THE CONUNDRUM
The other day I was sitting on a seat in a train between a young man and a middle aged gangster, probably, who looked foolishly riding on a train.
At a certain station, an old woman stepped in a car I was in. Walking toward my seat, she looked old enough to have any young man surrender his seat to her. Then, suddenly the young man occupying the seat next to mine stood up saying, "Dear old lady, please take my seat." She laughed, probably, as she was called old lady. But, she took the seat happily.
Then, at a next station, another old woman stepped in the car I was in and stood before me. She looked older enough to have anybody surrender his or her seat to her. I wondered if it was my turn to act like a hero in a train car running around Tokyo. Then, suddenly, the old woman who happened to obtain her seat from the young man stood up saying to the older woman, "Would you please take my seat?" The older woman declined but soon returned her happy gratitude to take the seat, as the first woman said, "I will soon get off."
Then, at a next station, several people got off, allowing the kind, old woman who had sacrificed her precious seat to take other seat again.
Yes, the other day I was sitting on a seat in a train virtually between two old women who both found their own seats by the mercy of God Almighty.
On the opposite raw, there still sat a mother, a young boy with a Shinkansen compartment toy and a ticket in each of his hands, and a young girl holding a big silver-colored purse with a string over her shoulder.
SECTION I: Only Legions Found in Empire
The Roman Empire can be regarded as an extension of Sparta, since original Rome grew through alliance with descendants of Spartans.
However, well disciplined soldiers, namely Roman citizens, came to lose their loyalty to Rome as they were stationed and lived long in the north of Alps and other overseas areas. Roman soldiers gradually turned to be private soldiers of generals. Roman legions came not to obey politicians and leaders in Rome but their generals. This is a grave crisis for a garrison state. A nation whose main industry is war can only prosper as long as military is completely subject to the nation but not generals.
As the Roman Senates and other politicians in Rome could not control and manage its troops being stationed all over Western Europe and around the Mediterranean, they came to need an emperor who could be respected by generals, officers, and soldiers.
However, except the iron control of the empire, Roman citizens, including those outside Rome, came to lose a sense of fellow citizens as the Empire admitted citizenship to too various tribes and groups of people who were originally foreigners and did not share any concrete tradition of Rome.
Yet, the Roman military was so strong for various merits. The Empire could survive under the state of virtual disintegration. Finally, the Western Roman Empire meant just the command line of the Roman military system.
It might be an easy analogy to say the the Empire of Japan also turned to a garrison state. Of course, compared with Roman citizens getting so corrupted under imperial regimes, the people of the Empire of Japan maintained well-ordered society and ethically sound citizen life until the end.
Anyway, comparison between the Western Roman Empire and the Empire of Japan is important for Asian people, though the former perished in 476 and the latter in 1945.
Then, you may love to more deeply think about the future of the U.S. in comparison with the Roman Empire which perished 1500 years ago for still controversial reasons.
SECTION II: Currency War?
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There is a concern about exchange stabilization operation being conducted by the Chinese Government.
The U.S. is taking on Iraq and Afghanistan due to its religious alliance with Israel.
But, if the U.S. starts in earnest to take on the Chinese Communist Party, it means entering the last phase of American destiny to introduce democracy into Asia.
America has so far welcomed growth and expansion of the national power of China partly because of historically romantic image of China and also no significant conflict of interest with China.
China has never set America's nerves on edge in terms of competition in various fields, while Japan competed in the critical fields of steel production technology, cars, electronics, semiconductors, computers, and other technological and scientific fields especially in terms of quality. But, China has not in such a manner because it was completely behind Japan.
China has been a good provider of low cost commodities to Wall Mart and other American companies. China even purchased 100 jet planes from Boeing if so requested by the Bush Administration while purchasing so many Treasury Bonds.
But, Chinese leaders have no respect for American rich men and super-rich men. For China, America is not a teacher of democracy. They can only accept a future image of China handling America exquisitely to satisfy their pride rooted in history.
Yet, the likely outlook is that the two countries will continue to trade jabs until domestic revolution occurs in China.
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It was unthinkable in the era of President Mr. Bill Clinton that those who do not respect Wall Street account for 60 percent of Americans.
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As the country struggles with a 9.7 percent unemployment rate while financial stocks surge, 57 percent of Americans have a mostly unfavorable or very unfavorable view of Wall Street, versus fewer than one-quarter who have a favorable opinion. Banks are viewed badly by 54 percent of poll respondents, and 60 percent have a negative opinion of insurance companies.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601208&sid=a4nQoiYaj2ag
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In those day, American people held a coffee gathering in a friend's house to analyze charts and tips on Wall Street, though nowadays they hold a tea party to prevent re-election of President Mr. Barack Obama.
Anyway, this year, American voters will take part in the midterm election and Japanese voters in the Upper House election, since a future big event will be in 2012 for the American people and 2013 for the Japanese.
( http://www.zianet.com/jw_laurie/Sounds/summerpl.mid
Source:http://www.zianet.com/jw_laurie/midipage.html
I have checked a book written by Baron de La et de Montesquieu.)
Luk 3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
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