Re: Nelson Mandela has died

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JoB
Participant

wake..

i agree that we failed.

i don’t know that we sold out so much as were blindsided and disillusioned in our loss

I was old enough to be participating as a young adult when Bobby was killed

and that death more than any other

perhaps because it was the concluding shot

really took the wind out of our sails..

it was too hard .. just too hard

i have never stopped speaking out

i was going to say that i stopped acting out..

but after writing all of my exceptions i realized that i never stopped…

i redirected and focused my efforts ..

but i didn’t stop

One thing i see about us boomers is that as a group we are getting our strength back

our willingness to do battle.. so to speak

refocusing as a generation.. inspiring our children and grandchildren and great grandchildren to demand more

i don’t think we are done.

trashing our pensions was a really stupid move on the part of the powers that be

i am hoping it is a fatally stupid move.

Our kids are really really pissed off ;)

yes.. i still have hope

not for the society that we hoped to build

i think that dream is gone

but for helping the pendulum swing back in the other direction

and perhaps move with more speed than anticipated by all

all you have to do is look around you to see that growing interest in sustainability…

you guys are doing us old hippies proud :)

I think Charla nailed it when she said

“I’ll sleep when I’m dead (thank you, WZ) and, until then, I’ll keep fighting. So will we all.”

so say we all