Not a Warm Up After All & a bit of Political Reflections

   The weather has changed this week- we were supposed to have a few days of near the 30's F degree for day highs-only had one day and have been back to the frigid temperatures.  In this cold I am not getting out to shovel the hill-was hoping that would melt off this week but not happening til next week. I do have snow and ice behind my car-so not going anywhere. I don't need to right now, except for maybe get an antibiotic for my tooth infection.

  I am thankful that we are safe, have food, and our electric is on-- a huge plus for us now with our senior ages..

   I don't post politics because it alienates friendships   In America we all have the right to free speech-but that does have consequences in times like these. I don't debate with anyone  I just wanted to post a bit about the hatred and violence.

    I have stopped watching the news-all I have seen is the same over and over again-I would love to turn the clock back to the '60's-when we protested the Viet Nam war those were peaceful-many just sit downs at colleges-I even attended one of those-very peaceful not like it is in today's world. So nothing I can do at this point in my life so not watching news for awhile as nothing I can do about it

 

I found this online we were peaceful protesting the Viet Nam war

• Early Activism (1960-1964): Quakers and pacifist groups initiated early protests, including a 1,100-person silent vigil at the Pentagon in 1960.
• Mass Mobilization (1965-1967): On April 17, 1965, 15,000–25,000 protesters marched on Washington D.C.. On April 15, 1967, up to 400,000 people, including Martin Luther King Jr., marched from Central Park to the UN.
• The Pentagon March (Oct 1967): A "March on the Pentagon" saw thousands, including hippies and activists, attempting to "exorcise" or surround the building.
• Moratorium and Student Strikes (1969-1970): The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam brought millions to march in Oct/Nov 1969. Following the 1970 Cambodia invasion, protests hit 900 campuses. 

Tactics and Themes

• "Flower Power": Symbolized by activists placing flowers into the barrels of soldiers' rifles.

    I did live during the hippie era.   

    I do scan the internet a bit for news updates. So now I am reading that one side wants to shut our government down-again-what does that do? nothing for it's citizens. 

   We live in a chaotic America at the moment-mostly because "they" despise Trump--if you ask usually they can not tell you why they just do. 

President Obama deported thousands more illegals when he was in office-it was ok then-what's changed?. 

     I am taking a step back from worrying about our great country and leaving all this in God's hands-he is totally in charge-always