Everything is a disease or syndrome

Everything is a disease or syndrome nowadays; so apparently, we're not responsible for much of anything we get into.

And there are plenty of drug companies lined up to fuel our rationalizing of
disorderly behavior, overindulgence, promiscuity and, well, you name it and
there's probably a syndrome, disorder or disease associated with it by now
that some pill pushing pharmaceutical company can treat.

Alcoholism: You drink too much --- in the mornings, afternoons and at
night; you're either hung over or on your way;

Wrestles Leg Syndrome: Your body twitches at night making it difficult
for you and your better half to get to sleep;

Alien Hand Syndrome: You lose control of your hand; it gesticulates
uncontrollably or unbuttons your clothes while your other hand is
trying to put them on. Also known as Dr. Strangelove Syndrome.

Alice in Wonderland Syndrome: Also called micropsia, this condition
distorts visual perception so that objects that are close appear
disproportionately tine, as though viewed through the wrong end of a
telescope;

Foreign Accent Syndrome: Usually following strokes or other brain
trauma, victims suddenly start speaking with a French, Scottish,
Italian etc. accent without warning.

Pica Syndrome: You have a compulsive appetite for non-edible items
including clay, stones, cigarette ash, paint, glue etc.

Riley-Day Syndrome: The syndrome makes its victims especially accident
prone because they simply don't register warning signs of tissue damage
such as wounds, bruising and burns. They are even oblivious to oxygen
deprivation, which means they'll hold their breadth until they black
out.

Genital Retraction Syndrome: Victims are convinced that their genitals
are disappearing into their bodies.

Many more are advertised on TV and the radio, playing on our propensity
to avoid responsibility.  

Imigration answer simple

For the past two decades or more America tends to kick around
the idea of preventing illegal immigration during the run-up to elections.

Each time the political leadership looks at the same problems and offers
the same solutions. Yet nobody has mentioned the obvious:

We're all the offspring of illegal immigration; that's if you're
looking at the problem from the perspective of our Native American
Indian population.

The only answer is to let our economy implode, the dollar sink below
that of the peso and open our borders so that we -- the newly
impoverished -- can flood Mexico in a quest for better paying jobs.

Friends, we are victims of our own success including economic
development, political stability and military might. The fact that
those from nations offering little opportunity to better their lives should
seek out the American Dream should surprise no one. It is the
liabilities of being a super power.

And as is the case with the European Union, open borders hasn't meant
national identity problems or rampant crime. Maybe it's time we look at a
similar solution here.

Manuel Noriega on his way to France?

America's favorite Latin America dictator who, once plucked from power and jailed in 1990, is set to be released Sept. 9.

Unfortunately for him, however, France has requested their turn on prosecuting old Pineapple face. The French convicted him of buying land there with illegal drug money. And so goes another "officer" of American foreign policy --- once backed and now left for the French to pick at his politically-irrelevant carcass.

France, of course, isn't the only one lined up to get at him; he's been convicted of murder, kidnapping, political corruption and the list goes on. Now, as he fights extradition to the land of whine and cheese, one can only imagine how he relives his years as dictator. But alas, the U.S. tends to create its own international law when it comes to deposing international leaders.

I can't help but wonder how we'd react if, say, Iran convicted Bush of a crime and sent in a snatch team to take him back to Tehran to serve his sentence.

Man-up: Spoiled men ruin lives

I'm not sure if it's me or just that the news covers certain subjects better now, but there seems to be an increasing number of adult men who 1) Can't seem to keep their hands of underage girls, and 2) When confronted by a wife who wants a divorce, seem to go off the deep end. They seem to think the world owes them something, that if they don't get what they perceive is their "right" --- in their twisted little world -- they just take it.

There's been several well-reported kidnappings of students and the disappearance of several wives (a few of which have already been solved), and I can't help but wonder why these socially inept asses don't man-up. Being a man isn't easy; you're more likely to get turned away by lots of women (adult women) before you find one attracted to you, but that's life. Suck it up! And hey, this just in, sometimes your marriage falls apart. Probably because your lazy ass has become fat, bald and unappreciative of what your wive did/does for you. But I guess they're supposed to be miserable for the rest of their lives 'cause, well, life on your side of the fence is great -- you don't do a Goddamn thing.

If you're one of these types of guys who are debating your next course of action and you're leaning towards taking out your frustrations on someone else -- man-up! For just this one moment in your insignificant little life, act like a real man and move on down the line without hurting someone else in the process. Try this:

She says: "Bob, I want a divorce."
Bob says: "Well baby girl, I love the hell out of you, but if it's not working for you, you need to do what will make you happy. Besides, I want you to be happy. What you say we split everything?"
She says: "I think that'll work."

And off you both go to live a new life of leisure. Nobody goes to jail, you still keep half and that's that.

So instead of screwing up or even taking a life -- try doing what every man on the planet has done since the social dance began; try and try again. Take your beating like a man, move on, take another, and another, and another, and then, when some young lady is willing to give you a shot, man-up! Take care of your business; prove to her you're not the loser you probably are.

I'm tired of hearing it's a disease or that you just snapped because the wife was leaving. It happens to the best of us ... hell, if you part amicably, she might even find a new respect for you!

In a stretch of logic, those men who can't move on and become violent kind of remind me of the suicide bombers in the Middle East right now. In their case, I realize life isn't what they expected it would be, that certain religious zealots are preaching hate, but why strap on a bomb and take out the innocent lives of others -- I'd prefer they also man-up. I'd suggest leading by example, starting with Dr. Ayman al-Zawahri and Osama bin Laden.