Monday, November 17, 2008

On Hitler

The Frenchman and visionary, Nostradamus, predicted that there will be a child born near the banks of the Danube.

“Hister,” as Nostradamus referred to the child, wanted to be an artist so badly and just because he was rejected from art school in Vienna – he decided to avoid the artistic ethos to create beauty from vacuum. When living in Austria, the bastard visited the museum in Vienna daily to stare for hours at the Spear of Longinus – responsible for the fatal blow that killed Jesus Christ on the Cross. Incidentally, only the nail embedded within the sword has been carbon-dated to the period during which Jesus of Nazareth existed. The other features of the sword, which passed through the hands of Marcus Aurelius, did not exist during the life of Jesus.

During his rampage throughout Europe, Hister promised Shuschnigg, the Chancellor of Austria at that time, that he would refrain from attack of Austria if the nation-state released the Austrian Nazis from prison and ignored Hister’s crazy run throughout Europe. Hister squeezed this promise out of Shuschnigg by chasing Shuschnigg throughout the Bergoff. Then Hister, of course, lied and attacked Austria anyway.

At the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC, I witnessed the contents of Hister’s bunker, which the Russians sent on tour to the United States in 1998. I realized that Hister was indeed a nut; he placed a grotesque caricature of Goebels sitting on his desk.

However, Hister displayed an artistic sensibility as well. The other items in his bunker were carefully selected: his laced, Gestapo black boots, his uniformed jacket, and a bright, rather intricate tapestry, among other items.

Apparently, Hister was a big hit with the German ladies. During Hister’s speeches, women swooned and fainted. He may be the biggest anomaly of the 20th century. His niece committed suicide after he deliberately and purposely shunned her.

If only Hister had stared at a painting like Salvador Dali’s “Last Supper” or Bazille’s “Edmond Maitre” or Renoir’s “Nina con un aro” - he may have realized that he should paint people instead of enormous, pale city blocks without any citizens. What use is a city block without people to populate it? What use is an artist who uses charm and talent to hide insecurity and self-disgust and wreak mayhem and disorder?

Ironically enough, the Nazi’s borrowed the symbol of the swastika from the East Indians as well as two other ancient cultures, including the Celts and an African culture. All three groups developed the swastika – the symbol for male power – independently.

Another irony is that Hitler’s eventual loss in Europe catapulted the United States, our grand democratic experiment, to superpower status and led to the creation of the State of Israel and the sorrowful displacement of the Palestinians. [Aside: Hitler’s maternal grandmother was Jewish.] Ironies abound in the historical morass of the Age of Pisces, the age of dissension and warfare.

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