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Being born in 1963, I was too young to really take part in the tumultuous years of the 60's. But with my Dad being a syndicated columnist before he died in '68, we had guests in our home like the regulars, Lenny Bruce, Rodney Dangerfield (when he was still Jack Roy), Tony Bennet, and Abbie Hoffman. So because the weather underground was still extant while I was forming "my head and moral compass", I clearly recall lauding the efforts of all those people to end the war.
The parallels to the current military industrial complex at their hard days work in simply inescapable in comparison. On the other hand, that was 40 years ago, and although I still question authority at every turn and wish I had the energy to "fight the power", I'm lucky I have enough energy to get to the couch in my underwear by Saturday morning.So when I heard the comparisons Palin and friends were trying to evoke between Obama and the guy who "took part in all these violent acts" 40 years ago, it was such obvious bunk. This is a softball interview because the guy is now an older softball guy for chrissakes!
We all did crazy things in our twenties, in that era maybe more so. But to expect an "update" on the violent acts from this type of interview as was mentioned above, is simply as silly as him being used in the election as he was,...silly and tired! This is abviously a guy who is very different from the kid he was when he took part in weather underground activities. And that he is using the energy he has left now improve the educational opportunities of the youth for the future IS the news, not what silly crap he did 40 years ago. I know what happened back then. And if I want detail, I can go to the libarary. Thanks for paintin a picture of the man, however slight, as he is now, and that quickly explains all we need to know about the past and the poor fact checking skills in the MSM, (which tells us something exponentially more important than anything we can learn about Mr. Ayres' past.)
Viva education! viva la Futura!
