Comments on: A Revolution of Crazy Aunts and Uncles http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:11:37 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: revday http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917582 revday Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:41:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917582 <p>You’re describing some of my old hillbilly family. Including the grandfather in the middle of the Flint MI UAW formation. Now I understand another part of how I became progressive. Thanx for the connection. Peace.</p> You’re describing some of my old hillbilly family. Including the grandfather in the middle of the Flint MI UAW formation. Now I understand another part of how I became progressive. Thanx for the connection. Peace.

]]> By: TheLurkingMod http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917446 TheLurkingMod Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:33:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917446 <p>Take the quiz! - Blue Texan is upstairs!<br /><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/which-left-winger-made-the-following-anti-semitic-remarks-james-von-brunn-or-richard-m-nixon/" rel="nofollow">Which Left-Winger Made the Following Anti-Semitic Remarks: James von Brunn or Richard M. Nixon?</a></p> Take the quiz! – Blue Texan is upstairs!
Which Left-Winger Made the Following Anti-Semitic Remarks: James von Brunn or Richard M. Nixon?

]]> By: katymine http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917441 katymine Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:14:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917441 <p>The generation/age differences could be significant…. My grandmother and great grandmother were pregnant the same year, so my uncle and cousin were raised more as siblings….. then there were 7 years difference between my Dad & his brother with a loss of two babies</p> <p>To me the female cousins could be Aunts….. they were younger than my parents by 10 years but not of my generation….. I am so glad I was able to spend 5 days with my nephew.</p> The generation/age differences could be significant…. My grandmother and great grandmother were pregnant the same year, so my uncle and cousin were raised more as siblings….. then there were 7 years difference between my Dad & his brother with a loss of two babies

To me the female cousins could be Aunts….. they were younger than my parents by 10 years but not of my generation….. I am so glad I was able to spend 5 days with my nephew.

]]> By: TheLurkingMod http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917435 TheLurkingMod Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:42:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917435 <p>masaccio is upstairs!<br /><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/john-kenneth-galbraith-the-great-crash-2008/" rel="nofollow">John Kenneth Galbraith: The Great Crash 2008</a></p> masaccio is upstairs!
John Kenneth Galbraith: The Great Crash 2008

]]> By: Glenn W. Smith http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917431 Glenn W. Smith Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:36:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917431 <p>I don’t think it takes much prodding to get you pondering, TexBetsy!</p> I don’t think it takes much prodding to get you pondering, TexBetsy!

]]> By: Glenn W. Smith http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917430 Glenn W. Smith Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:34:59 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917430 <p>And when she left, whew, to think of it….Somewhere this morning she’s telling a story about Aunt Betsy, whom, she’s saying, “was a character before I arrived…”</p> And when she left, whew, to think of it….Somewhere this morning she’s telling a story about Aunt Betsy, whom, she’s saying, “was a character before I arrived…”

]]> By: Glenn W. Smith http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917429 Glenn W. Smith Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:33:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917429 <p>You are lucky for that nurturing, extended family. Ruth Perry, whose book Novel Relations is mentioned above, makes the point about the transition from “clan” to smaller, nuclear families. Interestingly, this happened about the time Europeans were coming here and trying to create a polity and culture.</p> <p>I think we’ve always longed for the clan, it’s one of the attractions to popular culture representations of Italian Americans.</p> You are lucky for that nurturing, extended family. Ruth Perry, whose book Novel Relations is mentioned above, makes the point about the transition from “clan” to smaller, nuclear families. Interestingly, this happened about the time Europeans were coming here and trying to create a polity and culture.

I think we’ve always longed for the clan, it’s one of the attractions to popular culture representations of Italian Americans.

]]> By: TexBetsy http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917428 TexBetsy Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:30:25 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917428 <p>Thinking into that next generation, one of the very few adults on the planet that my son talks to willingly is my kid sister. Hmmmmm…… Glenn, you’ve got me pondering things.</p> Thinking into that next generation, one of the very few adults on the planet that my son talks to willingly is my kid sister. Hmmmmm…… Glenn, you’ve got me pondering things.

]]> By: TexBetsy http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917427 TexBetsy Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:28:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917427 <p>Good grief! She was a character before she ever arrived!</p> Good grief! She was a character before she ever arrived!

]]> By: katymine http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917426 katymine Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:28:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/14/a-revolution-of-crazy-aunts-and-uncles/#comment-1917426 <p>Good Morning Glenn… </p> <p>In my family it was my generation that had the two kid families….. the next back had 7-9 siblings each side. Strong union and farming background and high participation in service in WWII. One branch of the family in the generation before that (grand parents & uncles) participated in the Flint MI sit down strike 1935-36 that formed the UAW. </p> <p>During family reunions did I get my head filled with family traditions and advice….. I don’t know about others but because we had quite an age difference between same lines in the generational tree, my older female cousins had a quite an influence…… I was 13 and they were married and in the mid 20’s….. the drummed into me….. “get your education first” do not wait…… because you never know what could happen, one cousin was widowed at 25, one’s husband was disabled for nearly a year, one divorced raising a child….. you get my drift….. </p> <p>This very “get your education first” I drummed into my own kids….. one down and one 1-2 semesters away from graduation… And the militant participation in political events was learned in my genes. Anyone who survived the sitdown strike had to pass it down.</p> Good Morning Glenn…

In my family it was my generation that had the two kid families….. the next back had 7-9 siblings each side. Strong union and farming background and high participation in service in WWII. One branch of the family in the generation before that (grand parents & uncles) participated in the Flint MI sit down strike 1935-36 that formed the UAW.

During family reunions did I get my head filled with family traditions and advice….. I don’t know about others but because we had quite an age difference between same lines in the generational tree, my older female cousins had a quite an influence…… I was 13 and they were married and in the mid 20’s….. the drummed into me….. “get your education first” do not wait…… because you never know what could happen, one cousin was widowed at 25, one’s husband was disabled for nearly a year, one divorced raising a child….. you get my drift…..

This very “get your education first” I drummed into my own kids….. one down and one 1-2 semesters away from graduation… And the militant participation in political events was learned in my genes. Anyone who survived the sitdown strike had to pass it down.

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