THE AVERAGE AMERICAN MAN

                                        CHAPTER TWO 

John locke and his committee of immortal philosophers were gathered around a back table at Churchill’s Cigar Bar. As they waited for Tom Thomson, they were engaged in a philosophical conversation.

John said, "Tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to".

“Yes”, said Socrates, “it appears that Americans are living an unexamined life and do not realize that their Government is gradually taking away their freedom.”

Rene Descartes said, “You must think in order to continue to be free.”

 Noam Chomsky said, “In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued—they may be essential to survival.”

Somerset Maugham said, “If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too. (Watch out for Obama’s ‘free stuff’!’)

G. W. F. Hegel said, “The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.”

William of Ockham asked, “What the hell does that mean? Keep it simple, stupid, or I will cut you with my razor.”

Heraclitus said, “One cannot step twice in the same river because reality is constantly changing.”

Albert Camus said, “You gotta embrace life’s absurdity and keep pushing the rock up the hill.”

After that deep statement, Tom Thomson joined them and said, “Hi, I’m the Average American Man. I would like to buy a cigar and a beer for everyone.”

To be continued…                    The owl of Minerva