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Comment by Rick Nunnelley Jr. on October 8, 2011 at 1:27pm

Rocks of peace

 

Comment by Rick Nunnelley Jr. on July 28, 2011 at 8:11pm

Unfortunately many groups on Atheist Nexus are mostly inactive. I was born in '62 and recall wearing some pretty flower child type of clothing. I used to have a pair of pants that had human faces all over them. I called them my people pants. Wish I had an old photo of those. I do have a cool t-shirt I made now though. http://peaceofrock.net/  

Comment by Donna Darko on July 28, 2011 at 7:53pm

I joined this group some time ago.  Unfortunately, there's not a lot of action here.  Where do old hippies go to die?

Comment by Rick Nunnelley Jr. on July 28, 2011 at 6:20pm

Hippiest peace sign around. PeaceOfRock.net

 

Comment by Richard Goscicki on February 27, 2011 at 3:31pm

Wanda, I didn't make up the comment about politicians leading the way into battle. Michael Moore took a count of pols with sons in Iraq. Only one in the whole congress. Now we can add Sarah Palin's kid. Two out of around 500 families.

 

The idea was from a great man. Check out “It's a Racket” by General Smedley Butler. I can call him that because he's the only man in American history to win two Congressional Medals of Honor. At the end of it all he was sick of it.

 

He says that WWI created 21,000 millionaires in the U.S. and not one of them as much as stubbed a toe nail. There were over 200,000 killed and wounded, however, and this happened with anti-war-racketeering laws in effect.

 

I'm not sure, and I can't prove it, but in my hippie days, the late '60s, there was a rumor going around that U.S. Congressmen were buying Saigon real estate, (hotels and apartment houses) in anticipation of the American build-up.

 

Bill Mahr should put this on his "New Rules" segment of his show.  Pols who vote for war have to lead the march into battle. 

 

 

Comment by Wanda Wilson on February 27, 2011 at 2:54pm

Nice - thanks for sharing that Rick.

Comment by Rick Nunnelley Jr. on February 27, 2011 at 2:05pm

Here is the first verse and chorus of a song I wrote about war...

 

Ship the youth over to the sand. Is it for a god and country, is it for a man?

Fool them to believe it's for their freedom. When it’s for greed to spread a kingdom.

 

Lure them young to be conditioned. Minds and bodies requisitioned. 

Pa’s and Ma’s, boys and daughters. Minds and bodies sent to be slaughtered.

 

Most wars are fought for all the wrong reasons.

Suffer, kill and die through all seasons.

Most wars are fought for all the wrong reasons.

Go on and on, span too many seasons.

 

 

Comment by Wanda Wilson on February 27, 2011 at 12:35pm

I'm with Richard - "Hippie" is an attitude.

Comment by Richard Goscicki on December 27, 2010 at 7:14pm

I'm 66 and right in the middle of it.  When I graduated college in 1966 my main concern was how can I avoid the draft.  That's one thing we accomplished: the VN War ended in 1975, but the draft wound down in '72.  Young people don't realize what an intrusion conscription is and it blows my mind that kids are volunteering to go (in the armed forces.) War was bullshit then and it is now. 

 

"Hippie" is an attitude. 

 

Dig Dylan's Master of War.  How about a "New Rule" for Bill Maher, "Politicians who make (vote for) war have to lead the way." 

Comment by Gecko, Seth...brother of Richie! on September 11, 2009 at 3:18pm

I know what you mean Krystal. We move thru all the subcultures and pick up pieces parts we like and carry on, adding it to own world. does that make any since...without cannabis i mean.

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