* The Dirty, Effing Hippies Were Right *

[appalachiablue]

- Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends & I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. - Ed.

There's a black granite wall in Washington D.C. that bears 58,260 names on it. All of those whose names are carved on that wall are dead. For what? Freedom? If this country had listened when kids were screaming to stop that slaughter, that wall would have been one hell of a lot shorter. Yet we as a nation still wage wars of choice. War encouraged by plutocrats. Peace is never discussed. Peace has somehow become a pejorative. Peace is no pejorative. Peace is essential to the survival of the human race. Those who advocate for war are a dangerous & fearful group who should be marginalized & disavowed. War is always the last choice.

The dirty fucking hippies were right!

Now the oceans have been rising & warming. The polar ice is melting at alarming rates. The climate is changing in irreversible ways. Our survival as a species is on a precipice. The science on this is clear: Humans are now in trouble.. because of our reckless stewardship of what we dominate. We have polluted this fragile jewel that hangs in space. Our only home. The food we buy is contaminated. The toys we give our children as presents for Christmas are tainted with poison. The water we drink is rife with carcinogens. The fish in our seas, lakes & rivers are so full of mercury that it is only recommended we eat them once per week. We have now come face to face with our own extinction. We've elected sociopath after sociopath for the last 30 years, to every level of government.

Many of them slaves to corporate parasites that gorge themselves at the public trough while the most vulnerable people in our society: the sick, the young, & the elderly go wanting. Billions of dollars in profits are being made at the expense & suffering of our neighbors by the jackals at pharmaceutical & insurance companies. They pipe their diagnostic wisdom & their faux concern into our homes via teevee & radio commercials.. Most of these drugs have a list of caveats that would make even the most dishonest used car salesman blush.. Profiting from the suffering & pain of others.. Universal Healthcare? Too expensive, we were told.

The dirty, fucking hippies were right!

Big Box discount stores descend upon small towns in America like alien ships filled with cheap products, bought at low prices, from countries that pay their workers slave wages. Plutocrats love this business model. Mom & Pop shops can't compete with these low proces.. No surprise that many small businesses in these hamlets fail, leaving small towns filled with empty store fronts & in some cases forcing fmr small business operators to work for people that ruined their livelihoods. Small town America is subsequently decimated & often helpless to stop it. Wall Street has cannibalized itself. Still hungry & greedy, they've now come to the government for their daily meal. Without any irony, a spokesman for this ravenous tribe, mounts a soapbox & has the temerity to rail against the evils of socialism. Turns out, the socialism is for them, the capitalism is for us.

Abbie Hoffman once baited these bansters by throwing cash onto the floor of the NYSE...

The video of this song is on YouTube, I thought the lyrics deserved a look as well.

(*To see alll the Lyrics Click on the YouTube Logo in the Video above.*

[Me.]

1. Who's Calling Who Dirty?

[czarjak]

2. RIGHT ON, RIGHT ON!