Just so you know, I’m getting ready to file a lawsuit the nation’s major drug manufacturers.  The other day I had a bad headache so I went to reach for the aspirin.   I couldn’t take it because every time I tried to pick the cotton out of the bottle, I had this major slavery flashback which just shot my world to hell and I was emotionally traumatized.

Of course that sounds ridiculous, but not as ridiculous as the latest lawsuit being filed against the State of Indiana regarding the tragedy at the Sugarland Concert.

The Indianapolis law firm of Cohen and Malad is filing suit on behalf of the 12,000 attendees at the Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair.   Yes, all 12,000 attendees.  We’re not just talking about the people who were injured or killed, but those who were there and may have potentially suffered emotional damages because they witnessed the event.  I find these people offensive, disgusting and reminders as to why people hate my other profession.

It is one thing to file suit on behalf of the guy who saw his wife killed by a collapse of the structure.  It’s another thing to sue on behalf of the guy who was in the cheap seats in the back because he was allegedly “traumatized” by the event.  By following that logic, my friend who lives in Pennsylvania who saw the story on the news is entitled to damages because he was distraught.  And while we are at it, let’s sue the TV stations that aired the footage and all the people who recorded the stage collapse with their camera phones and posted it on Facebook, Twitter and You Tube.

This entire ordeal reminds me of the Jerky Boys bit.   You know, if it weren’t for that part about tyranny reigning, Shakespeare might have gotten the line right in Henry VI.

Indianapolis Democratic Mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy sent out a second mailer this week.*  She continues to push education, although the Mayor has a limited role in education in the city.

I did notice something in her mailer, when she talks about failing schools she is referring only to Indianapolis Public Schools, not the township, charters or private schools.  Look at the the bottom of her mailer and you will see she cites that her stats for the dropout rate and lack of student progress come from the Indiana Department of Education 2009-2010 school year.   I’ve linked a copy of it here.

I think Kennedy is running an excellent campaign for IPS school board.  And looking at most of the current crop,  I’d recommend voting for her if that was the office she was seeking.  And I am sure if asked she would agree that IPS Superintendent Eugene White needs to be fired because of these results.  I say that if she thinks Greg Ballard should lose his job because of an education system he has no direct control over, then logic only dictates that the people directly in charge of the failing schools should be fired as well.

* I put the asterisk mark there because if you look closely at the mailer you will see that it is not paid for by the Melina’s campaign nor the Marion County Democrats but by the Indiana Democratic State Party.  That means one of two things,  Melina is having money problems or she doesn’t trust county Chairman Ed Treacy.   I know money isn’t a problem because she reportedly told her fellow Democrats earlier this year that she would have plenty of money to compete, so it must be the latter.  And after Ed’s most recent misadventure with printed materials, I frankly don’t blame her for making the decision.