Dum loquimur, fugit invida Aetas: Carpe Diem, quam minimum, credula postero.
In short: ‘Enjoy yourself while you can.’
This phrase is often found in Greek and Latin poetry, it refers to our frailty and the inevitability of death. The hedonist and the epicurean often rely on this phrase to justify their lifestyles; although, judging by Obama’s loss of support and approval, he may as well adopt this phrase as a new slogan for the office of his presidency. It is doubtful whether he can find the time to adopt a more hedonistic lifestyle and maintain his health and family, with golf, parties, basketball, rock concerts and vacations. Activities that are wearing thin upon a country that is growing weary of their President’s lavish lifestyle while they struggle to keep from losing their homes and to feed their families, feelings that are becoming apparent in the President’s approval ratings.
The President probably missed the true nature of the American psyche by growing up with a Marxist family and being mentored by Marxists and doesn’t realize that the people who power the motors of the American economy aren’t asking for handouts and reparations, they only want a job to pay for their home and to feed their families. Unless President Obama starts working to improve the economy and job market, instead of viewing the American people as indigents who wait impatiently for handouts from the government, he may as well adopt Carpe Diem as his own personal motto.
A professional horseman for over 50 years, Skook continues to work with horses. Skook has finished an historical novel, Fifty Thousand Years, that traces a mitochondrial line of DNA from 50,000 years ago to the present. The story follows a line of courageous women, from the Ice Ages to the present, as they meet the challenges of survival with grit and creativity. These are not women who whimper of being victims, they meet the challenges of survival as women who use their abilities without excuses or remorse, these women are winners, they are our ancestors.
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