REFLECTIONS ON SUNDAY'S NEWSPAPER

CONTRAST THE UNWARRANTED GRATUITIES TO -
A SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT OF A DISTRICT IN WHICH STUDENTS COMMIT RAPE IN THE AUDITORIUM AND FORNICATE IN THE STUDY HALLS IS PAID OVER $175,000 IN SALARY INCLUDING A CAR ALLOWANCE AND AN EXPENSE ACCOUNT PLUS A $300,000 LIFE INSURANCE POLICY, 25 VACATION DAYS, 12 PAID HOLIDAYS AND 3 PAID PERSONAL DAYS, PLUS HER DISTRICT PAYS FOR HER STATE RETIREMENT ACCOUNT WORTH APPROXIMATELY $16,000 A YEAR.

WITH THE UNDERRATED, RESPONSIBILITY OF -
A COLLEGE EDUCATED C.E.O. OF A BUSINESS DEPENDENT UPON RETAIL CUSTOMERS WHO TAKES A MINIMUM SALARY DEPENDANT UPON MAINTAINING SOLVENCY AND ELIMINATING DEBT IN THE BUSINESS, WITH NO CAR ALLOWANCE (AND ALLOWED ONLY A USED VEHICLE), NO EXPENSE ACCOUNT, NO LIFE INSURANCE POLICY, NO HOLIDAYS OTHER THAN CHRISTMAS, EASTER AND NEW YEARS DAY REGARDLESS OF ILLNESS OR DEPRESSION, AND WHO MUST PERSONALLY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HER FUTURE RETIREMENT.
CONTRAST THE UPLIFTING QUALITY OF -
THE "RECREATIONAL GRIEF" EXPRESSED BY THOUSANDS OF FANS SIGNING A LIFE-SIZE GET WELL CARD FOR BARBARO (A RACE HORSE) AND HIS JOCKEY

WITH DISGUSTING LOWNESS OF -
THE "INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE BEHAVIOR" OF A YOUNG INNER CITY BLACK MAN WHO AFTER KILLING HIS FATHER VIOLENTLY, CUTS OFF HIS DAD'S ARMS.

CONTRAST THE FEW BLACK MARKS ON OUR SOCIETY -
THE 30 DEMONSTRATORS, MEMBERS OF KU KLUX KLAN AND OTHER WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS VERBALLY ATTACKING MINORITIES AT THE ANTIETAM NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD

WITH THE MANY PATRIOTIC CITIZENS -
THE 30 COUNTER-DEMONSTRATORS, 200 OFFICERS ON HAND TO ENSURE THE PEACE AND THE 3600 MEN SILENTLY GIVING TESTIMONY FROM THEIR GRAVES TO THE FIGHT FOR A NATION ONE DAY DURING THE CIVIL WAR IN 1862.

MY SUNDAY NEWSPAPER HOLDS A TREASURE TROVE OF EXAMPLES OF STUPID, SILLY, SERIOUS AND SICK REPORTS, STORIES AND STATEMENTS FROM THE MEDIA, POLITICIANS AND REGULAR AND IRREGULAR CITIZENS. MOST EXAMPLES DO NOT LEND THEMSELVES TO COMPARISONS BECAUSE LIFE AROUND THE WORLD IS A STUDY IN CONTRASTS - MANY SAD, TOO FEW THAT SOAR WITH INSPIRATION.