"The world today seems absolutely crackers,
With nuclear bombs to blow us all sky-high
There's fools and idiots sitting on the trigger,
It's depressing, and it's senseless, and that's why ..."

Profound words written, of course, by Mr Eric Idle, who naturally goes on to explain why

"... I like Çhinese"

But what of today? We have no Monty Python to soothe our fevered brows, and the Chinese, while still apparently "ready to please" seem to be doing so mostly by fuelling the mighty Wal-Mart juggernaut with Nike trainers for $1.98 and Aiwa DVD players for 37c (plus tax), allowing it to continue to roll across the world, squashing Mom-and-Pop stores and killing downtown and replacing them with out-of-town soulless boxes staffed with superannuated hollow-eyed minimum-wage drones in blue smocks and overalls.

But I digress.

Anyway, not to fear - one Ohio couple has the answer. They've built a godawful huge statue of Jebus, of which they say

"We're living in a day when a lot of people feel hopeless, but we believe that when people see him, they will understand he is the hope for the world,"

Thanks Lawrence and Darlene - I feel better already knowing there's one huge shitpile of plastic foam and fibreglass sitting just off I-75 amid a "Hustler of Hollywood sign for one of Larry Flynt's largest adult stores and a billboard for Bristol's Show Club & Revue adult club that features a lingerie-clad woman"