The 60's

Abbie was a great guy		He felt too deeply
	and saw too much

" 1960
Abbie Hoffman said he was "pychologically born" in this year.

October, 1967
Hoffman arrested while attempting to measure the Pentagon.

December, 1967
Hoffman and Rubin meet to discuss possibility of having
demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in
Chicago. " Quoted from University of Misouri- Kansas City School of Law - famous trials

He had a good ride anyway.

The 60's in Context with today

The 60's didn't end in the sixties. many of the same things are still being persued: Can you trust your government? Civil Rights, Secret government agendas, Bombing Cambodia,Violence in the streets, Revolutionaries, Lies, lies, and damned lies in the news. We used to read crazy stuff in the Berkley Barb. I thought it was a great put-on. Imagine my surprise .., here is a nice page with some good info on the 60's

The attempts to crush dissent have taken 40 years to bear fruit but are 99% successful at this time.

Things don't seem to be improving very fast either. The Right Wing has succeded in circumventing the rule of law in the United States, and is working on the rest of the world.

Not even the Geneva Convention treaty is adhered to.

Among the first things the current administration did upon being apointed (NOT elected), was to repudiate treaties which were not to the liking of the appointed administration, withdraw from the peace process in the Middle east (arguably a trigger point for the Sep. terrorist attacks, see Pearl Harbor), and begin to punish the states which led the vote against the appointed party (see Enron, Calif. Energy Crisis). Enron was reported as Bushes largest contributor according to some sources, by the way.

I thought at the time that it was all very healthy because it appeared that a moral concience evolving. Unfortunately, moving on was all to easy.

( hey look -- Henry Kissinger was in the news again, where do I know him from again?)