"Food for thought?" Sure, but not all in a negative context.
For example, looking at Life Expectancy. A ranking of 30th seems pretty bad. Then you consider that the USA has an abundance of food (including the incredibly unhealthy fast-food), an abundance of non-manual labor jobs, an abundance of personal vehicles (no biking or walking), and no incentive to exercises (except personal drive). The USA has a lot overweight people with diabetes and high blood pressure leading to a lot of premature deaths. This is by personal lifestyle choices. I won't touch prisons and education though. I believe both are incredibly mismanaged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316372 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm