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By: ~J~

~J~ — Sun, 18 May 2008 06:59:58 +0000

David, so many things are so quickly forgotten. One that comes to mind is the result of what happened on 9/11/01. We are all walking around as though it were 9/10/01 and in ignorant bliss. How soon we forget, but for our age group the assassinations of JFK, MLK, RFK, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and others have been what has made us what we are. It was seared into our minds at such a young and tender age we will never forget it and the horrifying sadness and rage that engulfed this nation.

The Kent State massacre was the final straw in that string, and it never should have happened. Neither should you have been under a sniper’s gun while you were going to school.

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:49:32 +0000

To have watched the news accounts of the killings at Kent State was traumatic enough, I cannot imagine having been there David. That would be an unwanted memory which would last a lifetime I would think. Absolutely no one deserves to die for their beliefs.

As for Mr. Huckabee, if he finds the threat of being harmed in some way humorous then his sense of humor is in some way warped.

By: David M

David M — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:30:30 +0000

I sure agree with J. I remember being in high school Latin class when JFK was shot. I remember my mother picking me up from school with tears streaming down her face. I remember the MLK and Robert Kennedy assassinations too well, also. I had another poignant remembrance of those times recently. On May 4th, 1970, I was at Kent State for an academic contest. I attended a “sister school” nearby. I arrived and noticed the Vietnam protests, which were routine for the times. I do not understand to this day why Ohio Governor Rhodes ordered the National Guards to open fire on the protesters. I was more frightened that day than on any day in Vietnam. I heard the gunfire and saw the shootings from the 2nd floor classroom. We ran out the other side of the building and got out of Kent before the highway was closed. My university was the only state school in Ohio that remained open that Spring. We finished our classes with armed troops on our campus with guns trained on us. To those of us in that generation, assassinations are not something to joke about and Huckabee’s comment and pseudo-apology are unbelieveable. Where’s our nation’s memory? Notice, also, that the shootings at Jackson State have already dropped from out collective consciousness. We may not have agreed with the Vietnam War protesters, but they did not deserve to die for protesting.

By: ~J~

~J~ — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:42:57 +0000

Our party seems to have a severe case of the DAs. If you don’t know what it means I’ll help you out. The first letter stands for Dumb and the last is another name for a donkey. Maybe we should change our mascot.

You don’t joke about anyone being shot. Especially if you are a child of the sixties and witnessed so many assassinations.