This morning at the breakfast table, someone sneezed and I immediately heard a chorus of "bless you" and "God Bless you." I thought about why. Why should someone be blessed by others and a deity for clearing an irritant like dust or pollen from one's respiratory system? Why should a rapid expulsion of air from one's mouth be any more sacred that the rapid expulsion of air from one's anus. Yet no one blesses a fart. Or a burp even though I've smelled burps worse than any fart. I guess it's one of those unexplained religious things I'll never understand.
I see also that a court judge has decided it's ok to sue a country that allegedly had citizens involved in a horrendous act that occurred 15 years ago. Years ago I read a statement about lawsuits that I find true over and over. It said "you can sue Safeway over the price of a can of beans if you are willing to pay a lawyer." As I've written before, because of past rulings, suing Saudi Arabia over 9/11 has less of a chance than suing Boeing. Probably the Bush/Chaney administration had more responsibility for 9/11 than either Arabia or Boeing. The only winner here is a law firm, as usual.
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