Re: John F. Kennedy
I remember well that fateful day when gun violence once again proved how lethal a firearm is in the hands of a paranoid gun nut. I was working at Sunmaid Raisin company in Selma, CA where I worked outdoors emptying pallets of newly arrived raisins into a shaker where the stems and debris were separated from the fruit. I was putting everything I earned into savings so that I could pay my own way to the University in Berkeley the next January. It was a cold, dreary, overcast day, much like it is today. There was an announcement over the outdoor speaker system but I had trouble hearing it because of all the background noise, something about "President" and "dead." I asked my Mexican amigo working next to me if he heard the message and he said no, he just hoped it was an announcement that we were getting the rest of the day off with pay! When we broke for lunch, we were informed of the horrific event. We went back to work after lunch, but everyone was less talkative, all reflecting on their inner thoughts.
I did go to Berkeley in January, where the assassination and the Viet Nam war protests, the "Free Speech Movement", and an era of Peace, Love, and Activism made a lasting impression on my life.
Peace, Love, and Local Grindz
People who form FIRM opinions with so little knowledge only pretend to be open-minded. They select their facts like food from a buffet. David R. Dow
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