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To: Biggirl
The decade I grew up in. I am not dating myself.

Ditto here. My entire grade school years were wholly within the 70's. There was still much residual moral capital in society even then, but the Left was making major inroads.

24 posted on 07/21/2014 3:58:59 PM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: fwdude

I KNEW THE ‘70s WERE SCREWED WHEN I SAT THROUGH A HOMILY ABOUT SUPPORTING THE BERRIGANS,

The Berrigan brothers—Daniel, a Jesuit priest, and Philip, of the Josephite order—led the antiwar and antidraft movements during the Vietnam War. Philip served in the U.S. Army in World War II, becoming a priest in 1955. Daniel, the intellectual and theologian, ordained in 1952, complements his brother’s activism, acquired in assignments to black parishes in New Orleans and Baltimore.

In May 1968, the two brothers, along with seven other Catholic protesters, burned the records of the Catonsville, Maryland, draft board with homemade napalm. Their arrest, trial, and sentence to 3 years in prison propelled the Berrigans to national prominence. They helped found the Catholic resistance movement: estimates for draft board raids range from 53 to 250. Having lost their appeals, Philip reported to jail, in April 1970, but Daniel became a fugitive.

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/daniel-berrigan#ixzz389ENYKpY


25 posted on 07/21/2014 4:18:49 PM PDT by franky8
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To: fwdude

The Harrisburg 7 INCLUDING THE BERRIGANS

http://todaysthedayhbg.com/the-harrisburg-7-2/


26 posted on 07/21/2014 4:24:58 PM PDT by franky8
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To: fwdude

I was in jr./ sr. high school, one of things I remember was getting ready to start high school when they had the Watergate hearings in D.C.


27 posted on 07/21/2014 5:45:03 PM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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