MONEY & BRAINS

WHO SAID 'MONEY SHOULD NEVER BE MISTAKEN FOR BRAINS?' FROM WHERE I'M PERCHED, I CAN VERIFY THIS FACT BECAUSE THE EVIDENCES OF EMPIRE BUILDING SPEAK LOUDER THAN ANY WORDS. DID YOU KNOW THAT OVER 60 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE UNITED STATES NOW MARKET FOR OVER $30 MILLION DOLLARS? ONLY A HANDFUL EXISTED A FEW YEARS AGO. TALK ABOUT PROGRESS IN TERMS OF GREENBACKS - AND I SEE ALOT OF GREEN FROM MY VANTAGE POINT. THE SUPER RICH IN AMERICA FLAUNT THEIR WEALTH, BUT IS THIS THE SMARTEST WAY TO LIVE? WHO ARE THESE PRIVILEGED ANYWAY? COMMUNITY AND PRIVATE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS, CEO'S (CERTAINLY EXTRAVAGANT OPERATORS ), ACTORS, MUSICIANS, SURGEONS AND SPORT CELEBRITIES. AND WHAT DO THEY SELL? UPWARDS OF $30 MILLION DOLLARS MIGHT BUY A TURN OF THE CENTURY HOME THAT HAS BEEN RENOVATED, A COUNTRY ESTATE NEWLY CREATED, A DONALD TRUMP SPECULATON, AN OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY, A PENTHOUSE OR PERHAPS A 6TH FLOOR SUITE IN A PRIME LOCATION. THE POSH TRAPPINGS OF ADVANCED CIVILIZATION ARE WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE MANSION ON WHICH I PERCH. PROSPECTIVE BUYERS COME AND GO BELOW ME. DO THE RICH AND FAMOUS EXPECT LONGEVITY AS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS? I SUSPECT HISTORY WILL REPEAT THE ADVICE OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY IN HIS GREAT SONNET, 'OZYMANDIAS' : "LOOK ON MY WORKS, YET MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR." I REMEMBER THAT CONNIE FRANCIS SONG, 'WHERE THE BOYS ARE.' I AM WHERE THE BIRDS ARE. ONE FIREPLACE OR FURNACE'S CHIMNEY IS GOOD, BUT 12 SOURCES FOR WARMTH AND SOCIALIZATION AMONG KINDRED FEATHERS ARE BETTER. I SAY BRING ON THE EDIFICES OF MODERN MAN, SMART MAN, RICH MAN, MAN WHO, UNLIKE ME, MUST TOIL AND REAP, MAN WHO HAS NOT A CLUE AS TO WHAT TRUTH OR WHICH BEAUTY TRULY ENCAPSULATES HAPPINESS. NOW WHO ARE THE BIRD BRAINS?