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I just find the whole exerting effort into perusing women annoying. I am prim and proper. I am well disciplined and well educated. I deserve to be swept off my feet by a sweet little thing who is after my heart. I grew up on the fine things of life and I am a man of exquisite taste.

Considering all the anarchists blowing things up and fighting on the streets are women nowadays, I might as well look at a career of being a househusband. Over the past few months, women have taken the higher seats of office, are burning down diplomatic ties, and being put in prison due to gangster proclivities and bribing their kid’s way into high-tier colleges. I am not spreading my legs for one-night stands anymore just to be wined and dined and tossed back into the sea like a sports fish.

I have a standard that needs to be respected and special day gift requirements that need to be met. Where is my prince, my knight in shining amour? It is nice and all to be cat-called occasionally, perhaps the occasional slap on the butt…but enough is enough. I am putting my foot down. I refuse to be a call boy to the chick who wants to brag about it to her girlfriends in the morning. I do not want to be shown off just to prove a point that she can pick up hot guys whenever she desires because she is a hard-working individual. Lastly, I am tired of the walk of 71

shames that must be endured in the morning under the terrible limelight. The next Sperry shoes I lose I am going to charge them on her credit card.

Just because I am a frat boy, does not give any woman the right to treat me like trash. I get it, Cinderella’s sisters did not appreciate her value. They mocked and ridiculed her. Who is going to pay my support group fees? Who is going to pay for my emotional damages and trauma? I am tired of seeing therapists and doctors because all women are the same who only look out for their interests. Where is she… my perfect one…my light in the darkness that will sweep me off my feet and carry me into happily ever after? I am dead sure if women can burn downtown halls and courthouses, burning flags, rioting on streets, and shooting people with intent to kill, riding my ass into happily ever after should be as easy as cooking pecan scones.

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Chapter 33- My obsession with country music I am a huge fan of country artists. I like how chill the sound is along with the cute tunes and melodramatic drops. I guess you can say I am in it for the chicks. There is nothing hotter than a country girl rocking to some Tim McGraw on the way to Sunday mass. Ever since my catholic adventure started, I have been meaning to mix it up with a little banger twist…or in hindsight, southern class comfort. I am a huge admirer of the south and its culture. The more radical the idea they present, the more entertaining it is the butt heads with the person. I once read a story of two men who took turns shooting each other in bulletproof vests after a few drinks on their porch. Their wives turned them in, and no one will take their cases. These humans are legendary in my eyes. They bring me so much joy and happiness more than I could imagine.

Country music has recently been a little different to some due to its modern tinge, but I do not think there is anything to complain about there. Much like cowboy hats and jorts, it is just the latest addition to the pool of joy that is country music. The tricky part is to admit the sound is a little white much

like hip-hop is on the chocolaty side. I kind of do not care because all my family members are black, and I lived with black people for the better part of the 20th century. A little different tune occasionally is very fun because staying one-sided and not understanding different arguments from the opposite side has a lot of downsides. When it comes to race, I like to take the approach of the native Americans where no one mentioned them in books and the role they played during the civil rights movements because they are smart enough to realize some stupid people in this 73

world do not know anything. They were likely in the background smoking peyote thinking how silly as hell the racial conflicts were…especially on their land. I have fun with how they built and own casinos. They were probably betting on the conflicts on who would come out on top.

I just really like the irony of country music because people here and there are fighting on integration topics on land conquered by their ancestors. Considering it is better to eat than be eaten, there is nothing wrong with joining the winning side on this matter. I will not shut my ears to nice songs because some loose end has the problem with the skin color of the writer or the crowd who favors listening to the music. If a relative decided to join the music industry in whatever field, the only reason I would choose to not listen is not because of the genre of the music or the skin color of the writer but whether he is a dick, and the music sounds nice or not.

Much like I need to get on a high horse to judge people even though I should not, some need to be shot off theirs much like a Johnny Cash song just to be thought some manners.

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Chapter 34 – The reasons I want to be a senator

As an aspiring politician, if the gods deem me worthy, I will have the opportunity to run for the United States Senate in the future. As a redundant conservative, I am sure I can influence some policies that would work in my favor. The first one is introducing a bill that would allow any naturalized citizen the opportunity to run for the presidency. With enough backings and a ton of arms being twisted, I am sure this law will hit the curb much like the issues of the Jim crow laws. I am a law-abiding person but there are only a few laws that are in the way of my aspirations. The senate is plagued with old age now, and I think it’s about time the clear youth take hold of liberty by the balls. I am a huge admirer of the position. Nothing turns me on that the thought of achieving that status along with an on-demand vanilla ice-cream dispensing fridge. At a prime age of 26, I am light years away from hitting the g-spot and pleasing the majority considering the average age of the senate body is 62.9 years. Years of toga parties and kegger nights have thought me there is nothing more pleasing to the gods than a man who takes government by the reigns and rides her good in the night.

May the gods have mercy on my political opponents considering I have every intention of winning a seat as soon as I am eligible. I cannot believe they will not let me run because I am not 30 years old yet. This is unacceptable...well by me at least. I have every intention of serving the represented individuals very well. I cannot believe I am not allowed on the roller-coaster because 75

I just do not measure up. I am every bit vile as any of them and I do not even drive my cars. The nerve of these pricks.

In hindsight, I am a huge fan of their work and their accomplishments. I even degraded myself to the ultimate reality of associating with white fraternities for years at a time...can you believe the shallowness of these people. I am not a deep person perse, however, I am trying to differentiate myself with the hopes of standing out. Considering I will likely outlive most of the people in congress, I feel it is not right to get attached to them, but their memory and greatness will remain in my heart of hearts. I have always wanted to be corrupted. What better way of achieving that goal than joining up with the pigs of congress. They will likely elect me president.

In all fairness, I love every fiber of their being. There is no better class of people I look up to.

They are beautiful and amazing in every bit of the definition. I have gotten to know them over the years in my pursuit of an International Relations degree and it is safe to say they are nothing short of spectacular. When I read some of their publications, it reminds me sometimes of a distressed and wounded animal with a predator jaw on its neck gasping for air...other times, it reminds me of the poor kid I was willing to sacrifice everything wanting to get into a good college in high school with deep desires to make an impact in the world, possibly change it.

All men must serve. I believe every person in this world must serve. There is no escape to this clause in life. The rich little humans, including myself, even though we live on our daddy’s hard-earned money, must represent our fathers well. We have the duties of going to school and meeting certain demands such as getting a ton of a’s or join in the student government and make an impact in the school that will benefit the general population. The man living on the street also must serve a purpose even if it is himself or he/she would not be able to feed himself/herself. I find it interesting that man has come to a crossroads where there is no reality without accepting 76

this little, tiny word. I do not think there are any other ways of earning money. Money can only be earned through service provided and my time on this earth has convinced me I have the responsibility to let others know. As I said before, I am not a deep person, but I do have deep things to say. I came across it while studying the life span of humans on earth. I wanted to find uniting factors. I searched for hours to points that would make sense and would destroy divisions across continents. I found out that just as much as all men must serve, they must also be proud.

Pride is the second uniting factor I found. Our humanity depends on our pride. Not a kind of pride that comes with hate and malice but the kind of pride that comes because of accomplishment. All service leads to pride in one’s work. This is the gift of the gods that they have given us after deeming us worthy of our work on this earth. We must frolic and have fun as much as possible with the substances of our labor along with the masterful craft of our hands.

Animals will not stand around and gossip about how magnificent the statue of Andrew Jackson is on Pennsylvania Avenue. Animals will not be able to comprehend the magnificence of the man and his accomplishments by reading history nor will the plants feel liberated by it. I relish art as much as I can with every opportunity I get because I like the simple things in life much like the complex. I feel pride and I am proud of how far I have come not only when I compare myself to others but when looking to the future and what it has in store for me.

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Chapter 35 – How I came across love

I am not a hopeless romantic nor am I an ardent Casanova. I am an anarchist when it comes to the art of love any form of expression. I remember repeatedly failing my philosophy class freshman year in college because of my inability to understand Socrates in the symposium.

I did not quite understand it, so I peered through his work long after I had failed the class, and it started making sense to me. I started to understand love mostly due to Pausanias rhetoric. I tend to take my time with matters of the heart because I have seen a lot of people fail in due haste. I have also failed countless times due to acting as the rabbit instead of the turtle. Love as I mentioned before is one of those toys a kid reaches in his toy box to play with. In the toy box are a lot of other toys that make the marriage work like beauty, faith, prudence, loyalty, and hope.

Love is one of those toys which can be used for entertainment for a long time, but you must be careful because it could break, and repairing it might cost a fortune. You must be careful not to wear out the gears of you may overuse it. I had to repair my love a lot of time because I was overworking it. I cannot begin to tell you how much I used to love to get what I wanted just to realize I did not need it, so I put it back.

I have never really had a girlfriend before, nor have I ever been married. I have fooled around here and there but never really made anything official with anyone. In all my 26 years the most I have ever sustained romance was for no more than 3 weeks. I have also never managed to maintain multiple relationships at once not because I could not but because it is exhausting to explain why I was having dinner with Mary’s parents when I was supposed to be playing golf on Sunday with Katie’s uncle. I guess you could say the women in my past only wanted to play with one toy, love, which I must admit I did not quite possess until my college years. Now that I 78

possess it, I kind of want to save it like the good wine you wait to pull out once all the guests are gone. I kind of want to put it in a savings account for my kids to use during their college years.

Ever since I have managed to get love, it has broken down on me once or twice but after oiling it in the right places it was good as new. My new playmates are smart and awesome. They do not abuse my toys, and they want to have fun without having to destroy my property. We played with faith the past few months and our favorite hockey team went all the way into the playoffs. We are playing with hope now in constant anticipation that the people will elect the right representatives.

There are some toys we cannot play with without supervision and standing at the top of them is loyalty, because if it breaks none of us want to be liable.

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Chapter 36 – Why I hate the spotlight

I do not know much about the world of entertainment other than the next guy sitting on the bus on his way to work. The reason I do not know is by admitting that I do know, I will fail in knowing anything. I am not a wise person, but I occasionally say a lot of dumb stuff that is uncalled for which pushes me to accept I do not have much hope in Infront of live audiences. I have not addressed a crowd in ages. I do not have stage fright; I just think being a shining star is not the card that will work well in my political ventures. I will likely turn out to be a tyrant if I stood on stage. The crowd-pleasers I painfully regret to admit I admire are Stalin and Mussolini regarding speeches. I do not need to be told they are terrible people; however, I am not going to sit here and not admit they were great orators. I like to paint with words, and they have the elements I so crave in their speeches. Considering my party is also against any kind of tyranny over the mind of man, I will likely be sued for sedition if I spoke as plainly as I pleased Infront of a crowd.

I also like my peace of mind. I cannot imagine how much life would be different if my name starts to pop up on cereal boxes. I would not be able to walk down the street with the kind of mantra I always have. There is sweet pleasure in being unknown. There is no pain of expectations raining down from a crowd. There is a lot of difference I believe I could make from being unknown than the person always popping up on tv, all you must do is not ask me how.

When I reach that point, I will likely write about it. There are certain libraries and book shops that I like which I go to occasionally that would be a nightmare to explore with the same vigor.

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Sometimes, there is nothing more fun than blending with the crowd, the unknown guy in the back making as little wave as possible. I do not like change and there are a lot of factors that go wrong when change is rapid and constant. When school is in session, I am a man of order. I tend to stick to rigid schedules and sleeping patterns unless the night before gets the better of me.

Considering I have been in education for over 23 years, the school has not been out of session for a long time. This summer is probably the only time I had off in a long time to sit down and take a breather from constantly being a law-abiding, disciplined student. I preferred being a fraternity president over the student governor or the news piece writer because if I do not screw anyone’s girlfriend, I would not get a call from any parents or angry boyfriends to express their distaste, life is fun in the dark.

I hate upsetting the people that care about me and the people that I care about. I could care less about their feelings. I care about what I must do to return things to equilibrium. There are a lot of questions that must be answered on behalf of them, and you cannot pay me enough to dodge those questions. I tend to avoid comfortable conversations like a plague or missiles. I am a person loyal to my party and would avoid any form of unwanted drama to the best of my ability.

