Happy 50th birthday to “The Great Society” of President Lyndon Johnson, derided (usually inaccurately) by wingnuts everywhere (here); the following clip comes from January 1965 (yes, lofty goals and picturesque rhetoric I know, but Johnson was a hard, cold realist too – there’s a lot more to learn about it, but this clip gives a taste of what it was all about)…
...and here is a timely item from Jon Stewart in two parts; the first appears below (I know he's joking of course, but as far as I’m concerned, Bill Orally will never be a “hero”)…
...and here is Part Two...
…and 80 years ago today, legendary bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were gunned down by Texas Ranger Frank Hamer and his cohorts; of course, they were the subject of Arthur Penn’s equally legendary 1967 flick here (returning to the LBJ era again) starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, and other fine actors; here is a tune for the occasion (spawned from the movie a year later of course) that I don’t think you would ever hear except for right now.
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