Weary of the shit-storm of our politics: our President raging against the human scum, his opponents, and then shortly thereafter gloating, basking in the glow of the suicide demise of the leader of ISIS.  He described in detail the immolation which included the man’s children.  In addition, I have engaged in an extended email exchange with a long term friend who is a die-hard Trump supporter.  The “die” of the die-hard term is meant literally.  Trump’s followers will die for him, though they are quite oblivious to how their worshipful devotion might end.

I wanted to feature this 1966 Mama’s and Papa’s tune Go Where You Wanna Go.  I love the rocking sing-a-long tune.   The song is no respite from reality though, no soporific,  like smoking a joint.  Juxtaposed with the delightful melody is a dark lyric that speaks of betrayal, of the sad fact that, we will usually do what we want to do, go where we want to go.  Fidelity is a live option but it’s a tough call when you really want something else.  Heartbreak, emotional damage, regret, follow in the aftermath.  We may allow our sense of ethical duty to restrain our animal freedom, — or not.

From a single failed relationship the scenario can be writ large in the case of our entire nation,  if we fail to keep faith with one another.  The die will be cast one way or another come the presidential election of November 2020.

Enjoy the song.  Reflect along with me on your life lived during those years in the 1960s.  What lessons are there to be learned?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgWxfps1Brs

Go Where You Wanna Go

You gotta go where you wanna go,
Do what you wanna do
With whoever you wanna do it with.
You gotta go where you wanna go,
And do what you wanna do
With whoever you wanna do it with.

You don’t understand
That a girl like me can love just one man.
Three thousand miles, that’s how far you’ll go.
And you said to me “Please don’t follow”.

Cause you gotta go where you wanna go
And do what you wanna do
With whoever you wanna do it with.
Babe, you gotta go where you wanna go
And do what you wanna do
With whoever you wanna do it with.

You don’t understand
That a girl like me can love just one man.
You’ve been gone a week, and I tried so hard
Not to be the crying kind –
Not to be the girl you left behind.

You gotta go where you wanna go
And do what you wanna do
With whoever you wanna do it with.
You gotta go where you wanna go (Go where you want)
And do what you wanna do (Do what you want)
With whoever you wanna do it with.
You gotta go where you wanna go (Go where you want)
And do what you wanna do (Do what you want)
With whoever you wanna do it with.