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Javaman

(65,620 posts)
9. I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts - X
Thu Aug 22, 2013, 09:12 AM
Aug 2013

The facts we hate
We'll never meet
Walking down the road
Everybody yelling, "Hurry up, hurry up!"
But I'm waiting for you
I must go slow
I must not think bad thoughts

When is this world coming to?
Both sides are right
But both sides murder
I give up
Why can't they?
I must not think bad thoughts

The civil wars and the uncivilized wars
Conflagrations leap out of every poor furnace
The food cooks poorly and everyone goes hungry
From then on, it's dog eat dog, dog eat body and body eat dog
I cant go down there
I cant understand it
I'm a no good coward
An american, too
A North American, that is
Not a South or a Central or a Native American
Oh, I must not think bad thoughts

I'm guilty of murder of innocent men
Innocent women, innocent children, thousands of them
My planes, my guns, my money, my soul,
My blood on my hands, it's all my fault
I must not think bad thoughts
I must not think bad thoughts

The facts we hate
You'll never hear us
I hear the radio is finally gonna play new music
You know, the British invasion
But what about The Minutemen, Fleasheaters, DOA, Big Boys and The Black Flag?
Will the last American band to get played on the radio please bring the flag?
Please bring the flag!
Glitter-disco-synthesizer night school
All this noble savage drum drum drum
Astronauts go back in time
To hang out with the cave people
It's about time
It's about space
It's about some people in the strangest places
Woody Guthrie sang about b-e-e-t-s not b-e-a-t-s
I must not think bad thoughts
I must not think bad thoughts

The facts we hate

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I think it will eventually be a global uprising... 1monster Aug 2013 #1
+1, n/t RKP5637 Aug 2013 #26
One may hope... nt bluedeathray Aug 2013 #31
It's funny that so many of us are called paranoid for LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #2
I have felt this way for years now. You could see neocons taking over in every free nation Welibs Aug 2013 #5
Unfortunately tho, the majority of RW'ers in the US think it "just" happened since 2009 .... Myrina Aug 2013 #15
Mechanistic Materialism (R) Berlum Aug 2013 #3
k/r marmar Aug 2013 #4
yep nt G_j Aug 2013 #6
yes. nt magical thyme Aug 2013 #7
I keep trying to convince myself it's normal to feel this generally aprehensive in one's 50's. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2013 #8
At times like these, I reach for my Kris Kristofferson: "Freedom HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #22
I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts - X Javaman Aug 2013 #9
great song-- thanks! NoMoreWarNow Aug 2013 #11
The Empire is collapsing. The rulers are becoming more and more desperate... Junkdrawer Aug 2013 #10
Yes, just look at my user name. sinkingfeeling Aug 2013 #12
Except "Not enough to go around" means "How can we kill off a few billion?" WinkyDink Aug 2013 #18
See? WW III has its upsides.... Junkdrawer Aug 2013 #19
yes, but another factor is the internet-- more people are realzing how we have NoMoreWarNow Aug 2013 #13
+1, n/t RKP5637 Aug 2013 #28
I don't know exactly what it is, but I feel that some kind of critical mass is approaching ... Myrina Aug 2013 #14
Bring it on elehhhhna Aug 2013 #16
That's the only thing that's going to save us ... Myrina Aug 2013 #17
Yes!!!!! wild bird Aug 2013 #20
I think the author has a case of snooper2 Aug 2013 #21
Just out of curiosity, what was your take on Occupy Wall Street? Did the Occupiers HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #24
Needed a message snooper2 Aug 2013 #25
I always think of this when I hear that Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #38
Percy Shelley claimed that poets are the "unacknowledged legislators HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #23
I always liked that one too. LuvNewcastle Aug 2013 #30
Rec times thousands undergroundpanther Aug 2013 #40
What you feel is the vibration of hoofbeats on the ground. rrneck Aug 2013 #27
There is definitely a disturbance in the force. dgibby Aug 2013 #29
Good post. nt clarice Aug 2013 #32
I think the wheels are coming off.... dtom67 Aug 2013 #33
Great article Corruption Inc Aug 2013 #34
I think this is a by product of the internet revolution and smart phones lunatica Aug 2013 #35
Just like the dying brain goes through a period of hyper-activity, so to skip fox Aug 2013 #36
Hubris. The bosses think they can plug all the holes in a sinking ship. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #37
K&R RetroLounge Aug 2013 #39
k & r kentuck Aug 2013 #41
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