As recently as this evening, I am completely convinced the world is coming to an end because of our continual stupidity! Following are excerpts from various news sources…have a look, see if you agree with me.
A woman in Australia has filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s Australia claiming that she suffered a loss of libido after biting into an allegedly contaminated cheeseburger, reports United Press International.
Although the incident allegedly happened in July 2000–more than four years ago–Kelly Rae Hennessey claims that the cheeseburger she purchased from a drive-through in Adelaide contained a rock. Apparently, that rock changed her life.
UPI quotes the Melbourne Herald Sun as saying that the rock-embedded burger allegedly caused Hennessey to suffer a loss of libido, as well as depression, nightmares, anxiety, nausea, palpitations, diarrhea, shortness of breath, and a toothache. And so she is suing. Better late than never.
Another thought…Some thoughts Peter Peterson had on NOW with Bill Moyers.
PETER PETERSON: I want to present a picture to you. There’s 77 million Boomers we’re talking about. A doubling of the elderly. Half of the people getting Social Security make less than $20,000 and they depend enormously on Social Security as part of that. It’s over half of it. Unfortunately, our country has staggering amounts of elderly that have no savings at all, about 20 percent.
Imagine politically 77 million Boomers. They don’t have savings. They depend on Social Security and somebody’s saying to them, “Sorry, folks, we’re out of money. You’re not going to get your benefits.”
And they’ve been told– they’ve been misled by politicians all their lives that this Trust Fund is going to take care of them. My father went to his deathbed thinking that there was real money there. And he said, “My son, I don’t know what you’re talking about because it’s like a savings account.”
And I kept saying, “Dad, there’s nothing in there. It’s just liabilities.” So I think that political– implications would be devastating. But more than that, the social implications. It’s the richest nation in the world. And you’re going to sit there and tell me we’re going to throw tens of millions of Americans into a destitute situation without advanced notice? I don’t think so.