Are We ON THE ROAD to the "DIASY" Ad??
Possibly no politician has had as much or more influence on my political upbringing than Barry Goldwater (the "all-white" Barry)?? As I worked my way up in ranks in AFROTC Det 280 at San Francisco State, between the years of 1959 and 1962; my fellow officers soon became aware of the fact that I did not share their "love" for Barry Goldwater. They chided me about it, and, years later, gave me one of his books as a gift when I graduated as Cadet Colonel, and Cadet Commander. I still have it. Two years after my graduation and Commissioning, Goldwater gave his famous "Extremism" Speech at the Cow Palace in a new city that was in construction while I was a student, on the edge of San Francisco; Daly City. I was at the age of today's "Millenials"!
Today, the seeds of that speech has "blossomed" into our Extremist Tea Party that eschews Compromise; the secret to success of all all forms of Democracy. These people seem to stop at nothing to wreck, impoverish, starve, or, in any other way destroy "government". They seem to not understand that "government" in their hands, gives them their POWER! We don't "get it" yet, either; it seems!
We've reached a point where "PARANOIA" is on the march to war (again) in the Middle East; Nuclear Weapons (the "Daisy" message) are proliferating; the "Negros" and non-whites, feared so much by Goldwater and his followers have "loosened their chains" somewhat; and finally, even Goldwater would probably be too "moderate" for today's Republican Party.
I left San Francisco in 1962, a new 2nd Lt, and, after a few months of "training" at James Connolly in Waco, landed at the NSA in the Washington D.C. region. I was there for it all, the marches, the assassination, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the famous "Daisy" Ads and "Extremism" Speech of 1964. The 1964 Civil Rights Act was what drove Goldwater and his backers stark raving Mad! It is incredible to watch those tapes of the speeches and realize how "distant" white psyche then was from the "muddled confusion" whites of today express in their words and actions. From LBJ, to Nixon, to Ronnie, to Bush/Cheney, and 9/11; the march toward "Extremism" has been inexorable! The move to rid the Republican Party of all Moderates and Liberals began then. So did Conservative Media; ultimately attracting the likes of Rupert to these shores!
I met the "old fart" in the late 1980's at the French Consul in Los Angeles. When I shook his hand, he recoiled as if I had "infected" him. Poor old coot! Don't get me wrong, I don't think even Ted Cruz is crazy enough to throw nukes in the defense of White Supremacy! However, today's "Millenials"?? Give them many more years of the crap they're taking now from the Crazies who are running the House of Representatives, and anything could be possible.
Netanyahu? Now there's a "Crazy" who might get there first -- pushed by the foaming at the mouth backers he has cultivated over the years in Israel. He invaded our domestic politics during the Clinton Years, and is back to repeat his sins under Obama.
Stay Vigilant! "Frogs" contentedly basking in a warm tub, obsessing over Lebron; are capable of some pretty awful things!
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