Does it seem to you that real life is steadily becoming more and more like a science-fiction movie?
As if flying the friendly skies wasn't torturous enough in these days and times, now it's alleged that the future may include requiring all airline passengers to wear a special bracelet. It would supposedly cut down the time you spend in line and make things more organized and safe, since it would provide all of your personal info, keep track of your luggage and replace boarding passes, all the things that normally slow us down.
Sounds pretty good so far, huh?
There is a scary side to this, however, since the electronic device in question would also work as a kind of GPS system that tracks your every movement and can shock you-literally- if you are deemed to be a threat. A little mini-taser right there on your tender little wrist! While it could indeed protect airports and airlines from possibly dangerous individuals, it also brings us extremely close to becoming an Orwellian society.
According to some news reports, this may well be something that is being seriously considered
Perhaps it will make things safer, but it still sounds like a "Twilight Zone" episode.
There are a lot of good cops who do a great job of protecting the public, but there are periodic incidences, in which some "law enforcement officers" appear to miss the boat, entirely.
Such was the case, regarding a recent situation in the UK.
Law-abiding citizen Sydney Davis and his family wanted nothing more than to live peaceably in their home. However, their desire was thwarted, due to the actions of a few young thugs. They tormented the family by throwing stones at their house and it went on for the better part of two years. According to reports, the Davis home was attacked over 700 times.
When they called the cops to report yet another attack more recently, nobody showed up immediately, and when a sizable stone came crashing through the kitchen window, Davis decided he had had enough of the abuse.
The frustrated husband and father allegedly got a wooden plank and went outside, with the intentions of threatening the hoodlums and an arrest was made...of Sydney Davis.
Charged with possessing an "offensive weapon", he could get prison time, while the thugs that threw the stones ran off at the cops' arrival and are still walking around free.
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Most people in their 70's are supposed to be enjoying the fruits of their labor, surrounded by grandkids and pondering the time they have left on this earth.
Or at least, that is our stereotype of them.
Not every person fits the mold society has put them in, as recently evidenced in a major way by 70-year-old Omkari Panwar, an Indian woman from New Delhi who has crowned her golden years by giving birth to twins.
That's right...giving birth!
Omkari and her 77-year-old spouse Charan, already the parents of two grownup daughters, decided that they wanted to achieve their longtime dream of having a son. So, the two went all out to make it happen, by selling livestock, mortgaging off their land and going into hock with creditors, all to finance IVG treatments for Omkari.
Miraculously, the treatments were successful and the elderly farmer's wife became a geriatric mom by giving birth to twins- a boy and girl.
This makes Omkari Panwar the oldest known woman on record to give birth.
The previous record holder was a 66-year-old Romanian lady.
While some shudder at the idea of an elderly couple having babies, the Panwars see it as a blessed event.
Compassion seems to be at a minimum more and more nowadays, at least in this recent news story that has already been seen all over the world.
When 49-year old Esmin Green walked into the King's County Hospital psychiatric emergency room in Brooklyn, New York, it was with the purpose of getting help..
What she ended up with was becoming a sad statement on modern society.
A surveillance tape captured Green falling out of her chair and apparently going into some kind of convulsions. Instead of getting some attention from hospital personnel, the suffering patient was pretty much left lying face down on the floor, as people passed by, waked past her and acted as though she were invisible.
Sadly, Ermin Green passed away on the spot.
If that wasn't bad enough, staff members may have "doctored up" her medical charts, to alter the truth. But, face it not even the most clever liar can outdo the proof of a surveillance camera that clearly showed security guards and others ignoring this woman.
The staff members in question were dismissed, but the scary thing is that they will probably be hired at another hospital, to the possible detriment of patients somewhere else.
Imagine 35 years from now. Then, the stories about Paris Hilton wrecking another car and attending wild parties will change from being considered "cool" to being thought of as creepy and downright pathetic.
We all understand the tremendous pressure a lot of schoolteachers are under. Long hours, lousy pay and bad publicity for the profession is enough to frustrate anybody. However, there are some folks within their ranks who really are not helping to improve their image, such as one really over-the-top Pennsylvania teacher who recently got into some big trouble.
An elementary school teacher who formerly taught in Bucks County may be looking at 73 years in the "Big House."
She seems to have either been way too stressed out or just plain nutty. According to reports, the Longstreth Elementary School 4th-grade instructor tried to get rid of a little angst by leaving a number of threatening notes throughout the premises.
Of course this didn't sit too well with the principal and parents, once the teacher's actions were discovered. She was found guilty by a jury of planting these horrific threatening notes, despite her protests that she is innocent.
Here's what I'm wondering. When are the school systems around the country finally going to begin administering psychological tests to the people who are supposed to be responsible for allegedly "molding the lives" of our kids?
Perhaps, this explains why some people choose to do homeschooling!
