WAR OR PEACE

IF I WERE INTERVIEWED BY MARK TWAIN WHO WAS SAMPLING THE LOCAL PATOIS, I'D OFFER MY SAGE ADVICE WITH APPROPRIATE LOCAL COLOR. HERE IS MY ONE-TWO PUNCH. "IF I'VE NEVER HAD ONE, YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT IT "... "THE KOOK FRINGE WANTS TO PURIFY THE DEMOCRAT PARTY BY STAGING ANOTHER REVOLUTION."

I’VE ARRIVED AT THIS DYNAMIC DUO OF TRUTH HAVING OBSERVED HUMANKIND. FROM THE PRIVILEGED LIVES OF THE ELITE, I CONCLUDE THAT THE RICH AND FAMOUS, THE SUCCESSFUL AND THE SOUGHT-AFTERS ARE BASICALLY NO BETTER OFF THAN I. MARK TWAIN HIMSELF COULD RELATE TO THIS FACT, HAVING STRIVED FOR FAME BUT REAPED DISSATISFACTION OFTEN IN LIFE. MEN (AND SOME MANLY WOMEN) HAVE PURSUED WORLDLY GAIN AS IF AT WAR, DRIVEN TO PURSUE RISKS. EXAMPLES TODAY RANGE FROM TECHNO-UTOPIANS, VENTURE CAPITALISTS AND SUPER STARS TO HEDGE FUND MANAGERS, BILLIONAIRES AND MILLIONAIRE OWNERS OF PRIVATE JETS AND MULTIPLE HOMES. I HAVEN'T A CLUE WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT; NEITHER DO I CARE. TODAY, CATTLE DRIVES PERSIST IN ALTERNATIVE FORMS, STILL MOTIVATED BY FINANCIAL GAIN . FROM ONE WHO HAS NEVER HAD ONE - FOR EXAMPLE, A FANCY STEAK, A BRAND NAME PRODUCT OR AN EXPENSIVE ANYTHING - I SAY SIMPLE SATISFACTIONS FROM THE WONDERS OF NATURE AND SEX AND A MODEST FINANCIAL SECURITY SHOULD SUFFICE.

A SCARIER PHENOMENA IS THE LOGICAL EXTENSION OF WHAT EXTREME LEFTISTS, LIBERALS, SO-CALLED PROGRESSIVES WOULD DO TO ATTAIN THEIR GOAL OF PURIFY THEIR PARTY. I HAVE DELIBERATELY TRIED TO UNDERSTAND THEIR RATIONALE, TO KNOW MY ENEMY. TO UNDERSTAND THEIR AGENDA. IT INVOLVES WHAT IN RUSSIA, GERMANY, FRANCE, CUBA AND CHINA FOR EXAMPLE, WERE DOWNRIGHT REVOLUTIONS. THEY WEREN’T PRETTY PICTURES EITHER. NOR WERE THEY CONCOCTED OUT OF PURE IDEALS. THE CONSEQUENCES WERE FRIGHTFUL HELLS. AMERICAN SHOULD BE FEARFUL BECAUSE FEAR OF THAT ABYSS OF SUFFERING TRADITIONALLY RUNS DEEP. WAR IS HELL, EVEN MARK TWAIN DECRIED IT WHEN AMERICA SPLIT AND FOUGHT A CIVIL WAR OVER SLAVERY.

WAR IN THE PURSUIT OF MONEY OR AN EXTREME LIBERAL AGENDA IS HELL.

PEACE, ACCORDING THE WRITER HENRY DAVID THOREAU AND THE BUDDHA IS FOUND IN SIMPLICITY.