From the WTF file.

New York City lit its xmas tree last night in Rockefeller Center. This year there is a new twist- it is powered by solar power and uses LED lights. Officials proudly tout that this green technology saves the amount of power that could power a 2000 square foot home for a month.

Why then, are we not using the same technology to light 30 homes, every day?

No Immunization? Put Money Where Mouth Is.

A substantial movement is afoot, a movement claiming harm from immunization. The most recent to join the party in a public way is actress/writer/naked chick Jenny McCarthy. She blames immunization for her son's developmental problems and is a vocal opponent of immunization.

First, there is no evidence that links immunization to autism or any other disorders. It is complete bullshit.

Second, it is critical that all members of a society are immunized, as resistance to disease for all truly depends on the weakest links in the immunity chain.

A time may come, very soon, when a flu pandemic strikes America. Vaccines will potentially in short supply. Could we please create a list of those that refuse vaccines now, so that we can de-prioritize their administration later?

4 Arms, 4 Legs!

Once again adults have to tinker with a medical anomaly, much to the detriment of the one directly affected. In India a child was born with a severe defect. It turns out that this baby girl absorbed part of her twin sister in the uterus, leaving her with four arms and four legs.

Aside for the obvious problem of finding pants, the benefits of extra arms and legs absolutely outweigh the negatives. Instead the well intentioned parents go and get Spidey repaired. They shouldn't have got her surgery, they should have got her a drum kit!

You name it, from music to sports to porn (insert "octopuss" joke here), this 8-limbed diva had the world in front of her, no matter which was her chosen path. The thought of having a residual "beer arm" and a residual "spankin' it" arm makes me sweat in delight. It would be like having two cupholders from birth and it finally would be no big deal to eat a burrito and drive a stick at the same time!

Now she's normal and no longer can count to 40 on her fingers and toes. Smooth move mom and dad.

I'm still searching for the downside here. I guess it would suck to get in an accident and be an octoplegic, but that's all I can think of. If my parents robbed me of these resources just to limit childhood taunting I'd strangle them with my last two good hands!