Manns Medium

For years people have been trying to figure out what is with this world and why it seems to be getting worse than getting better.  There are those who actually get paid to figure out this and other deep, philosophical circumstances and offer their hypothesis as to why it is happening.  I am not one of those but I do have a thought about why this world is going to hell in a hand basket and here is mine. While I do agree with some who say that this world is going to hell due to the tremendous influence of a discarded angel called Satan, I also think that another major reason is that not only is this world hell but it’s getting worse because we have simply began to disregard and dismiss individualism. That’s right, individualism.  It was once a good thing to be different with a different prospective on things, a different outlook on life, a different path chosen to pursue life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, a different career path or a different lifestyle....

I have been accused of many things, some of which I am completely guilty of and others that was just accusations from those that were frighten of or by me.   One of the most likable terms used to describe me was “simplistic” and while it may be offensive to others it is a nice title to me.   Having said all that, here is some other things that has occurred to me in my simplistic little mind lately that I would like to share. What if I told you that Christopher Columbus did not discover the New World?   What if I told you that Amerigo Vespucci stumbled upon the new world while out trying to make a name for himself.    I say he stumbled upon the New World made it back as far as England and since he could not draw maps, he enlisted the aid of mapmakers who either was Columbus or someone close to him.   Those maps or ideas of maps were then presented to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella by Columbus because of his ties to them.   They leaped at the c...