“"Eve of Destruction" is a protest song written by P. F. Sloan in mid-1965. Several artists have recorded it, but the best-known recording was by Barry McGuire.” From Wikipedia. Here are some of those lyrics:
The Eastern world, it is explodin'
Violence flarin', bullets loadin'
You're old enough to kill but not for votin'
You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'?
And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin'
But you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
How you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction
Don't you understand what I'm trying to say
Can't you feel the fears I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away
There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave
Take a look around you boy, it's bound to scare you, boy
And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
How you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction
Some will say I’m a liar, but I once (I think it was before I went to Vietnam) climbed up on a hay wagon with my guitar in a West Philly neighborhood at some street festival and sang that song into a microphone. My voice is shot now, but back then people listened. Of course, it was a giant hit song and the lyrics resonated in peoples’ brains. That’s why I’m quoting it here. I think that despite what many people believe is ‘just politics’ or, ‘it’s always been that way, nothing to worry about… I think we’re getting close to major conflicts, both here and abroad. Why, Paul, you say, why are you saying this shit now? Because, there are actually American law makers who are talking glibly about engaging in a ‘nuclear war’ with Russia. They seem to think it won’t be a big deal, that they will (not you) be able to scurry down into that big underground nuclear bunker and watch the rest of us get fried to ashes while they eat freeze dried pâté de foie gra and truffles.
I’ve been channeling this universal angst for a while and it became the subject of several books. One of them I wrote in 2017 and published in 2018, is ‘resonating.’ It’s about the current political and cultural turmoil and possible breakdown. We can ignore the squeals of the quickly heating up bearings for a while, wave the black smoke away, laugh at it all, but when the ‘wheels come off,’ we can laugh no more. Then it’s, ‘Hail Mary and hold on for dear life!”
Yes, I have a paranoid stripe and yes, it’s flaring. And, you’re right, I often come on here and blab about my worries for our country and our youth. But, a scribe’s gotta do what a scribe’s gotta do. Oh, and ‘yabba dabba do too.”
Here’s some headlines from Drudge:
“Western Word disintegrating, MELONI ON CUSP OF POWER, ITALY SHIFTS RIGHT, Pelosi booed at NYC Global Citizen music festival..., MSNBC Uproariously Mocks Lindsey Graham Sexuality... ,'Never Seen Vagina'..., Controversy awaits Harris during visit to Asia... New Global Food Source: Genetic Hybrid Centipede/Chicken. Colonel Sanders Secures Patent… Fed unsure of economy's direction as Wall St meltdown worsens... 64% oppose Supremes ruling overturning Roe v. Wade… Britain lurch toward Reaganomics gets thumbs down from markets...Putin escapes to secret palace in forest amid anti-draft protests... Zelensky/Pelosi two-headed love child Surfaces… Russians Seek to Mount Resistance as Mobilization Gears Up... What could happen if Vlad uses nukes? Kremlin replaces top general... Zelensky calls for 'sabotage'... AMERICA DIVIDED...POLL: Intense fight for Congress as close as ever......”
But…(Clayton here…) I’ll slow down a bit. Oh, and, sorry, Matt, I lied. Two of those headlines are mine.