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Passing the torch -- a half century later

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Back in 1961 the icon of the American Dream was expressed in visual terms by a home with a white picket fence around it.   That house has been seized by the foreclosure process.   The lefties who are losing their homes think that Sarah Palin is dumb.   How did they come to that conclusion? On January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy, in his Inaugural address, said:   "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."  

 

The disk jockey went to the Flying Dutchman's web site for a list of the hits from 1961.   He culled out: "Big Bad John," "Wonderland by Night," and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."

 

 

We have to go put some dead flowers on a friend's grave.   Have a "The torch is passed to a new generation" type week.

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BP graduated from college in the mid sixties (at the bottom of the class?) He told his draft board that Vietnam could be won without his participation. He is still appologizing for that mistake. He received his fist photo lesson from a future (more...)
 

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