TRAYVON MARTIN'S KIDNEYS, A NOVEL, A MOVIE, WHATEVER

just thinkin' of writing a tale of how the murder of trayvon martin resulted in the availability and transplantation of his kidneys to another: /working father/child prodigy/his own mother/his murderer/the governor of florida/a neo-nazi/an american jihadist/just average people. 

we follow the journey of his two kidneys and their successful implantation.  one is used in california. the other is used in alabama. both recipients are driven by trayvon's spirit tracking down the unrepentant murderer. the recipients on their quest travel through america's great landmarks and symbols of both good and bad freedom and justice - mount rushmore, little bighorn, gettysburg, trail of tears, washington dc, philadelphia, ellis island, and the statue of liberty.

during their travels the two recipients are restrained by wayne lapierre and reince priebus in nra hq in fairfax, va during a celebratory picnic party, and subjected to nra recruitment films. and a lecture as to the superiority of white gun owners. they escape and continue their quest.

the world is changed/not changed/destroyed/ spiritually worse or better/ or trayvon's spirit seeking justice and revenge guides both kidney recipients to the statue of liberty where zimmerman flees in fear, climbing out onto liberty's torch where he slips and the kidney recipients try to hold on to his tearing jacket sleave as he falls to his death.  justice done ..... ooops, sorry, ..... hitchcock did this in saboteur where the german-sympathizer-bastard who destroyed an aircraft factory and workers to save us from the jews and communists only meant well..   

at the end of the movie version we see and hear america the beautiful:

America, The Beautiful Lyrics
by Katharine Lee Bates - 1913


O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

BIG PHARMA IN WONDERLAND

drug companies doing their R&D in china make a lot of sense. republicans and libertarians think its a great idea. obviously its cheaper, they don't care, there are no socialist regulation and restrictions like we have in our fascist-communist united states of america because of those liberals.  of course there may be some problems because asians do their work like they drive cars. sorta' like they're in a fog and don't  understand the rules. nothing personal but i think getting my drugs from people who don't put much faith in paying attention or safety is not a good idea. 

chinese seem to just do not care. 100 million chinese more or less does not seem to matter to the chinese government or the corporate world. its a question of your money or someone else's life. you do not recall but during the korean war they - china - sent waves of unprepared men against us in north korea and now their line is "look how many you killed".  i'm starting to tend towards agreement with general douglas macarthur's assessment at the time of nuking their coastal cities and crushing them. if they don't care why should we?  we're better than that? ok, want to be better and dead or not better and alive? 

face reality; a people are responsible for their government.

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ON BEING EIGHTY-SOMETHING

you will find that eighty-something is the best age ever. you can pretty much do whatever you want: don't attend family events because you can claim that you are dying; ignore important obligations because you can say, "i forgot. sorry, my memory is failing"; pretend not to see or hear; refuse eating offered food items claiming illness, allergies and drug interactions.

fine dining and eating out is no problem. ordering oatmeal straight-up anyplace is a culinary delight.

while 20 year olds will be in real trouble if medicated especially african-americans, you can be high as a kite or comatose and no one will care.

women can be a great experience. they can not possibly expect anything from you. when a gorgeous woman looks at you, you know that she is wondering how you got out of the nursing home or do you know where you are? smile a lot and see what happens.

its important to stay healthy. check out all possible symptoms to correct possible disorders:

being not hungry is a bad sign.
being hungry is a bad sign.

urinating often is a bad sign.
not urinating is a bad sign.

high blood pressure is a bad sign.
low blood pressure is a bad sign.

being thirsty is a bad sign.
not being thirsty is a bad sign.

losing weight is a bad sign.
gaining weight is a bad sign.

fast pulse rate is a bad sign.
no pulse rate is a very, vary bad sign.


be sure that that your will, funeral, gravesite, and other assorted details of your certain death are taken care of. your loved ones have other things to do. plan everything. you do not want members of your immediate family to lose work or school time especially considering the cost of college today. time of year is also important because of air fares or gas and other transportation, housing, and eating expenses. remember you're dead but they are not.

good luck. you'll need it.

"rosebud".

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ON THE GREATEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN THE UNIVERSE, DOCTORS, AND BIG PHARMA

(preface: the medical community is good at some things, like fixing broken bones and many surgical procedures when necessary)

60 years ago there were very few medications that could help anyone except in the most primitive of ways. if you were elderly you would be better off going to a tribal medicine man, shaman, acupuncturist or herbalist.

in the bronx you could always check into fordham hospital and die like my father and grandfather or check yourself out like my uncle and die at home. your choice.

these days the medication prescription menu is so large your doctor can cause you a lot of pain, grief and suffering while thinking he has prescribed great up to the minute medications. it depends on which sales rep spoke to him last.

i hava an accumulated experience with at least a dozen currently practicing doctors and another dozen who have treated me for one thing or another over 40 years ago. i have given them the benefit of any doubt and have found that some solutions worked out well and others of equal number were disastrous.

some medications were costly and produced bad results and i opted out quickly. in one case a high blood pressure type cure resulted in depression followed by the doctor prescribing a mood elevating drug. the combination over a year ruined some career opportunities. after dumping doctor and drugs i could never recoup my groove. another time i was prescribed drugs which gave me ankle swelling, water retention, and chest pains. i was told to not eat potatoes or tomatoes or carry heavy things. after giving up the doctor, and drugs, i started eating potatoes and tomatioes, carrying heavy things around and have had no problems for the past two years. clearly, medical science f##### up.

some doctors in some specialties recognize their inmpotence and have said (paraphrasing), "go play golf, you're going to die of something." or "in 20 years your condition will be serious, don't worry about it now".

other doctors are wedded to their textbooks and do not give up on their educational dogma. then there are also doctors that know that one size does not fit all and are willing to negotiate - a little- in a civilized way. meaning they don't get visibly angry (much) and don't throw you out when you start making your own decisions.

on another note, i get a bit uptight when the doctor refers you for traeatment with some company which is listed on the new york stock exchange. i think i too should get a share of the commission or some benefit from the government supported business for every day i stay away from them. there is big bucks involved as you know. 50% of the savings would be fine with me.

of course, in the long run the medical community can always say, " see, we told you so, he's dead".

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RATIONAL, ORDERLY WORLD

you're kidding, right?

try as you might to make sense of world events, mainly because you are a fairly smart primate, everything is all messed up. not only messed up but random. you can't make this stuff up.

if you possibly believe that there is a higher being leading us, i'm sure he can't make this stuff up either.

although you may not see it, everything has been, is or will be screwed up. from large current events in the middle east; egypt, syria, afghanistan to the smaller chaotic events like the trayvon martin murder with the expected acquittal of his delusional murderer or the bizarre republican party agenda which make jihadists seem almost logical.

weather events have a bizarre uncontrolled quality all their own such as recent forest fires, hurricanes, and tornadoes. they surely demonstrate the irrational randomness of this universe.

but the one thing we can count on is that the sun will eventually get so large and hot that we will all be toast. well that's a relief because i was starting to think all was chaos.

just relax and wait for the authorities to knock at your door and take you away. they're only following orders. nothing personal.