Stop chasing after that which you are sure to leave behind – your property, your wealth, your fame, your progeny, your pride – everything that you continue to chase after will be left behind – your body will be dropped into a gaping hole in the ground and covered with earth – your life-long chase will end in despair and defeat…

It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country’s most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle- man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.