Ever been in a room surrounded by people who function in society and the real world - and realize you are the only adult in the room? What happened to good old fashioned common sense? It isn't as common as it used to be. I meet a lot of people who are highly intelligent and book smart people but who couldn't find their way out of a paper bag with directions. Maybe it is just me, perhaps I just attract these people like moths to a flame. Maybe I need to add more chlorine to the gene pool around me. Sometimes it feels I'm drowning in stupidity. It isn't just the people I know directly - look at our legislators.
Here's a perfect example - the governor of Texas Rick Perry is an idiot. Diesel emissions contain PM 2.5 which is bad for people - especially those with sensitive airways to breathe. The Texas legislature did something proactive to protect our children - they passed a law to stop diesel bus idling in school zones which not only sick children are exposed to but also the well children and the school staff. This was an unfunded mandate but it cost NOTHING to do. In his infinite wisdom, Governor Perry vetoed the bill. I hear Bill Ingval in my head saying "here's your sign". Governor Perry felt it should be left to each district to implement on their own. Well duh! If they were already doing it on their own we wouldn't need a law to force them now would we?!? Again, where was the common sense?
Common sense is a commodity that is missed. Perhaps if a few more people showed a little more we wouldn't be in the situation we are in in the US. But, what do I know, I'm just little old me typing in this little old box.
xoxo
Pandora
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