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January 12, 2022
Lego Peace Love VW Van
Great Lego Peace, Love VW Van with surfboard and tanning chairs!
Ready to jump in and enjoy the hipster life! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Lego Peace Love VW Van
July 25, 2021
Let Freedom Ring
Guy from the truck asks me:
Do you know what CCP is?
Not having heard that acronym, I started to mumble something about communism, and before I could finish, he goes:
It stands for Chinese Communist Party.
He continued:
That's dictatorship. Do you know what that is?
I responded:
Of course, and the people want to be free.
He goes:
Yes, freedom! We want freedom.
It's hard to believe that a generation ago the Cold War ended, but here we are still with people battling Communism and repression of basic rights.
How lucky we are in America, Israel, and other western countries to live in freedom and have basic human rights.
People around the world fight and die trying to earn their freedom, and we wake up with it every day, and it's just there for us.
It's an incredible blessing to be free to think, speak, worship, and live how we choose.
We have to safeguard freedom and even fight for it: to have it, to keep it; and we should use it wisely to do and grow good in the world. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Let Freedom Ring
December 6, 2019
Fire Stripes on Buggy
Thought this VW with the fire stripes was pretty cool.
Black, white, and red.
Definitely a standout!
The only thing better is the VW van with the psychedelic hippie colors and fantastical images for hope and love. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Fire Stripes on Buggy
August 25, 2012
Amazing 60's VW Van
It was parked on top of this bright orange and blue garage--not sure how it got up there.
I asked my wife to quickly snap a photo as we went by, and she was successful.
While I wasn't even born yet, when this van would've been all the rage, I can still feel reminiscent for the times--when things seemed so much simpler and in a way, purer.
In my mind, it was a time when people rallied around democracy, freedom, human rights, peace and diversity.
While they didn't know from personal computers, smartphones, and the Internet, people were full of hopes and dreams--perhaps that what ushered in all the great technology that soon followed.
(Source photo: Dannielle Blumenthal)
Amazing 60's VW Van