Watching the sunrise this morning was not very exciting. Clouds produced a diffuse gray kind of light, not the OMG colors and shapes we often see. Got me thinking about the lack of writing lately and wondering why. Certainly things are happening. Syria is coming apart at the seams with people dying every hour at the hands of a killer-dictator (not unlike Gaddafi or Amin). Alabama is coming apart at the seams: they have kicked out their workforce and figure the current losses are around $11 billion and rising. The globe is undergoing the continuing saga of climate change: jet stream moved to dump arctic air into Europe not North America giving us a warmish winter. Florida is trying to privatize everything: the latest is an insurance scheme to put home/business casualty insurance into the hands of off-shore companies that have no regulations for policy cost or reserves.
Dry spell? Hell, there is so much to process and comment on I don’t even know where to start. Russia? Putin is doing an end run on the country and protests are going on right now. Egypt? Protestors being badly treated. Israel/Iran? Threats and counter threats of nuclear annihilation Republican candidates attacking Obama for the “Egyptian 19”: nineteen Americans to be put on trial for licensing and financial charges related to NGO activities. One candidate compared it to the Iranian hostage crisis when Carter was President, tarring Obama with that brush. Only 6 of the 19 are even in Egypt, and they are not hostages. Lies, pure and simple.
Dry spell? I don’t think so. So where is the good news? Nigeria? No. South Africa? No. Canada? Possibly yes. Mexico? Not even close. Burma? A ray of light there. China? Who knows?
Like I said a few weeks ago: if you find any good news that is of an equal magnitude with the bad, let me know. I could use some pumping up.
Image: http://www.punkrockcds.com/images/Descendents-EverythingSucks.jpg
Descendents “Dry Spell”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dqR-qMLaDk
Dry spell? Hell, there is so much to process and comment on I don’t even know where to start. Russia? Putin is doing an end run on the country and protests are going on right now. Egypt? Protestors being badly treated. Israel/Iran? Threats and counter threats of nuclear annihilation Republican candidates attacking Obama for the “Egyptian 19”: nineteen Americans to be put on trial for licensing and financial charges related to NGO activities. One candidate compared it to the Iranian hostage crisis when Carter was President, tarring Obama with that brush. Only 6 of the 19 are even in Egypt, and they are not hostages. Lies, pure and simple.
Dry spell? I don’t think so. So where is the good news? Nigeria? No. South Africa? No. Canada? Possibly yes. Mexico? Not even close. Burma? A ray of light there. China? Who knows?
Like I said a few weeks ago: if you find any good news that is of an equal magnitude with the bad, let me know. I could use some pumping up.
Image: http://www.punkrockcds.com/images/Descendents-EverythingSucks.jpg
Descendents “Dry Spell”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dqR-qMLaDk
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