Jim Seaman – web log

4 Students killed – 9 wounded by National Guard Soldiers during a protest of the US invasion of Cambodia held at Kent State Univ in Ohio – May 4, 1970

We thought we had it all worked out … we were going to change the world. We were the hippies and the youthful thinkers of the 60’s and 70’s. We did accomplish a lot, but we never finished the job. Segregation was ended – racial equality became the law of the land – we ended the nightmare of a war in Vietnam – the Stonewall riots happened – the Peace Corps was well staffed. We fought with the Establishment and in many cases we won!
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Yesterday another one of those religious nut cases performed an act of terrorism. This time, it was right in my backyard. A Muslim drove an SUV through a large group of UNC students on campus. He claimed he did it to avenge the American treatment of Muslims. 22-year-old Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, a native of Iran, graduate of UNC and general nut case was arrested on campus just minutes afterwards.
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