Posted on 05/13/2004 11:38:29 PM PDT by weegee
Sigh...one of my favorite t-shirts from the early 80s said "New Republicans" and had a picture of Ronald Reagan with a mowhawk. Never failed to get stares.
I'm a gen-xer with decidedly punk roots.
What could be more punk than keeping enough of my paycheck to spend a day out on the mesa target shooting with a hot chick and then spend the evening cleaning guns, drinking beer, smoking cigars and listening to The Ramones or The Misfits?!
"From my cold dead hands..." Now that is punk as ****!
I saw this, but a nice Xer ping though. I haven't heard these bands, and the lyrics I found weren't that exciting. I suspect that there are some bitter Y-gen groups like Linkin Park (i.e. have you seen the video for Points of Authority?) that are singing it like it is, too.
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The best defense is a good offense. Many of us arrived at our opinions through our own observations. The more you read and experience, the more you will have to form your opinions. I've read the autobiographies of some people I didn't agree with politically (some of the books weren't entirely political, some were) so I got some of my "opposition research" directly from the horse's mouth.
Freedom of thought, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression are principles our government was founded on. If your fellow classmates are going to tell you that it is "always wrong" to be a Republican then tell them they have just supported some conservatives claim that they oppose the American way (our constitution).
You have the right to be wrong (this is why we permit the open practice of communism and nazism). Even in the 1940s-1960s people openly joined communist organizations. When some of the rhetoric crosses from word to deed (tearing down the constitutional democratic republic, inciting violence) they do NOT have free speech protection (look up sedition; provoked violence; and yelling "fire" in a crowded theater).
A person may have the right to free speech but the defense department has an obligation to protect the government. Anything you may be used against you in a court of law.
The left likes to claim that the government infiltrated lefist organizations. Timothy Leary (LSU advocate/Harvard professor) acknowledge this. He also says that he could tell that these organizations were infiltrated by antiAmerican communists.
The KGB files bear out these operations.
We no longer face a threat from the Soviet Union but we still face a threat from global socialism. It is creeping into all governments. I hope we don't make the same mistake in our battle against Islamofascism. Both are ideologies we fight, they extend across borders.
Learn the worth of a man. It's not about a cliche of "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps". It is about having respect for yourself (some girls tramp around because they think that giving sex will get them some love/attention). Look where you are in life. Have some dignity. Even Timothy Leary said that America was a free society where you could be whoever you wanted to be (not necessarily hold ANY profession you want). Some nations have a history of guilds and family traditions. Members of a class or race should not even try to better themselves. Some of these cultures believe in reincarnation (if life sucks this time around, maybe it will be better next time, no need to try to change things).
Don't surrender your individuality. It doesn't mean deliberately making yourself different, but you don't have to follow a herd (and that includes bowing to liberalism just because everyone else does).
Glad to help sweetie! :)
dignity and respect for self and others. traits sorely missed in our society over the last decades.
thank you, weegee, for posting this. i feel certain my daughter is encouraged by coming here and reading that she is not alone! as a parent, i know i am encouraged!
"Screaming from the Sky" and "Point" are also good, as are "War Zone" and "Payback."
"FYI, punk was WELL underway before the Sex Pistols and the Clash were ever formed. Punk Magazine began its' publication January 1st 1976, it was formed in response to a growing scene in New York. The Ramones played (along with the Stranglers and the Damned) at a July 4, 1976 concert in England. In the audience where future members of the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and other bands (Billy Idol's Generation X?)."
To correct your inaccurate information so that others are not ill informed... The Sex Pistols first gig was
06/11/75 @ St Martin's School Of Art, London
Source: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/pistols/gigs/sp_gigs.html
The Damned had their first gig no July 6, 1976, supporting the Sex Pistols at the 100 Club in London.
Also, The Clash was formed afterwards as well.
Furthermore, information about Jon Lydon being a teacher is incorrect. He did work with children at a daycare like facility but was definatly not a teacher as at the time before he was a singer he was only 19. he did however state that if he hadn't become a singer that he would have liked to have been a teacher instead.
Bump!
Nope. Not in this lifetime---sorry.
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Bookmark bump.
Let us not forget the Dead Milkmen and their dislike for hippies.
IIRC, the real hatred for Reagan came from non-punk, establishment types like Phil Collins and Sting.
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