by Robert Wilkinson
Seems April can be a bad month for good people. 159 years ago, one of the greatest Aquarians of all time got assassinated for his efforts in trying to demonstrate "malice toward none, and charity toward all." Like Gandhi, he took a bullet for trying to heal a nation.
Again I am reminded of a song. May we live to see war no more and violence wrought by guns come to an end. Too many good ones "walk up over the hill...."
Abraham, Martin, and John
Has anybody here seen my old friend Abraham?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
You know, I just looked around and he's gone.
Anybody here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked around and he's gone.
Anybody here seen my old friend Martin?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He freed a lot of people,
But it seems the good they die young.
I just looked 'round and he's gone.
Didn't you love the things that they stood for?
Didn't they try to find some good for you and me?
And we'll be free
Some day soon, and it's a-gonna be one day ...
Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walk up over the hill,
With Abraham, Martin and John.
Written by Richard Holler in 1968 after too damn many assassinations.
4p>Here’s the incredible original 1968 performance on the Smothers Brothers show or "Abraham, Martin, and John" by Dion as the world first saw it performed in that terrible year. And for your reflection, here's the original studio version set to stills of the great ones in this song. "Abraham, Martin, and John" by Dion DimucciI was 17 when I realized some very bad men in power were determined to kill anyone who could oust them from power. It was a miserable time. They’ve killed a lot more since then who threatened their evil and malicious grip on power. However, on the other side of the scales, since 1968 I’ve seen a lot of authoritarians come and go. In the end, they always fall, since the hunter always becomes the hunted.
The next Age will see the end of politics by violence and mindless sloganeering, since environmental changes guarantee peoples and nations will have to work together cooperatively to deal with what’s coming in our transitional era.
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