We boomers like to pat ourselves on the back for everything, and certainly ending the unpopular war is one of them, but there has been some speculation that the war would have come to an end just a soon without our hullabaloo. It was the folly of youth. We thought we were in the right and therefore had a right to do anything to advance our cause.
Like burning the flag. You don't hear about it much these days but back then it was a big deal. The courts upheld the right and in response the hawks tried to add an amendment to the constitution to make it illegal, which never happened.
Of course burning the flag is protected by the first amendment and all, but the question is why would you want to do it? How does this advance the cause of ending the war? As Beagles points out, it just pisses people off. That is not the way to change minds.
Traditionally politicians tone down their rhetoric and extend an olive branch to their former political opponents when they win because they want to get them on their side, but what the sixties guys and the January six guys have in common is they make no such attempt.
And two sad changes are coming to Old Dog's hood. The Orange Garden has sold its magnificent sign and now is trying to sell the whole kaboodle. They are hoping that the new owner will continue the tradition of a Chinese restaurant but I imagine it will go for top dollar. Not too big a deal, I never ate there, and Old Dog found the food so so at best. but I loved the thirties look of the joint.
But the big deal is that the Ten Cat is up for sale. "Our bodies are telling us it's time," as Connie relates. My understanding is that the liquor license is attached to the place and cannot be transferred. so hopefully it will remain a bar but there are no guarantees. And what of my fifteen years of having shows there? The answer my friends is blowing in the wind.
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