buttons i wished i saved

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<p>I came accross an old political pin button with ‘solidarity’ on it, and flashed back on the politics of my youth (and later.) Off the top of my head, here are a few buttons I wished i saved.</p>

<p>“I am not a crook”
“whip inflation now”
“I believe Anita Hill”</p>

<p>Bet you guys could come up with a few good ones.</p>

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<p>I like Ike.</p>

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<p>My favorite from 1964 - AuH2O.</p>

<p>(Sorry, I couldn’t figure out how to make a 1/2 below the line numeral 2.)</p>

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<p>Fritz and tits…</p>

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<p>“war is not healthy for children and other living things”</p>

<p>(actually, I <em>did</em> save that one)</p>

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<p>From 1972: (I didn’t have one but I’d heard about it)</p>

<p>“I miss Ike. Hell, I even miss Harry.”</p>

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<p>mootmom! I saved the same one! It’s in the form of a medallion on a chain. It got tangled in with all the love beads. ;)</p>

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<p>Frodo lives!! lol</p>

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<p>Mootmom and Momof3sons, add me to the list of those with the “war is not healthy…” medallion. Well, had the medallion; my daughter found it a few years ago in my old jewelry box and claimed it for herself.</p>

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<p>Earth love it or leave it. </p>

<p>From an early Earthday.</p>

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<p>I bought the “war is not healthy…” medallion at a rummage sale last spring for 50 cents for my D. She just went back to college wearing the “I Like Ike” button I gave her last Christmas (vintage…hope she doesn’t lose it).</p>

<p>I have lots of the old buttons…a 1970 smile button…Follow me to Watership Down…vintage Michigan Week buttons (my favorites).</p>

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<p>also a vintage “Nixon’s the One”</p>

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<p>I luv Spiro.</p>

<p>Also - “Abolafia for President. What do I have to hide?”</p>

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<p>Somehow I was lucky enough to save a Nixon - Agnew button! (I grew up in Maryland when Agnew was the governor.)</p>

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<p>“Frodo gave his finger for you.”</p>

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<p>I have a few old buttons. One of my favorites: “An effete snob for peace”</p>

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<p>Speaking of buttons, I just found a sweet 1960s “official Batman club” button at a thrift store. I’m a fan of old buttons, not so much the political ones, but the pop culture ones.</p>

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<p>Ebay anyone?</p>

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<p>We have one from my husband’s childhood - Easter Peace March 1960</p>

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<p>My favorite button from the 60’s is one I still have - the one that stayed on as the others came and went: a simple black and white “peace sign.” And now, in these times, I had this same symbol tatooed on my arm so that no one can mistake how strongly I feel about THIS war.</p>

<p>The symbol itself originally stood for “Nuclear Disarmament,” and is composed of two semaphore (visual arm signaling, usually involving flags) symbols: The two arms pointing at angles downward is the semaphore symbol for “N” and the vertical bar (actually two arms, one pointing straight up, the other straight down) is the semaphore symbol for “D”).</p>

<p>After I posted this, I looked up the history of the peace symbol. Interesting: <a href=“http://www.docspopuli.org/articles/PeaceSymbolArticle.html[/url]”>http://www.docspopuli.org/articles/PeaceSymbolArticle.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;