Russell Band talks about hopelessness in the UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/11/london-riots-davidcameron?CMP=NECNETTXT8187

The problem is that all across the world ..... there are fewer and fewer real jobs for people to do.   People are getting smarter and it is harder to hide the fact that their lives are empty and meaningless.  In the good old days you had to fight for physical survival ..... where to live ... where to get food ........

Now it is increasing all available to everyone in sufficient quantities to make sure they feel brain dead.

There is nothing that politicians can do to make this better   ..........   but of course they can make it worse ... and they will.

99guspuppet

Who has a mental health problem ?

DEAD HEAD: Lee E. Lewis, 28, of Hollywood, Fla., is described by his
 longtime friend Jessica Wilpon as "a goofy kid who is very smart but
 can seem stupid, too." The occasion: Lewis was evicted from his
 apartment and then broke down on a major expressway in Miami. Police
 say he parked his car -- a hearse -- under the overpass of a major
 expressway, checked under the hood, and then walked off. Not too weird,
 except that passers-by could apparently see the car was loaded with
 weapons, including what looked like automatic rifles, ammunition, and a
 military rocket launcher. Someone called the police, who shut down the
 expressway for nearly six hours as they checked the vehicle as a
 potential car bomb. All of the weapons turned out to be fake; there
 were no explosives, police said. But Lewis was arrested the next day
 and held on bond pending a mental health evaluation. "He really is a
 good kid, and he means well, but at times there is a lack of common
 sense," Wilpon said. "If you know him, though, this story is
 hilarious." (MS/South Florida Sun-Sentinel) ...And if you don't know
 him, this story is hilarious.

( From 'This is True'   August 7th )

The above story seems to favor the police.....

But I think they show poor judgement and a lack of understanding of cost versus benefits.  I don't like the police in general or government administrators or politicians  .......   All of the former seem to place their welfare and happiness far above the common slug who pays for their so-called services.  Shutting down for 6 hours is silly. 

99guspuppet