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27. Rockin the FBI

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Fri Feb 2, 2018, 06:17 PM

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Former Hippies Put in Horrible Position of Rooting for F.B.I. [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2018 OP

Buzzstomper man underpants Feb 2018 #1

Thanks for posting get the red out Feb 2018 #2

Know it's Borowitz, but this should be in LBN bigbrother05 Feb 2018 #3

Now that is funny. Thanks. n/t Turn CO Blue Feb 2018 #4

i'm a former hippie barbtries Feb 2018 #5

But it IS ironic RandomAccess Feb 2018 #54

Same here. SergeStorms Feb 2018 #66

LOL RandomAccess Feb 2018 #73

Yeah..... SergeStorms Feb 2018 #84

I hear ya RandomAccess Feb 2018 #85

There's so much that is ironic right now, not the least of which is Republican support Nitram Feb 2018 #72

True, but that's actually been building for a while. RandomAccess Feb 2018 #74

That is huge. CentralMass Feb 2018 #76

Yes, and it further shows how big our current problem is RandomAccess Feb 2018 #81

lol.. I felt a wee bit funny last night Cha Feb 2018 #6

i love your quotes and emoji!!! orleans Feb 2018 #62

Thanks, orleans! Funny Cha Feb 2018 #65

LMAO nycbos Feb 2018 #7

Well, a look to the left shows where I was in the 70's... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #8

... orangecrush Feb 2018 #15

Well, in fairness, hippies have been saying all along that it's the GOP Downtown Hound Feb 2018 #9

Damn, that is the sad truth Hekate Feb 2018 #10

Not only that, but today we are smiling because the stock market is down. TNNurse Feb 2018 #11

A strong job market and rising wages were behind the Dow falling as investors worry about inflation. EL34x4 Feb 2018 #21

Just think if the Dow had gone down 25 more cents LiberalArkie Feb 2018 #22

"Dow plunges 666 points -- worst day since Brexit" klook Feb 2018 #40

We pulled out when the orange menace became president. Canoe52 Feb 2018 #44

If only Fred Trump had pulled out 73 years ago. CentralMass Feb 2018 #77

lol! Canoe52 Feb 2018 #83

Yep. murielm99 Feb 2018 #12

Dammit! orangecrush Feb 2018 #13

In the olden days I used to answer the phone: OldHippieChick Feb 2018 #14

I used to answer the phone: dhol82 Feb 2018 #55

Even into the Bush administration I'd occasionally throw a buzz word into a telephone chat dflprincess Feb 2018 #60

Yes but it's one more time House of Roberts Feb 2018 #16

My wife (a former hippie) was saying the same thing just this morning flyingfysh Feb 2018 #17

As someone who knows someone that was victimized by a rogue agent, Ilsa Feb 2018 #18

LOL. Oh, the irony of it! Too funny. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #19

and this former hippie SCantiGOP Feb 2018 #20

This is the best and most succint explanation... 3catwoman3 Feb 2018 #79

Thanks Andy--you made this old hippie laugh. panader0 Feb 2018 #23

I assure you this former member of SDS is feeling exactly this pain. mulsh Feb 2018 #24

... handmade34 Feb 2018 #25

I've been living with this cognitive dissonance since the election. The_jackalope Feb 2018 #26

thanks orangecrush Feb 2018 #31

Rockin the FBI orangecrush Feb 2018 #27

wow, man. that's heavy shit Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2018 #28

When we went to bed last night mountain grammy Feb 2018 #29

that ran through my head also gopiscrap Feb 2018 #30

Yup. As one who almost certainly has an FBI file . . . Ms. Toad Feb 2018 #32

My husband and I just said exactly the same thing to each other this morning. Having grown up in the OregonBlue Feb 2018 #33

Never a former hippi - still am one Miigwech Feb 2018 #34

The Word Hippie The River Feb 2018 #35

"Old time hippies believe in working, klook Feb 2018 #43

You're Welcome The River Feb 2018 #52

Country Joe CentralMass Feb 2018 #78

J. Edgar Hoover has been gone for a while jberryhill Feb 2018 #36

I actually was thinking this yesterday lunasun Feb 2018 #37

It's funny because it's true. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2018 #38

It's a fact, not a joke!!! LeftInTX Feb 2018 #39

Very funny, but klook Feb 2018 #41

Never thought I'd miss J.Edgar rickyhall Feb 2018 #42

Can you imagine J. Edgar dealing with a president that was selling the country out to Russia? dflprincess Feb 2018 #61

I still don't trust the FBI. Scruffy1 Feb 2018 #45

Same here. I don't trust them now and I never will Raine Feb 2018 #49

The enemy of my enemy Nevernose Feb 2018 #53

Hippies were against Unconstitutional Vietnam War thbobby Feb 2018 #46

*sniff* What have we come to? *sniff* Buns_of_Fire Feb 2018 #47

Hi-larious!! JDC Feb 2018 #48

I've been thinking that for weeks now! Hamlette Feb 2018 #50

I love good satire Gothmog Feb 2018 #51

I know!!! KT2000 Feb 2018 #56

Far out, man... Blue Owl Feb 2018 #57

Hippies were about truth. We still are. kwassa Feb 2018 #58

That thought has crossed my mind dflprincess Feb 2018 #59

The same FBI that interferre with a Presidential Election??? Crash2Parties Feb 2018 #63

Normally I don't post profanity, but here it is: Lifelong Protester Feb 2018 #64

very funny, but underneath, binary thinking regarding the FBI. tomp Feb 2018 #67

hahaha JHan Feb 2018 #68

Also having to kind of defend FISA and keeping it secret madville Feb 2018 #69

Back in the day I knew some guys... DiverDave Feb 2018 #70

The FBI kept an illegal database of anti-war protestors. Nitram Feb 2018 #71

upside down enid602 Feb 2018 #75

They did this to us during Ruby Ridge, Waco, kamikazi Joe Stack, etc. Mc Mike Feb 2018 #80

I love Borowitz, but he doesn't know that to change with the times is part of hippie philosophy. ancianita Feb 2018 #82