HOPE and VICTORY

Saif Al-Islam, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, gestures in Tripoli August 23, 2011 in this still image taken from video. Saif told journalists that Libya, which has been largely overrun in the past 24 hours by rebel forces seeking to topple his father, was in fact in government hands and that Muammar Gaddafi was safe. REUTERS/Reuters TV When  representatives of the world press is tied up in a frenzied state with the desire to report the killing (or capture) of an alleged mass murderer and gets it wrong all of the time, it shows a degradation of prescience for last days reporting.  But it is far more telling that objective reporting has been overcome by emotion mongers who have historically feasted on the dark-side of human cravings. Historically speaking, there is no surprises here.  Isn't it the media, the press, the fourth estate, whose main job  is to report the news as it happens no matter how gross or disturbing the content--or inaccurate? Yes and no. The

Most of the co-workers that I've been acquainted in diverse work places have at least one thing in common, they are all counting down to retirement.  Yes, that's a rap, it's true.  I the meantime, I always wondered what could and would become the measure of a person giving to mankind if he/she wasn't so occupied with retiring from the battlefield of employment? Well trying to maintain an unofficial dairy to keep an update on those who got their wish for either an early retirement or traditional retirement (according to Social Security standards), the report is sobering. There is Bob who reminded each and every one of us about his plans to sail around the world in his personal boat, worry-free.  Last I heard his life has been docked at the local government subsidized convalescent home. He is being fed intravenously and must often utilize a bed pan to stop from wetting in the bed.  Bob only retired 6 months earlier before his wife found him bent over trying to untie t