Boston Legal - No Brain Left Behind

I absolutely love Boston Legal on ABC. It uses a satirical approach to drive home realistic and current issues facing our society. One episode of Boston Legal referred to a list of items that could be paid off with the amount of money being spent on the war in Iraq. Before I continue, let's be clear, I bleed red white and blue and support our troops...but just as every household needs to budget (especially during the holidays), so should our government.

Getting back to the show, I was amazed at the numbers rattled off in the episode and believe David Kelley does his homework to inject factual foundations to the script. So, I looked up some numbers as my old friend David had piqued my curiousity....not only are the war projections astronomical, but the war is costing us 9B per month... http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aairaqwarcost.htm

The costs should be monitored and there should a more visible level of prioritization for the allocation without jeopardizing our troops. The war is projected to cost 1.6 Trillion dollars http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/13/hidden.war.costs/

For just over half the cost of the monthly bill, we could end world hunger for the year...

http://www.borgenproject.org/Iraq_War_Cost.html

If I weren't too busy working for my next check, eating more in one meal than most get in a week, spending time with my healthy family, buying new gadgets to impress my friends, and sitting comfortably in my warm home watching reality tv that is so far from it's title, I guess I might make time to stand up and notice the egregiousness of the situation...I guess it's someone else's problem...right?

Caution Falling Ice

Why is it that companies place yellow caution cones along the side of tall buildings during the winter ?

These cones read "caution falling ice". The naturaul reaction is to look up and ensure you are safe from these eminent decending frozen spikes of water.

But if you look up, you are apt to fall off the curb, get hit by a car, or trip over the cone that warned you in the first place.

Is a company really absolving itself from liability incurred by natural occurances? Dispense with the cones, allow people to walk freely and with more room...

Reminds me of the Five Man Electrical Band.