California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has given up too soon!

I like this man Arnold Schwarzenegger, once the world’s leading bodybuilder who went on to become one of the biggest stars of Hollywood, and then California governor. “The Austrian Oak” really deserves the world’s accolades. He has the build, the strength and the natural charisma to make it in the limelight. His first role in Conan The Barbarian in 1982 suddenly made him a movie star. And I never missed any of his big hits: The Terminator (1984); Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991); and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003). I would pause for a while, or postpone what I am doing if I see him on HBO; or I would rent Schwarzenegger CDs to play on my DVD player. These films alone made him one of the highest paid movie stars, his fame guaranteeing him a place in the industry’s Hall of Fame. When he ran for governor of California in 2003, and won the recall replacing Gray Davis as governor, I in this little corner of the world cheered him on. When he was re-elected to a second term in 2006, I said to myself Californians really need Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. He could run for the White House, except that the U.S. Constitution bars him from running because he was born outside the United States.

The recent news reports say that the California Supreme Court has finally granted gays the right to be wedded, which in effect legalizes their sinful lifestyle, and the most recent one says that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger respects the court’s decision and “will not support an amendment to the constitution that would overturn this state Supreme Court ruling.” And I said, “What’s happening to you guys?”

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The Parable of the Fallen Young Bird

An old bird advises a young bird not to spend much time hopping from one twig to another twig on an acacia tree by the side of the road that leads to the forest.

“But I want to have a good view of the world around us, the better to enjoy the beauty of it,” the young bird insists.

“Birds are not supposed to be aesthetically minded and enjoy the beauty of their surroundings. Give that job to the painters and the artists and the loafers. You are supposed to find worms to eat,” says the old bird.

“You are a tyrant among birds. You want to lord it over us. You don’t listen to reason.”

“Well, tyrants also have common sense. Remember I am much older. You are young and still need to eat plenty of worms.” It goes without saying that in the world of avian creatures, the number of worms a bird has swallowed in his lifetime is the measure of his wisdom and experience.

Because it is an argument that no one will win, the young bird has decided to abide by the peaceful co-existence policy among avian creatures: You do your thing, I’ll do mine.

It is not known if birds too have adrenalin, but this young bird is so hyperactive he really wants to hop and hop and fly from one twig to another and chirp and chirp to his heart’s content. The morning sun is not yet high up in the sky. But a little boy is up from bed, and wants to try his skill with the new slingshot his father has made for him.

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