Friends, I am about to begin treatment for the life-threatening medical problem which I mentioned some time ago. I feel that I will better cope with the situation without simultaneously dealing with the stress of some of the world’s problems.

As well, I’m just so tired at the moment that keeping the blog going is becoming a bit of a chore. Resultantly, from the middle of October, I’ll take a break until early in the New Year when the treatment stops. What I do then will depend on the success of the treatment and how I feel.

I have mixed feelings about the time out. I have put such a lot of work into this blog (and the Seeking Utopia one before it) and I’ve interacted with such great folk (and a few that weren’t so great), that it is hard to let go. But I have to listen to what my body is telling me.

Take care of yourselves, dear friends, and continue to do your best to make the world a better place for everyone while watching out for yourselves.

Cheers.

Mission Accompl…Over?

President Obama recently stated that the patience of America and its European Allies regarding Iran is not unlimited. Obama was speaking on behalf of his country and a number of acolytes that follow America around like pet poodles as it attempts to impose its will upon the world, to whit: Britain, France and Germany.

Russia and China will also be privy to future talks with Iran but any thought that they are subservient to America is absurd. In fact, Russia and China, should they form a strategic alliance, would threaten American dominance in the world, no bad thing.

Though Obama is merely the head of one country, from his speeches often you’d think he was King of the World. He speaks like a father lecturing his wayward family. In fact, one could almost liken him to GOD chastising his children and threatening them with the punishment of hell if they step out of line. I use the word ‘children’ in its broadest sense of course.

Where does the leader of America get this notion that what he thinks and says should be taken seriously by all the people of the world and all the nations of the world? I mean, there are 6.5 billion people in the world and 300 million Americans. That’s about 5%! There are 195 countries in the world of which America is one, yet the way Americans treat other countries…well, let me say it leaves a lot to be desired.

Part of the answer involves the idea of American exceptionalism. This strange delusion that America is the greatest nation in the history of the world, that America should lead the world, that America exists to solves the world’s problems, etc, has permeated American thinking almost from the beginning. It is totally unfounded of course, because America has, and has always had, many problems just as other nations do.

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