UPON THE PEOPLE

WHAT'S THE TEMPORARY, PREVALENT DISEASE VISITED 'UPON PEOPLE' TODAY? TAKE YOUR PICK OF EPIDEMICS. THE MEDIA FULLY AND FAITHFULLY REPORT ON THE EPIDEMICS OF AIDS, OBESITY, CHILDHOOD OBESITY, KIDNEY DISEASE, TYPE 2 DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, BI-POLAR DISORDER, DEPRESSION, ADD-ADHD, MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE LATEST SCARE, E-COLI FROM FRESH SPINACH. WITHOUT A CLAIM ON VICTIMHOOD, I AM SO HEALTHY THAT I FEEL ABANDONED ON THE BERM OF LIFE.

I MUST ADD, HOWEVER, A FEW TABOO 'DISEASES' THAT OUR LIBERAL-LEANING, POLITICALLY CORRECT SOCIETY CANNOT BRING ITSELF TO ADMIT EXIST. I NOTE UNDERAGE DRINKING, SINGLE PARENTHOOD, OUT-OF-HOME CHILD CARE, SEXUAL PREDATION, OVER-SPENDING AND FAILED PUBLIC EDUCATION.

THE INEVITABILITY OF PAIN AND SUFFERING, FEAR, DREAD AND NEGATIVITY AWAIT THE HAPLESS WHO WILL BE AFFLICTED BY THE SO-CALLED MEDICAL EPIDEMICS FOCUSED UPON BY THE MEDIA, ACTIVISTS AND VESTED INTEREST GROUPS. HOW DEPRESSING AND SELF-DEFEATING TO FACE A BARRAGE OF NEGATIVE MESSAGES, INDUCING PANIC, DAY BY DAY. NEVERTHELESS, A GENUINE, MEDICAL AFFLICTION SHOULD WARRANT ATTENTION EVEN THOUGH PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY LIES AT THE HEART OF PREVENTING OR COPING WITH SUCH DISEASES IN SPITE OF THE HISTRONICS.

CURING THE SELF-INFLICTED, TABOO DISEASES OF OUR SOCIETY IS A PRICKLIER. MATTER. TO QUELL CULTURAL EPIDEMICS, DISCIPLINE, PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY, DEDICATION TO MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN, THE PRIORITY OF INTELLECTUAL LEARNING IN SCHOOLS AND HOMES AND THE PROPER, MORAL PERSPECTIVE ON OVER-INDULGENT SPENDING AND ITS CONSEQUENCE, DEBT WITHOUT SAVINGS, WILL BE NEEDED. PERSONAL SOUL- SEARCHING AND HONEST ADMISSIONS OF GUILT MUST PRECEDE ANY PROPHYLACTICS FOR THESE DISEASES. FURTHERMORE, A LARGE DOSE OF STURM AND DRANG BROUGHT ON BY A GENUINE SENSE OF SHAME (NOT ARTIFICIAL APOLOGIES TO SELF AND SOCIETY) IS IN ORDER FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM THE REAL EPIDEMICS OF OUR TIME.