What We Have Here, Fellow Citizens, Is

You Look At The Large Problems That We Face - That Would Be Overpopulation, Water Shortages, Global Warming And Aids, I Suppose - All Of That Needs International Cooperation To Be Solved.

Margaret Atwood, The Canadian Novelist, Once Asked A Group Of Women At A University Why They Felt Threatened By Men. The Women Said They Were Afraid Of Being Beaten, Raped, Or Killed By Men. She Then Asked A Group Of Men Why They Felt Threatened By Women. They Said They Were Afraid Women Would Laugh At Them.

We've Got The Emphasis On The Wrong Syllable When It Comes To Crime In This Country. The Fbi Says Burglary And Robbery Cost U.s. Taxpayers $3.8 Billion Annually. Securities Fraud Alone Costs Four Times That. And Securities Fraud Is Nothing To The Cost Of Oil Spills, Price-fixing, And Dangerous Or Defective Products. Fraud By Health-care Corporations Alone Costs Us Between $100 Billion And $400 Billion A Year. No Three-strikes-and-you're-out For These Guys. Remember The S&l Scandal? $500 Billion.

My Friend Mercedes Pena Made Me Get In Touch With My Emotions Just Before I Had A Breast Cut Off. Just As I Suspected, They Were Awful. "how Do You Latinas Do This All The Time In Touch With Your Emotions?" I Asked Her. "that's Why We Take Siestas," She Replied.

What Stuns Me Most About Contemporary Politics Is Not Even That The System Has Been So Badly Corrupted By Money. It Is That So Few People Get The Connection Between Their Lives And What The Bozos Do In Washington And Our State Capitols.