• Local Produce
  • Buy Local
  • Local Seafood
  • Local Food
  • Local Music
  • Local Art
  • Local Churches

CAPE CHARLES MIRROR

Reflections on Cape Charles and the Eastern Shore

  • Local Services
  • Local Rentals
  • Local Employment
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Classifieds
  • Pets
  • Contact Us
  • Rant and Rave
  • Asses&Villains

Asses&Villains: War and Insurrection Addition

March 12, 2023 by Wayne Creed Leave a Comment

A 1966 poll found that among Yale students only 10% favored withdrawal from Vietnam. When the Johnson Administration restricted draft deferments the following year, however, support for withdrawal surged, and the anti-war movement at Yale blossomed. In spite of their support for the Vietnam War in 1966, students at Yale, Harvard, and other elite universities were still critical of the draft. When students criticized the draft before 1967, they attacked it for being discriminatory against the uneducated and working class, with some students calling for an end to deferments altogether. But after student draft deferments were restricted in 1967, these arguments quickly went away. Baby boomers never built up a next generation of leaders under themselves, in part because they could not bear the thought of any of their successors outshining or even equaling them. The true leaders of that generation cut went to Vietnam while the cynical, listless, and pampered inherited the earth—as managers. This new manager class invested in their lives (livelihoods) while others went to the jungle. Jim Webb in his 1980 piece for the Atlantic, “The Draft,” talks of “old jealousies” and urges Americans to “ask the men of Harvard” to take on the same obligations as “the men of Harlem.” Or, Lewis B. Puller Jr. in his autobiography, Fortunate Son: I was one of the privileged minority that would be leading troops in combat, and I felt a sense of irony when the lance corporal/clerk who processed my orders turned out to be one of the officer candidates who had flunked the OCS class. His reward for failure would be a safe, stateside tour of duty behind a typewriter, and although I would not have wanted to trade places with him, he was living proof of the Marine Corps axiom that the shitbirds get the easy assignments.

I don’t care where you stand politically or on J6. It should send a chill down the spine of every American that sitting members of Congress tried to hide 41000 hours of potentially exculpatory video evidence. It’s even worse that DOJ did the same. Pray for those January 6 prisoners, many of whom have been proven innocent by video. Pray for the country. Pray for every prominent conservative. Tucker’s January 6th footage proves DC judges and prosecutors will collude to frame innocent people. Stalin’s ghost has returned.

JUST IN: Censored video re-emerges of Jacob Chansley reading Trump’s tweet, telling protestors to GO HOME and remain peaceful..

WON’T SEE THIS ON CNN…
pic.twitter.com/L8bLXMGUAs

— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) March 10, 2023

Amazing how many people aren't talking about this pic.twitter.com/09WCz5Lrm3

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) March 8, 2023

CONSPIRACY: DID THE US GOV KILL JOAN RIVERS??

I have no idea if MichelleO is a tranny or not…… Don’t care…but this statement from Joan Rivers and the sad story of her very untimely death lives on.

pic.twitter.com/2Zu0IFAbZc

— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) March 10, 2023

NWO bankster Macron is trying to take away pensions. French Parisians are rising up. https://t.co/D5exxvvXKo

— David Wolfe (@DavidWolfe) March 11, 2023

Filed Under: Bottom, News

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Search

Subscribe to the Mirror

Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 366 other subscribers

Join the Conversation!

Send letters, opinion, goings on or photos to capecharlesmirror@gmail.com

Mirrors

Recent Comments

  • Scotiagirl on A Cape Charles Encounter
  • Scotiagirl on A Cape Charles Encounter
  • Doug Luther on A Cape Charles Encounter
  • Mary Illinski on US is giving away and selling Lighthouses at auction
  • VA MiMi on Governor Glenn Youngkin to release $30 million in Learning Recovery Grants
  • Eddi on Chesapeake Conservancy Salutes Senator Tom Carper on His Announcement of Retirement from the United States Senate
  • Thomy on A Cape Charles Encounter
  • Paul R. Plante on Congress Stock Tracker
  • Paul R. Plante on Asses&Villains: The Covid Whitewash Begins
  • BRAND on Town Manager Responds to Strawberry Street Concert Kerfuffle
  • Herb Thom on A Cape Charles Encounter
  • Scott on A Cape Charles Encounter
  • Carla Jasper on A Cape Charles Encounter
  • Carla Jasper on Sea Turtles Finally Get Protection
  • Carla Jasper on Asses&Villains: The Covid Whitewash Begins
  • Carla Jasper on Congress Stock Tracker
  • Bob on A Cape Charles Encounter
  • Paul R. Plante on At High School Debates, Debate Is No Longer Allowed
  • Paul R. Plante on Asses&Villains: The Covid Whitewash Begins
  • Paul R. Plante on Op-Ed: On Biden’s Rigged ‘Green’ Game

Trending Now

  • A Cape Charles Encounter
  • Town Manager Responds to Strawberry Street Concert Kerfuffle
  • Governor Glenn Youngkin to release $30 million in Learning Recovery Grants
  • Summer Fashion: Is it time to Free the Nipple?
  • US is giving away and selling Lighthouses at auction
  • Asses&Villains: The Covid Whitewash Begins
  • CBES to Present Suzanne Wescoat Award to Senator Lewis-June 11th PICNIC at the BARN
  • Cape Charles Main Street Launches Cape Charles Gift Card Program
  • Op-Ed: Compare George Orwell's 1984 to Society Today
  • FY 2024 Budget Public Hearing and Special Meeting June 1st

Copyright © 2023 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

 

Loading Comments...