DUmmie FUnnies 03-14-05 ("Where did the hippies go? Billy Jack in Hiding?")

DUmmie FUnnies ^ | March 14, 2005 | DUmmies, Billy Jack, and PJ-Comix

[franksolich]

I was a little bit too young to have been a hippie, the sort of being that flourished circa 1966-1970, but I remember as a younger teenager, being astonished by them, mostly because of their hypocrisy.

They alleged to reject the "material values" of the working world--but yet as mom and pop passed on, the hippies were the first to grab the life-insurance and estate proceeds.

Bill and Hilarity during the 1992 campaign called the 1980s the "age of greed"--but yet when elected, Bill named all these millionaires--more than any preceding president--to his cabinet; people who had made millions during the "age of greed," the 1980s.

The hypocrisy of the hippies never ends, and the tragic thing is, it is the rest of us footing their bills.

[ariamne]

he's all grown up now and goes by the name of Ward Churchill.

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Except he didn't grow up, he just grew old. Liberal Arts profs never have to grow up, they live in a perpetual state of ambiotic fluid called academia.

[EllaMinnow]

PJ, why don't you start a DUmmie FUnnies wave with T shirts? Get a few done up and advertise them through your website?

I'd wear one. But not one with the beaver on it.

[ariamne]

As for Billy Jack...my friends and I in middle school must have seen it ten times at the theater. Today, we're all conservatives, professionals and GWB supporters. How come some drank the Kool-Aid and some didn't?
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Well...my girlfriends and I went over and over to see it because we thought Billy Jack was the hawt. Nothing deeper than hormones!

[ariamne]

Anybody know if Billy Jack Goes To Washington can be rented at Blockbuster?
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Doubtful. Try Amazon's used video/dvd section; I've found the most obscure movies there.

[ariamne]

The singers sounds a lot like Maureen McGovern. Maybe I'm getting my disaster movies mixed up.

[ariamne]

And that line was directly stolen from the movie "12 Monkeys".

Cannot even come up with their own inanities.

[Petronski]

He's still in the rapture of the vision. A great Indian holy man, Wovoka, is speaking through him.

Was that the naked-butt indian who appeared in Jim Morrison's dreams in Oliver Stone's "The Doors?"

[Not A Snowbird]

like so many others I got caught up in settling down, raising a family, taking care of our immediate needs...

Umm... and that's a bad thing?

[planekT]

Probably. I did a search and only found one band named Coven. There was another one called "The Coven" but the album listed for them was released in 1989.

Coven did not write "One Tin Soldier". They got that tune from a couple of song writers who had written hits for several other artists and bands.

I remember my older brother taking us to the drive-in to see Billy Jack. I must've been about 10 years old.

Aw, the good old days. Peace symbols, Volkswagon vans with Flower Power painted on them, make love not war patches, mind expanding drugs, etc. I remember my parents driving around and they'd see some scally wag with long hair and a long beard and they'd go "look at that freak!"

Can't help but look back on all that and laugh.

[The KG9 Kid]

Cocaine-fueled discotheques of the '70s killed the hippies of the '60s.

That, and TV's 'The Love Boat'.

[NonLinear]

Wow PJ! Seriously good recap of the Billy Jack movie! I'm inmressed!

[reformedliberal]

To tell you the truth, I don't recall any real hippies after 1972.

Here's what happened:
The hippie political leaders: Hoffman, Rubin, et all, either joined the family business or had to go underground due to multiple felonies. The rest grew up. Some, like Roger Ebert (head of SDS at U of Illinois-Champaign in 1962), just sold out. By 1970, every one of them knew they had a ticket to ride if they could exploit the media attention/platform. And exploit it they did.

There are still some communes out in the boonies where I live, where they fight over who is a temp (crash and pay rent and do chores or get out) and who is a perm (vested member with equity in the property, most of whom are University professors or credentialed health care workers). Most of the people I knew who were activists, not hippies, back in the late 60s/early 70s, have government jobs of one sort or another, a nice pension and spend their time on vacation or gardening. The crafters, like my DH and myself, have real businesses and write those quarterly tax checks that include the self-employment tax.We learned that supply-side worked, under Reagan and after 9-11, we realized how much we love America. We voted for W, twice, and have more sympathy with the conservatives that with the RINOs, even though most of us are center-right.

Anyone who bought the "community" hype, really bought a wolf ticket. I think these DUmmies are just bloviating and are full of it. They know full well that they were plastic then and are just wishing for a return to their youth. They need to get over it and move on.

[PJ-Comix]

Wow PJ! Seriously good recap of the Billy Jack movie! I'm inmressed!

Michael Medved included "The Trial of Billy Jack" in his book listing the 50 Worst Movies of All Time." If you've ever seen it, it is like Billy Jack let loose with all his worst paranoia. Actually "The Trial of Billy Jack" is so horrible that it's also laughable.

[NRA1995]

"They alleged to reject the "material values" of the working world"

I don't remember ONE band from that period turning down their share of the "greedy corporate" profits called record royalties....most notably Jefferson Airplane and Chicago...in fact, in reading about Woodstock, I remember the Grateful Dead refused to go on till they got their $30,000 fee up front due to rumors of the promoters' going broke....

[SCALEMAN]

Janis Joplin also did the song. I have a copy on my computer.

[franksolich]

Uh-huh.

So much about the hippies rejecting material values.

[NRA1995]

Loved disco then and still love it now....the ones who died from coke were in it for "the scene"; some of us legitimately loved REAL dancing, not today's hip-wriggling "ho" culture...

[NRA1995]

I tell ya, I never get bigger belly laughs than when I watch "Woodstock"!!! The kids took themselves SOOOO seriously about spreading peace and love (mostly they spread STD's), and, except for Santana, the bands were God-awful when live instead of in a controlled studio environment!!

[sure_fine]

they have; Billy Ward-Jack Churchill