Let's see...our federal government has gone into super-high gear for Terry Schiavo, one person out of I don't know how many that represented more of a publicity opportunity for them rather than a better outcome for her; now, it is up in arms about coal mining now that (sadly, of course) 14 miners have died in the last few months. COME ON, PEOPLE! While I certainly sympathize for the miners' families, where's the outcry and action on smoking? Guns? Other things that kill more than 14 people doing jobs that are KNOWN TO BE DANGEROUS? While I'm all for greater safety in mining (witness the number of deaths in Chinese mines which I must imagine are that much less safe than those in the US), I think there are other areas that should also generate action, hue, cry, and some decisions to fix the problems because they are killing more people and costing more in skyrocketing healthcare bills for the nation.
On a ligher note...
Kobe Bryant scores 81 points in an historic shooting/scoring frenzy in a game that, interestingly, was undecided into the fourth quarter despite his prodigious scoring talent (isn't the use of the word "scoring" with Kobe ironic? Huh? Huh?). Indeed, LA was behind by 17 POINTS in the third quarter. But Kobe's mates kept feeding him the ball. Unfortunately, though he does appear to be a huge scoring machine, LA won't win without other guys putting the rock in the net.
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