I wouldn’t blame you for thinking Lancaster’s been in a bit of a timewarp this week. Seems like we’ve gotten into some sort of contraption, typed “1968-1972″ into the machine and been swept away to a different place.
Republican lawmakers from Lancaster County are continuing to publicly prosecute Bill Ayers for bombs he detonated 40 years ago in protest of the Vietnam War … and condemning Millersville University for inviting Ayers this year to talk about his lauded work in urban education since the Reagan era.
Our state House representatives have talked about friends they had who fought in Southeast Asia and how Ayers’ acts of disobedience against the United States are an insult to their friends or any veteran who served this country.
I won’t encourage you to think one way or the other. Make up your own mind. I bring it up, though, to say that it can be hard to remember we’re in 2009, not 1969.
Since there’s a collective reminiscing of the 60s and 70s, let’s end the week with a little CSN. The clip below is from a 1977 live show. Crosby, Stills & Nash’s first record became my timewarp growing up. I’d pull it out the stack of my parents’ record collection, put needle to vinyl and be blown away by the harmonies and the writing. I learned a little about love from listening to ”Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.”
This one below is “Wooden Ships,” released originally in 1969 on that first album. Song’s about life after a nuclear holocaust:
Have a great weekend. And remember when you smile at me, I will understand.
