Scourge
September 17, 2003
It’s 20 to 23:00 and I’m all set to go to bed when I decide to do a real update about the sorry state the world is in.
Let’s see, where to begin…
Opinions from old chocolate making Europe apparently do not matter to the current American administration. Iraq is this century’s Vietnam. The war on terror shifted from a hunt for Osama, to a hunt for the Taliban, to a hunt for weapons of mass destruction, to a hunt for Saddam, to what’s next? The UN has proven itself (again) to be nothing more than talking heads sent by their respective countries and are incapable of actually doing things in the world. The WTO hit one of its biggest setbacks with the cancellation of this round of meetings after pissed off developing countries couldn’t get rich first world countries to realize they’re assholes with the whole subsidized farm issue. Anti-Bushism is still considered Anti-Americanism to many (that is so not true). America is slowly beginning to wake up and smell its “president” and its new astronomic deficit. Iran is itching to be the next Iraq by resisting and then ok’ing inspections as Mr. Bush screams and speaks. All the while, the other “Axis” country, North Korea, has been trying to get everyone’s (America’s) attention with its more than aggressive stance and its publicly admitted nuclear ambitions. Japan wants to get back into the world theatre by modifying their constitution so that they can have a real army instead of this self defence label.
And that was just about politics. Now what about good ol mother earth?
The ozone hole above the chunk of ice called Antarctica is probably as big as America’s new deficit. Heat waves have claimed thousands across Europe. SARS is reappearing??? Maybe it’s time to cancel all life because of SARS. Hurricanes, tropical storms, cyclones, typhoons are occurring in record number and strength. Forest fires have ravaged our little wine making BC interior. That problem everyone was worried about, what did they call it? Oh yes, Global Warming, it looks like it’s finally here as a lot of people in distinguished scientific circles have made note of dramatic changes.
I blame all these problems squarely on dumb people. Dumb people have ruined it for everyone. Dumb people should not be voted into positions that affect a lot of other people. I just wonder will we ever know who’s really pulling the strings behind certain dumb people.
So, do you think the world in the past few years has taken a turn for the worse or do you think it’s normal, that nothing has happened that was very extraordinary?
