Why Hippies Suck.

So the torch has been passes to a new generation. The Baby Boomers were a bust. The last two Presidents were of the Baby Boomer / Hippie generation. What a disappointment.

Clinton smoked pot and still could not reform our draconian, failing, unconstitutional drug policies. Even as they apply to just non-violent pot smokers. Amazingly, not even to Hemp, an industrial crop that could replace paper (saving trees, eliminating oil based products, saving top soil and reducing poisons in our environment). No one could get high on Hemp even if they did inhale.

George W. Bush is almost too easy of a target. Many call him the worst president ever. We will be living with his disasters for many generations to come. And his failure to secure our borders will assuredly lead to future terrorist attacks. And as far as drug policy reform, the word is he was a bigger stoner than Clinton. Cocaine and kegs were alright for him but will get an average American a lifetime in prison. How many murders get short sentences (national average 11 years) to make room for non violent offenders who would serve society better by going into rehab or just being left alone, if they broke no other laws than substance usage?

If you think it is unfair to Hippies lump Clinton and Bush in with them, then let me point out specifically what a failure they turned out to be. They made up a huge voting block and little has changed. They sold out! They became corporate America. They are the Hippocrates that tried to limit free speech in Heavy Metal music, the same people that played rock music during their rallies without the musician’s permission. We are still uptight about sexuality and insanely, we still can’t even use certain words on television. Not even on late night news programs. Hearing grown men say “bleep” over and over again when trying to quote Chicago Governor Blagojevich was just beyond silly! No children are watching CNN at 11pm. We all know what the bleeps mean, just Fucking say it!

I often feel compelled to acknowledge the other view of my own opinions so, I do enjoy much of the music from the 1960’s, they were actual musicians that actually played instruments and sang. I do like the color of tie dyed clothes. I very much appreciate their thirst for knowledge, self discovery and openness to other religions and cultures. They undoubtedly helped bring the Vietnam War to an end sooner. But did little to avoid all the other wars, small and large, that our country has waged.

Maybe knowing that all the promises and potential of the Peace movement seems to have been wasted is what makes them such a disappointment. So as you ex-hippies drive your Beamers and give less than lip service to making our country a better place, I say “I expected more from you all”. I have no problem taking responsibility for my generation but we never claimed to be here to save the world. We did not come up with “give peace a chance” and vote into office two duds in a row. We did not champion the Vegetarian lifestyle only to be left with hormone and antibiotic poisoned food supply that has caused a new epidemic of super incurable viruses. We did not preach about “living simply” and wind up with shorter life spans due to pollution and greed. We are left to clean up after you and the world is smaller, dirtier and more dangerous than it ever was. Everything is a polluted, broken, corrupt mess. And it could not have been so screwed up without your compliance. The Doors sung that “they had the guns but you had the numbers” Sadly you never “took over”.