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... or letting them kill themselves?

The AP News had an article which stated that a Dutch researcher found out that it's less cost effective to treat fat people and smokers. The punch line was, of course, that weight-loss, and smoking-cessation commenced immediately once the person was dead. As did incurred costs. To summarize: 'it's cheaper to let people kill themselves than treat the affliction and its symptoms'.

Well ok then.

I guess it's the same approach with helmets and motorcycles. The cost of treating motorcycle accidents goes way down if the person just dies, instead of living on as a cripple. Common sense really. Still there's a segment of the population that likes to treat everyone, for everything, whether real of imagined. I'm sure Darwin is hiding around a corner, like Rod Serling from the Twilight Zone, with his moral in one hand, but still - aside from stating the obvious, do you think anyone will act on this information?

Personally I'm not sure, but maybe after a cigarette and a donut I'll have an opinion...

Excitement not withstanding, Super Tuesday was in fact, super for a change. On one side of the fence the elephants have wrapped up their decision to greater extent. On the other, the hooves are flying and the sounds of braying are still in process.

Americans are a weird lot. I'd say one of our most dramatic traits is a decided lack of consistency. I think that's what bothers the rest of the world so much, the fact that it's really hard to tell *what* we'll decide to do next. Keeps 'em on their toes if you ask me.

I'd contradict the people who say it's a win for the republicans because they know whom to stand behind for a few reasons. The first is, McCain isn't defined so much by what he stands for as whom he stands against. And that's still a mystery. The second is that everyone loves excitement. They love a, heh, horse race. The democrats have not decided, and all the eye and attention is on them. In fact I'd say the whole world is watching the democrats by this time. And I'd imagine certain nations, most especially the nasty, crappy, oppressive ones are less than excited about having to shake hands with either a white woman or a black man. Bully for us.

Back to the point, I'm thrilled to see the excitement and the attention of this election. It will be a year to remember. And for once, the only people being left out - are the ones who are idiots enough not to vote at all.