I heard a reporter on CNN say that you should take kids away from the screen. That immediately got me looking.

A man had survived an attack by a grizzly bear by playing dead. The problem was, it didn't stop the bear from biting his arm and starting to eat his skull. He said he could hear the crunching.

The bear bailed, he got a million stitches, and has a story for his grandkids.

This got me thinking about something I read a few weeks back.

Steve Fossett, the millionaire that would go on little adventures, died when he flew a small player over Colorado on some experimental plane. Previously, he had done things in hot air balloons.

Nevada has some big budget woes, and they asked his widow to reimburse them almost $500,000 for the cost of the month-long search.

I never heard if her if she did give them the "voluntary payback."

The state says it actually cost them almost $700,000.

If the widow doesn't pay this, I say a new rule should apply.

Before we rescue people in mountains or out at sea, we give a quick call to their next of kin. Make sure they'll repay the cost.

Now, I'm not talking about normal circumstances; but when you do some goofy adventure. Or you used poor judgement.

Taxpayers shouldn't be footing the bill for all these idiots.