Deja Vu

[HARDCORE]

?Been there, done that, never learned!! A fool is forever doomed to repeat his errors?

It?s all about power, ever since Cain slammed his message home, up through the ancient kingdoms, and directly into our splendid new age of ?Kill Em By The Bushels?, mankind has been a superb depopulator! ?And he who can depopulate the fastest or the most efficiently, usually rules the roost!?

From the rock (or stick), to the spear and arrow - from the musket to the machine-gun, and all the way up to nuclear mayhem, mankind has been trying to de-evolve back to the caves ever since day #1!!

Hell, even the drollest of national entities are fast becoming superpowers! Not through science or mentality mind you, but rather by retreating into the past. To a day of rampant diseases, infections and viruses, long thought conquered or dormant! One can now become a super power by utilizing (or threatening to utilize) that which has been with us since the onset of time - plagues and blights!

And what of these so-called eternal super powers? The Greeks, the Romans, the British Empire, the Soviets, and yes, even the U.S. of A.?! ?Is anything really forever??

Ya know, I believe that some things can stand the tests of time, but only so long as they refrain from engaging in stupid mistakes, fatal (often committed) errors, arrogance, loss of focus, and abandoned direction! He, however, who attempts to buck the odds, leads with his jaw, adopts a stale philosophy, and most of all, fails to learn from one of the greatest of all teachers - HISTORY ITSELF, will eventually cease to exist!

A few international hypocrites (or politicos if you prefer), are also classic examples of failure! If one can not lead by example, embrace truth and expect it from others, or finally realize that all men are indeed created equal, then that entity is indeed a world class failure right from the ?Git-Go!? Granted, some me-ists get along quite nicely through lies, deception and usury (for a while)! But in the end, and no matter how splendidly they bedeck their frames, ?they are what they are?, and down deep they know this better than most!

Having been involved in Geology to one extent or another for some years, I marveled at the age of the known Universe (Billions of years). Yet I observed that humanity, even with it?s mere four score (+ or -), conducts itself like it too is eternal. As a matter of fact, even most religious ideologies cling to this immortal soul concept. So I ask you, does it make any sense, if such exists, to risk an eternity of damnation (What ever that amounts to) for a few fleeting years of being an affluent bastard, the key word here being ?BASTARD!?? Well, a majority of humanity seem to think so, and more?s the shame, as Hell ain?t half
full!

?Please form up in the left line, as there are no delays in the express lane to Hades, and always have your boarding passes ready!?

First class section reserved for Nero, Jack the Ripper, Hitler, Stalin, Milosovich, bin Laden and Hussein, just to mention a few! Please check your souls at the front counter - they are not needed or allowed beyond that point!

And above all - ?No outside food purchases allowed beyond yon River Styx," as the riders themselves comprise the main menu!

?Damned, life is far too short to live it as a bastard!? Smarten up Hussein, bin Laden and all you other delusionary types, no matter whereby ye reside!? And fully remember this, the actions of one (or even a few within your nation) may soon be dragging your entire race down into the flaming pits with you. And in Hell, even the richest, the most highly titled, the militarily strongest, and the most arrogant, are naught but common brimstone fodder!

Again - ?Life is just too damned short for all of this shit, and getting shorter by the minute in the Middle East and maybe even North Korea!? And for those eternal fools who engage in terrorism, or foreign nuclear blackmail - ?Life could soon prove even far shorter?, so sayeth the Bush (not the burning bush, of course)!

VERITAS

[Boats]

Hardcore,

I'd prefer your earlier incoming 5 mile wide astroide to the scenario you just painted - its scary and yet has meritl.

This world is all too small and all too vulnerable and so easily could it become a dying planet. Sure the planet would go on but what would evolve next?

[bbeil]

The Leaders of France have obviously forgotten Normandy!
The protesters have forgotten 911.
The UN has lost its intestinal fortitude!
George W. needs the support of this nation to do what ever it takes! Lets make the terrorist know that other countries may not care about the U.S. of A. but regardless of their opinions, that all hell will break loose anyway.
As for the protesters and do gooders, if you have never had to face an enemy, you need to know that kindness is mistaken for weakness!!! Thats no bull.