There are lines I do not cross and as the saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat. I like what Donald J. Trump said once when having a battle of words with Hilary Clinton. He promised to be on Pennsylvania Avenue one way or another if he lost or won. It was a pleasure to hear those words because they reminded me of my thought process when I was a kid. Those kinds of speeches and that kind of zeal get the job done and If I were to get on stage, I would likely adopt his style much more than any. I do not love the spotlight because it backs up a 81

person against a wall regarding statements and words from which unless a person comes out swinging there is no way of winning.

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Chapter 37 - A faithful argument to why I should be a student at Harvard University Every morning I wake up, I look at the Harvard banner in front of my bed. I am not so sure as to how the day might go so; I tell myself I am indeed proud of the person I am becoming day today. When things turn out for the best, I tend to sit back to take the moments in as if they might be my last. Confidence although seems to escape my being at times, I find it hard to tell whether it is I who brings about the good things in my life because of my actions or whether it is I who ceases to have faith to pursue the things which I desire. Am I a rolling stone? A centrifugal force that is spiraling down a mountain in which the axis must always aspire to stay centered as if the connection between the item itself and the object must exemplify the dissertation? Likely not. I am a human being just like everyone else, complete with a brain heart and lungs, two feet, and eyes with a skin color the likes of Jesus would have. I am crazy though. The word has been used so many times in popular culture that it has lost its meaning. “Crazy in Love”, “Crazy about you”, “I want crazy” ... terms used daily to describe a condition that has been sanitized and radicalized to the point bad means good.

When is a time a person escapes the indefinite reality without drugs and booze? The first 5 minutes of waking up perhaps. Realizing another day has been granted with grace and mercy by the hands of an eternal being who transcends all understanding. The push and the pull, the breaking up and making up, the suffering and joy that has been granted by the sacrifice of so many lives across the world. In a time where modern civilization has reached its peak, felicity and bliss become fleeting and capturing them to become prisoners of hope, faith, and trust serves the American empire good, just like it does me. I love this country and what it stands for. A 83

divided church and state, a declaration of freedom from an unjust rule, a place where self-discipline and medical science are guided by justice and dignity. America is the people, the land, the air we breathe, the passion that fuels our flame, and, in a way, the only country in the world that has accomplished world domination employing culture. People speak of the Mongolian empire, the British empire, the French empire, the Spanish empire and, the Portuguese empire as being the best at what they do, they certainly do not hold a candle in any form to where this one is headed. I have been let down in the forms of the torture and unpaid labor that was capitalized on by masters on my people during the times of Jim Crow, so it is difficult to love others without the act of sovereignty and divine intervention. The clashing of worlds, the ignition of hope, and in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, “the earth laughs in flowers”.

I love Harvard. “The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression,” says W.E.B

Dubois. Tough words from a man who understood what it means to linger in the deep end of love. I do not hate the idea of growing where I am planted yet there is a burning desire in my heart, a longing for a place far far away yet very much close to my heart. This place is Harvard. I know Harvard is not heaven. Harvard is a place I wish to be second to Heaven. When I was at Harvard in 2016 while visiting Boston, I realized to whom much is given, much is expected. I have been given much and the way I can repay those who have invested in my journey from my mother’s womb to the tomb is to lead them by the help of the abundance of love that flows from my inner being who is Jesus Christ. I believe my king lives in me guiding me towards my destiny that is him.

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go on this journey with me, I find everything makes sense. Life is worth living not for self but others. Therefore, I strive every day to make myself a better man than yesterday, knowing I have a family who cares for me and loves me with every fiber in their body. My dream is to help them realize I love them with every fiber and cell in my body as well even if it means not going to Harvard. God has blessed me more than I can imagine and bestowed his glory so every day I can manifest him.

The challenge here is not whether I should become a student at Harvard, the challenge at hand is to face the question “what would he do with the degree that he gets from Harvard?” The simple answer is to wait and find out to see. The flip side I can write about. I wish to eradicate the law that prohibits people not born in this country to become President. It’s not an easy dream to want to become a President. Many challenges lie ahead and in the pursuit of power, many lose themselves, sacrifice good values, betray comrades, take lives, and more. In many ways, better it is to not want this burden. I refuse to lose myself which is why I will succeed and become like my heroes, JFK, Reagan, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Obama, and Jackson. If I try by myself, I will fail.

With Jesus Christ holding my hands, anything is possible. I can look at myself in the mirror and love myself and the person he is making me be. I will not stop moving forward, which Is why I should become a student at Harvard.

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Chapter 38 – Is college worth it?

Whether or not a college education is worth the money is a controversial topic. Some people believe that getting a college education is a road to liberty that would help escape the clutches of poverty. Others challenge this position, calming those institutions that are holding on to secrets and charging money for something that should be free. They believe that the God-given freedom they are given has been polluted by the system and capitalized on henceforth; they believe it should be eradicated. However, I believe that there are constant misunderstandings that become a blockade for the people who don’t believe college education is not worth the money, the first one believing that it wouldn’t help them, to begin with. They can’t seem to wrap their heads around the idea that there is a future for them in there, so they stay frightened to explore the abyss that is education. Although both sides of this issue have merit, it seems clear that a college education is a worthwhile investment because those who are educated have seen the light of the industrious future. In the allegory of Plato’s cave, we learn something big. It is the responsibility of those who escaped the darkness to enlighten those who have yet to realize they are trapped in a world they cannot escape from. In this sense, they have a responsibility to show them the way to a better life.

It is not very hard to understand where the other side is coming from, but the hard part is to be able to understand how they are feeling about the subject on a personal level. There have been many successful people without going through the turmoil that comes with traveling the path of a student. Some to name a few are rappers like jay-z, movie stars like Arnold 86

Schwarzenegger who have never finished college but still turned out successful. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs proved you do not even necessarily have to finish college to achieve the wealth, and all this world has to offer. In a competitive world where different countries have different wages for the same work, the political systems seem to heavily influence the outcome or the income that goes into the individuals’ pockets. This is why a little knowledge of Politics can go a long way in going up the ranks to rack up more money in an Academic institution. No one lives on this planet forever. Time is a crucial concept/commodity that we can’t afford to waste.

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Chapter 39 – When is the use of military force justified?

The use of a military force is justified to conquer. First, I would like to talk about how important the military is. To understand this value, we must first address the underlying issue which is whenever there is warfare, people lose their lives, and we must care about that. Once we have understood that people’s lives are precious, we can then go on to talk about the main topic of this paper. A strong Military force is vital for the survival of any country that wants to sustain itself for a generation to come. Military might be a valuable topic for the public to know as the wellbeing of the whole universe is dependent on it. Nations must absorb the dismal inside disagreements while restructuring the system to evade any sort of criticism from opposing threats to protect the invaluable resources that are in the country. Attacks can come in kind of ways whether cyber or on land military mobilization. The military is responsible for implementing strategies that will protect domestic interests which can be the heartbeat of society. Rome was destroyed because it thought the senate was enough to keep people in check while letting the people stay undisciplined which came forth the decline from a force that can be reckoned with to the statement of Greece.

The timeline of justice is of utmost importance. The military should be incorporated into the daily lives of people as much of us the next person on the line is there to grab food. Power is not only the means of control but keep intact what was and is as it is. It is paramount that the military is employed in a state of chaos to calm it or to instigate it in the first place. This is because the first principle of warfare takes place. What I must have you know is that even if you do not understand the value of it, it must appear to you, you would not have been able to be here without the sacrifice of the many who wanted to protect the nation to preserve it, they laid down 88

their lives because there indeed is no greater honor. You must understand the value of it even before sending out troops into enemy territory.

When the Japanese wanted to take over China, they first talked with the Americans about how to divide the spoils into even pieces. China was a backward nation then but no matter what, the Japanese wanted to colonize them anyway since they wanted to implement their way of life as the sole and only method of a way to live. The toughest part is I do not think that was right whatsoever, America should have never gotten involved because that was a completely wrong time to mobilize troops. As a free nation, it makes the country look bad in terms of commerce with the rest of the world because that is one of the main reasons, we are having trouble dealing with China now, by we, I mean the Americans. Let us not get distracted from the fact that we should have attacked them with love instead of military force. We should have invaded with love arrows, not bullets.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value said the great Albert Einstein once. This is he alludes to the general society in a way proclaiming to the rest of the world that values and lives are what make a man. He might not have said it that way but I’m sure that’s what he meant. He loved his country, and he wanted them protected but although nowhere close to a kind of fight required by armed forces, his heart was drawn to what you might call the right side of morality. The aim of the military should not be to just win and leave. It should be to also clean up afterward and have sure things stand their ground for the sake of the good. The great philosopher Plato instinctively believed that we are indeed good at heart, and we become bad when we lose our conscious right by the actions that subdue our immaculate minds.

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The use of a military force is justified to conquer. Even if we have established the importance of the military, we have yet to understand the significance of its dominating nature. If we have the strongest military, if we use it recklessly all the time it would only set a bad example for the bearers of truth that stand before us. This paper is not about what the right thing to do is in that manner, it’s about how we should value what we have before we lose it. By staying strong and doing the right thing a military force can show its power in a way the inspires the people that are right before us.

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Chapter 40 – Wonder woman critical review Wonder woman is directed by Patty Jenkins. The whole movie comes strong initially and has one of the highest reviews in the whole industry now with the budget being at $149 million and box office at $223 million. The characters play out well in the whole movie. As the captain of the United States Air Force, Chris pine did a marvelous job at portraying Steve Taylor, the person who is romantically involved with Diana, who is the protagonist in the whole movie.

Their relationship blossoms dramatically. The whole story takes shape around World War 1 and how critical it is the good guys end up coming out on top since the movie is a melodrama.

Wonder woman’s main purpose is to invite criticism of the film industry’s partiality on the artwork of men and women.

Diana left her hometown to help Steve set order in the chaos that arose because of conflict. Not only did the scenes look good to the audience, but every moment also seemed captivating to everyone who was watching the movie at the Silver Spring Regal cinema. The movie is produced by Charles Raven, Deborah Snyder, Zack Snyder, and Richard Suckle. The world is not ready for the whole combination between Gal Gadot and Chris Pine together especially by a woman director since there is a stigma around the whole concept of women in leadership roles. The Director wanted the production to adhere to the philosophy of Aristotle, so she stuck to her guns and balanced out virtue. She input ideas concerning the conflict between men action stars and woman action stars into “Wonder Woman” to teach women and young children that moving forward as they are by embracing the ability to let go of the past ways where they were portrayed as weak and inferior to men is the best option. She wanted and I quote, Wonder Woman “to be hot as hell, fight badass, and look great at the same time – the 91

same way men want Superman to have huge pecs and an impractically big body.” She inspires and motivates young women by empowering them. She is the star of the whole movie in general at least according to me.

Wonder woman is a very fantastic beast. She is radiant, mighty, and captivating to watch on the big screen. We should not get past the fact that World War 1 did indeed happen yet by introducing a magnificent hero into the scene, the movie just got better progressively. The director is not like Michael Bay, but I can pretty much confess that what was in the movie is a very tight action-packed cocktail of physical fighting. The time captured in different scenes expresses loyalty to the Arts. There could not be any more explosions or love to make the fighting scenes or romantic accolades better. Most of the language spoke is English and there was German here and there but what can you expect? They are fighting against the Germans!

The plot is one of the most interesting DC heroes’ stories since it thickens rather very quickly.

Diana wants to be an Amazon warrior, but her mother does not allow it, so she trains with her aunt Antiope behind her back instead. Her mother after finding her daughter in training decided to allow it to continue because there was a predominant fear going around that Ares might return to attack the Amazon. So basically, she decided to train hard which resulted in her getting strong and she beats all the bad guys. The music was great because it magnified the fighting scenes rapidly very clearly in the background. Rupert Gregson-Williams composed the Wonder Woman theme song called “Wonder Woman”. The Australian musician named Sia’s also contributed to making the whole movie a hot topic to be reckoned with. The supporting cast David Thewlis as Ares and Robin Wright as Antiope were among my favorites, and they did a magnificent job at portraying the bad guy and the favorite person in the family, respectively.

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The movie was worth doing. There need to be more women superheroes just as there should be black superheroes. There are only a few in the industry including Black Widow. More is expected from DC in what they would do regarding their women superheroes. As for the time, in some scenes, it was condensed, whereas, in the beginning, it seemed very expanded. The action suits seemed very life-like and were believable. All in all, it was very memorable, a movie I would watch again when it comes out on DVD.

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Chapter 41 – Is dating a thing of the past?

