Submission for: 11/30/2010 from tomcruz

I was a 16 year old in 1981 Marye, so I might be able to explain the phenomenon.
Raised around folks in underground radio and various other counter-culture pursuits, my "Hippieness" (or whatever the heck ya' call it.) started around the same time as my other Boomer brothers and sisters. '64 was supposedly the last year of the Baby Boom, if you believe the statisticians. I've got more in common with someone born in 1951 than 1971, so they might have gotten the demographics right for a change.
Of course, the bigger shock for some people would have been hearing me singing along with "Truckin'" at 8 years old. Wish someone had taped me. It was probably hilarious.
"Busted! Down on Bourbon Street." Not sure what's funnier. a kid singing "Busted" or "Bourbon"!

I don't always have the long hair, I cut it for the kids with cancer abt every 3 years. So then I am just scooter trash for a while, lol .. bikers and hippies have hearts too !!

" Life is`nt about running from the storm, it`s about learning to dance in the rain "

...one who has the latest desired information on the latest tastes and trends. I really wish it had something to do with other things.

The anti-war movement was all over the news before President Obama was elected. But apparently they weren’t really anti-war ... they were just anti-President Bush. Two college professors just released a study of national protests between 2007 and 2009. What did they find?

… After January 2007, the attendance at antiwar rallies [measured in] roughly the tens of thousands, or thousands, through the end of 2008.

… After the election of Barack Obama as president, the order of magnitude of antiwar protests dropped [...] Organizers were hard pressed to stage a rally with participation in the thousands, or even in the hundreds. For example, we counted exactly 107 participants at a Chicago rally on October 7, 2009.

Amazing. Especially because the war in Afghanistan ramped up after Obama was elected. American fatalities shot up in 2009 and 2010.

The protesters have remained silent over Libya.

And I’m struck by the hypocrisy of the supposedly “anti-war” politicians who voted against Iraq, like Nancy Pelosi. Since Obama was elected, she has voted to continue the war in Afghanistan … and supported the attack on Libya.

Only a handful of Congressmen have remained principled on foreign intervention. One of them is Ron Paul. On my FBN show this week, I’ll talk with him about why he opposes our “aggressive foreign policy.”

IF YOU ANSWERED "HYPOCRITE", YOU ARE CORRECT!!!!

hippys,beatniks etc i agree with chinarider77 its whats in your soul i have the long hair,beads etc thats just external image stuff well said china its whats in your soul.