1.? Will the reputation of Jimmy Carter change now that he has died?
I imagine it will continue to evolve in the usual manner as the?narrative adapts?to new times, perspectives and needs.
2.? Should obesity treating drugs that cost substantial amounts be covered by insurance?
I suppose not, although the?U.S. citizenry?has been manipulated?into a consumer role over many decades now. When the populace?was overwhelmingly young and healthy, we needed to farm them as prodigious eaters and users of pharm to profit as deeply as possible off them. As the adverse effects of the short-sighted profiteering binge became apparent in the form of lifestyle diseases in an aging population, the money began to flow backwards and the healthcare insurers dug in their heels. Now we have a topheavy and tottering healthcare structure over-invested in everything?from school?loans to insulin to litigation. The attendant obesity is a direct result of marketing candy and tobacco and huge dinner portions. While some have attempted to invest in weight loss in order to pull in the reins on the financial avalanche?until the inconsiderate Baby Boomers die off the insurance dole, many corporate entities seem to be of a mind to wipe hands and let the public look after itself. Attrition will eventually erode the problem away.
As a nurse, I prefer healthy?lifestyles to further pharmacological profiteering. This course would also have the advantage?of promoting cognitive coping skills resistant to consumer farming, perhaps moving us away from?our Matrix pods in the future. As has been mentioned, though, this would be a harder course for many and whether we could stay it depends a lot on what our core values are nowadays.
3.? What was the biggest oops of the last year?
I still have not seen any zombies even as extreme weather, dire environmental?predictions, terrorist incidents, expanding global warfare, spreading infrastructure failures, escalating disease outbreaks, devolving?social cohesion and ridiculous?grocery totals consume the planet. I am disappointed and consider this to be an oops in the Plan.
("Zombies" is a term I love to use for humanoid social?germs such?as predatory criminal gangs, hordes of disease victims, rampaging rioters or displaced foraging multitudes. I am being facetious, of course, but I do feel that any tipping point of social decay will evidence significant numbers of one or all of these. Haiti comes to mind...)
4.? What was the biggest lie of the year?
There is no danger to the public at this time...
5.? Do you think the Las Vegas incident was related to the New Orleans incident?
If not directly, there is still an obvious link through the day-and-times route. They are part of The New Normal.
