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February 22, 2022

oblivion or peace

These are a few excerpts from my new book, Common Sense and Reason Again:

Thomas Paine wrote in his book Common Sense: 

The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth. ’Tis not the affair of a city, a county, a province, or a kingdom, but of a continent—of at least one eighth part of the habitable globe. ’Tis not the concern of a day, a year, or an age; posterity are virtually involved in the contest, and will be more or less affected, even to the end of time, by the proceedings now. Now is the seed time of continental union, faith and honor. The least fracture now will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender rind of a young oak; the wound will enlarge with the tree, and posterity read it in full grown characters.

I write in ending my book and paraphrase from Thomas Paine:

“Volumes have been written on the subject of the struggle between greed and intellect. Men of all ranks have embarked in the controversy, from different motives, and with various designs, but all have been ineffectual, and the period of debate is closed. Morality, truth, is the last resource and will decide the contest; the appeal was the choice of selfish men, and the selfless hath accepted the challenge.”

At this point again you may be thinking, “This guy is a dammed idealist!” He is proposing humans become perfect, and that is a dubious possibility. I know we will never be perfect, but I hear from a reliable source that it is possible we could succeed with our humanity here on our lovely planet home if we get smart.

“Straighten up, you assholes!” Message from God 1/2/20           

“I am only the messenger!” JMc