One of the greatest problems that countries around the world are facing today is the ever increasing population of retired senior citizens.
Don’t get me wrong, senior citizens aren’t a problem in themselves, but the support services required for them are severely straining the resources for a lot of countries.
Pensions, health service other emergency support services need to be paid for by the government. This means that taxes need to be raised and that just means that the likes of Gordon Brown et al will be taking more of our hard earned cash away from us and then we will have less to spend on Christmas gifts, which will lead to the lady on BBC indicating that the economic indicators are all pointing downward and there is likely to be a recession. But mind you she will say all this with a silly grin on her face.

This situation isn’t confined to the Britain. It’s similar across the EU, USA and Russia. To combat this potentially crippling situation in Russia, Comrade Putin announced a cash reward for couples bringing a baby into the world. Perhaps there will be similar incentives here in Britain.

However, I have a solution that will have a three fold benefit. Extreme Senior Sports.
Senior citizens will be given a choice of what activity they would like to participate in. These would include things like: Tiger tracking with a knife, Wrestling a lion with your bare hands, Skydiving without a parachute, Depth testing in a one man submarine, Human Rocket to the moon, Piggy backing on a Great White etc. You get the idea.
You might wonder how this might possibly have any benefits. Well, I’ll tell you.

Firstly, imagine the pride and glee of a grandchild who can tell his or her friends ‘My grandfather (or grandmother) wrestled a Lion.’ Or ‘my grandparents were the first self propelled humans to the moon.’ How much respect would the younger generation have for their elders!!

Secondly, staging these activities in Africa and other underdeveloped nations will help alleviate the economic strife that they are facing. This would also reduce the need for irritating musicians with 4 letter names telling us we are bad people for not foregoing a coronation chicken sandwich in order to help some poor child in Africa.

Thirdly, it provides a novel, entertaining solution to the problem of too many senior citizens. It’ll probably make a better reality show than most of the crap around today….

….oh wait, this might not actually work. I just realized that at some point, if lucky, I’m going to be a retired old man in the same situation…..then again, it’s one hell of a way to go out!!

It is quite apt that the Superman film was released this year. After all, a quick glance at world events beckons for a strong hero to stand up and take control of the situation.
It might not be entirely feasible for anyone to wear blue spandex and then pull on a pair of bright red Y-fronts over their pants. (or maybe the sight of someone dressed up like that might actually stop people from fighting as they break down into fits of laughter!). Still, how refreshing it would be if one of these so called world 'Leaders' actually managed to do something useful.
Watching the return of Superman the I noticed that there was a striking omission to the Man of Steels slogan.  I remember as a young boy how Superman always stood for 'Truth, Justice, and the American way.'
In the newer film, he seems not to be too keen on the 'American way' anymore. Perhaps he too has realized that even the best intentions can be exploited by the powerful few.
Or perhaps, it is politically incorrect to say 'The American Way' anymore? (Does political correctness apply to Superman as well?)
Whatever the reason, it is interesting how that phrase 'American way' has changed over the decades.
Growing up in the 80's I remember the 'American way' standing for the modern world, democracy, freedom and the right to choose, the great free market and the massive corporations. It was something to aspire to. Something to look at your government and say 'Here why the hell aren't you more like them?'.
Now however, It seems like a marketing slogan for corrupt international corporations, war, the justifications for illegal war, porn and dodgy elections.
It makes you want to grab your parents, hug them and thank them for not being American, for then you might have been born an ignorant member of one of the most hated nations in the world, and a statistic on some market segmentation for increasingly weird products.

Still you have to love the Americans for discovering the continuing existence of Neanderthals and voting him into the oval office!!