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Do your own thing unto others: celebrating 35 years of baby boomer tyranny.


1968 ...

IS THIS THE CATERWAULING cat·er·waul  
intr.v. cat·er·wauled, cat·er·waul·ing, cat·er·wauls
1. To cry or screech like a cat in heat.

2. To make a shrill, discordant sound.

3. To have a noisy argument.

n.
 HARLOT YOU'RE LISTENING TO?

MOTHER, PLEASE ... JANIS REPRESENTS TODAY'S WOMAN'S FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION!

2003 ...

UGH! THE WAY THAT BRITNEY SPEARS PARADES AROUND HALF-NAKED MAKES ME SICK ...

SHE'S SETTING THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT BACK 35 YEARS!

AND THEY CALL THAT "MUSIC"? SHE CAN'T SING A NOTE!

1968 AGAIN ...

DON'T CAVE IN TO PEER PRESSURE, SON! MARIJUANA WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE--

DON'T SPOUT THAT GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA AT ME, POPS ...

POT IS TOTALLY HARMLESS, AND YOU KNOW IT!

BACK TO THE PRESENT ...

AS NEWLY APPOINTED "HEALTH CZAR CZAR. A title of honor which is assumed by the emperor of all the Russias. See Autocracy. ," I'LL HOLD HOLLYWOOD AND MADISON AVENUE ACCOUNTABLE FOR CONCEALING THE DANGERS OF SMOKING FROM OUR CHILDREN ...

AND DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON FRENCH FRIES!

THEN ...

THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION MADE ME TAKE DOWN ME PEACE SIGN, SAYING IT MIGHT OFFEND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ALUMNI ...

BUNCHA FASCISTS!

NO KIDDING! HOW CAN WE EXPRESS OURSELVES FREELY IF WE ALWAYS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OFFENDING SOMEONE?!

NOW ...

... BIBLE STUDY GROUPS, SADIE HAWKINS DAY This article is about the event in the comic strip. For the dance by the same name, see Sadie Hawkins dance.

Sadie Hawkins Day was a day-long event in Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner
 DANCES, AND THE TERM "WATER BUFFALO water buffalo: see buffalo.
water buffalo
 or Indian buffalo

Any of three subspecies of oxlike bovid (species Bubalus bubalis). Two have been domesticated in Asia since the earliest recorded history.
" ARE HEREBY BANNED FROM THIS CAMPUS ...

WHILE NO ONE AT THIS SCHOOL HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT ANY OF THE ABOVE, WE'RE TAKING THESE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE EVER WILL ...

PETE PETE Polyethylene Terephthalate
PETE Petroleum Engineering (university department)
PETE Petersburg National Battlefield (US National Park Service)
PETE Partnership for Environmental Technology Education
 "I BASH BECAUSE I CARE" BAGGE (PETERBAGGE@EARTHLINK.NET)
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Author:Bagge, Peter
Publication:Reason
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 1, 2003
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