A thought on this dreadful, depressing and muggy midweek 4th: Forget about helping anybody but yourself

A wonderful story about the human family and how it takes a village to do something or whatever comes from Kansas recently and it's making its way around the Internets today: Shoppers stepped over dying woman; one took a photo

Five shoppers, including one who took a photo with her cell phone, stepped over LaShanda Calloway as she lay dying of a stab wound, the convenience store's surveillance video shows.

The photo was later posted online.

"This is one of the most disgusting examples of disregard for life I've ever seen," Wichita police spokesman Gordon Bassham said of the video, which police aren't releasing. "It is a very, very tragic video to watch. It was revolting to see this lack of humanity."

Calloway, 27, was stabbed after an altercation June 23. The video showed her struggling to her feet and collapsing three times without anyone helping. The woman who took the photo stepped over her four times.

Calloway died at a hospital. Two suspects later surrendered to police.

I'm pretty sure Crime Scene KC covered this topic earlier but I always like these kind of stories around a major holiday because they clearly demonstrate the shallowness of the rhetoric so many of us are forced to endure about "One KC" or "The Silent majority" or any kind of rallying cry intended to force people into niche markets to more easily sell them things they don't need . . . Notice all the stores open today on the 4th or X-mas or any other holiday . . . Holidays aren't about patriotism or Christianity or ethnic pride or whatever . . . It's all nothing more than a tribute to capitalism and maybe alcoholism which are usually celebrated everyday when things are going good. Also, just like Iraq deviled eggs seemed like a good idea at first but right now I'm having to deal with their painful consequences. Burp.