Questions for existence

Considerations concerning its meaningless minutiae

What are Mars candy bars shorter than Snickers? Is it because almonds are more expensive than peanuts, or is it because of the nougat?

Why was Paul Reuben (Pee Wee Herman) immediately fired when CBS heard of his public indecency charges, but it took the Vatican six years to strip Rudolph Kos of his priesthood after complains of sexual abuse against altar boys surfaced in 1992?

How do the members of Afghanistan's Taliban (the religious fundamentalists in charge of the government) expect to develop a tourism-based economy if they keep outlawing stuff like televisions and work for women?

Why does the state spend 42 percent of the $7.3 million earmarked for domestic abuse cases on abusers? Wouldn't it be a better idea to separate the abuser from the family and then use that money to support the children?

Why does everyone get so uptight about the balance of trade when, after sixteen years of deficits, we have the best economy in the world?

With low inflation, a string of stock market records, and high levels of consumer confidence, do we really have to worry about losing out to Japan (now in recession), Europe (double our unemployment rate), or Southeast Asia (a bunch of burst bubble economies)?

Why do we act like we're concerned about the face that we've lost 20 percent of our beaches in the last 20 years when we know seawalls are a cause, but we still haven't torn them down?

Why has every attempt to boost the economy resulted in the decision to increase funds for advertisement? Hasn't anyone gotten the picture that we need real change, not just a series of amendments to the state's ad hoc management of the economy?

Why in the world are those stupid Beanie Babies so popular?

Is it really a good idea to overcrowd Hawaii's prisons when the greatest percentage of prisoners are there because of violent crimes? Are we intentionally or unintentionally trying to provoke fights between them?

Is it all right, when you get arrested, to use your one phone call to page somebody?

Would it be more or less of an inconvenience to move the homeless from the airport to the Halawa prison? What if we gave the prisoners jobs at the airport? Do you think it would prevent foreign organized crime from entering the country?

Do people really expect that, by bringing up the fact that Hawaii's annexation was illegal, the United States will all of a sudden just say, "Oh really? We're sorry. Here's have your country back?" Has evidence that a country's actions were illegal ever changed anything?

What is it people will write letters to newspapers saying the editorials opinions suck, but they won't apply for a position that would even give them money? Wouldn't writing for the paper be a better solution than just complaining about it?

In Terminator 2, how was Arnold Schwarzenegger's character even created, since John destroyed both the arm and the chip in the pit of molten steel? Isn't that the worst case of time paradox you've ever heard of?

Why re we paying for former schools superintendent Herman Aizawa full salary for two months while he's not doing anything? Does he really need to be, as Albert Yoshii (acting personnel director for the Department of Education) put it, "tided over," since he's earning over $90,000 a year?

As reimbursement for all the IRA mess-ups over the years, do we, the people, get to take to take over the country?

Was the World Cup right? If so, I really wouldn't mind. Considering the fact the French have to live in France, I think it'd be OK to give them this one.

Is it true we shouldn't answer a question with a question, or are my parents the only ones who say that?