***Disclaimer*** This is true, but the analysis is purely speculative

Early Monday morning in Las Vegas a famous NFL wide receiver was found beaten and robbed lying on the street. He was found at 7:18 am, 45 minutes after he left a nightclub. What was he doing at the nightclub at 6:30 am? Well, he had just bought $15,000 worth of champagne that he was spraying all over the other club goers. There is a video on YouTube (by the way). He had done the exact same thing early in the night at a different club. I’m not saying that spraying $30,000 worth of champagne in someone’s face is worth beating them up over, but I understand. 

Basically what I’m saying is this: he probably would not have been in a hospital this morning if he hadn’t sprayed $30k worth of champagne at other people. Why does anyone think that is cool?

A group of urban poets known as the Wu-Tang Clan once gave us great insight into our views on money. One of their classic songs was a song called C.R.E.A.M. C.R.E.A.M. is an acronym for “Cash Rules Everything Around Me”. Let’s examine this. Start by asking yourself, “does cash rule everything around me?” Does it? Does it? Answer me. Sorry

Anyway. Often times money affects decisions that it shouldn’t. I was talking to a friend the other day who happens to be a physician. We were discussing whether people make medical decisions based on their financial standing. Our conclusion was that they do. (This is not a call for universal health care). Isn’t that sad that your economic standing is affecting your health? 

Where else does this problem manifest itself? Have you ever tried to do your taxes yourself when you would have been better off employing an accountant? Have you ever given yourself a prison tattoo? Okay, that was a bad example. I realize that we don’t have an unlimited amount of money, therefore we must make tough choices. 

My point is that the Wu-Tang Clan is right…as always. R.I.P ODB.