LIKE ELVIS SAID-TREAT ME NICE

WE HAVE A PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD TODAY AS BEING IN THE MOST DANGEROUS POSITION IT HAS EVER BEEN IN.THE DOOMSDAY'S CLOCK HAND KEEPS GETTING MOVED CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT.BUT I BELIEVE THAT FOR MOST OF US WHO
GREW UP IN 1960'S;THE WORLD SEEMS ABOUT THE SAME.THE CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS
HAPPENED WHEN I WAS 5-I DON'T BELIEVE TO MANY PEOPLE TODAY FULLY GRASP
HOW CLOSE WE CAME TO WW-III-IN 1962.WE WERE TAUGHT TO HIDE UNDER OUR DESKS AT SCHOOL-SHOULD A NUCLEAR BOMB FALL NEARBY.WE WERE SO NAIVE.
MALCOM X WAS ASSASINATED,THEN JOHN KENNEDY,THEN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.,THEN BOBBY KENNEDY-AND BEFORE THAT MARILYN MONROE-THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON ON THE PLANET DIED OF-WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT.LIKE MUCH OF OUR PAST-THE EVIDENCE IS INCONCLUSIVE.EVERYTHING IS QUESTIONABLE.WE DON'T KNOW AS MUCH AS WE THOUGHT WE DID-ABOUT THE HUMAN MIND.IT'S CAPACITY TO DECIEVE OTHERS AND AND EVEN FOR SELF-DECEPTION-IF WE THINK THE GAIN IS WORTH THE RISK OR BECAUSE OUR PRIDE
WON'T ALLOW US TO ADMIT OUR FAULTS.
ONE OF THE DREAMS OF THE 60'S WAS TO LIVE A SIMPLER LESS MATERIALISTIC
LIFESTYLE-BUT IT DIDN'T WORK.HIPPIES BECAME YUPPIES AND STILL WE WANT MORE-ALLWAYS MORE.NOW WE ARE EVEN EXPORTING OUR WAY OF LIFE TO OTHER COUNTRIES-BY FORCE IF NEED BE.WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF DOING THIS.WE WON'T BE SATISFIED 'TILL EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD LIVES LIKE WE
DO.AND ONCE THEY GET ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING MORE-THEY WILL ALSO WANT
EVEN MORE-JUST LIKE OURSELVES.IT SEEMS THAT THE GENIE WILL NOT GO BACK IN THE BOTTLE.SO TREAT HIM{OR HER]NICE.

P. HOLLY 7/26/07