as she goes to scchool over how short her skirt was.

I think about it now-and I think-OH GOD- I've become me mother!

So I concede-if she gets sent home-her lesson to learn-not mine.

Then I think about myself, and my battles over "hotpants"-which my grandmother would buy me, or make for me-much to my mothers' chagrin.

So I always had her there, playing devils' advocate to mom---who would always trump her.

I touched on it earlier, about how something then was started in the 60's, which really got hijacked to far to the left got stopped. But 40 years later, after that movement got taken by the right-it's gotten hijacked as well--by a far right view.

The mass consumerism that the hippy crowd got sold out to, has become it's most extreme polarized view also. The premise that GW took this country to war-for a thing-a THING(like oil)-shows the worst version of ourselves like holding a mirror up--of that.Not only that, we've behaved like a greedy, fat, spoiled child in how we did that-employing unethical tactics like wiretapping,torture to do so.The word glutton comes to mind.

I suspect the popularity of someone like O. appeals in that he is in the middle-and is applying the logic to the people who know we've gone to far-to far right--and want to come back to the middle. It's the reason the GOP is faltering as they play to thierr small divided factions. So what all of the people who go to his rallies know-the msm acts as though he just appeared "poof" overnight.

But watching the news as a result of his popularity now-the msm is reacting as "syrupy". The msm also wants to polarize the candidates by making them such extreme versions of themselves. Hil laughs--she must be maniacal, Guiliani-tough leader, 911(but what else to him?)....The public wants to claim the center now-you saw that in the Iowa vote. I hope myself, and others can hold center---and not let our country get taken a certain way-like in the 60s(and take it back center from the right. The msm also has been complicit in our becoming the 'gluttons" we are now-the public knowing the same msm were willing dupes for GW in both wars and 911, (and tied to the defense industry ie---without bias).

So from what I see, the unwillingness to buy into polls, the unwillingness of the public to buy extreme versions of candidates-are more of a deeply held belief that in moderate candidates (like me with my grandma);they've got a voice who listens, who represents those views.

I have faith the msm won't be able to use "shiny" arguments to dangle in front of a much more fed-up public.

as a compromise? lol

In answer to your question about why the right reacted so violently to left is pride, fear, inability to listen or understand-much like Dir. and Kitt alluded to. I only feel the comparisons necessary-not that all factors are set up exactly the same- or in leading to the same conditions now though. I was merely saying that I thought then the extremist of the Left-Druguse....took over and sealed their own fate by thier own over-consumption of drugs..I don't think all drugs are bad-but just with anything-know moderation.Many drugs that have been banned-have been over faulty batches of drugs-from toxicity from many things-but was judged based on one faulty batch only and deemed illegal. I can't recall one in particular-let me think on it..I bring this up-to say that if the left had been listened to-and didn't react with the anger of a NIxon who went after drug use and made it illlegal with a vergeance-despite what good or future these drugs could have in a persons' life.

In comparison to now-we are at a polar extreme-of that consumerism rt-wing go to more than what a normal person would even call glutton. Wars, torture,....to get what we want.

so just as then-I don't think things that people write were necessarily indicative of the middle-the middle just didn't stand up. so now, just as things have gone the opposite direction-we need to be more vocal and create the world we want to live in. Not have it dictated to us as Dirigo(Hamlet) alluded to. You can't bend nature, the universe, events to your will when it goes against natural laws of order...you have to recognize this-and not be so arrogant to think you can.

Or that you even bring about a different outcome. Going against the natural laws of progression in life,nature,science, universe, mind,religion will eventually be proven correct by the laws I believe in, of karma.History of our repeating the same mistakes and NOT learning from them proves this. So it's time to stop repeating those same things, and try a different approach so that "karma" doesn't come back on all of us.