Posted on 08/31/2006 11:02:41 AM PDT by mathprof
It was almost painful the other night to hear Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young sing about a war whose purpose Americans never really understood, started by a president who didn’t tell the truth and then waged the war ineptly. And that was before they sang about Iraq.
The audience rose for Neil Young’s blast at George Bush, “Let’s Impeach the President,” and sang the words displayed on a huge TV screen, even the 20-something in front of us who had been text-messaging throughout the concert. That same screen also displayed thumbnail photos of slain soldiers while a counter ran up the most recent toll. It takes longer than you might think to count to 2,600.
It was a surprisingly political moment for a rock concert in 2006. But when those four men sang their protest songs four decades ago, their lyrics echoed and personified a powerful political movement sweeping America. Now they are entertainment, something to leave behind in the concert hall.[snip]
Student protesters helped drive Lyndon Johnson — in so many ways a powerful, progressive president — out of office because of his war. In 2004, George W. Bush — in so many ways a weak, regressive president — was re-elected despite his war. And the campuses were silent.
There was a brief burst of protest when America first invaded Iraq. But if there is a college movement against the war, it’s hiding pretty well.[snip]
The pressure to be silent is great. This week, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld compared critics of Mr. Bush’s Iraq policy to those who appeased Adolf Hitler. And antiwar protesters are told they’re un-American, cowardly and lending aid and comfort to terrorists.
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Sounds like they must've found their 30 year old stash of LSD.
It was almost painful the other day to read the New York Times bitch about a war they opposed, started by a president they opposed and then proceed to claim innocence when their journalists and agencies make up news items out of whole cloth.
I'll be glad when all the 60's generation is dead.
The protestors are gone because most Americans are not buying the lies of liberals and their media, but most importantly they do not hate President Bush unlike liberals and their media.
This alleged "song" by Neil Young makes John Lennon's doper ballads sound like the Brandenburg Concertos.
One has to wonder what causes people to actually think like this. There's no way it can simply be upbringing, schooling or watching the MSM your whole life. There simply has to be more to it than that.
Lost me at that point....
The pressure to be silent is great. This week, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld compared critics of Mr. Bush’s Iraq policy to those who appeased Adolf Hitler. And antiwar protesters are told they’re un-American, cowardly and lending aid and comfort to terrorists.
Prove them wrong, NYT, prove them wrong.
Don't like the rhetoric? It's because you are on the same side as the American Communists in prior to Hitler betraying Joe Stalin. Your Abu Ghraib coverage was overblown (30 days on the front page every day) and was the turning point in both support for the war and the rise of jihadists in the conflict.
I can think of two reasons;
1. The abortion backlash (there ate just less of 'them' due to their 'choice')
2. Even young people know when it's time to make up your mind to either fish or cut bait and most prefer fishing.
Puhlease. The last thing someone on LSD cares about is politics.
Well he launched a trillion dollar war on poverty with no exit strategy. Socialism made good inroads under LBJ.
What an effing candyass fairy!
"I will withhold my deeply held opinions because some guy I never met and never will meet might call people who say similiar things names."
Jeez, at many points in history, brave people were willing to rot in jail for decades or face execution to make a point. This sniveling pussy is championing those allegedly too afraid to speak because somebody might openly disagree with them.
Maybe he can dig up Phil Ochs to sing a lame song about it.
"We went downtown to protest, but the government was hiring that day."
It was almost painful the other night to hear Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young sing
I agree with this part.
Kennedy lied about Vietnam?
Kind of hard to think of Johnson as either Powerful or Progressive....but, I suppose from a Liberal (capital L) stance he was both.
The youthful rebellion to rise up against the "establishment" media, talking heads, and academic leaders pits them AGAINST the 60s counterculture figures (who now ARE the establishment).
Question THAT authority.
Yeah me too.Hey wait a minute I'm part of the 60's generation.OK everybody but one :) !!!
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