Smart Mom, there, Peter, but I think we already knew that...based on her smart son!

What a bunch of idiotic shite! It worries me, Mick, yeah it gives us more time for music, etc., but in the meantime most of the country is digging this pablum and rotting their brains, eh? Is it time for us to start plotting our takeover?

More idiocy heard on NPR the other day:

100 million gallons of water for each of 100 golf courses are being pumped directly from the Colorado River every day in Palm Springs, CA to keep them green and fit for televised matches.

In Columbia, kidnapping is a cottage industry. People are routinely taken, either by rebels looking for funding or those masquerading as rebels looking for a quick buck. They usually don't even contatc the families until at least 6 months have gone by, then families wind up selling everything they own to ransom their loved one home.

It has spawned a new radio format: everyday people line up at the radio stations to record their greetings to their loved ones. The rules are 1) no bad mouthing the government, 2) no bad mouthing the kidnappers, and 3) be cheerful. The story was so well done and heartwrenching. All of them plan to be cheerful, then breakdown, then the engineer patiently rewinds the tape and waits for them to do it over. Now, the radio shows have set schedules of broadcasts and everyone knows the kidnappers let their charges listen. Talk about coping.

It makes me ashamed of the bs Peter has brought to our attention...what a world....

katdisgusted