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Kent State Marks 40th Anniversary Of Shootings
KENT, Ohio — Forty springs ago, on the day the Vietnam War came home as it never had before, Mary Ann Vecchio was there. She's the girl in the haunting photo — crying, kneeling over the student's body. That was Kent State University, May 4th, 1970, a few days after Richard Nixon, who'd campaigned for president on an implicit promise to end the war, widened it by invading Cambodia. Across the nation, students protested. At Kent State, where two days earlier the ROTC building was burned down, National Guardsmen fired into a crowd and killed four unarmed students, the closest of whom was nearly a football field away. --------------------------- Video from AssociatedPress — May 3rd, 2010 "Kent State University is marking the 40th anniversary of the Kent State shootings this week. Four students were killed and nine others were injured when Ohio National Guardsmen fired on a crowd of students protesting the Vietnam War." (May 4th, 1970) ----------------------- One correction to video: It was not just Nixon expanding the war into Cambodia -- it was the shocking revelation that Nixon had been bombing Cambodia for over a year and covering it up, lying about it. Some folks think it's wrong for their government to be killing people, expanding a war, and lying about it, covering it up. These patriots wanting honesty spontaneously rallied at hundreds of college campuses across the country...including many in Indiana, Kentucky & Illinois. Always Remember/Never Forget
From ErniePyle on: 5/4/10views: 242 -
Fighting For God's Little Gift Of Sunshine
Billy Jack Takes on the Town. A scene from the film Billy Jack, filmed in 1969 and released in 1971. Students have been beaten and mocked. Billy Jack steps into the Ice Cream parlor to confront the rich spoiled kid of the town and his gang. "Bernard, I want you to know... that I try. When Jean and the kids at the school tell me that I'm supposed to control my violent temper, and be passive and nonviolent like they are, I try. I really try. Though when I see this girl... of such a beautiful spirit... so degraded... and this boy... that I love... sprawled out by this big ape here... and this little girl, who is so special to us we call her "God's little gift of sunshine"... and I think of the number of years that she's going to have to carry in her memory... the savagery of this idiotic moment of yours... I just go BERSERK!" ------------------- "Billy Jack" is the second, and highest grossing, in a series of motion pictures centering on a fictional character of the same name, played by Tom Laughlin who also directed and co-wrote the script. Filming began in Prescott, Arizona, in fall 1969, but the movie was not completed until 1971. The film lacked distribution, so Laughlin took it to theatres himself in 1971. The film died at the box office in its initial run but took in more than $40 million (A Blockbuster at the time) in its 1973 re-release, which was supervised by Laughlin. Billy Jack is a "half-breed" American Cherokee Indian Green Beret Vietnam War veteran, hapkido master, and gunslinger. The character made his début in The Born Losers (1967), a so-called "biker film" about a motorcycle gang terrorizing a California town. In this second film, Billy Jack, must defend the hippie-themed Freedom School and its students from townspeople who do not understand or like the natives and counterculture students mixing. Although marketed as an action film, the story focuses on the plight of Native Americans during the civil rights movement. It attained a cult following among younger audiences due to its youth-oriented, anti-authority message combined with the then-novel martial arts fight scenes which predate the Bruce Lee/kung fu movie trend that soon followed. The centerpiece of the film features Billy Jack, enraged over the mistreatment of his Indian friends, fighting a gang of racist thugs using his hapkido karate-kicking technique. Billy Jack helped raise the level of awareness regarding the discrimination against Native Americans at that time. This is exemplified in a key scene where some Indian children from the school go into town for ice cream and are refused service and then abused and humiliated by Bernard Posner and his gang. This prompts a violent outburst by Billy in an elaborately staged fight sequence in which a professional hapkido expert substituted for Laughlin in the key "facekicking" scene shown here. The film's theme song, "One Tin Soldier" by Coven, became a Top 40 hit in 1971, and featured the chorus: Go ahead and hate your neighbor; go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of heaven; you can justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day On the bloody morning after, one tin soldier rides away -------------------------- Billy Jack: You know what I think I'm gonna do then? Just for the hell of it? Mr. Posner: Tell me. Billy Jack: I'm gonna take this right foot, and I'm gonna whop you on that side of your face... [points to Posner's right cheek] Billy Jack: ...and you wanna know something? There's not a darn thing you're gonna be able to do about it. Mr. Posner: Really? Billy Jack: Really. :)
From ErniePyle on: 4/28/10views: 263 -
Freiheit, The Flame... And Days Of Change (V 1.5 Without Commentary)
"Belief becomes reality!"/"Ch-ch-ch-changes!"/"It's a musical journey."/"A long time coming." :) Let us pause to consider our times :) November 2009...A look at recent history from the heart. Over the course of three days we see Health Care Reform move forward, an Evansville (Gen X/Y) landmark damaged by fire, and the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall....the beginning of the end of the Cold War. History is now. The impossible becomes possible. Features Bernstein conducted "Ode An Die Freiheit - Symphony Number 9" by Beethoven and Schiller along with some great pop music released between 1961 and 2009. TRT 12 minutes 25 seconds 44 previous views in test mode For Teddy, Dad and those who put dreams into action. Pray for Our Troops! Peace, Love and God bless
From DocHoliday on: 11/23/09views: 2137 -
Love Your Military
Show our military there are still plenty of people who appreciate their service and sacrifice. Pass this YouTube video link to every person you know so it will eventually reach every present and former military person across the globe. Love your freedom? Thank your military!!
From Jewels on: 11/15/09views: 275 -
Evansville Violates The First Amendment
This video was taken by the United Freedom Makers of Evansville, Ind., when they attempted to enter the City-County Government Center to attend a meeting. They were told they could not carry posters inside the meeting because they were a safety hazzard. The man speaking in the video is Dave Rector. He is in charge of the buildings and grounds for the City of Evansville. Watch first hand as the First Amendment gets trampled.
From UnitedFreedomMakers on: 7/29/09views: 372 -
2007 Evansville Unreal Hydroplane Boat Crashes
Hydroplane boats flip on the Thunder on the Ohio July 1 2007. From nlangen.
From Best-Of-Evansville on: 7/12/09views: 321 -
Freak 10 min storm at 2008 Evansville Freedom Festival
Fri, June 27, 2008 Evansville Freedom Festival - A f... Fri, June 27, 2008 Evansville Freedom Festival - A freak storm blew in around 7:50 p.m. chasing everybody away from the unlimited hydroplane races. Lasting around 10 minutes with an acc**ulation of 2-1/2" of rainfall. The sun quickly appears and then sets just after all the excitement. Category: Sports Tags: Evansville Freedom Festival ABRA Hydroplane Racing
From scottos on: 9/25/08views: 374 -
THE BLUE ANGELS IN EVANSVILLE INDIANA
THE BLUE ANGELS
From scottos on: 9/20/08views: 332