Just Five Humble Thoughts

 1.  If you've gone to some protest 'gathering' with a hundred folks showing up....it's pretty likely that at least two of the hundred are undercover LE from city, state or federal agencies, and the two may not even know each other or their purpose in the gathering.

2.  President Biden has come out with some 'agenda' where it's unfair for resort hotels to attach special fees to the bill at the end of the stay. 

To be honest, on my list of 15,000 things that the President needs to devote time/energy to....this doesn't make it.  If you are unhappy about resort hotel fees.....don't go and waste your money there.  

3.  In a normal life (departing by age 82).....you probably will experience more than 400 weather warning episodes, with only one bringing disaster to your front-door step (if you are lucky).

4.  In the past month, I've probably viewed seven hours of GB news out of the UK, with the word 'terrifying' uttered at least twenty-five times.  A bit over-used, if you ask me.

5.  There's not a single day of the week now that I don't have this cult-warning-like image in my mind after viewing the news or reading through social media.  

The Thing About Mentally Ill People

 It's generally accepted that 50-percent of Americans will experience some type of problem and need mental health 'help' at some point in their life.  Just in an average year, it's also generally accepted that one out of five Americans will need some mental health assistance in an average year.

On Paranoid Schizophrenia?  If you dig into it....it's figured around 3-million Americans have an ongoing problem....going from 'lite' to extreme.  

I used to not think much about this statistical business.  In the past five years?  I'd say on a daily basis....viewing things going on....via social media and the news...it's a couple of times a day that I question people and their irrational behavior now.

It's nothing personal or a slam against your irrational behavior....but I'd rather stay thirty feet away, and frankly....on topics of discussion....I'd rather not hear your list of woes in life.

In previous generations of life....we probably did run a few mentally ill folks out of town, or deliver some folks to a long-term stay hospital with guys in white jackets.  Our compassion was settled upon the idea of limiting our daily interaction with mentally ill folks....not accepting them as an equal (they weren't).

The question on my mind usually?  Is there a trend going on, with more than the average number of mentally ill people out there?  If so....why?