Posted by Doc M on April 24, 2002 at 09:22:41:
In Reply to: Re: Old Geezers....and Punks! posted by Rich on April 24, 2002 at 04:29:20:
: : It gets all over Claude when so much disrespect is shown when the National Anthem is played by those punks...not only those punks but young school aged kids who are not being taught what it is to respect the flag and the country. Many times at football games during the playing of the Anthem, there will be school aged kids playing and kicking around and being loud...wonder where their parents are? Sorry...don't get me started on this. I see disrespect in our schools on a daily basis...thank goodness we are down to about five and a half weeks for this year. But, you know what? With all that said, there are some pretty decent young people I see on a daily basis as well. It's just a shame that you can't "see" them for all the riff-raff.
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: The moral fabric of the US continues to decay, at least in some circles ... get this:
: In a memo, passed around recently [I saw it yesterday], by the UNITED STATES Postal Service, it was declared that, in order not to offend anyone, we were no longer to refer to "Christmas" as "Christmas," but rather as "an end of year holiday"! Easter Week must now be "Spring Break," and even "Halloween" was trashed! [Sorry, I was too enraged by the time I read that to remember what we were to call THAT one!] This is no bunk! I signed the sheet, with "Merry Christmas." There is NO WAY I am going to comply with that! Start there, pretty soon NO ONE will have their identity ... it'll be a homogenous, bland, mix.
: Anyway, Seamus' "Old Geezer" post stirred a memory in me ... as I, in my youth, probably enraged any number of then "Old Geezers" [of whose ranks I'm about ready ready to join!] ... 31 years ago today - April 24, 1971 - the largest demonstration against the Vietnam War took place in Washington, DC. - of which I am proud to say I was a part. About this time, I was stirring in the pre-dawn darkness & chill, from a brief sleep on the grass near the Washington Monument. The Mall would soon be wall-to-wall people, and the anti-war movement had reached its high water mark!
: Anyway, a couple of my Uncles were none-too-fond of what they perceived as a commie "punk" ... they had survived WWII to see this! Their flesh & blood "tearing down America" - which was about as far from the truth as it comes. I feel for them now, but America is a Great Nation, and will survive even this rotting away from within [see Postal memo!] ... Vietnam was no WWII or War on Terrorism ...
: Anyway, my point: "Punk" may be in the eye of the beholder! :)
Hey, Geezers ROCK! I'm talking about NeoGeezers like myself,
of course, not the class I refer to as the *(&^%!!ing Old
Geezers wearing their tweed Geezer caps driving at 10mph in
the 55mph passing lane of the interstate, clutching the
wheels of their beige Lincoln Town Cars in the patented
Geezer Death Grip whilst drooling and muttering about
these young whippersnappers that just drive too dang fast
by god!
As far as the edict from your Postal Masters, dear Ricardo,
join the club. I've found that a simple "Happy What the F***"
works for all occasions. In my sister's school she was once
reprimanded by the principal for having the colossal NOIVE
to wish her students a Merry Christmas. I say "once"
because after she was done with him I believe he looked
like one of the poor souls left in the ruins of Camerons
cabin. (My sister and I are much alike. *snort! snort!*)
Kissys!
Doc M