Soren Chapter 6 the 1970.s

Part of my ongoing pledge to tell my life story to my Great Grant Soren in decades.

Soren Chapter 6 the 1970’s

All decades seem to outdo last one.

Women's right to choose. Roe V Wade
Abortion legal. Would have saved my mother.
People keep dyeing in Vietnam war.
Our street protests help end it. Killing stops.
Fifty thousand US soldiers died
1,5 million Vietnam people and for what?
At wars end always the same question, For what?

Nixon, Republican is President..
Nixon sends “plumbers” no toilet overflow.
Domestic spying on Democrats.
Plumbers “shit hits the fan.”
(WW 2 joke ask your Dad.)

Nixon waves goodbye to Washington.
First in our history.
His legacy, dirty tricks in politics. Still living with that.
VP Takes over. Oh yes, the plumbers go to jail.
Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s batting record.
(Have to tell you my Babe Ruth story)

Nuke power 3 mile island blows up.
Scared of radiation? You betcha.
Enough nuke bombs now
Blow the whole planet away.

We send astronauts to the moon.
Bring back rocks. Reminds me.
Rock and Roll music is fun
Your old grandpa roc-ken with Kate. Wah hoo!

Microprocessors, midget computers
Take over many many human functions.
Say goodbye to a lot of jobs.

Enough! Already. New subject
Women continue fight for equality.
Grandpa writes, “Two Women 3 men on a Raft”
In “Harvard Business Review” Fancy stuff eah?

Outward Bound---learn to survive wilderness!
On the raft going down Rogue River.
All on board take turns as Helms-person.
3 men on instinct, undermine the women.
A women at helm, men dump the raft and laugh.
Women say, “see we can’t do it.”
Men say, that’s right, “we do it.”

Grandpa says, “same goes on in the workplace.”
Oh Soren does he catch hell from men.
Women love it, “some guy finally told the truth.”
Yupp, I was the guy.
Women past that but still a way to go.

Your name in the news today.
Movie, Good and bad owls at war.
Soren leader of good owls from GaHole.
See I knew you were destined in blood
A fighter for social justice.
Just like old great Grandpabob.