Tuesday, January 07, 2003

 

More Bad News...

I know I alluded to postings of a more personal nature, but frankly there's not that much that I'd like to share of my day to day exsistence with you....and I still have comments to post & respond to....among other stuff. But some things are too important to wait...or in some cases, be ignored.

I'm looking at todays (Tues. Jan.7) San Francisco Chronicle. Most of the front page is devoted to the blown call in the 49'ers-Giants playoff game....a major story indeed. Back here on page 9 (out of 16 in the section) there's an article that might have more of a effect on human life. Let me recreate the headline...

weired weather plagues Africa

SCIENTISTS SAY 40 MILLION FACING STARVATION MAY BE FIRST HUMAN VICTIMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Now admitedly, the city of Thaba-Tseka, Lesotho will never make it to the Superbowl, but still....How can this be ignored? Even if you don't believe in the exsistence of global warming....40 million people are facing starvation! (as I open another bag of chips...albeit soy chips)

Will we now see Bush's "compasionate conservatism" run to the rescue? We're talking about 40 million people, for crying out loud. What about the members of the Dinka tribe in the Sudan being slaughtered by the tribe that's currently in power there?
Or do they only care about the Kurdish people that Saddam hates? Well...I guess they do live over massive oil fields...
That fact apparently pushes them to the top of the "to do" list.

We're all friggin' doomed. As long as the current crop of bozos are calling the shots, we're all friggin' doomed. At times like this, we often turn to religion for answers. All cultures have some form of religion...all equally valid in the most basic of concepts. With that in mind, I can only quote Lesotho village elder Makhabasha Ntaote...who believes that something has gone haywire in the cosmos. "We don't know what to expect anymore from the skies...I think God is angry at us, but I don't know why."
Would anyone care to venture a guess?

posted by ~Brahma 5:00 PM