1. So the OWS stuff is dying down without too much harm done? Good.

2. IMO a major difference from the 1960s is that there is no conscription this time around. It’s one thing to be unable to find a job when you graduate. It’s quite another to be shipped across the pond to get your butt shot off in a swamp.

Unfortunately, things might change if the balloon goes up wrt Iran or Pakistan.

3. This time, hopefully, it didn’t take a Kent State or worse to put an end to the unrest.