I don't live in a tree house. I don't swing on a vine. And I don't drink much any more. I suspect that some of you here today share that observation. There is terror in the shopping malls, madness on the freeways, and insanity in the media.
Government is out of control.
In fact, the Government Accounting Office recently reported that it was unable to audit the Internal Revenue Service because the financial records of the IRS were in total disarray. The jungle-like quality of life extends to other areas as well. The complicated health insurance claim forms are enough to cause people recovering from illness to suffer relapses. The contradictory findings of medical science leave us wondering how caffeine, for example, can be good for you and bad for you at the same time. The controversies about salt, cholesterol, and fat make you want to wolf down a hamburger, fries, and a milkshake just to assuage your anxiety.