THE STORY OF MY LIFE ********************************************** One way to get acquainted with life and with one’s fellow men is to work for minimum wage under individuals you would do your utmost to avoid if given the choice. * WE ARE TOLD ****************************** There will come a time when the lion will lie down with the lamb and the Armenian with the Armenian, but I doubt if I will live long enough to see it. * We are also told our political parties play an essential role in the preservation of our identity as Armenians in the Diaspora; the implication being our partisans are dedicated and selfless servants of the community and men of honor. * “MEN OF HONOR” ******************************* That’s how members of the mafia identify themselves, as “men of honor.” What did you expect them to say? – that they are a gang of blackmailers, thieves, and murderers? # ON SUBSERVIENCE ******************************** It is said of Goethe and Beethoven that they were once taking a walk in a park when they ran into a family of aristocrats. Whereas Goethe bowed down deeply as a sign of respect, Beethoven plowed on with the comment: “There are so many of them, and so few of us!” * My question: If subservience can penetrate the mighty brain of an intellectual giant like Goethe, what chance do the rest of us have after long centuries of systematic indoctrination, and brutal intimidation by the likes of Sultans and Stalin? # HABEMUS PAPAM! *********************************** “Everything you have been saying about Armenians is wrong,” a reader tells me, and goes onto inform me he has discovered the root of all our problems. * OBSERVATION **************************** Our bosses, bishops and benefactors tend to behave as though they were not part of history, they live outside space and time, the law of gravity does not apply to them, and their actions don’t have consequences; and armed with that conviction they continue to bankrupt the nation with a clear conscience. * COMMENT ****************** You can’t adopt a propaganda line and pretend to be an honest man. * REFLECTION ************************* If only I could solve my own problems as easily as I solve the world’s problems! #