No one does it anymore, or to be frank, nobody wants to. This society has created an impotent definition of the word making it unparalleled and unacknowledgeable by reducing its value. No one knows what it means to date. Whether it is going out to the movies, or holding hands, everything has been commodified as a plot for the new world order that we live in now and we have George Bush to thank for that. I believe we have come to a state of realization that hopelessness seems to envelop everyone when they think about a significant other. As a result, nobody wants to try it or indulge in understanding what it means. I, on the other hand, may do know. I do not believe it to be my responsibility to educate the people on this matter. The people being whom we call our companions or comrade in arms. This time for sure I hope and believe the skill and remedy of God will have revealed the truth, the truth to the ones who wish to understand the depth of this matter. Love should never have been a given. It was always a privilege. They have come to abuse it to the point it does not seem to make sense anymore. But why does this matter, I cannot hold myself too far from the torch and say all is good and well.

Innocence was always the price of slavery. When the lashes and metal prongs entered through the messiah’s backside, nobody was there to be the intercessor on his account. In the same way, when something starts to disappear from society, a culture or a relatively foreign concept enters the mind of the new generation, it becomes corrupted. It becomes evil. It becomes distorted. The love I have for others never diminishes nor do I think it ever will. The hatred on the other hand you can have for free. As you may have heard, there is nothing free in this world dear reader. I would have to take the higher ground and say yes! Dating is a thing of the past.

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We have all seen movies. My personal favorite one seems to be titanic when it comes to romance. I can watch that movie all night long and cry every time, very deeply. And I would wake up in the morning, watch it again, and cry, again and again. It helps me deal with the fact that I had a distant childhood. Away from my parents, I was raised to be something else. A thing to be used by society. A tool of the heavenly kingdom of God. Well, if that were the only case then That would be all the time when I am alone or need to be a part of something larger than I, A longing seems to ignite deep inside my chest. A lump of burning coal will spur my spirit and erode my bones. This desire to live makes me conscious that something is missing from the everyday living that we lead. It must be a desire to connect. A desire to be together and never be apart. A desire to never let go of the thing we are because we see it in somebody else. This leads us to the instinct of mankind to copulate and make for the sake of bringing offspring into this world.

Why does it matter? Why do we need such a barbaric ritual some might say? I have the answer to that. Although science can explain it, the aurora that we all share, the longing to never be apart comes from what we perceive reality to be. We can shed light on the matter but what gives. This is life. We must admit to ourselves that the kindness we show to others must be relentless. It must be sweet and pure. It must be a free identity of the image that we absurdly have of ourselves. In a roundabout manner, we have gotten to the same level of wanting to reproduce ourselves in someone else. We all want to continue our lineage. A lifelong line that helps us comprehend what is to come. The next person who understands you might just be your last. The next person who believes in you might just be there to leave you without your heart.

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When we think of Shakespeare’s writing, Romeo, and Juliet, we all love and adore the good tragedy. What is it about this that breaks our hearts and just wants us to be taken away into some other reality where love flourishes above all? This needs to exist, that is what makes a man.

When Romeo risked everything to go into the other side of town, by that meaning the family or the great lover he hopes to possibly mate with, we see in his road, a lot of challenges come up.

The first and foremost being that many kinds of people interpret a text in all sorts of different ways. As must as we love to disagree on certain matters, on this broadly unique understanding gained from studying the works of the great Ralph Waldo Emerson, our belief should not be shaking. Let us continue with this train of thought for a while. So, establishing that we are on the same subject, the dance then begins. The last time we went for it all, was the last time they drank poison and died together.

The last time she and he kissed, was the last time she was ever able to feel herself truly alive due to the bondage of the curse that was laid on her by her family. He was the spell breaker if you may. He untangled her from the death of the sea, from the top of the mountain, the depth of hades, and the locks of the Kraken. She was his delight, and he was hers. They enjoyed the moment like it was their last because every time they held each other they knew that that was it.

That was indeed the last time they would ever laugh. What makes a man? Is it his sturdy built? Is it the amount of hair on his chest? The risk he takes. The number of women he has loved.

Shakespeare answers all these questions delightfully, with all due respect, he was a naughty beast. He tore our hearts with machetes. He carved away at our heartstrings, yet we still love him for it. What makes a man is a passion and the arts he dedicates himself to. The way he expresses his love. The kindness he shows and the mercy he accepts. Romeo’s sin was his inability to realize that trust weakens the knees. It makes you lose the passion and aggression that you 96

should have put into the work. Moving forward, we must realize that a poor boy and a rich girl were far from the story. Romeo and Juliet are much like the notebook or Titanic in many different aspects.

Let us talk about the deeply misunderstood topic of all, age. The time comes when a man must look past the screen of life and behold something else takes its place. He learns to see the depth of the matter. Most artists or rappers talk about this subject in detail because as people who attract so much crowd, they must always be cautious of who they bring into their close circle. A paper would tell you that I do indeed have a grasp of what comes because of delving into ideological beliefs that constitute the greatest nation of them all. Let us try and see how this life of ours is but a mere pint. A grown man can gulp it down in one sitting: swirling it all down his mouth. A recently turned 21-year-old who got a taste of alcohol for the first time might not have the right idea of what he is doing. The drink will be too harsh for him. In the same way, that is what happens when working in the darkness. The law is there to protect and serve those who are willing to imitate its perfection to the brim.

When Michelangelo painted the walls of the Sistine chapel, he pears towards the stars to get an understanding of what life may look like when the stars are looking down upon us. Would they smile? Would they cry? Would they be proud? All the answers were for him, but the right questions he could not ask. He failed to imitate his understanding, but he got close to it. Although I have never been to Rome to look at the church and be mystified by it, I can never understand what it was like to be the painting on the walls peering and watching those who came to the works of my creator. That is what pictures are. That is what the reality of the matter is. Delving In, we must understand one thing. He who has been given much; from him much is expected.

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Charles Dickens, writer of the great expectations regressed all his words into it. The book is a clever understanding of what life is like when it is lived to the fullest. Age, also a relic, there seems to be a common understanding between fellow men who embrace each other despite commotions that result via the hunt. Wolves and bears, although independent, love to pack more than anything in times of need. Nature shows us to tackle this great beast, we must consume it whole and spit it out like yesterday’s bad cold. The rule of law, half your age plus seven. I am 22

years old. Therefore, I can date anyone older than 18. Half my age is 11, plus 7 which is 18. A 44-year-old man, 22 plus 7, which is 29. This socially acceptable way of standard came into society long ago by Apollo himself. The great son God. He loved the world so much that he game. Gave us the ability to comprehend literature and the ability to materialize love. Aphrodite was just there to assist in the matter.

When a general leads his troops into the battlefield he must realize first and foremost that dangers must occur in the beginning. There are conflicts of ideas that arise when a misunderstanding occurs that decimates the whole thing from the inside out. Leave it up to them to deal with it is something he must never say. The actions that arise from this course of way, neutralize the victim if used in the right sense. Currently, when a concept like dating is starting to perish from our culture, we realize first and foremost, it is a result of the generation that came before us. Even if they are the ones that thought us everything we know, it was always their responsibility first to make and help us understand that the light in use should never disappear. It must

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never be swallowed by the snake of pride. Pride is the venom of the beast of revelation according to the bible. It is his weapon. Of all things, we must never relish it or adopt it as our way of learning. We play it.

We play him because the devil cannot stand scorn according to C.S Lewis. We all understand the demons that work in this world never want us to have a good time with our other half. When Zeus separated the great man of ancient time who had 2 sexual organs, 4 arms, and 4

legs which walks about the earth circling with its hands, He feared eventually that they would climb up to Mount Olympus and take them down one by one. For this reason, he split it in 2 and turned its head over its body cursed to roam the land in search of its other counterpart. When he took mercy on them and finally switch their body around, they would hug each other after they find the other piece and never let go. When one body passed, the other will go to find another body to lash itself to and the whole cycle would repeat itself repeatedly. This is what we must fear. When external matters are in control of the circumstance that led us to delve into spirituality that we know not of, we will be misguided and will stir away from the path of truth. Dating in this day and time has been contaminated with the poison of barbarism. VERITAS, the goddess of truth, is the light. The guider whom mankind has sought after but was never able to find. Which conflicts with the Christian view of addressing this disagreement that arises between the believer and the conformist of this world.

Jesus Christ, the teacher, the Jew, the prophet, the king, the heart of mankind according to some, called and testified himself to be the truth the way and the life in john 14:6. When man strays away from the path of righteousness, he finds himself in deep conflict deep inside. We understand the universe right before us, but we never use it. We can know each other in a way it 99

should not be wasteful but the despair of kindness it causes on the giver might sometimes be too much to bear; however, this might be different in a communist society. Everything can be purchased and sold but nothing can be taken away unless we let it. I understand I am responsible for my belongings; therefore, I should keep them safe with all my might but in a capitalist state.

The leash gets loose, and the dogs come out barking. Ready to devour the carcass of the dead, to return to their vomit and be who they are. Let them bite and see the world of what an animal tooth can do and compare it to losing someone you love. It becomes easy. It becomes what the thing must be to the revelation of his deepest power which was bestowed upon him because of his work. This is the major difference between the work of Karl Marx and Adam smith. No one wants to know but it’s counties like China or Russian whose government seems to utilize the kind of market that is the opposite of the free market, economics becomes a difficult topic to talk about on dates which leaves out a whole chapter of life close to. The doors are closed. There is no way back from the toxic evil of politics and its children.

The other side of this is to say dating is a thing of the future. The artists whom I happen to so love and adore are called the Offspring. This rock band is composed of a very optimistic lead singer who sings a song called “The Future is now” in their most recent album which if you ask me has been a long time. He talks about the common misunderstanding of this nation.

America, he believes, is indeed in its prime. Born and raised in the Red, white, and Blue the nature of his surroundings shaped him to be as agile as the next person except, he was sharper.

Dedicated to his work and got a college degree, unlike other mates who happen to have not in his career of choice? The last time I heard this song it inspired me to look deeper into the opposite side of the spectrum. The liberal in me says to lock down this life with a fawn, a hen of my 100

delight, and forever live on free from the shackles of mankind coursing this world the wind under the pinion of my wings.

If only that was the right answer to the question of what is the right kind of peace in this world?

We are all after it. We seek it with our heart of hearts. We want this eternal sunshine to last forever, but it is merely a figment of our imagination. It can happen, or to be rather frank it must not. A rabbit lives its life on the run, always expecting itself not to be caught by the shackles of the enemy. When Bob Marley wrote “three little birds” he understood that life would be short because he knew what choices he would make because of his devotion to his art. Art helps us see. It lets us look deeper into the realm of unhappiness and find a solution. For the person on this bright side of life, I do have a nice compliment and complain about him.

He must realize there is no love in it, simply duty. It is a matter of getting things done but good job for getting this far anyway. What have we to give to make this moment last forever you might ask? The simple answer is this. We cannot. It constantly changes. Watchmakers have a hard time keeping up with the times. (No pun intended). Watches are losing touch. People have smartphones now. The walls are decked with clocks.

At Christmas time, every year of a new mood and a new gift, if we are ever live that long and by that, I mean to the next one. Life itself changes; we age. Smoking ages us at the rate of burning the other side of the wick. We are happy today, sad tomorrow. A building is built, another one is torn down. The sun comes up, the sun goes down. The great and wise Job after everything was taken from him, the Hebrew text explains in all this, Job did not sin with his lips.

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away, he stays true to himself and trusts his heart no matter what. The light may fade but it is always cloudy before the sun rays break through it. He did not know when everything would be alright. He never understood why it was happening to him, yet he kept moving forward. He realized his friends were not dependable enough even if they were there for him. When all hell breaks loose, he stood strong and battled his way forward to finding the treasure that was taken from him by the accuser Satan. So, what can we learn from Job?

We learn that he was not a leader but a moralist who understood how life worked. His wife told him to curse God and die yet she was not ok with doing it herself. I have not read anything that says she did. It must be tough to lose children. It must be tough to lose all your property at once because there is some God in the sky playing checkers while you’re jumping from one foot to another torn between which path is the right one. Dating, in the same way, is what the life of Job is to the agnostic and the Atheist alike who thinks and believes it is a fairytale. It’s not here, it’s not there it’s everywhere. If we are in the same library together; we are dating. If we see each other on the bus; we are dating. If I see you in Antarctica holding an ice cream just for the giggles, we are dating. If we are in the desert Sahara dying of thirst even though I knew not you were there, dating. I do not wish to put my subjective opinion on the matter, but I can tell you this is literally where we went wrong. The future to this person is something that is here and gone the next day. Which makes it difficult to comprehend because we need a taste of purity of mind, soul, and spirit. On this little topic, I can agree on even if it is an outdated concept far from reality.

