As true today as in the 60’s, "For What It's Worth" written by Stephen Stills is a reminder what the mind trapped in fear can do. So many people angry, fearful and anxious folks from the far left and right are creating a cyclone of distrust. The sad thing is we are all in the same boat trying to survive. Tea Baggers, extreme progressives and even the moderate middle are wondering what happened to America.
It's a little like we are all jumping out of the real boat for some delusional boat just an arm length away. It really is a mirage. Rodney King, for all the words said and hate, said it best. "Can't we all just get along"?
Gridlock and self righteousness is a slow poison and we all just need to stop drinking the "Kool-Aid" (Not the product the Jim Jones kool-aid) and start finding ourselves again. We really need to find the innocence of our youth coupled with the wisdom of our age.
It's a little like we are all jumping out of the real boat for some delusional boat just an arm length away. It really is a mirage. Rodney King, for all the words said and hate, said it best. "Can't we all just get along"?
Gridlock and self righteousness is a slow poison and we all just need to stop drinking the "Kool-Aid" (Not the product the Jim Jones kool-aid) and start finding ourselves again. We really need to find the innocence of our youth coupled with the wisdom of our age.
"For What It's Worth"Performed by Buffalo Springfield
Dewey Martin - drums, vocals
Bruce Palmer – bass
Stephen Stills - guitar, keyboard, vocals
Neil Young - guitar, harmonica, piano, vocals
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
all i can think of is "emmet otter's jug band christmas." :) everything else may just be pie-in-the-sky. it's taken this country 30 years to get into this mess, do we have the time, resources, commitment and care now to get out of it?
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