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Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (904)7/10/2005 11:17:25 AM
From: Bill on the Hill  Read Replies (2) of 24213
 
Wharf,

I still sing white rabbit in my head. My summer of love was 69 in Berkeley. Hassled by cops in Oakland. Hitched from Colorado to San Francisco. Panhandled the airport. Stayed south of Monterrey in the woods. Ojai was great. Ended up in a pond with some biker chick with tattooed breasts watching a giant dance around a fire. Was the night after a Tom Rush concert at UCSB field house where we were tear gassed. Never was a good concert without some tear gas. Got everyone in the mood.

I was tear gassed at a Janis Joplin concert, once at a Hendrix gig, once watching Tommy Bolin (friend), and then this Tom Rush time. The first time I was tear gassed I was wearing my high school letter jacket. It was early summer 69. I ended up on the field of Bears stadium in Denver after vacating the stands. All around me were young long haired people raising there fists and shouting "OFF THE PIGS, OFF THE PIGS".

I was a gymnast jock fresh out of high school and that moment galvanized a change within me. I still remember Janis in the background pleading for the 200 or so riot equipped cops to quit swinging their batons and call off the german shepherd riot dogs. You should have seen how organized the riot squad was as they moved through the crowd of kids.

That was the moment that changed the basic way that I view the world and it has stayed with me through my life. My distrust of authority has been finely honed and I still end up in serious discussions and debates with any contact I have on a government level. The ladies at the license plate window actually enjoy it when I come in.

Jefferson Airplane was and is one of my favorites.
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