College sex and the life of debauchery is the epitome and the bane of the existence for the students, but don’t look at me, I like the way she does it, the rap song by 50 cents and I quote 102

“She a super freak, the freak of the week I give her something a suck, she gives her something to eat”

Condoning prostitution is another thing but the only state it is legal in is Nevada, California. Why not relish in this for quite a bit. The stigma that catapults the life of hooligans to the top-of-the-line normal state is the junk the media allows us to delve into. We are blinded by the mass of information we are constantly exposed to. Mohamed the Muslim prophet who is accredited to writing the whole Quran, understood a very special message as he experienced life while he lived it. He believed that the time we die, we are to leave everything behind to the only person we have produced as offspring. Allah said: “…and do good (to others); surely Allah loves the doers of good”. (2:195) what more can we expect than this? What more can we expect that to love one another the same way they love us? This concept is also what makes religions one. In Ethiopia, there is a place in Marcato, the city of merchants and traders where the walls of the Christian church and the Muslim church are one. An artist by the name of Teddy Afro sang an ode about a Muslim man from far away who loved a Greek Orthodox Christian woman. She was mesmerizing and delightful. He was head over heels for her. There is no moral to the story but here is the great kick of them all; we don’t know whether they ended up together or not because he talks about not being able to handle it.

In conclusion. I do not dwell on the past, but I keep moving forward. This is the destiny of every man that is a man and not something about a storybook. We love the hand that feeds us but to turn and destroy it is our innermost desire. Dating is a thing of the past. It does not exist. It lies hidden in the depth of Sheol, crying for an Achilles for victory to come and rescue her.

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She stands at the top of the mountain screaming “help me, I am guarded by a dragon”. She cries on the rooftops with her hand in her eyes wishing for a knight to conquer the beast. She wants someone to try, to say “it is I! Your savior my queen, my dove, my heart”. He would tell her of her kindness and she, about her life as an enemy of the state. She loves the quiet window for she can lay her head on it. When her rescuer is there, she would mount his stead and they would be off to the land of his father, her motherland; to spend eternity together. She wants nothing more than to be taken away, ravaged by the might of the son of a king.

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Chapter 42 – American dependence

Confine yourself to the present

Life is neither good nor evil, but only a place for good and evil.

Marcus Aurelius

Being alive in 2016 was one of the most monumental feats of accomplishment in human history, I think. Not that being alive is any special but just the mere fact that no author could ever write something so juicy of a tale like the one that took place. I love the fact that we are still talking about it to this day as if it never happened because it was unexpected. Ladies and gentlemen, the Martians have landed from plant not earth! Donald Trump has become the president of the United States! These two sentences can go hand in hand but let’s get to the straight fact that a simple show such as The Simpsons seems to have predicted the outcome of it years beforehand. Although how they did it is a mystery, of course, no one took them seriously because it is satire for Pete’s sake. It is Ironic when the joke of the town gets the last laugh in the whole grand scheme of things. The tale signs were there all over the place. Whenever this suave businessman was interviewed, he gave comments on was partially about how the people who are running the country are not doing their job like it is supposed to be done. He revolted against corporate media that contained, jailed, and abused truth while holding her captive behind bars.

The bard spoke like no other yet surely, he was walking straight up to the plank to lay down his career for the country he loves. A hero stepped up.

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see SNL rip him apart just to see if there is something there, but the man can handle himself. It is none of my business who gets in or leaves the country as long as I don’t have to do anything about it. I believe war is profitable as well as peace. I am studying patiently and hard to become a lawyer so I can cure this world. I realized that although the road is long and hard, the need must come before want... That is pretty much why Hillary Clinton lost on a large scale.

As an old lady, she has no business running around with politicians who do not care about what is going on around them as long as their pockets get fat. It does not matter whether she is a woman or not. The United States of America has been propelled into the future with the aid of the former president. Although the progressive growth is monumental, there need be regulations to slow down this gigantic ship taking us to the promised land.

We the people are responsible for keeping the land sane from the massive infestations of liberalism that are going on around the country. Freedom is good. Too much freedom is like honey to the mouth; it gets sour over time.

Donald Trump is a crucial winning piece for the American people. Mike Pence and his ideas are equally if not more necessary. It is a scary thought to assume the President to be anything like Adolf Hitler. I love Muslims. I dislike the religion, Islam. If the president wants to put bans and restrictions, our role is not to question him but to try and see the bright side every moment. If a wall is to be built, we should riot the streets in disagreement because as it stands, the only visible human- made object from space is the great wall of China. Things will never be like Berlin in the 1940s. Walls are there to shelter the need of the many. No socialist would have fixed the problems of today as they are now. The land is ripe for the taking. Peace can be 106

established with another great powerhouse of a nation. We should be building on the past not tearing it apart to start over. These next 4 years will ring out through history as the time America gained its independence once again from a treat that is itself.

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Chapter 43 – América es liberado!

A counterargument to facts of Climate Change

“The conservative character of nationalism is maintained by an appeal to tradition and history; nationalism thereby becomes a defense for traditional institutions and a traditional way of life. (P.

629)” Is climate change a Hoax? As a conservative, I would argue it is. The climate is fine. What is not fine is the population increase in the world which has brought about the end of the world.

Human beings are reproducing at a rate where one day, there will not be enough oxygen in the air since we would have cut down all the trees to make space for ourselves. I have nothing against evidence that shows that temperatures are rising and the polar ice caps melting, nevertheless, it is not the climate that is changing, it is us. We are changing and growing.

Imagine how much food we consume all around the world and how much of that is an animal product. Do you have any idea of how much space is required to raise cattle? Hectares can’t even cover it. No pun intended.

“In the modern period, nationalism has become an article of faith for most conservatives in most parts of the world.” I would argue that supposing the reports are true, we must utilize the resources that we have as a country to adjust and shape our attitude towards just expenditures such as capitalizing on the wind, solar and, water-powered generators. Although Nuclear energy is mighty useful, it can become unsustainable in aspects concerning jealousy. Other nations will be taking into consideration that we are swallowing a camel and exerting a gnat. What then can we conclude as a nation? Think of the war in Syria people wanting to run away to Germany to escape. Think of the children who have no idea what is going on in war- torn countries because 108

their parents are fighting in a war they cannot win simply because both sides have warriors that would die for the survival of the idea that their nation is. I am not an idealist. I have suffered defeat at the hands of the ones I love. I have suffered betrayal. I have suffered abandonment.

Nothing compares to the promises I have in the hands of the Almighty however, how many have assassinated lives under the banner of a God? America got torn apart because simpletons decided to invade a plane and run it down the world trade building. Many lost sights of hope, many lost sights of a unified America united under the banner of justice. If Islamic states can tear us apart so easily, what more can fascist ideas do like the likes of KKK who have defiled Catholicism?

Climate Change isn’t our problem, the problem is like the humans that we are, are starting to lose what being human means because, in our Universities and Colleges, we aspire to be something different than what we are, human.

A Republic is “a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited period, or during good behavior (FP. NO. 39). When reading the papers, I realized the federalist papers are not just famous for the contents of the subject, but a writer is also a sophisticated person who was admired by the founding fathers. I have always admired him because of his ability to put into words the simple fact that liberty is not just for people who can afford it but also for the ones who fight every day to preserve the peace, the ones struggling to make a living to support a family, the ones supporting a whole economy by their labor providing service to the majority as well themselves. Alexander Hamilton just liked I used to love to write about liberty in a modern context, wrote about the forms of freedom at the time because, at the time when the declaration was written, the founding fathers wanted to establish the Democratic 109

Republic, especially Thomas Jefferson. When John Adams asked TJ to write the declaration, Alex did not have a problem with them, but he did have a problem with the content since it disagreed with his ideals and the funny part is, I am not on his side.

“Sparta, Athens, Rome, and Carthage were all republics; two of them, Athens and Carthage, of the commercial kind. Yet were they as often engaged in wars, offensive and defensive, as the neighboring monarchies of the same times (FP NO.6)”. I think he wanted to shape America just like Rome in a way that would suit the little guys at the bottom. Since Alex came from the bottom, he wanted American Citizenship to mean something because in Rome...

Ancient Rome at least... it meant a whole deal.

“The wealth of nations depends upon an infinite variety of causes. The situation, soil, climate, the nature of the productions, the nature of the government, the genius of the citizens, the degree of information they possess (FP. NO 21) “. As avid students of Adam Smith both Alex and I agree that the sentiments of the people should not be taken for granted. There is a certain amount of load people can carry before they crack. The wealth of the nation isn’t just the property and minerals of the earth, the people the big as the Spanish would say “caudal”. I believe the biggest investment anyone can make is in humans much like a symbiotic relationship.

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Chapter 44- The written word on friendship St. Thomas and Aristotle have a very close conception of what good means. They both believe that good should be the striving point of every virtuous person however they differ when it comes to tying a knot in the matter. St Thomas is a theologian as well as a philosopher unlike Aristotle who is purely a philosopher, so he is not influenced by the teachings of Christ. “The purpose of human law is to lead men to virtue not suddenly but gradually,” says St. Thomas while Aristotle says, “to act in conformity with the right principle is common good”. St Thomas talks about how to lead a man to be virtuous while Aristotle talks about what to aim at in pursuit of goodness as well as why the reason is to act in accord. They bounce off each other flawlessly as if one is building on the other much like Jenga but in this case, the whole thing does not collapse when you take out a piece, the arguments stay still like a perfectly built castle brick by brick. For example, Aristotle did not believe in a higher power unlike St. Thomas, so he would say things like “the good of man must be the end of the science of politics” which completely clashes against the beliefs of St. Thomas because, the good of any Catholic/Christian is to follow in the teaching of Christ and one of the teachings of Christ is to believe that there is no greater honor than to lay one’s life for a friend, therefore, the good of man is to risk everything for the one they love. Later in the book (I read the book in the past), Aristotle talks about friendship and how the value of friendship comes close to even becoming a virtue of its own. In this sense, even if we were to remove religion from the subject, Aristotle’s Ideas would not be in direct conflict with St. Thomas’s because they would both say, “good is that which all things aim”.

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Chapter 45 – Political economy and culture of Tokugawa Japan and Ming China Politics economy and culture of Tokugawas Japan and Ming China were vastly different but had their similarities in aspects of worship and leading the nation. In Politics, the difference lies in the philosophies of life. China’s military was the most essential from the time sun Tzu wrote the Art of war, so they based their power on their ability to mobilize troops and conquer territory while also using their massive vessels to horde new merchantable products from all over the continent “The Imperial Ming dynasty in unifying seas and continents . . . even goes beyond the Han and the Tang. The countries beyond the horizon and from the ends of the earth have all become subjects (P.207)”. Japan has always sought to sustain itself by the means of staying put at one place and governing its citizens through shogunate rule up until Takanawa where the king was just a puppet and power lied with the commissioners. Through an exchange of information, they would later adopt each other’s religions and ways of ruling such as feudalism.

The similarity in culture lies in Confucianism and Feudalism. They both loved to have power wielded by a class system that put the rich above all others in terms of status. “Peasants and artisans were essential producers, although of low status, but merchants, despite their obvious accomplishments, literacy, often cultivation, and wealth, were seen as parasites and put into the lowest social order of all (P.235).” They both lavished in their wealth and Japan especially produced children that would inherit their properties and continue the lineage putting family first above all others and following a rigid discipline. Indifference, To sustain beauty good enough for the emperor’s orders such as foot-binding were established to “increase” the beauty of women in 112

China. This became the political order they followed for centuries and influenced their culture.

Japan had class struggles such as the Daimyo rising to tear apart the Ashikaga in Japan.

As for the economy, both had the means but only China used their resources such as their Junk ships to accumulate wealth. Matteo Ricci reported early in the seventeenth century, “Everything which the people need for their well- being and sustenance . . . is abundantly produced within the borders of the kingdom.” “China was indeed the most productive area of comparable size anywhere in the world, especially its great river valleys and floodplains” (P.207). Japan had always struggled with money and had constant uprising by the farmers in earlier times. Through tight-knit political control and policing, the Takanawa was established and over time, Mito (northeast of Edo), Nagoya,

and Wakayama (south of Osaka) became the central cities in Japan for commerce to the whole country till now. They both had struggling classes at the bottom because they did not have enough money and food to eat.

