A certain radio talk show host (OK, Glenn Beck) has posted up a link to one of those hippy-dippy "manifestos" from the bored & stoned self-styled revolutionary groups of the 1960s.
Unfortunately, this group of long-hairs actually did stuff. Like blow up police stations.
The Weathermen (and then Weather Underground) were just one of the revolutionary groups that formed during the 1960s because they couldn't get government jobs back then.
Ironically, if those same folks were still around (and not retired professors & community organizers) they would probably GET government jobs and contribute to the system that they hated so much.
I saw a book at Borders the other day about "Trustafarians." That's probably how we would classify these guys if they rose up today: spoiled rich kids with nothing else to think about than the "black belt" and revolution. Man, college must have been tough for them, having to carry the knowledge that they...alone... held the key to the future of Western Civilization - revolution.
Stop laughing and get back to work.
Unfortunately, this group of long-hairs actually did stuff. Like blow up police stations.
The Weathermen (and then Weather Underground) were just one of the revolutionary groups that formed during the 1960s because they couldn't get government jobs back then.
Ironically, if those same folks were still around (and not retired professors & community organizers) they would probably GET government jobs and contribute to the system that they hated so much.
I saw a book at Borders the other day about "Trustafarians." That's probably how we would classify these guys if they rose up today: spoiled rich kids with nothing else to think about than the "black belt" and revolution. Man, college must have been tough for them, having to carry the knowledge that they...alone... held the key to the future of Western Civilization - revolution.
Stop laughing and get back to work.
