Yesterday an 18-year old kid fell out of the upper deck in Yankee Stadium and landed on the netting that is there to protect fans from foul balls. What a horrible accident, right? Nope. The jackass didn't fall - he jumped. Which leads me to today's post... People are morons.

What kind of idiot jumps from the upper deck of a stadium on a friend's dare? An all too common one it seems. People nowadays just aren't thinking and common sense is in rare supply. What's to blame, poor parenting? An educational system that teaches standardized tests but not much else? Religion that would insist that we're taught that the Bible is just as scientifically valid as evolution? Decision making that would make one think that Bush would be a better president than John Kerry? I mourn the decline of intelligence.

Same thing is true for manners, as exemplified by the rotten behavior people demonstrate in movie theaters and other public places. I watched Bill Maher last night on HBO and he decried reality television for giving people an outlet to demonstrate how cruel, mean and manipulative they can be. He then talked about our brave men and women fighting overseas. They're supposedly "fighting for our freedom" but whose freedom? These idiots?

So come on people. Use your brains. Improve your manners. Take the high road. Or just go away.