Bull

There sure is a lot of bull coming out of the corporate world these days. I think Texas corporations have some of the most bull, but I've lived in many cowboy states and non-cowboy states, and I think bull is pretty much everywhere. The newspapers print a lot of it. Politicians always step in it and then put their foot in their mouths. The president pulls a lever and an entire dump truck full of it pours out on the audience and they all applaud.

What is bull? Religion, Aliens, Ghosts, Fairies, Chariots of the Gods, Dragons, Holy Men, Holy Women, Imperial America, Lite Beer, Golden Cities, Spanish Fly, Holy Grail. Drug companies. War on drugs. War on terror. War. All Bull.

More bull? Twelve Step Self-Help Methods, Faith Healers, Homeopathic Medicine, Low Fat Diets, Low Carb Diets, All Diets, Red Necks, NRA Members, KKK Lizards, KKK Wizards, NeoNazis, Beautiful Fat, Golden Fleece, Boxing, Figure Skating, Conscious Computers, Flying Cars, Automatic Truck Drivers. TV. Internet privacy. I'm sure everybody out there knows about even more bull. Let me know if I left something out.

What gives me the right to call something bull? Well, take "diets" for instance. There are plenty of diet books, diet doctors, dieters, diet drinks, diet TV dinners, diet candy, and so on. What happens on these diets is that people spend a lot of money on the books, the foods, the pills, whatever, and usually wind up not achieving the goal of the diet.

Much of this is due to the complexity of the body, as can be seen when eating less food causes the body to store more fat whenever possible. Other diets are for lowering cholesterol, preventing diseases, getting rid of acne, better athletic ability and so on. Even if the diets are successful at first, the body finds ways to get around them and the cholesterol, disease or acne returns.

Religion? Bull of the highest order. Some early religions even used the Bull as a symbol. If the only way to prove something true is to die, then my bull detector goes off.

Now it is always possible that I am also full of bull -- most people are. But when given the choice -- is something bull or not? -- choosing bull is usually the safest bet.