"Heroes..."

 

I think that after our November elections occur, it will be time to replay the London Olympics!  For two weeks, you were able to turn on TV and actually get inspired by "heroes in life", in lieu of having to watch the dollars-wasteful negative election campaign news.

 

Added to this negativity is the media's love of monopolizing on personality weaknesses, by "tearing away" at the characters of perceived heroes.  Penn State top rated coaching staff was caught in  "sexscapades".  Arnold Schwarzenegger promoted his book describing his love child and other unfaithfulness activities toward his wife. Hulk Hogan was next.  Cyclist Lance Armstrong was found to be involved in the largest "doping" network ever.   The list grows daily with the headlines of the local newspapers and television news...

 

Thank goodness for 43 year old Austrian paratrooper Felix Baumgartner's successful "free fall" dive from 23 miles above the earth's surface.  After being lifted in 2.5 hours to that height in a capsule pulled by a lightweight helium balloon, he dove up to 833 miles per hour, to the surface in 9.5 minutes, while visually spiraling out of control!  Thus he became the first man to without equipment travel faster than the speed of light!  And now he states that he is retiring from diving in order to provide emergency helicopter rescues!  His jump experiences and his jumping suit will be used for future hopefully (well-intentioned) scientific advances...