The original:And two variations on the theme.
*Said river's speed & volume has exponentially increased in the last 50 yrs. Hope the levees don't break.
Sunday, February 25, 2018
Telebision 50 Yrs. Ago: River Of Shit*
Happened on a Sunday in '68 too. At Hullabaloo, a Prof. Peter Dreier recounts the tale of Pete Seeger on the Smothers Bros. Comedy Hr.
The original:And two variations on the theme.
*Said river's speed & volume has exponentially increased in the last 50 yrs. Hope the levees don't break.
The original:And two variations on the theme.
*Said river's speed & volume has exponentially increased in the last 50 yrs. Hope the levees don't break.
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I recall that song being played that night. Everyone understood it as a free speech event broadcast over the people's airwaves in a state gone mad. As Digby reminds us today on her Hullaballoo blog, over 16,000 G.I.'s were to be killed that year in that unholy war. I remember, too, that it was before the show on a Sunday night just a few weeks before that LBJ announced to the nation that he would not seek re-election. I assume that announcement inspired Pat Paulen to toss his hat into the ring, in fact, but I can't say I really remember.. Superfluous to note, to the nation's grave misfortune to this very day, Paulsen lost, and Nixon won.
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