Both the founders of Ming China and Tokugawa Japan had similar personal and political characteristics. Both the Ming dynasty and Tokugawa shogunate were able to maintain political order, control, and develop economic prosperity. They both experienced feudalism, civil wars, and were ruled by local warlords. They both gained their political power from an environment of rebellion and civil war where the incumbent rulers were unable to deliver order and prosperity to the people. The Ming dynasty was founded from the emergence of a strong rebel leader, Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Ming emperor. The first emperor was also known as, Hongwu. The meaning of his name is “great military power” and reflected his leadership style. He arose from numerous 113

rebel leaders and established the Ming dynasty by the control of two important cities that were the centers of the political and economic gravity of China at the time, Nanjing and Beijing.

Similarly, Tokugawa Ieyasu was the third great military leader in a succession of strong leaders who managed to gain political power and leadership. Ieyasu because of his strong military leadership qualities and his ability to ensure the succession of power to his descendants, established himself as the Shogun. As the Shogun, Ieyasu was effectively the ruler of Japan.

Ieyasu gained control of two principal centers of political and economic gravity in Japan, Kyoto, and Edo. Ieyasu effectively emerged as the Shogun and ruler of Japan because he was able to maintain political order from a landscape characterized by feudalism and civil war during the Ashikaga shogunate era. Both Ming and the Tokugawa rule was characterized by highly effective, structured, and layered government administrations that maintained order and ensured the control of the ruler. Both administrations effectively collected taxes and revenue for the state.

The Ming and the Tokugawa governments relied on a foundation of Confucian ethics and a rigid social structure that controlled power and the people. Both maintained political power centered on a strong ruler. The Ming established the Grand Secretariat and employed imperial censors to administer regions. Similarly, the Tokugawa established the Bakufu and a strong secret police force to administer and control regions.

Both the Ming and Tokugawa political structure relied on the warrior class to serve in important political positions. The Ming had established elite military guards and placed them in places of strategic importance. Military officials were placed into prominent political positions. Similarly, the Japanese had the samurai warrior class. The Tokugawa maintained control over the daimyo who controlled their respective Hans. The samurai maintained powerful political and military 114

positions in support of the ruler. Both employed a system of arranged marriages between feudal clans to help maintain political power and influence. Both political systems had a very small percentage of the population serving as the ruling class. The Ming and Tokugawa political structures failed when the ruler failed to effectively lead their administrations and failed to deliver order, stability, and prosperity to the people. Political Differences. The Ming maintained an effective political bureaucracy that relied on the Confucian system of civil-servant class based on merit to administer the affairs of government. The Tokugawa rulers did not have a distinct civil servant class based on examinations to achieve positions. The Ming political system was plagued by the eunuch class of administrators. As a result, in general, the Ming political system experienced significant corruption, intrigue, and in-fighting for power. The net result was the wider erosion of the centralized power of the Ming rulers. In contrast, the Tokugawa shogunate did not have eunuchs or a distinctively Confucian civil servant class.

The Tokugawa leader, Ieyasu established the Sankin Kotai system. Ieyasu maintained control of the local warlords or daimyo. He required the daimyo to maintain their residence at the court in Edo in alternate years. When the daimyo returned to their regions, their families were kept in the Edo court as hostages. This was an effective system of maintaining control over the daimyo. The resources required from the daimyo to meet this requirement were enormous and made the daimyo less likely to fund a rebellion, even with their family as hostages in the shogun’s court.

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Both the Ming and Tokugawa maintained rule and order that allowed for the development and growth of their respective economies and populations. Both systems relied on an agricultural-based economy. The political order brought by

their respective rule and administration allowed for agricultural productivity to grow and subsequently allowed their populations to grow. In both Ming and Tokugawa societies, due to their Confucian foundation, commercialism was not the focus of government rule. However, in both, taxation was an important aspect of their economies. Both established efficient fixed-rate systems of taxation and from those systems devised ways to support the ruling class and their respective administrations. Both the Ming and Tokugawa viewed the merchant class as lowly in the social structure. However, the merchant class was contributing to the increasing wealth of the economy. The merchant class helped to change the culture of society as their wealth continued to grow greater influence. Economic power in Ming China centered around the Nanjing area with an effective infrastructure that transported agriculture and products via a road and canal network.

Eventually, Beijing to the north was the capital and became the seat of political and military power. Similarly, the Tokugawa shogunate controlled the regions around Nagoya, the center of Japan’s economy. Eventually, the Tokugawa controlled Japan from Edo, centrally located in Japan. Both the Ming and Tokugawa economies had advanced technology that they used to make finished products.

The Tokugawa were renowned sword makers and had advanced metal technologies. Similarly, the Ming used their advanced production technologies to develop their textile and silk industries.

Both Ming and Tokugawa exported their goods to foreign markets by the use of a maritime capability. Tokugawa Japan had established a wide network of trade via sea routes to 116

many Asian markets as did the Ming. Both the Ming and the Tokugawa experienced the rise of the commercial and merchant class as their economies grew. Economic Differences. The Ming economy was much greater in size and scale than the Tokugawa economy. The population and geographical size of Ming China were substantially larger than in Tokugawa Japan. The vast infrastructure of roads, the Grand Canal, the agricultural development, and the industrial development of Ming China were much greater than those developed by Tokugawa Japan. Both Ming China and Tokugawa Japan established trade with foreign nations. However, the Tokugawa leaders were much more restrictive in their trade and exposure to foreigners. The Tokugawa government placed many restrictions on foreigners, their trade, and their spread of religion. The Tokugawa government expelled foreigners and isolated Japan from foreign economic and cultural influences under strict controls. The Ming Chinese were much less restrictive in their commercial enterprises with foreigners. The strict Tokugawa social structure impacted the economy. The out-of-work samurai class was not permitted to become merchants. The impact of this strict social structure caused the peasantry to suffer the most.

The Tokugawa ruling class had to squeeze more out of the peasantry in taxes. This caused more discontent and revolt in both the countryside and in urban areas, ultimately destabilizing the economy. However, the economic growth and the wealth of the merchant class under the Tokugawa rulers developed a “Floating World” of amusements, arts, and cultural growth. This growth from urban centers, coupled with the Sankin Kotai 117

system eroded the feudal system. This developed for Japan what would become a national economy centered in Edo. (Murphey, pp. 205-215, 232-243; “Chinese Civilization (17) The Ming, Part 1.,” film.; “Age of the Shoguns,” film.)

The Ming dynasty and Tokugawa rulers believed in the superiority of their respective cultures and viewed all other civilizations as barbarians. Both cultures had a foundation of Confucian morals and focused on the filial system, respect for elders, and ancestors. Both cultures maintained local order through the self-regulation of society based on elders and family. The Ming and Tokugawa culture developed a wealthy merchant class that patronized literature and the arts. The Tokugawa grew cultural life around daimyo castles and developed a growing urban culture and sophistication as did the Ming. In both the Ming and Tokugawa cultures the expanding wealth and financial influence of the merchant class gradually eroded the feudal system. Cultural Differences. The Tokugawa culture was significantly more restrictive in their interactions with foreigners. In contrast, the Ming rulers were more open to the ideas and influences from the western foreigners. This allowed the Ming more interactions to develop more technologies. The Japanese people were much more homogeneous with a common language and culture compared to China. The Tokugawa culture allowed for a more unified identity in Japan and consequently evolved into a more centralized government.

In contrast, the Ming were unable to maintain a culture with a unifying national identity and became more susceptible to erosion due to nepotism, internal fighting, intrigue, and corruption.

(Murphey, pp. 209-213, 236-241; “Chinese Civilization (17) The Ming, Part 1.,” film.; “Age of the Shoguns,” film.) Examining the differences between Ming China and Tokugawa Japan, if Zheng He were employed by the Shogun Ieyasu, the approach to maritime expeditions may have 118

been different. Did the geography of Japan compare to China play a major role in their approaches to maritime development? Bibliography: Murphey, Dr. Rhoads. A History of Asia, 7th ed., Pearson, 2017, pp 200-243.

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Chapter 46 - Case for Monarchy

I remember the events that shaped the United States, and I saw it unravel on TV. I remember the devastation on my mother’s face and my dad’s utter shock when the world trade collapsed, and the light almost left his eyes with horror and grief sitting in the living room by the fire in Ethiopia on September 11, 2001. I remember I was 13 years old when I saw my mother jumping up and down screaming “Halleluiah!” at the top of her lungs at 4 am when Obama got elected as the first African American President of the United States in the dimly lit living room my father built from the ground up. I remember the tales the community talked about their encounter with Americans in the US and how someone will tell them to pick up the trash if they saw them drop something on the ground. I remember learning about American Football on a spreadsheet at the private school I attended and being captivated by it to the point when crossing the 100-yard line with a football in hand felt like a wet dream and I imagined daydreamed every night for the next two weeks when I will get to play football.

At 15, I attended Northwood Highschool briefly and was surprised I was the smartest person in the room. I saw the most ambitious people and met with sturdy students, but I learned what they lacked was heart. Reading “Coming of Age in Mississippi” in Ms. Washington’s class, I saw the true beauty of a black woman and the potential she possesses. Just like Ann Moody “I had found something outside myself that gave meaning to my life” Anne Moody, Part 3, Chapter 21. I read that book overnight and was consumed with a brief hatred for government and figured there must be something wrong to oppress and vilify a minority to produce the maximum 120

outcome. I had no white friends then except a Jewish lady named Margo. She was a lady above all ladies who dressed modestly and kindly. I used to get lost in her green eyes when she told me about her day sitting in the lab on the second floor at Northwood. I soon started to realize I was being drawn by her feminine beauty. My eyes would not stop looking at her breasts and the smell of her hair was captivating, sometimes intoxicating. All my expectations about White people were shattered when I met a person named Eddy. Eddy was the first white person in that school who had heart. He sympathized with the stories of Emmitt Till and how his mother wanted an open casket to show the world she has not a moment to hate the world for what white men did to her baby boy. He thought about my aesthetics and culture.

Soon after I transferred to Bethesda Chevy Chase high-school to finish out my last 3

years in high school prepared to take on college. I barely went to any games, nor do I remember any teacher that left an impression. I never got to meet the President of the school but had an encounter with the government. My lunch was being paid for as well as application fees for colleges by the government. The government also paid for my education as well as my SAT

classes during my junior year. I did not know why these things were happening but every time, I felt distant from everyone else. The cool kids would go to Chipotle and buy lunch as well as the middle class that followed their heels and spent their time in the MacDonald’s or A1 nearby. I would sometimes eat lunch in the music room or the cafeteria but here in Bethesda, the government was not the problem, it was the people. I did not have a hard time throughout high school, but I did have a boring experience of repetition everything. Waking up at 6 am, getting dressed and feeding myself at 6:30 am, heading out for the bus at 6:45 and getting to school at 7:10, attend class until 2 PM and coming back home hungry, not for food but the democracy I 121

saw across the street at the Catholic School nearby. I was hungry for their union and their ability to work closely as a cohesive unit.

In college, I started studying the causes that compelled the founding fathers to declare their independence from the clutches of tyranny under King George III and one strain called out to me in the Declaration of Independence, “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness”. When 53 people signed the constitution, none of them agreed on what kind of a government should be established, not a Democracy, not a Republic, not Anarchy, not a Tyranny, not a feminist, nor an Oligarchy. The declaration states,

“NEW” government under the pleasure and desire of the majority vote which can be anything.

This is why standing here today I would like to say, “One For All, All for One”. The words, out of many, one, are written on the walls of the capitol by an Italian painter to represent the dawning of a new age as George Washington capitalizes on his success of defeating British troops under the sword, liberating the United States, and turning a new page. In the words of President Reagan, “the goal is world peace, we are the leaders of the free world whether we like it or not”

and here in the United States, the people are given the opportunity whether black, white, yellow, or brown the choice “the burden to maintain the peace of the world falls on us” continues Reagan.

The ideal form of government is a Kingdom, a Kingdom led by a Lord, a King, and a Master. When I kissed the first girl, I ever loved in Rockville at 10 PM a few blocks from her 122

house, it wasn’t hatred that was in my heart. It was a dream of a family, a dream of holding our son in our hands and pushing towards a better life and a future. The students of Northwood failed because they did not know what they could be individually and missed out on the relationship with their teachers. The government of Bethesda Chevy-Chase failed because class left a huge hole blank leaving out the valuable upper middle class, forgetting the American history of the Vanderbilt’s, U of Virginia, and Carnegie’s of the world, and without lordship, their soul is up for grabs, for sale.

