It's not a criticism, it's an observation.
It's Bizarro World
Mike Cox

I feel like we are living in a Superman comic. The planet has turned into Bizarro World. Things are upside down and have been for some time. Consider:

Sushi, which is raw fish, is available in Publix. Any restaurant in town will cook you a steak as rare as you want. But there is a state law requiring hamburger to be cooked to at least medium.

You can go to the drug store and get a case of Nyquil, a thousand aspirin, nose spray by the gallon, and rat poison. But you can't get Advil Sinus pills without registering your driver's license.

Speaking of driver's licenses, if you are 16, pass a written test, and don't wreck while the trooper is giving you a test drive, you get one. You are then free to speed, talk on the phone, put on makeup, and eat, while you drive. If you kill anyone, you might get a ticket, but you keep your license. When you get to be 85 and are plowing through the local farmers market with your turn signal blinking, you can still legally drive.

The divorce rate is above 50%. Infidelity is at an all-time high. The number of couples living together without being married is record breaking. Yet, there is a push to keep same sex marriage illegal because it damages the sanctity of matrimony.

Last week, the conflict in Iraq was dissolving into civil war, and Israel was invading Lebanon again. The number one news story was Mel Gibson getting drunk and making a fool of himself. He was finally removed from the spotlight when pictures of Tom Cruise's baby were made public. Now, the Jon Benet Ramsey story has resurfaced, and nothing else seems important.

The price of gas has everyone up in arms. The national economy is on the brink of collapse. Yet credit card deficits are at an all time high, and no one seems to care, In addition, we willingly pay for a bottle of water that costs more per gallon than gas.

The most trustworthy man in America is a bald, fat, former door-to-door salesman with a shady past. TV news stations fight with each other over who gives the most exclusive version of the same story.

If you take pictures of your baby in the bathtub, the clerk at Eckerds might notify authorities, and you will be fighting for your child and your reputation. If you lose, the child can be placed in a foster home that has little regulation and oversight. The government thinks that is better than the child living with a parent.

A recent visitor to one of our national parks woke up in the middle of the night to answer nature's call. He moved away from the campsite to take care of business and fell of a cliff. He is now suing the federal government for negligence.

Superman's Bizarro World was inhabited by strange shaped versions of people on Earth. Ours is inhabited by idiots.