Good Morning everyone

  The morning won't be as good for some people in Omaha Nebraska today thanks to a recent lawsuit.  A woman walking in a public park tripped in a hole breaking her ankle.  Knowing her ship had come in, you know my feelings on this, she promptly sued and somehow won!  That's what gets me.  She wasn't watching where she was going and the state gets sued and loses.  What in the world is wrong with our country. 

   As a direct result of this lawsuit Omaha and other cities in Neb. promptly closed all of their parks to sledding and ice fishing or skating for fear of more lawsuits.  All the new sleds the kids got for Christmas will have to sit in the garage because it would cost the taxpayers of Neb. too much to let them use it.  This woman, thinking only of her ship coming in, cost the taxpayers, that's me, a taxpayer, if I lived in Neb, a fortune and has effectively eliminated a long time recreational pastime for generations to come.

   I think we all have to start taking responsibility for our own actions.  It is not the states fault you can't watch were your going, its not the stores fault some customer drops water on the bathroom floor causing you to fall.  Its just an ACCIDENT.

  The dictionary list accident as below.  Notice how in 2c it now includes lawsuit.  Looking in my old dictionary that it not in there. 

 

Main Entry: ac·ci·dent
Function: noun
Pronunciation: 'ak-s&-d&nt, -"dent; 'aks-d&nt
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin acci dent-, accidens nonessential quality, chance, from present participle of accidere to happen, from ad- + cadere to fall -- more at chance

1 a : an unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance b : lack of intention or necessity : chance<met by accident rather than by design>
2 a : an unfortunate event resulting especially from carelessness or ignorance b : an unexpected and medically important bodily event especially when injurious <a cerebrovascular accident> c : an unexpected happening causing loss or injury which is not due to any fault or misconduct on the part of the person injured but for which legal relief may be sought
3 : a nonessential property or quality of an entity or circumstance <the accident of nationality>

 

   We should all do our part to stop these unnecessary and ridiculous lawsuits before they have completely eliminated everything and anything we do for enjoyment.  Before all the parks are closed, all property is off limits, and our insurance rates get any higher then they are now.  There is legislation being looked at now to put a ceiling on these types of lawsuits. Let your favorite politician know you favor them.  Hopefully your favorite politician isn't also a lawyer.

 

   As a teen I ran across a wet street barefoot.  I slipped on the tile of the store across the street and put my foot through the window.  I had to get glass dug out of my foot and stitches.  A year later I was still digging a piece of glass out of my foot.  Now remember we were poor people.  We did not sue and we paid for the window plus our hospital bills.  I learned not to run across wet streets barefoot having directly seen the cause and effect this had.  And knowing full well it was an ACCIDENT.

 

   You know, sometimes I think I shouldn't read the news.  At least not first thing in the morning.  Drink my coffee and do something pleasant for awhile so I don't start my days off in a rage.  But would it be better to read this before bed?  Then I wouldn't be able to sleep.  Sigh.  Well, it is off my chest now.  Now I will research the news and find out who to write too to complain about these type of things and what we can do to put a stop to them.  Then I will retire to my bedroom to meditate.  That always gets me balanced again.  Yes, that's it.....just breath..... ommmmmm