Common Sense

In 1776, American patriot Thomas Paine published his history-making pamphlet, Common Sense, advocating independence for the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. I have noticed that his reasoning, his argument, against King George III, when read in this day and time, provides an historic basis for reasoning and argument against this present 2026 power grab by which donald trump strives to commandeer the distant nation of iran into a position of subservience to his money-grubbing make america go apesh*t hegemony. If Thomas Paine were alive today, to strengthen our nation's resolve toward decency, peace, equality of citizenship for all (even for world citizens), perhaps he would say this, ( and I'm iparaphrasing): In America this president hath little more to do that to make war and to blow up places in middle eastern countries; which in plain terms,is to demolish peace in the middle east. It's a lucrative business indeed for a man to be allowed to wield the entire military industrial strength of our United States, while being exonerated and amped up by the fox who steals the vines and the news stooges who heroitize the tyrant's power- grabs. back to our roots: this sign sighted, while walking past a yard in Massachusetts the cradle of American democracy Even so, we ought not fight ghost riders in Persian skies. We must stand against the oval occupant who jeopardizes world peace by his destructively bellicose power grab. 

Yeah, I say unto thee: Of more worth is any one peacekeeping man who, according to our Savior's directive, "shall inherit the earth" than all the magamaniacs and fat cats who ever came down the elevator, or up the ladder of wealth and privilege that now takes aim, by trump's bellicose demand, at citizens in faraway lands, blowing to smithereens a girl's school and the home rule of Persian law, as if the donald and magamania had rendered us Americans holier that thou. Let us not forget the words of wisdom written by a wise king of Israel (yes, Israel) Solomon, long, long ago: "Pride goeth before a fall." Glass half-Full