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defacto7

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26. We had a lot of hopes and dreams of freedom, love

Reply to KoKo (Original post)

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 03:58 AM

Jun 2013

and one world at peace.

Didn't quite happen that way, did it? We were the baby boomers. What we ended up was the generation of disappointment.

After the SCOTUS decisions today and all the shit in the Texas congress, and the Martin case, It's pretty clear to me that nothing has changed. It may even have become worse actually.

I won't see a world at peace or the joys of true Freedom in my lifetime. Slavery and inhumanity still thrive.

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Dontcha Get It? After ALL THESE YEARS...WE TRIED TO TELL YA'! [View all] KoKo Jun 2013 OP

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K&R. Wait until the hippies retire. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #3

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They never did get it. I suspect they'll dodge it this time, too. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #25

We had a lot of hopes and dreams of freedom, love defacto7 Jun 2013 #26

Right on! democrank Jun 2013 #27