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godfry n. glad
01-31-2006, 07:28 PM
Stew Albert, founder of the Youth International Party and a leading character of the 1968 Chicago Democratic Party Convention incident, bought the farm today.
livius drusus
01-31-2006, 07:36 PM
So would "don't ask me, I don't give a damn" be an appropriate response? On a more serious note, did he stay all YIPPIE or did he turn neo-con once he hit 50?
John Carter
01-31-2006, 08:08 PM
And here I thought this would be about Country Joe.
Plant Woman
01-31-2006, 08:10 PM
As did I.
godfry n. glad
01-31-2006, 08:14 PM
So would "don't ask me, I don't give a damn" be an appropriate response? On a more serious note, did he stay all YIPPIE or did he turn neo-con once he hit 50?

From what I understand, he stayed the course. Check out his website and blog (http://members.aol.com/stewa/stew.html). Reputedly, he blogged right up to his death.
Crumb
01-31-2006, 08:25 PM
he blogged right up to his death.
:shock: What a horrible way to go.
livius drusus
01-31-2006, 10:27 PM
From what I understand, he stayed the course. Check out his website and blog (http://members.aol.com/stewa/stew.html). Reputedly, he blogged right up to his death.
Cool. I haven't had time to read it all yet, but so far I've learned a new expression: trustfund bombers. That's even better than champagne socialist. :nod:
Veritas
01-31-2006, 10:46 PM
Who?
aequitas
02-01-2006, 04:27 PM
Reputedly, he blogged right up to his death.


Blogged to death. For some reason that is funny to me
viscousmemories
02-01-2006, 04:45 PM
Who?
Don't ask me. :shrug:
livius drusus
02-01-2006, 05:01 PM
You don't give a damn?
viscousmemories
02-01-2006, 05:03 PM
Sadly, I was serious. I didn't get the reference in your comment and forgot about it. :laugh:
Puck
02-01-2006, 07:57 PM
Doh. I read it the first time that he had bought *a* farm, and I'm thinking, so what? I've had a couple of 'em, what's the big deal.

I found this in a blog of his, but the date is old. Still, though, how beautiful a sentiment.

"I knew her when it was all happening in 1968. We were at the center of romance, idealism and adventure. And there were many others, our companions and comrades, and they are now gone. But she is still here, my wife, my living loving link with that time when we inscribed the book of life." Stew Albert 9-29-02
John Carter
02-02-2006, 12:54 PM
Sadly, I was serious. I didn't get the reference in your comment and forgot about it. :laugh:

"YIPPEE! we're all gonna die" and "Don't ask me, I don't give a damn" are lines from a protest song performed by Country Joe MacDonald at Woodstock.
Puck
02-02-2006, 01:58 PM
It's the next line of the song that gets me. The song has the potential to be relevant today by simply changing the location. And it still rhymes. :eek:
livius drusus
02-02-2006, 03:01 PM
Somebody read your mind, Puck. Fixin' to Die in Iraq (http://www.countryjoe.com/iraq_fixins.htm)
viscousmemories
02-02-2006, 04:21 PM
"YIPPEE! we're all gonna die" and "Don't ask me, I don't give a damn" are lines from a protest song performed by Country Joe MacDonald at Woodstock.
Ah, thanks JC. I'm glad someone is lookin' out for us ignorami.