War—What is it good for???

Last week I was listening to the oldies station out of Atlanta and the song “War–What is it good for?” by Edwin Starr came on. I used to like this song until I listened closely to the lyrics. The quote that caught my attention was
“War, it ain’t nothing but a heartbreaker
War, friend only to the undertaker
Peace, love and understanding
Tell me, is there no place for them today
They say we must fight to keep our freedom
But Lord knows there’s got to be a better way”

Now I might ask what kind of hippie, dope smoking, acid head, liberal freak of nature would say such a stupid and ignorant thing? This song resonated the thoughts of an entire generation who are now in charge of our country. We HAVE to fight to keep our freedom, or else it will be taken away as it it being done today. The better way the writer is talking about is occurring within our country today. People do not want to fight–they are lazy and complacent. And the drug culture has made them zombies and oblivious to the takeover and we will all wake up one day to a Socialist Utopia and we will ask “What the hell happened?” What happened? The 1960′s happened and America raised the generation that will remove her from being the last bastion of freedom left in the world. Keeping freedom alive—-THAT’S WHAT WAR IS GOOD FOR!!!

And that’s how it is!!