There has never been a King like Marcus Aurelius where even Jesus said “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it (John 14:12-14)”. There have been no accounts of Marcus Aurelius being a Christian because there is no such thing. Jesus never said become Christians nor did Mohamed ever say become Muslims. Buddha never said become a Buddhist nor did the Taoist philosophers say become Taoists.

We are the creators of our destiny and at this moment, we can choose to because Kings, Lords, Masters of our fate under one God who is who he is, living under the wings of the Almighty and create a just world where kindness overflows. “Do you need help with your bags mother? “Father, can I wash your feet?” “Brother, let me show you the way!” “Sister, let me protect your heart.” In a Kingdom, Laws prevail and just as much as the seed has the potential to become a forest, mankind in the United States can be abundant as the starts in progress, working towards a new deal with Iran, negotiating peace treaties in Palestine, and ending the “War on Drugs”. The Just citizens should not be tied down by autocracy but reined in by the lasso of love 123

and prosperity. The American Dream then will no longer be a dream but a reality where our Military in Arms will come home to drown a Jack Daniels in peace under the shade of an Apple tree lighting a foreign cigarette thinking about their next endeavor in life.

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Chapter 47 – The classroom

The 2019 democratic debate kicked off hot and candidates did not hold back on sharing their position regardless of disagreements in ways of implementing policies as well as ways in meeting common democratic goals such as Immigration, gun reform, and education. What most of the arguments made did not have in common is the means of meeting the end goals. While Senator Harris held back on targeting other candidates, the former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro did not hold back on prying the promises of former Vice President Joe Biden which started a roundabout of candidates calling each other out on their past failures. One thing was for sure, there was a unanimous animosity and hatred towards current President Trump in the entire room where the term “racist” was used quite often to describe his character. Senator Sanders at some point eloquently said that President Trump is “the most dangerous President” for the American Democracy in which none even raised an eyebrow.

Senator Sanders, a member of congress for the past 30 years, seemed poised and articulate the same way Senator Warren was especially standing up for their prime goal of eradicating all or 95% of the 1.3 trillion-dollar student loans in the country.

The whole debate can be summarized as “the classroom”. Clear respect was paramount among the candidates. They raised their hands before they spoke and answered questions enthusiastically. United, their goal is to beat President Trump and bring stability to middle and lower-class America through debt relief, health care reform, and easy access to education. All candidates have at least a bachelor’s degree and five are Lawyers. Six candidates have attended Ivy League Schools. Each came from a different background than the rest. The son of an immigrant, Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, a graduate of Brown and Columbia University, wasn’t 125

shy to mention his failure concerning starting a business that flopped at a young age. What stood out however is his plan to give 1000 dollars a month for a year to 10 random families across the United States in support of “The Almighty Dollar” that could make the “country work for us”.

Everyone was in unanimous agreement with Senator Warren’s belief that immigration makes the United States strong. Regarding the recent shootings in El Paso Texas, his hometown, Candidate Beto O’Rourke captivated the voters in the room by putting his foot down taking a hard stance that AR-15 and AK-47’s will be bought back on all account from citizens once he steps into an office which resulted in a massive standing ovation. Bookers take all in all regarding mass shootings however was to take the fight to the NRA because the low-income neighborhood he came from was plagued with gun violence and made his resentment and ambition to fight big on behalf of those who died of gun violence very clear.

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Chapter 48 – My view of communism

“In its alternative version, post-Marxism consists of an attempt to salvage certain key Marxist insights by attempting to reconcile Marxism with aspects of postmodernism (Page 433)”

I think that Marxism is not dead. It has just changed forms and moved out of its parent’s house to Russia and China. I always thought I liked the idea of bringing down the house from the top down but once I started studying the French revolution things changed. Let us face it, the King and the Queen were living like Gods but what makes Communism different from Anarchy is that it maintains the established government/the system for long periods whereas anarchy can just be a state. I would put it that a brother to Communism is Socialism and although they have their differences, my problem with them is their cohesive structure. I do not know how much I would like the government telling me the limit to how much money I can make and keep sustaining my family, but I might be wrong. Some people in eastern China who do not feel the heavyweight of the government might not feel too bad about it since they can regulate free labor and production under their family laws, their confusing culture. The thing that bothers me about this is when do they get to say enough when government officials come to take their property away?

“By 1991 the Soviet Union, the model of orthodox communism, had ceased to exist (P. 433)”.

When the USSR fell in the ’90s, the whole world rejoiced. I have never talked with anyone disappointed that Russia fell apart. I on the other hand feel some type of way about this. Putin was originally in the KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti «Committee for State Security)”. In a way, the USSR is still alive in him because he represents everything that they did... at least In my opinion.

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Marx once said, “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” We saw it through the history of Russia all the way down from the Romanov’s down to Putin. Lenin and Gorbachev represent the ode that the original writers of the constitution wanted to point out as the mistake that would arise eventually and soon enough... everything changed when communism emerged as a substitute for Kingdoms/Monarchies… I would put it as “bringing down strongholds”. I think people take it as a joke when Kingdoms fall which is wrong. What makes America different is the Kingdom overseas that claimed dominion over the land did not fully colonize it. When I was reading the bible, I learned that God told the Jewish people to get rid of the whole occupants of the area he promised them before they started living there but oops…they did not. Now they are waring with Palestine all the time. I think King George made the same mistake. “There is, nevertheless, considerable debate about the implications of the collapse of communism for Marxism (P. 433)” and this brings me to my final point. I do not think Kingdoms should be decimated. Others believe that Marxism is completely gone with the fall of the USSR. I guess more study is needed at a point because I think that Ideas like energy are not destroyed, I know they change forms.

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Chapter 49 – Business and politics

Businesses can survive without politics and vice-versa. It has been a long tradition to uphold values and virtues when it comes to business and politics. They are both independent, yet we see them daily colluding and working together to bring us the world as we know it. It does not mean that they are dependent on each other. It simply means they co-exist in this world. We first must define what they are. Business is the exchange of goods between two separate entities.

The exchange can be information, products, money, etc. businesses are affairs as well as commerce. Business can also be looked at as a person’s occupation or what he/she does to earn a living. It can be heard often when people say, “stay out of my business!” or “business is booming”. Politics is something quite different from business. Politics is about leadership and power. Politics happens when governments are involved in governing countries and the affairs of the state. Politics also has to do with the relations between countries. To put it simply, although Business and Politics have always co- existed, they are not dependent on each other, and here is why.

Trade between the United States and China can continue without the president getting involved. Trade is the exchange of goods between two individuals or corporations or organizations. The president is the presiding governor of a republic sometimes called chief executive or head of state. The president has a lot of powers but is constantly in check from the 129

Judicial and legislative branches of the government. The judicial branch of the government includes judges who rectify the final word on cases or policies. The legislative branch includes the senate and the House of Representatives who are responsible for making laws that govern the country. Looking at the current residing president in the white house, we can see that he is taking many actions that most think a president should not be able to do. The president is already flexing his commander in chief muscles sending out missiles strikes against Syrian militants who are abusing the sanctity of humanity by attacking the citizens with chemical weapons. Now let’s take away politics into a world where free trade exists, and people are left to fending for themselves with the property that they have. Even in an anarchic state, if my family and I were to secure a water hole yet we do not have any meat to eat, that might be problematic for us since protein is an essential nutrient that the body needs to recover. Kwashiorkor is a disease caused by the lack of protein in a diet. It causes poor concentration and trouble learning, muscles and joint pains, low energy, and constant fatigue and if left untreated, the condition can lead to coma, shock, or death. Imagine now if there exists a family somewhere out there in this world that we created that has a ton of livestock but lacks a waterhole to draw water from for themselves and their livestock. One option is we could go to war and the winner would win both the water hole and the livestock however, there may be a lot of unwanted casualties along the way.

The best thing to do for everyone, in this case, would be to settle things humanely and peacefully by the means of trade. Family number 1 can say, “I will let you use my waterhole that I secured with my labor in exchange for some of your livestock that I can raise for milk and butter, so my family can survive.” Family number 2 has a choice to negotiate or take the deal because it benefits both families. They may even settle and coexist together in the same land mutually benefiting one another. A scenario like this is what could happen between the United 130

States and China without politics getting involved. Without politics, a business can survive because America needs the ability of China to mass-produce products. According to World meters, a world population counter, China has approximately 1.4 billion people. Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Toyota, and many other high-profile companies have bases located in China in need of cheap production prices, fast production times, and mass production to asked time. Shanghai is the commercial capital of China, maybe even Asia. China is an economic superpower. In 2010

it became the second-largest economy. When you look at the global market, you can see the hand of China in almost every product from textile to food and bottled water. Chinese economy transitions from an export-led investment economy to a domestic consumption economy.

Xiaoguang Huang, a CEO of ANZ China believes that this transition from exporting to domestic consumption could take about 15 to 20 years to be fully complete. Foreign companies are mainly using shanghai as a springboard into greater China as a result. Shanghai’s free trade zone is also being established to trial new rules and regulations to keeping business afloat.

Wall Street stands firm by itself without the government. Bankers and stockbrokers have ruled wall street in the center of the business world in New York. Some have made millions while some have lost their homes and withered away. Every business day more than a million shares are exchanged at wall street. It is a place where a company can raise millions of dollars by offering ownership to a lot of small owners. The trading floor is where someone can enter and exit an investment. One day you can be in the automobile business while the next day you can be in the next best thing. 40% of families own stock one way or another in the United States. People wake up every morning eager to be the next Warren Buffet. 100’s of years ago investing was chaotic. Investing can be traced back to ancient Greek. Ship captains would take an all-or-131

nothing approach when it came to leaving town and coming back with riches. The Romans also sold stocks when a single businessman could not handle the expense of the buildings. 1600

Holland was capital of trade at some point where stocks were sold some not worth anything at all, but the value would increase nevertheless because they would advertise it as something out of this world. Some traders got fooled into buying shares where the company claimed to turn chickens into sheep. As time went on stocks make Europe the economic capital of the and eventually, America becomes one too.

Wall Street remains in New York whilst Congress is in Washington, they coexist. Wall Street got its name when New York was a small town, and pilgrims put up walls to keep out Indians. Eventually, the town would become an economic capital where slaves were sold, and public humiliations were helping. Stocks eventually started being sold there. If you wanted to sell or buy stock, you had to hire a stockbroker to do it. Only reputable stocks were traded. Many people were afraid of stock because it was an all-in or out kind of business. The reputability brought in a limited amount of success for stockbrokers and disputes were settled with fists.

Technology would eventually speed up the whole process more than anyone could ever imagine.

Wallstreet was no place for amateurs ever since its founding.

It was a jungle since there were no rules. There was no federal government involved as well as very minimal state involvement if any. American railroads were known throughout wall street. The stocks were needed because you need to assemble a large amount of money to start building. The network stock exchange found its new site on the wall and broad. It was modernized which gave its way to a free for where ruthlessness took over the playground (the trading floor). Washington D.C is the nation’s capital. The national mall is a grand open space 132

that is a symbol of American democracy. It represents the ever-changing culture. 29 million people visit it every year and there are many moments there that went down in history as the most memorable ever. The national mall, also known as America’s backyard, is where people from around the world come to know about what the country is all about. George Washington himself was the person involved in choosing the site of the national mall for the new capital city.

A Frenchman named Piere was given the glory of dissecting the land and making something out of the farmlands. He was looking way ahead into the future when he planned out where the president’s cabinet was going to be along with the placement of the statues and monuments. The tallest free-standing structure exists right here in Washington D.C. Over 500ft tall, it weights over 90,000tons and the weight is the only thing that is holding it in place. A 5.8 magnitude in 2011 made over 150 cracks on the monument where it had to be repaired or chunks of it were to fall out. It took 2 years and 15 million dollars to repair the monument. As a result of a divided country, 6 years into the construction of the monument, civil war threatens to collapse the construction, but President Lincoln would not have it.

Along with the Washington capital, he could not bear the thought of an unfinished country as well as a divided one. In 1878 continues the construction as America was once again united under one banner. Once finished the monument displayed the power of the United States along with its strong democracy. Henery Beacon credited for being the architect of the Lincoln memorial made sure the design is interactive and goes well with the rest of the monuments. It is important to remember what lead to congress sitting in Washington. As much as the people in congress (house of representatives and senate) are important, they only live up to 100 years whereas the civilization and monuments would last for hundreds. This is why the monument, the memorial, and the white house are important.

