Violations of Oaths and the Constitution

“The Establishment” was the hippies’ discourse from the 1960’s through the 1970s, and it is being yelled again. “The Establishment” was the call 40 years ago to change. Today, in the 2008 presidential nominee race, we hear it again. “Change” is what politicians are calling it, not the hippies. But “The Establishment” also known as the government is what they wish to change. Will the Politicians need to run to Canada for Political asylum like the hippies did 30+ years ago? Will these politicians need to look for jobs? The hippies became society’s outcasts. Do a little analysis.

Presidential activities creating historical events have been going on before this hippy’s lifetime. During the hippies’ movement of 1970, conservative Republican Governor James A. Rhodes of Ohio ordered the National Guard to control, and break up the demonstration at the State University at Kent, Ohio. The Kent State Massacre was the result. Crosby, Still, Nash and Young’s hit song, “Ohio” soared off the charts shortly after. “Four dead in Ohio” became the hippies’ cry. We can only hope there won’t be political assignations this time. If you don’t remember your American History, here’s a list of Presidents during these diverse times:

# 34. Republican Dwight David Eisenhower 1953-1961 Moderate Republican, Korean War, ending the War, negotiations with French

# 35 Democrat John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963 Cuban Missile Crisis, Viet Nam, he was killed in Dallas, Texas.

# 36 Democrat Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969 The Great Society Program, Viet Nam Military Police Action/Occupation, soaring costs.

# 37 Republican Richard Milhous Nixon, 1969-1974 Reconciliation with China and USSR, The Kent State Massacre, Viet Nam ended, opening negotiations with China, The Watergate Investigations, and Nixon’s Presidential Resignation

# 38 Republican Gerald Rudolph Ford, 1974-1977 The Viet Nam Recovery, he needed to resettle Americans governmental doubts.

# 39 Democrat James Earl Carter, Jr., 1977-1981 Iranian Shaw deposed, and Iranian Hostage Crisis, Israeli Peace Talks, inflation reached 17% annually with the first fuel oil crisis. Gasoline went up from $0.35 to >$1.35. Failed Hostage rescue with military deaths in Iranian desert.

# 40 Republican Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-1989 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos overthrow, down fall of USSR, the breaking up of the Berlin Wall

# 41 Republican George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993 “World Police Force” rejected by the people, Iraq War.

# 42 Democrat William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001 The GDP increases above 10 trillion dollars, Israel-Palestinian peace talks, sex scandal in Oval Office, overt lying to cover-up scandal