Thursday, May 04, 2006

 

Never Forget

May 4, 1970 Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio. Gotta get down to it Soldiers are gunning us down Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her And found her dead on the ground How can you run when you know? Gotta get down to it Soldiers are gunning us down Should have been done long ago. What if you knew her And found her dead on the ground How can you run when you know? Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, We're finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio. (© Neil Young)

# posted by MEC @ 5/04/2006 09:40:00 AM
Comments:
Thanks, MEC.
# posted by Blogger Phoenix Woman : 5/04/2006 12:27:00 PM
 
Let us never forget.

Nor ever forget how four unarmed people, shot down in cold blood, were denigrated, criminalized, and murdered all over again in the right-wing literature.
# posted by Blogger Charles : 5/04/2006 01:36:00 PM
 
I was a high school student in Cleveland at the time. The Kent State shootings completed my radicalization, and I've never looked back.

James Michener (of all people) wrote an excellent account in a book called simply "Kent State". Still have my dog-eared copy.

I'm a 50-year old man, and reflecting on this tragedy still brings tears to my eyes. I've never forgotten. Thank you for remembering, too.

And I still hate all fascists.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 5/04/2006 03:12:00 PM
 
I was a high-school student in Columbus. I remember listening to "Ohio" late at night on WCOL-FM, because none of the other radio stations would play it. I remember, a few years later, being irate that the voters of Ohio gave that murderous bastard Jim Rhodes another four years as governor.

I still hate all fascists, too.
# posted by Blogger MEC : 5/04/2006 04:26:00 PM
 
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