ELECTIONS? WHAT ABOUT THE "SHAKE-IT-LIKE-SHAKIRA" LOSER?
So the Democrats are taking over the asylum. Whoop tee doo. The real story is about a bar, a contest, and that Great American Sport - Suing For Cash!

In July 2006, the folks at Calico Jack's Cantina on 42nd Street New York invited folks to join in their "Shake-It-Like-Shakira" contest. Ersatz Shakiras were asked to perform for the bar patrons by shaking their booty in a Shakira-like fashion. The grand prize was set at $250 - and the undying admiration of the crowd.

Enter New Jersey resident, Megan Zacher, 22, of Delanco. Unashamed by the prospect of wiggling her botty in front of strangers - and with an eye to the cash - Megan jumped on the bar after her second drink of the night and promptly began to strut her funky stuff.

Unfortunately, the bar had become a little slippery - as bars do - and she ended up going arse over tit onto the floor, and in the process tearing a knee ligament. The severity of the injury to her leg was such that she needed surgery. The damage to her ego wasn't reported. Needless to say she didn't in the contest.

Now add attorney Lawrence Simon to the mix. At the request of his client, the bar owner is being sued for an unspecified amount of money because he was "negligent, reckless and careless" in "permitting the bar area to become and remain wet and otherwise in an unsafe condition."

Simon also claims that the owner should have know that the contest was "dangerous and likely to lead to injury."

Of course, he is playing down any suggestion that drinking alcohol and dancing on a bar may, to some people, seem to be a little on the risky side. But the innocent Ms. Zacher is clearly simple-minded enough to be unable to process such obvious risks. On the other hand, she was able to pony up the $35 entry fee and would, no doubt, have happily accepted the $250 if she had won.

Once again, we see the full force of the law being used to support and reward the stupid behavior of mental midgets who either have no ability to detect risk and avoid it, or who are all for taking risks but then want to blame somebody else when it things go wrong.

If only she'd fallen a little harder and broken her neck: at least then she would have weeded herself out of the gene pool for good.