THE IRON CURTAIN

Good day to the common and wealthy!

First, to the chap who wrote "F I am" in the comments of the previous post: Do grow up dear fellow. Your nanny is aware that she'll eventually have to wean you off diapers and huggies, yes?

This week, I thought it would be a good idea to address a topic not touched on in a month: The Iron Curtain.

Now, I know history is often misconstrued among the Americans, so a bit of background before jumping into the meat of today's lecture. The phrase "Iron Curtain" was first coined by Ethel Snowden in her classic book, Through Bolshevik Russia. However, the phrase did not reach popularity until Winston Churchill's famous "Sinews of Peace" address at the dawning the Cold War:

"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an "iron curtain" has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject, in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure of control from Moscow."

My friends, the Iron Curtain has a new meaning in this day and time. Understand that in the XWW, there is a meridian. It separates the weak from the strong; the wealthy from the commoners. Until recently, this line has been ignored; the weak and common have attempted to crossover to join the strong, living a facade of greatness that they truly cannot sustain.

This is why that fellow Shadow could not defeat Tchaositself--he is not a true great. But he does not realize this; not only has he cast his ballot into the Entitlement tournament to be the first XIP Champion, he has brought his friend Shawn Rheins into the company. For his sake, Earl MacDougal will put an end to his facade.

The mediocrity continues with the man named Ulysses Solomon Adams, appropriately initialed "U.S.A." This man exemplifies weakness, and his ignorance to understand that can only hurt the country he claims to represent.

Kage Stevens is a man attempting to recapture a glory that has long passed him. He refuses to lay down his hammer and quit. No, Stevens presses on in the XWW, specifically the XIP Brand. There, his legacy will grow into one of foolishness and contempt, for a man that once was could have been considered an icon.

This is not mockery that I speak--only truth. As they say, the truth shall set you free. And once men such as these learn their place behind the Iron Curtain, they truly shall be free. And so will we all.

God save the Queen, and God save the Commonwealth.

--Sir Steven Churchill.