I see, admittedly from a limited perspective..

She's toast. Even the neocons are sick of her, especially
after she called Murtha a coward.

:thumbsup:

[Left Is Write]

6. I don't "remember" it, because I was not quite four years old.

But of course, I've read about it many times.

[KitchenWitch]

8. I was 6

I remember my mom being VERY upset.

[Left Is Write]

14. My first real political memory was the resignation of Nixon.

I was 8 then, and I knew that this was something very, very big. I also knew that my dad did not like President Nixon very much.

[KitchenWitch]

18. Mine was the assassination of Dr. King

I was 4, but it really resonated with me.

[liberaltrucker]

15. Your mom appears to be the original progmom

No offense to a much-beloved DUer.

[liberaltrucker]

10. The four students killed would be in their 60's now

Damn, you're still a spring chicken. I was 14
and just starting my political education. The Murders,
plus a very good civics teacher, made me a life-long
liberal.

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Bizarre

"Ohio" has been my earworm all day. Now I know why.

[liberaltrucker]

11. Karma, my friend

Never Forget.

[blue neen]

12. I remember it very well.

I was in my early teens. There was a horror that we all felt--could this really be happening in our own country? Nixon is gunning us down because we're daring to exercise our First Amendment rights.

We all lost a lot of innocence that day.

[liberaltrucker]

16. See post 10.

Looks like we're about the same age.
But I grew up in Alabama-helluva State
to produce a flaming liberal.

[Dukkha]

13. I was a 7 month old Ohioan then

so I can't really remember it

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

20. I actually knew that and I'm only 23.

I'm also a big CSNY fan.

[liberaltrucker]

21. You win the DU young squirt award!

:patriot:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

22. Thanks!

My dad taught me the good music young. Fortunately, I always hated the shit my mother listens to.

[Kat45]

23. Tin soldiers and Nixon coming

We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio.

[njdemocrat106]

25. One of my favorite political songs

And Neil Young is still at it, too.

[SeattleGirl]

24. Yes, I sure do. A very dark day for this country.

I was listening to "Ohio" earlier today in remembrance.

:cry:

[WCGreen]

26. I was home sick that day.....

When the news came over the TV that the kids had been shot, my dad says "they shoulda killed them all..."

It was at that moment that I became a liberal for life...

I was only 12 and yet I understood howbad that sounded, how awful the shootings were and how divided the country was....

My dad came around later but we had some shaky years.....