Whole City Lift

It was announced today that Charlotte, NC is the number 2 place in nation (number 1 was never given) for plastic surgery. That should encourage more folks to come to Charlotte. Don't have any great tourist attractions? No problem! Come get a face lift, or a tummy tuck, or liposuction.
So not only is the city trying to hide its flaws, so are its inhabitants. The city for at least the last 2 decades has tried to be something it's not. Trying to be a "worls-class city" instead of the nice quaint town we used to be. Now they put up this front about all the great things we have here--the Panthers, the Bobcats, the whitewater center, but they cannot hide the crime, the poor roads, the traffic, the out-of-control city & county commissions as well as a horrible school system. We may look good on the outside, but the inside is ugly. Now the people are trying to discuise their faults and shortcomings by having their outsides changed. These are the same people who say look at me, look how pretty & sexy I am, look how important I am, but don't get too close to me or you might see the real me.

Reminds me of the old joke where a woman is in the hospital and she dies on table and meets God. She asks him, "Am I dead?" God replies, "No, it's not your time yet. You will live another 30 years." She comes back to life and realizes that the dream was real and if she is going to live another 30 years, she wants to make the most of it. So, she decides to have a facelift, tummy tuck, liposuction, hair dyed--the whole bit. As she walks out of the hospital, she is hit by a bus and dies. When she gets to heaven she says to God, "I thought I had another 30 years left." God replies, "Sorry, I didn't recognize you."

Maybe God will not recognize this city and mistake for another Soddom or Gomorrah and start all over again. We need to start somewhere. Maybe if I just had a little liposuction...