"The real problem of humanity is this: We have Paleolithic
emotions...medieval institutions...and god-like technology."
[Biologist-author Edward O. Wilson]. The longer you reflect on that, the
sooner our problems become clear. If, however, you don't see this, here
are 5 disgustingly current illustrations:
* Georgia police
officer Williams Martinez had a fatal heart attack having sex with a
woman in a motel. Th jury awarded the widow $3 million because doctors
who knew he had a heart condition should have warned him to "avoid
strenuous activity."
* A New Jersey woman hit by a baseball at a
Little League game is suing the 11-year old player for $150,000 because
of "recklessness."
* The former mistress of a Nassau County
police chief is suing the county for negligence for not knowing he was
visiting her while on duty. She suffered "severe and substantial
emotional damage."
* A South Carolina funeral home is opening a
Starbucks in their lobby. Director Chris Robinson hopes "it will help
customers get their minds off what's going on."
* To date,
0.000063 % of the country's population [196 superwealthy people] have
given more than 80% of the money SuperPacs have spent on this year's
presidential election.
Like you perhaps, I sometimes wonder if
there were a way to get-away-from-it-all...! About then, I read the
average Canadian is now richer and lives longer than the average
American. The net worth of the average Canadian household is $363,203 to
our $319,970. What's more, Canadians with national health coverage live
on average 3.2 years longer.
Good Lord...! And the border is only a few hundred unarmed miles away...!
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