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Wall Street deals in money in the center of the financial world. The bulls and bears are one of the most important aspects of wall street. The bulls are investors who think the market will go up, the bears are the ones betting against the stock who are ready to cash in when the deal flops to the ground. The concept of bull and bear struggle made wall street dangerous. Every week people would be all over wall street waiting to see if the stocks have gone up or down and panic would settle in. World war 2 did not help the cause since the exchange was forced to close for days eventually leading to the closure of wall street for 4 months. The telegraph in 1832 led to the revolutionization of the stock exchange. It helped the news spread like wildfire through town and in a place where information is power like wall street, the telegraph seemed like a device that was sent by God himself to advance civilization. The telegraph took over the whole town soon afterward making New York the center of the stock exchange world. This is where the most powerful man at that time came to be, JP Morgan. He established the first billion-dollar stock by combining 9 companies that dealt with railroads. He cared about every stock he sold. Investors respected Morgan however he was not liked very much by the public. JP Morgan as we know it today as a commercial and investment banking company is one of the most well-known and respected companies around the world.

Congress deals in and with power at Washington, DC. Congress is a bicameral institution.

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you look at the house of representatives, it is a requirement that you must be a minimum of 25

years old to become a member. The person must have lived for a minimum of 7 years in the United States meaning it is not a requirement to be born in the United States to become a representative. Every 2 years the entire united states house is up for election or reelection. There are 435 house members and every two years if people are dissatisfied with the actions or representation of the house, they can ALL be replaced. In the senate a minimum of 9 years stay in the United States is required to take a position. The person must also be a minimum age of 30

and the term a senate serves is 6 years. The reason the founding fathers did this is that they wanted the people to be represented well with fresh minds and ideas. Both the house and the senate make laws. The senate however is the one that sets appointments for the cabinet. The United States Senate has the power in choosing which official gets elected for office.

The house has no role whatsoever in the appointment process. The Senate is also in charge of foreign treaties like ending war for example. When World War 1 ended in 1918

Woodrow Wilson put together to put a peace treaty together to punish European countries, but the senate is the one that voted down the treaty of Versailles. There have been two presidents who have been impeached. Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. The house of the one that impeaches the elected official. They have the power to charge for the crime. Most of the United States Senate must find you guilty to be impeached. The senate has 100 members. Size is always going to matter. There is something known as a filibuster in the senate, when you have the podium in the congress, you can speak as much as you want. The house however has limits in how much they can speak and how long since there are a lot of people which means things might not get done if they can filibuster.

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Congress does not need bankers to implement policies the same way bankers and stockbrokers do not need politicians for stock trades, they are not dependent on each other. It’s not just the location that is different but their function as well. As mentioned before, congress is a bicameral institution consisting of the senate and the house of representatives. They deal in policies. For a bill to become a law an idea comes first then a senate introduces the bill to the committee. The idea can come from an interest group or the executive branch or even from congress. Once introduced, it is written in formal writing or markup which is the language they are familiar with. The Senate version of the bill is sent to the house. If a bill receives most of the vote, 238 or more of the votes, it passes. The same bill must pass both houses to get to the president, but it seldom happens. The president can either sign or veto the bill. Congress can avoid all this by signing the bill and if the president waits too long, the bill becomes a law without the presidents’ signature.

Policies go through politicians for approval, not stockbrokers and bankers. When we think about major issues such as gun control or same-sex marriage. The first thing that comes to our mind is not banking or money. We think of the people, the laws, and politicians. Same-sex marriage was not approved until Obama took office. It was not Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, or Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway that helped pass the bill that made it possible for same-sex marriage to be legal all around the United States. Even when we come to current issues such as the Iran nuclear deal, we do not see the CEO of apple signing the withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal that Obama signed back when he was commander in chief. Politicians take over matters involving the state or governing and that’s the way it should be because if money was involved in the matter, the system would be corrupt. Money has a way of making the strongest-headed people blink.

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The same way Donald Trump, the president of the United States, an elected statesman by the people, is dealing with the Iran Deal, stock trades go through stockbrokers and bankers, not politicians. The hardest thing for people who want to invest in the stock market is getting started.

Where is the right place to start? If you jump into the market without knowing what you are doing, you could lose a lot of money. It is first critical what kind of trader people want to become. Sometimes some people go into stocks for weeks or months since companies often put up shares that are short-term which is why being a short-term trader is an option. It is also possible to become an options trader, but it is not recommended for beginners since option traders usually know what they are doing when it comes to the market. Once beginners become experts, more shares can be processed successfully. The most common kind of shares is held shares where people don’t go in and out of the market, but they stay invested for decades or more. This strategy is more noticed when the focus is on how people like Warren Buffet trade stocks.

The business invests in everything including politics. My father is a businessman in Ethiopia dealing in coffee imports and exports. He owns farmland deep in the fields of the bore, roughly about 300km from the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. He makes money dealing in coffee however he tells me he makes a living by investing in a lot of things. Businesses invest in education, bridge constructions, stock market, oil importation, and exportation, etc. He owns a couple of shares in the construction of sites and buildings. He said he put some in my name a while ago and they are growing year by year, who knows, maybe those shares would one day make me a millionaire. The point is, as a businessman who has money, he can use it to buy shares in a certain company that looks promising and once that company starts making money 137

over the deficit, shareholders start getting chunks of the money. The amount of money shareholders make is directly proportional to how the company is performing.

Businesses give money to political campaigns and their preferred party as investments.

My father is a democrat. I consider myself a conservative. Although he is not happy with many of the policies approved by the democratic party such as same-sex marriage and the legalization of marijuana, he still makes contributions to the party by giving as much money that is allowed for a political campaign to accept. The reason he is not happy about some democratic ideals Is that they seem to disagree with his Christian beliefs. As for me, I think he should change sides become the conservative party could use a person like him nevertheless, the point I’m trying to make here is that investments are accepted by businessmen by politicians.

Politicians raise money on their own. Campaigns and fundraisers are not just tools for businessmen and women, politicians use them all the time without depending on anyone.

Although there is a limit to how much money a politician can accept per person, the work it takes to accumulate wealth is not easy. It is illegal for workers to contribute free service for a political campaign. Money is vital for politicians. Politicians raise money using printers, phone companies, radio, television, etc. which are not free. They use these means to spread out the word on what they can provide for the public. A politician first and foremost is the servant of the people just as much as he/she is a representative.Politicians throw parties to attract investors who would support them financially. What better way to make everyone feel welcome than to throw a party for everyone to come and enjoy people who share the same ideas as them. People are more likely to support the cause when they know other like-minded people also support the same agenda.

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In Conclusion, business and politics do not depend on each other because they are distinctly different in the way operations are carried out, money is dealt with, and who has the power, which is why they co-exist in this world without any dependency on one another.

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Chapter 50 – Bipolar disorder and marijuana use in adolescents There are many reports and peer review journals that study the correlation between Bipolar disorder and marijuana use. Among all of the articles, there are many common similarities and differences. In all, there is always a control group that has never smoked marijuana or has bipolar disorder and there is the experimental group that has bipolar disorder and uses marijuana. Even with the massive political war going on right here in the United States, science and research seem to be the only way to confront the issue of whether cannabis can be used for medicinal purposes to treat different health issues. There are many names for Marijuana such as weed, blunt, airplane, Kush, ganja, etc. but our interest lies inside the plant, the chemical that causes a high for the user, THC. 9 states including Nevada, Colorado, California, and Maine have legalized recreational use for adults above the age of 21 and sates such as Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida have legalized medicinal use. As time goes by, more and more people would have access to cannabis including minors who want to experiment. From the wave of change that the nation has been experiencing, it can be said that the positive effects of marijuana are starting to stand out for lawmakers and legislators, however, how much can be said about the effects of Marijuana in growing individual brains, especially if they have mental disorders? Can marijuana affect brain growth and development?

To understand the effects of Marijuana in adolescents with bipolar disorder, it is necessary to study bipolar disorder and marijuana individually. Marijuana does affect the brain from the point of consumption since it is mostly smoked. It can also be ingested after being baked with food which not only means less detection of use but the likelihood of higher dosage than expected. Most young people who use it recreationally don’t understand the substance 140

much. Even science is just starting to understand cannabis in this day and age since it is a schedule 1 substance like cocaine and heroin which means fewer opportunities for trial.

Marijuana can act as a depressant, narcotic, and hallucinogen. As a depressant it mimics the effects of alcohol, making people feel relaxed and putting them in a parasympathetic state. As a narcotic it helps prevents pains and as a hallucinogen, it makes people see illusions.Bipolar disorder is considered one of the most debilitating mood disorders, is the sixth leading cause of disability in the world according to the World Health Organization according to the studies. It can cause dramatic mood swings between manic episodes that makes the patient feel on top of the world and depressive lows that make the patient feel sad, helpless, and hopeless. There are drugs (antipsychotics, selective serotonin inhibitors) that treat bipolar disorder which puts the person feeling normal and be mixed with everyone else to continue normal day-to-day activities.

There are also therapies such as support groups and family therapy. No one knows what the cause of the bipolar disorder is other than the need for immediate treatment after it has been detected since it is not easy to diagnose. Much research shows that bipolar disorder and marijuana do not go hand in hand especially when it comes to teenagers. The best thing to do that most recommend is to wait as long as possible to start smoking marijuana, preferably late in the twenties or thirties. I agree with this because marijuana can be a distraction for most of everyone who uses it. That is why people are told not to smoke and drive the same way they are told not to drink and drive because the cognitive part of the brain is not functioning properly. It’s not the same when a teenager gets high on marijuana vs. an adult getting high on marijuana because a teenager’s mind is not yet fully developed.

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to be done on this substance yet the ones that we have shown otherwise. Study shows those who stop using marijuana who have mental disorders and those who do not have an equal chance of recovery. This is not to say any of the people in any parts of the experimental group should keeping using marijuana. It is the opposite. Marijuana uses recreationally should not be encouraged (advertised (in some states)) in anyone but adults who have a developed mind for it, those whose judgment and reason will not be easily affected. The hippocampus is the center of emotion, memory, and the autonomous nervous system. cerebral cortex, nucleus acumens, and basal ganglia are all affected by the active ingredient THC.

The positive side is pretty much subjective at this point. Some people feel a sense of relief when they use any kind of marijuana product, one that mimics euphoric feelings. The plant is categorized into two, Indica and Sativa. Sativa is a head high, while Indica is a body high that produces the stoned effect. I selected this part separately because this is one of the similarities that recreational marijuana use, and medicinal marijuana use have. In retrospect, the amount and frequency of use are also a factor. To keep all results stable, sex and age were used as variables in most of the peer-reviewed journals. In the discussion section, the research pointed to elevated mania and depression in patients with bipolar disorder compared to patients with just bipolar disorder.

Do the results of these findings justify the war on drugs? It’s impossible to say so. Some swear marijuana helps their symptoms although in the research when they took tests, the results of the marijuana smokers decreased.

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In conclusion, marijuana use affects the brain especially the minds of adolescents. When it comes to people with mental disorders, it affects them more so. Therefore, more studies still need to be conducted because the same way the wave of the LGBTQ movement swept across the whole United States and other countries like Australia, the same might happen with marijuana.

The more studies that are conducted, the faster legislation would pass in favor or against allowing everyone over/ under the age of 21 to use marijuana. According to the president we have in the US, it is less likely the process of allowing the use of marijuana in any form will be delayed until there is another president in the office. In the end, it all comes down to science and what we find in the future.

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Chapter 51 – The red knight

Upon the many stories that come to mind, there is a certain tune that always gets me moving. The story is about a man who decided to pursue his goal of achieving total control of his environment through the means of going into government work. The times were tough, and the sweet smell of cherry blossoms filled the air as he walked the long haunting trail of the D.C

street right down below the Lincoln statue. Upon seeing the beauty of the nation, he turned towards preserving it exactly how it is and resurrect the forgotten leaders of old. Upon a quick reach to a little, small town in the northern state of Indiana, he turned his face to the first commander he could trust. Mr. Pence was reluctant to listen but decided to join the case because he saw the precious citizens of the nation struggle to keep ahold of their inner fire along with the drive to move forward. Throughout his life, people have always treated him as a nonchalant leader because he smiled and waved at all his troubles like the penguins of Madagascar. It was a heated moment when he first announced his candidacy for president and doubt crept in the Republican National Committee because no businessman had ever pushed forward ahead of the race to represent the party since way back in the 80’s the gunslinger Reagan beat all odds and achieved status and wealth by steamrolling younger candidates.

