Sunday, July 22, 2012

5 MELODIES OF MADNESS IN THE KEY OF 'H' [FOR HOW DID WE EVER GET HERE?]

"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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