Those were the days!: What was the cold war like? by Gary Lindorff
(2022-04-18 at 01:51:29 )

Those were the days!: What was the cold war like? by Gary Lindorff

What was the Cold War like?

It was like falling asleep
To the moaning of a phantom train
Barreling through our dreams,
And when we woke up
It was like a cavern
Where we could peer straight into hell.

It was like living in an insane asylum
Administered by maniacs
That we would vote for,
Always voting for the ones
That were least likely
To blow us all to hell ...
Casting our vote,
Not to salvage democracy
But in hopes of making it
For a few more years
Against all odds.

Are you with me?

Then why am I referring the the Cold War
In the past tense?
Because the Cold War ended
When Nato (i.e., the United States)
goaded Russia into invading Ukraine.
I do not know about you
But I am feeling the heat ...

I recently wrote to my brother:

"If a Russian bomb lands in Poland
That is it.
Time to sing, "Those were the days"."

Once upon a time there was a cavern
Where we used to party until we fell.

Remember how we laughed away the hours
Thinking of all the ways to go to Hell.
Those were the days my friend,
We thought they would never end,
We passed the buck
And prayed for a better days.
We had no power to choose
So we just chose to snooze,
For we were scared
And knew no other way.

La la la la la la
La la la la la la
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Ah, yes, the good old days of the Cold War ....

Look at it through the eyes of the maniacs in Washington,D.C.
They get to test high tech weapons on real Russians!
Real war ships!
And half of the maniacs are hoping
That President Putin announces an ultimatum
So we can can initiate plan Z,
Or whatever they call it
In the asylum.

I asked my brother: "So many things could go wrong.
How can these people be so broken
and self-centered?
Do they not realize what is at stake?"

He said:
"No. They are idiots full of hubris.
They are convinced the United States of America can do anything."

Then those freaky years went rushing past us
We lost some of our sanity on the way.
If by chance I saw you in the cavern
We would smile at one another and we would say:

Those were the days my friend,
We thought they would never end,
We passed the buck
But prayed for better days.
We had no power to choose
So we just chose to snooze

For we were scared
And knew no other way.

La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la La la la la la la

Last night I dreamed I stood before the cavern
And nothing seemed the way it used to be.
In my my mind there rose a strange reflection:
Is the world the way it needs to be?

La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la La la la la la la

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