It was 38 years ago, that our government turned the guns inward towards its own people. Be very careful about who you vote for… a candidate that believes 100 years of war is fine and a candidate that believes it is okay to obliterate another nation, is someone that my not think twice about facing the guns inward towards this nations own citizens. Let us not forget what happened at Kent State.
“The arc of history shows that governments which serve their own people, survive and thrive. Governments which serve only their own power, do not.”
President Barack Obama during an address in Moscow at the New Economic School, July 07, 2009.
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"The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights––are not simply words written into aging parchment. They are the foundation of liberty and justice in this country, and a light that shines for all who seek freedom, fairness, equality and dignity in the world."
President Barack Obama during a speech, May 21, 2009.
“Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away.”
President Barack Obama during a speech, June 4, 2009.
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4 Comments
May 5, 2008 at 6:14 am
And never forget that 10 days later, two more students were killed and a dozen injured when police fired on protesters at Jackson State College in Mississippi. They tend to get lost in the horror of Kent State.
May 5, 2008 at 6:23 am
Thank for posting this. History has a way of repeating itself.
May 5, 2008 at 6:50 am
CSN&Y, Ohio.
May 5, 2008 at 7:09 am
Great clip Cat’s, I remember it well…..I was living in this state then and again now..The time’s are very diffren’t it seem’s to me, we were more passionate and demanding…The Gov. had to listen to the people…..Now the public which is larger in number’s show’s less interest in fixing this mess…..
Kent state was the shock and turning point for many of us to realize our Gov. was against the people and those of us not there watched it in black and white on our TV set’s…For me personely at the time it set in stone my ideal’s of how our country should be..Sadly now we are so far away from what we were I can’t recognize my country at all…..Blessings