Is the U.S. Crazy?

[Ned Flanders]

84. Yes (meds)

We have been taught it is rude to disagree or express an opinion on anything, even in matters of life an death (example: secret service staffer accepting supervisor's explanation that shots fired at white house were construction noise, even though he/she figured different).

We have been heavily medicated, to the point where prescription drug overdose is the number one cause of accidental death. Our youth are being dosed with way too many drugs, by the authorities, often in manners for which the drug in question was not intended. Adderall and Ritalin ARE gateway drugs for meth, ya know.

We have for-profit prisons, for bejesus' sake, and probably employ more mercenaries than "regular" troops, while moving government jobs to the private sector in the name of "smaller government."

We did what we were supposed to do, worked hard (2nd behind japan in terms of annual hours worked?) and saved a good portion of our checks for retirement, only to have the bankers steal it. Now they've put our savings accounts on the line, what with using FDIC to back more risky banking practices.

We have watched our leaders sell themselves out to foreign powers and corporations. We vote based upon who is the lesser evil.

Hell yes, we're crazy to put up with this. Don't count me in with the contrail crowd. Who needs contrails when we have doctors prescribing so much crap, medicating our ability to make rational decisions. I mean my Jah, getting paid incentives to prescribe meds?! Why does China crack down on such practices, but Glaxo can still do that here?