My Carbon Footprint

Thanks be to God almighty. My carbon footprint is above the national average. That is my new year's resolution, to have to biggest footprint in Gaylord. Now if I can only figure a way to get that footprint up the backside of Algore.

Living in Fear – The Politics of Worry

So your child want to go to a friend’s house – this friend has parents who have a gun in the house or it might be a parent with a swimming pool.

Which is more dangerous?

FACT: Children are almost 3 times more likely to get killed by drowning at a house with a swimming pool.

2004 statistics for children ages 0-14 years old in the USA:

Firearm: 358
Drowning: 802

All my intuitions have been confirmed by a great show on ABC’s 20/20. John Stossel did a 2-hour special on February 23, 2007 entitled Scared Stiff – Worry in America. I have long believed that all the worriers I know, chiefly my mother were emotionally invested in worry than in facts. My mom just wants the best for us but generally speaking in our culture we are invested in fear and worry. Just watch the show lineup on the DirecTV menu:

Asteroids, terrorism, global warming, electrical storms, EMP, and almost every news expose on CBS, ABS, NBS, CNNBS, MSNBS et al. they all LOVE fear.

FEAR SELLS.

For you risk assessors out there- try this scientific formula showing actual risk likelihood.

Outright myths debunked scientifically in this 20/20 special:

• Bicycle helmets lower head injury
• Cell phone cancer
• Gun ownership
• Pollution is increasing
• Pesticides
• Global warming
• Bird flu
• Child abductions
• Shark attacks
• Diseases – new diseases

too many more to list here.

If you want to worry- try worrying about workers in the deadliest jobs by ACTUAL STATISTICS:

1. Crab fisherman
2. Loggers

Should we never take risks? What about the risks of the founding fathers of the U.S? Would people even take those kinds of risks in our culture?

I can't hel but think of all the PANSIES that I know as close friends and acquaintances right here in Gaylord afraid of just about everything fun.

For my guy friends, the worries of their worry obsessed wives rule the decisions they make. They would NEVER dare go on a wave runner, snowmobile, 4-wheeler and chiefly- the dreaded……..motorcycle.

Folks- lighten up. Don’t worry- be happy and LIVE!

Idiot of the Week

Liberal Logic

1.Avoid riding in automobiles because they are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents.

2. Do not stay home because 17% of all accidents occur in the home.

3. Avoid walking on streets or sidewalks because 14% of all accidents occur to pedestrians.

4. Avoid traveling by air, rail, or water because 16% of all accidents involve these forms of transportation.

5. Of the remaining 33%, 32% of all deaths occur in Hospitals. So,... above all else, avoid hospitals.

excerpted from some baby boomer relative sending me forwarded spam