More Good News About Vitamin C

I just read this article about another study showing positive affects of vitamin C. This one involved the use of intravenous vitamin C to kill cancer cells.

Now there are two places where I never want to go.

I have always said there is one place that I absolutely never want to go, prison. The horror stories that come out of prisons tell me that anything, up to and including being dead would be better than being in prison. Now there are two places I never want to go. The second one is a relief shelter run by the government.

Truthfully speaking, I can't say that I was too surprised. I mean there is no activity on earth that the government can't make twice as expensive and only 10% as efficient. But even my low expectations were underwhelmed by what went on in the Convention Center in New Orleans.

I was in college when Camille came through and was working for a public utility when Fredrick hit Mobile. Both were bad storms, Camille especially. There was a lot of distruction but I don't recall there being snafus like Katrina has brought. Of course that was before FEMA. Nothing like a federal agency to gimmick everything up.

'Live and Let Live' and the Golden Rule

I know that you have heard the expression, "Live and let live." Have you ever stopped to think about what it means. To me, it means live your life as you see fit and let others live their lives as they see fit. I have said before that if people would follow the direction to 'Live and let live" and the direction of the Golden Rule to 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you', the world would be a much better place.

This brings me to the current situation in New Orleans. I, like most everyone else, have been riveted to the internet, TV and Radio coverage of the events as they unfold. The one thing that strikes me as odd is this obsession with 'getting everyone out so we can start over.' Why is every public official, every bureaucrat, and every TV reporter obsessed with this idea. Why do they think that everyone, even people who want to stay and defend their property must be gotten out so 'we can start over'? I've got news for them. We can't start over. History can not be erased. We have to go on with the hand we have been dealt. The one thing we can do is learn from our mistakes. What I have learned from this event is that you can't depend on someone else to make you safe, secure, or provide for your needs. Individuals need to prepare to take care of themselves. If you wait for the government to help you, you will probably end up a bloated corpse floating in dirty water.

I say leave those people alone who want to stay. I am sure that they have or will find what they need to survive until they can stand on their own two feet again. Sure, help everyone to get out that wants out, but stop harassing folks who just want to protect what is theirs and live their life the way they want to live it. Live and let live. And to the mayor of New Orleans and the folks working in the rescue effort, if you have an extra can of potted meat and some extra bottled water or better yet some clorox or iodine tablets, make it available to them. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.