When I first held the campaign promise in my hand on the cold weekend night in Harvard

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National Convention had chosen former Senator Clinton as their champion, I realize it was not my responsibility to paint the picture but something to be proven by the actions of the leader. I took the first flight back. I learned later Marco Rubio was held in high esteem to push forward the political agenda because of his youth and Mr. Jeb Bush his high-class experience and family ties. Some other gunslingers like Carly Fiorina bulldozed their way into the rat race by paying off high-quality advertisers in the west mainly concentrated around Silicon Valley but the man who is to become president was way ahead of the curve. He acted by reverting the political strategy and streamlining the silly and ubiquitous motions of the distressed candidates.

While others were concerned with managing people’s affairs, he was making sure he put the liberty flag higher and set the stage by taking the bar to the sky (metaphorically speaking), thread on his deep roots, and uphold the constitution. In a game of chess, all 4 knights can move 4 steps each to reach a point. Little did the other candidates know that in a Republic, philosopher King’s rule, not the knights, and a King was standing in their midst, however, no one knew it not and he was only moving one step at a time. President Trump not only rewarded the struggling southern states by closing off the borders, but he also advocates for the civil rights of naturalized citizens and has made the United States prosper more than any other country in the world. The unemployment rate reached under 4.0% for the first time in decades. There is more money in people’s pockets that they can convince to imagine their expenditures and the coat in arms warriors have food on their table. There have been more initiatives signed by the current president to help the low-income communities than all others combined. The ISIS organization does not exist anymore because he crushed them. He kept true to his promise, and he has led the country to prosper. I have never had so much fun in my life because I had to privilege to witness the first woman go to the moon in my lifetime.

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Chapter 52 - The Four Seasons

Poem 1 – I found my light (the winter stag)

The bitter snow, the bitter weather, Thick and dense yet light as a feather As the wind blew and the trees slept Thin ice and mud along with the pelt

The blinding light that gleamed and shone reflected in angles on snow, white as a bone the mystic day and with romance and moonlight dripping icicles, forming in the height the frozen ponds, no life in sight overwhelming beauty that drains the might snow so cold with teeth that bite

fluttering slowly into the night freezing cold, numbers below zero extinguishes all hope, and desire for tomorrow to live for the night, to live for the day to gaze and watch with nothing to say a spark and a pipe, books and beers tunes of fantasia that steers and steers

Poem 2 - My anger in the summer (the republican wolf)

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I hate the summer, I really do

If you sweat like I did, you’d hate it too I hate taking showers, ten times a day I would rather spend all my time, laying on the bay The pacific or the Atlantic, I do not care Rather than staying out in the sun, I would rather be eaten by a bear Water is scare and so is decency

And if you heard my poem, you would abandon democracy, because it is dirty.

I hate the patronizing sun, with its divinity Just like Jesus, on his donkey, doing his duty Running place to place, establishing a dynasty Instead of just settling in derry.

Piercing everyone with an abominable stare Staggering, boiling heat I cannot bare Being cooked alive, is really not great

Takes the fun out of drinking, a hook without bait I hate waiting for the night, just to have a little sip Because disobeying nature is really not hip.

Autumn

Like a doe in distress, she came to me, Her feet were a little worn, not hard to see She was fading slowly, her colors were changing

I held her in my arms, god knows what she was thinking She was dying slowly, and so was her kind,

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No hope in sight, nowhere to hide

as the winds picked up, much like the tide

she drew her last breath, I got caught in a bind.

Her spirit was gone, her body remained My heart ached a bit, as my eyes turned red A renegade, a storm, yet she lifted me high Struggling to speak, no one heard my cry I will treasure her, when she comes again Although hard to comprehend, for my brain She is a season, much like the rest

Only time will tell if she is the best As she scattered away, in my fingers I thought of the journey, that often hinders The substitutions, and the incoming changes The dormant desires, that unfailingly hinges As it departs slow, along with the month, You can hear her whisper, from inside the earth. The spring All hope was lost, and then I saw her

As she rose from the ground, from what seemed like a blur She had been gone for ages, no one knows how long

In the bitter weather, we pushed forward strong

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My knight, she bites, as she pushes out from the ground New life, I like, I hunted her like a hound

She was far away, when I thought she was near, With nothing left to hear, although nothing was clear

As I brushed the ground, to help her up from the bottom She was up in the sky, and I couldn’t fathom

And time goes on

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Chapter 53 - The winter adventures

Today is the first of march, and while sitting down writing this, I can't help but think of the seasons that we went through together. We survived the deadliest colds, the greatest highs, and the most epic journey, unfolded before our eyes. Yesterday, the supreme court started taking cases for the student loan relief programs. If things go well, we have an opportunity to gain another 20,000 dollars given to us. With this debt relief, we should be able to get our credit scores up which will allow us to apply for many kinds of credit cards. I can't help but wonder how awesome, the sweet taste of the meals we ate while sitting in that dreadful snow somewhere in the backyard of our pools. I guess you can say what I miss the most is the swimming pools since we have never been inside them.

The sun sets and the sun rises, which we witnessed with our eyes still make me hopeful when I think back. We survived the many different temperatures while singing with one another in love and we made so many friends. We partied in below zero weathers and we partied when the sun was it's peak. The most magical moon phases, under the lights, while we pondered our fate in the universe. We found our dreams and we made allies from som many different countries. We delighted in one another and shared toasts and drink with joy in our hearts. We made memories no one can ever take from us. I have been happy before, but now reflecting back, my anguish lies in my aging body. I am starting to have wrinkles. The features of my face do not look the same anymore. If only there was a way to maintain my body forever, eternally, not my soul or spirit, but an immortal physical body.

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Chapter 54 - The relentless person who advanced to become a King I have been on a roll in the past few years. I have made sure my moments with the royal princes all across the globe are just moments to be proud of since in regards to purpose I deem myself fair and worthy of royalty, because the time has come for the people who have called themselves, “citizens of the state” to conclude peace by submitting their will on to me. This theory of royalty is not just one I have adopted, It is the same one that I have learned from the princes and kings. At this moment, I consider myself competent. I am a king because I worked hard for the title and earned it. I always thought of myself as a person of interest, but the divine seems to disagree and have bestowed me with honor and title. I bow before the church to make my name known. I ask the holy beings to bless me on their behalf. I am the product of the church. I love my country. I love my citizens. When looking back, my heart adores what I have become. I will always remember myself as a father who remembers his sons. I have never loved one with all my heat more than myself. I am a relentless soldier who waits, because I love with all I have. As a king, I am determined to tell myself all that I have survived will be recognized through science and faith as I unravel myself to my subjects daily. Before the atomic bomb became a reality, I was there, as a species called man. Before the democracy of England was there, so was I. I humbly asked for my representatives to give way to my ideologies, yet they never listened. Before, the horses bled on the bed of grass, before the flies complained of the piled bodies being picked up on the battlefields for the sake of the king's glory, I was there.

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Before soldiers on the battlefield breathed their last moments, I lingered there waiting on their hopeless eyes to shut for the last time. I am a man, and a king. I will not cease to exist and my eyes are yours, for we share the same fate and death will come for all of us.

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Chapter 55 - The story of the bad prince A young lady seems to be breaking up with her boyfriend, he has followed her home and they are arguing by the door of her apartment. She doesn't want to let him in and this is the last time she wants to see him because she feels abused. After a few vocal arguments, she calls security, and promptly they arrive, but upon seeing her boyfriend face the security guards feature changes, "oh hey what's up prince, I heard she needed help so I cam to see what's going on but I guess you were here first". The lady quarrels, security, it's him I need him off my premises. The guard stops for a minute, yes but he takes precedence . Our loyalty is to him first and then you.

We can't help. She screams, "you're fired", I am afraid that’s not possible the guard whispers, we signed a contract, in exception of the prince. He says, "you're on your own" and leaves. The prince awkwardly desists, "hey man, I'm coming with you, you got beer?". "Only a keg, leave her, she's not worth it".

Prince exits with a guard.

Next scene starts,

It is a courtroom. The lady in waiting had filed a lawsuit against the guard who did not do his job in protecting the girl. The general jury decided due to his neglect, and upon going through the contract, the guard was sentenced to 5 years in prison, unless a fee of 70,000 dollars were paid in reprimanding the damage put upon the social status and endangerment of the life of the lady. In walks the prince though the back, a paper is passed to the judge, the payment had been completed in full by an anonymous person. The shackles are undone from the guard. The guard 154

looked shocked. They were drinking beer together, while in the afternoon, they were making amends, damages done to their reputation on behalf of their royalty. The prince exits with the said guard, they leave the court in hush and the prince hands a cig box to the guard, he takes one, the prince lights it for him. "Well, fair to say that we are out of the shithole on this one" he utters.

We will be glad once we reach the bar says the said prince. They leave with a sense of haste, eager to get the drinking part. They talk and have a good time on the way. The prince offers him a full-time position by the palace and the guard accepts. They exist said scene with happiness having averted chaos.

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Chapter 56 - The fighting spirit that I do not have I am not a pacifist, but I still hate fighting. I see no point in fighting anyone or anything.

There is no goal to accomplish in fighting because the aim or end goal is not there. It seems some of the reasons that people fight would be to stop the advance of someone, against something they do not want or to take something someone has that they do not have that they want. The problem lies in the motive because as long as that person is still alive, so is the possibility of advancement until the whole body comes to rest.

I like the possibility of no movement. I like the possibility of dividing and conquering the soul from the body. No "fight" should ever be wasted and should end in the lifeless body of the other individual. As my age keeps growing every day, I am starting to notice a lot of things that are a waste of time, the primary one I can think of is fighting and not finishing the job. I find it halfhearted and weak. I find it wishy-washy with no heart or passion poured forth in the wasted movements. Anyone who fights and doesn't kill is always holding back, guessing their thoughts and questioning their motives. I sat and thought to myself while watching National Geographic videos. "What if that lioness hadn't killed that zebra, or those wild dogs let their prey survive?"

The simple answer is clear. If they had "fought" the zebra or the beast, and they concluded their fight after dealing damages, there would still be no lunch, or dinner. If there is no food on the table, there will be no offsprings. If there are no offsprings, the species will itself disappear. In a sense, mating is a form of death too. The one who "fought" to mate and has, is no longer a virgin.

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They lose that innocence and are no longer considered pure because even if they fought for it, they still had to sacrifice their lack of experience or knowledge of that pleasure for the purpose of knowledge. All things have an end and do come to an end. That building project in your community will likely be finished soon. That girl that you obsessed over in high school is about to enter into menopause, no longer capable of reproducing. That enemy you hate is still breathing, yet in due time they will pass as well. All I am saying is, if you want to "fight", do not half ass it and go all the way, slay them instead and let them pass into eternal rest.

Oftentimes I find myself in contempt, deep hatred for malicious people who think badly. I sometimes have thoughts that are quite sophisticated, yet I know that is indeed how other people are thinking and have set up their security. Like, distrusting the passive person because deep inside you have a fear all that person is looking for is an opportunity, for the right time to take his shot, like the guy who threw shoes at President Bush. The dude was probably like a quiet person who took his shot in a moment of heat. I like the concept of the quiet guy staying in silence to prey on his enemies, a square to the face that you fear incoming because it leads to embarrassment.

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Chapter 58 - A former rejected Essay to a University

Firstly, I am a son to a mother who brought me to this Earth 27 years ago. Secondly, I am a friend and companion to many across the globe who value my input on international and military matters. Thirdly, I exist as a brother to many who see fit to seek my advice when in need of spiritual assistance. Lastly, I am a politician who has managed to earn the votes of hundreds for the purpose of pushing an agenda that serves the common good of the students at Montgomery College.

I have been elected twice on the student council at Montgomery college, once in 2017

and another time in 2020. I have attained a 4.0 GPA on 5 different occasions at Montgomery College. I have succeeded in having my article posted on the college's Excalibur newspaper after having competed for a staff writer position. I have graduated three times consecutively in 2019, 2020, 2021 and procured 4 associate degrees.

I would like to be a husband and a father to sons or daughters. I would like to wake up somewhere in Massachusetts in my 40’s on a rainy morning in a house with a family. I want to be a laborer who works and gathers crops in due season to reap a reward, metaphorically speaking. Realistically, I intend to run for federal office in my 30’s because being a Senator is of value to me.

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