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Pizza to be considered as a controlled substance - "Nation addicted" APA

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FROM:  PIZZAONIAN NEWS SERVICE (PNS)

Contact:  Publicio Relationio at the PNS office of Public Relations at   PIZZAONIAN@YAHOO.COM

 

SUBJECT:  Pizza to be considered as a controlled substance.

 

Today the American Pizza Alliance announced it will begin a campaign to have pizza declared a controlled substance and have it put under the control of the Worldonian (USA) Federal Drug Bureau of Narcotic Control (FDBNC).

 

This move was anticipated after it was discovered Pizzaonian Imperialism had taken complete control of Worldonian pizza production. Pizzaonian Mozzarella Pizzas are virtually irresistible, and since infiltrating the American pizza market under a variety of alias, Americans have become addicted to pizza consuming an average per capita 365 slices of pizza a year.

 

Ameri Patriati, head of the American Pizza Alliance was quoted as saying” that’s a hella of lot of pizza.” It seems that APA will now attempt to have Pizzaonia declared a terrorist nation since their “insidious takeover of the American pizza industry is a major factor in creating this nation's high rate of obesity.”

 

State department officials seem somewhat confused by this turn of events since there is no precedent for working with beta-world countries.

 

One issue on the table is to restrict portalization from Pizzaonia to Worldonia.  Up to now the only criteria for qualifying for portalization to either world was the feeling that your life seemed like you were in a Woody Allen movie.  Mr. Patriati said “this is obviously not enough since virtually everyone’s life feels like they are in a Woody Allen movie.”

 

It is paradoxical to find Pizzaonia, a country that exists without governments or wars, embroiled in such a heated and controversial confrontation.

 

More as it develops...........

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Strange happenings on the road to Utopia - We became a nation of critics.....

Image courtesy of the Pizzaonian Art Institute, Abe Straction, Curator 

 

 

When you are a nation of doers, critics have a place.  They can offer an intelligent perspective that can be useful to the doers.  However, when you become a nation of critics with the doers in the minority, you are on your way to oblivion. 

 

We have reached the crisis point.  Unless we encourage the creative energy that made this nation the dynamic world engine it was, we can look forward to a long dismal period of slow, national disintegration.

 

How could this have happened in the first place?  It was easy.  We created an elite. This elite set the standards for education, politics, justice, technology and the social mores that favored their continued rule.

 

They decided which schools our talented young people would attend. They set the standards of qualifications to merit entry into their hallowed halls.  Those standards, of course, saddle broke all creative minds so they could serve as obedient managers for the system they were bred to serve.

 

So as a result, our financial and educational institutions, our courts and government are managed by people with the same “mind think” regardless of how bright or creative they were in the beginning.

 

We did have our bright shining moment.  After World War Two, thousands of returning veterans came home and began their education.  We created an army of intelligent educated workers and managers that carried us to a national greatness that surprised everyone.

 

We also created a nation of thinkers who were able to question things like they have never been questioned before.  Out of the fifties we bred the sixties and we began to scrutinize all institutions and authority.

 

We created the mechanisms to eliminate poverty, bring quality education to everyone and to create a justice system that would have equal access as its priority.

 

And then a funny thing happened on the way to Utopia - we became satisfied with what we had become. The result: The national elections of 2016 - need I say more?

 

Brother Giovanni

We also recommend: "The Pizzaonian"

 

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The devil is in the details, Continuation of Third letter to the Pizzaonians

Image courtesy of the Pizzaonian Art Institute, Abe Straction, curator (C)2012

 

The devil is in the details

 

We left off our last letter with this thought: Pizzaonians, I suspect, have developed a more advanced evolutionary response to end the aggressive violence that plagues your entire world. 

 

 It is simply a different way of seeing things.  Much too simplistic for most, I am sure.  But then again, most of the great truths are.  However, in case any of us forgets, the devil is always in the details.

 

What makes Pizzaonian culture different is the concept of empathy.  I say concept of empathy since empathy here is more than a defined word.  Here it is a cultural phenomenon that has transformed this society into a human experience like no other.

 

Empathy can be defined simply as the capacity for participating in a vicarious experiencing of an other's feelings, volition's, or ideas.  The catch here, if you are to understand Pizzaonian culture, is not to understand the word intellectually, but to have empathy with the word empathy.

 

When you live in this state of understanding it will not reduce the friction or conflict that all of us experience on a daily basis.  However, what it does is regardless of how fervent you feel about any subject, you always feel with equal intensity the needs and concerns of those you disagree with. This inevitably ends with a consideration of everyone’s needs and leads to a peaceful solution.

 

Many years ago the Pizzaonian elders realized they were resolving all of their conflicts peacefully and without the need for outside litigators, or for that matter, government in general.  When they considered the staggering cost of maintaining a government they decided on the bold experiment of eliminating all government, local and national, for a three year trial period. 

 

To their amazement, since there were many disbelievers, they functioned as well without government. Many noted with some validity, they actually did much better without outside interference.  They never looked backed.

 

As far as all other services are concerned, Pizzaonians created national, cooperative corporations that are owned by the people.  Since the concept of empathy is operative here, they all function very well, maintaining a very high level of service.  Keep in mind, we are not without problems here. What we are with however, is an extraordinary capacity to solve all of our problems peacefully.

 

Brother Giovanni, Supreme Pizzaonian.

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Are we happy? Do we dare ask the question to often?

“Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.” Henry Miller

 

There’s so much written on how to find happiness, I have to suppose a lot of people are looking for it. Are we happy?  Do we dare ask the question to often?  I think not since I suspect most of us are not happy most of the time.

 

Not to get to pessimistic here, but looking for happiness may be the wrong way to find happiness.  Happiness is not a condition that exists by itself – it is always part of another experience or event. As obvious as this is, it seems to escape us. That’s why the expressions “this makes me happy” or “you make me happy” are often used to express the condition when it exists.

 

I sense one reason for our ambivalence is how happiness is packaged to sell products.  Advertisers successfully create the notion you are supposed to be happy all of the time and somehow buying their product is the cause of our well being.

 

We all know this is nonsense. We know there is no one thing that makes us happy.  But tugging at the back of our mind is the notion that maybe someone really is happy all of the time. We are particularly vulnerable to this nonsense when we are going through a difficult period. Advertisers know this and continually exploit it to make their product more appealing.

 

I prefer to use the word fulfillment in place of happiness.  Part of the definitions of fulfillment is “to measure up to, to satisfy, to convert into reality.”  That’s something I can deal with. 

 

No matter what we have to do at any given time, no matter how distasteful or relatively insignificant the chore may be, it usually has a goal or accomplishment attached to its completion. It may be inconsequential or as profound as meeting your family responsibilities or earning a living. As it was once explained to me, “the work is not very inspiring, but it makes for good weekends.” Simply doing something well, can be its own fulfillment.

 

Discipline and the act of completion have a nice feel to it.  No matter what problems are bothering you at the moment, there is something nice about knowing you can get things done.  It creates a sense of well being that offsets what Henry Miller said about life being one long postponement.

 

Life may be, but while we are waiting  - we get a lot done and that’s not bad.  Try it sometime.

 

Brother Giovanni

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