I enjoy life - have good friends, many interests, great memories & crazy dreams. I lived on both sides of the equator, sailed across seas & deserts, climbed mountains & caves, flew above the clouds & under the sea. I tried communism & capitalism, lived on bread & water or dined with the PM, drove oxen carts & armoured vehicles, built rockets & rallied against wars. I observed the world around me & ever wandered why after 10000+ years of human civilization we still have wars, terror, misery, hunger, cruelty, destruction, injustice, crime, corruption, etc. Are we really clever (Homo Sapiens2) or still savages...
If we are, why we still can’t end this era of GREED & VIOLENCE that crippled our civilization from the very beginning of history? What can we do to get rid of this deadly tumours before it’s too late?
Have a look below – my solution is very simple! It needs neither blood nor trillions of $$, but just a bit of alternative THINKING! (For more detail please visit www.peacefederalists.org)

1. DISBAND all ARMED FORCES, intelligence, espionage & secret agencies; destroy all arms & stop production & trade. Until we train soldiers & spies our world shall never enjoy peace & prosperity. Armies & weapons don't solve problems – they only create terror, war, violence, death, destruction & misery for all of us!

2. Elect a WORLD GOVERNMENT – UN must be transformed into efficient governing body where every nation is represented fairly & nobody can veto or overrule the will of the majority. It shall respect all political systems & guarantee freedom, human rights & fair elections.

3. Transparent NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS can drastically boost efficiency & reduce bureaucracy by: abolition of states/territories/provinces; single house parliaments; uninhibited public access & end of state secrets; longer terms of government (up to 5 years); electoral reform & end of compulsory voting

4. Improve SOCIAL JUSTICE by means of: legal reform – create clear & unambiguous laws that everyone can understand & follow, published & distributed free of charge every year; government-guaranteed work for everyone; unconditional social security; unisex retirement at 60; equal treatment/payments/choices for singles & couples, men & women.

5. Free HEALTH CARE – governments shall provide real & comprehensive health cover from birth control & fertility through to ambulance services, dental care & euthanasia

6. Free EDUCATION (incl. kinder & uni) shall empower our children to turn their dreams in reality. All students shall have national curriculum, free text books, meals, public transport (to/from school), pre- & after-school care and receive equal funds.
Teaching Esperanto (the best candidate for Universal language) in schools shall soon enable us to freely & equally communicate across the globe. All cultures shall flourish free from assimilation, no race or nation shall ever try to dominate the world

7. Free TRADE & ENTERPRISE shall improve our material wellbeing & be enhanced by: abolition of tariffs; single (global) currency; socially responsible taxation (related to the social benefits or problems created by a particular industry); abolition of official weekends & holidays (i.e. having days off & holidays when required), introduction of 7 working days per fortnight

8. However limited our understanding & technology may be today we have to urgently & drastically reduce pollution, slow-down climate change & stop the population growth (our world is already overpopulated), before we completely destroy our ENVIRONMENT & ultimately – ourselves! This can only be done on UN level

9. Create potent EMERGENCY SERVICES able to cope with all sorts of natural or man made disasters: hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, disease, epidemics, bush fires, floods, industrial & shipping accidents, asteroids, etc.

Thank you for your interest.
Now you can have a good laugh & call me Don Quixote, utopian, lunatic or subvert. If none of this applies you can still refer me to police, security, psychiatrist or HELP BUILD A BETTER WORLD!

History, sociology, politics, architecture, space, aviation, UFO's, technology. Love nature – mountains, oceans, animals, etc. Love travel too – to sail around the globe, explore other lands, seas & cultures, or just go 4 a weekend/holiday cruise or drive

Abba, Albinoni, Amici, Bee Gees, Beethoven, Bocelli, Clayderman, Enya, Lennon (Imagine - my #1 fav) Pink Floyd, Roussos, Vangelis, Yani, Wagner, etc.

Brazil, The sea inside, Dr Zhivago, Novicento, Mrs Doubtfire, Jean d'Florette, The Producers, The Terrorist, Alive, Das Boot,Forest gump, Chicken run, Very long engagement, Shadows from the past, Supercomet, Das boot, Animal farm. Docos: Space, Dark side of d moon, Fahrenheit 9/11, Planet Earth, March of d penguins, 9/11 in plane sight

Don't have enough time to watch too much TV but can indulge ocassionally with a good SBS doco or DVD. Don't watch sport (cricket, rugby, aussie rules and the likes)but like figure-skating (and other winter sports), surfing etc.

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking...
"Federation of the Dinastronauts" by Haim Oliver is still my best (after more than 4 decades) but I also wish to mention other authors like P.Penev, J.Swift, C.Dickens, Voltaire, J.Rousseau, Huxley, Da Vinci (not the code!), E.Hemingway, K.Marx, R.L. Stevenson, J.Pilger, T.More, M.Moore, T.Campanella, J.London, A.France, Aristoteles, etc.

THEY ONLY LIVE WHO DARE /Voltaire/

Free, is the heart, that lives not, in fear.
Full, is the spirit, that thinks not, of falling.
True, is the soul, that hesitates not, to give.
Alive, is the one, that believes, in love.

Lyrics

Man is born to give someone love.
The one who never gave,
even a tiny bit of love to anyone,
not even a dog,
he wasted his life…
It would be better if his mother
gave birth to a rock…
Such person would never know what joy or sorrow is,
And he’ll never leave any trace in people’s hearts…

P.Penev

(This is probably my most terrible translation. The original makes much more sense if you happen to know a little Bulgarian...

Човек се ражда за да даде другиму любов.
Оня , който никому,
дори и на куче,
не е дал поне капка любов,
той напразно е дошъл на този свят.
По добре ще бъде ако майка му вместо него е родила камък.
Такъв човек не познава мъката и щастието,
няма да остане в сърцата на хората,
Те няма да го запомнят с добро...

Пеньо Пенев

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Safe in the harbour

Eric Bogle

Have you stood by the ocean on a diamond hard morning
And felt the horizon stir deep in your soul?
Watched the wake of a steamer as it cut through blue water
And been gripped by a fever you just can’t control?

Oh, to throw off the shackles and fly with the seagulls
To where green waves tumble before a driving sea wind
Or to lie on the decking on a warm summer’s evening
Watch the red sun fall burning beneath the earth’s rim.

But to every sailor comes time to drop anchor
Haul in the sails and make the lines fast.
You deep water dreamer
Your journey is over.
You’re safe in the harbour at last.

Some men are sailors, but most are just dreamers
Held fast by the anchors they forge in their minds,
Who in their hearts know they’ll never sail over deep water,
To search for a treasure they’re afraid they won’t find.

So in sheltered harbours they cling to their anchors,
Bank down their boilers and shut down the steam,
And wait for the sailors to return with their treasures,
That will fan the dull ambers and fire up their dreams.

And some men are schemers who laugh at the dreamers,
Take the gold from the sailors an turn it to dross,
They’re men in a prison, they’re men without vision,
Whose only horizon is profit and loss.

So when storm clouds came sailing across your blue ocean,
Hold fast to your dreaming for all that you’re worth,
For as long as there are dreamers, there will always be sailors,
Bringing back their bright treasures from the corners of earth.