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Sixty Years Later

    America plagued by terror
      Murder and hate wherever you turn

    Country gone the way of Watts, ‘65
      ~ “Burn, baby burn”

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Tom Cunningham

January 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM

They say history has a habit of repeating itself.

Michael Tor

January 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM

What does it say my friend. People do not change. You would think we learn from our mistakes but here it is 60 years later and we are still have a mentality of a wild animal. Great point Gershon, this one is a favorite...

Deb M

January 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM

Absolutely horrific, frightening and incredibly sad…..dark dark times….Debx

Gershon Wolf

January 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM

You said it, Deb. Still and all, here's to 2025 as a year when common sense returns to governing bodies. ~ Gershon

Bj Legros Kelley

January 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM

I am not watching the news anymore. Just driving through our neighborhood today, which my husband said he wanted to do "just to relax and get out a few minutes" We encountered traffic and some raging drivers seeming half nuts in the space of less than ten minutes. He grimly laughed about it, as we turned for home. It is strange. I hope we can look forward to a peaceful new year. My aunt use to say "Ignorance is bliss" maybe? but it really is pretty impossible to ignore anger and hate.

Gershon Wolf

January 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM

Anger and hate consume those who harbor it. It eats them alive. ~ Gershon

Joe Maverick

January 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM

May things improve for you all there G W All the best for 2025.'

Gershon Wolf

January 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM

Happy 2025 to you, Joe. ~ Gershon

Regina Elliott

January 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM

So sadly true, Gershon. Despite this I hope your New Year has been promising to you. Shalom ~

Gershon Wolf

January 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM

I think it'll be a tough year, but it'll all be for the better and the best. ~ Krystol Ball

DM Babbit

January 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM

Indeed, we never seem to learn about deja vu.

Gershon Wolf

January 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM

Right. We actually seem to welcome replays of our worst selves at our worst moments. Incredible. HNY, DM, Gershon

John Lawless

January 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM

when the ideals are overcome by the ordeals....the organizers amass....

Gershon Wolf

January 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM

Very poetic comment, John: ideals... ordeals... ~ Sir Eels

Akham Nilabirdhwaja Singh

January 2, 2025 at 4:46 AM

Repeating the destructive environment of 1965.Want it to be an ideal country.

Gershon Wolf

January 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM

Yes. That the world expects more of America than Americans expect of themselves does not bode well for anyone... Thanks for all of yor visits to my site, Akham.