So much to do, so little time. I am not yet packed, laundry isn’t done, no where near to close to ready. I am on my way out the door to work. I won’t have much of an opportunity to post until I get back from Germany on the 7th. Until next time, friends.
Wow, am I tired. My day hasn’t been particularly long but none the less I am exhausted. Still, I think I will go out to see the funkest band in T-town tonight, The Wreckers. I can’t wait to see my friends in Germany next week. Only 3 days to go. I still need to get packing. (First I should figure out what I am going to take.) Well I have plenty of time. I leave on Monday. It is only Friday. No problem. I don’t procrastinate at all. Nah…
Wanted to wish my cousin Jason a happy birthday.
And thanks for helping me set up this blog.
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Not much going on right now for me. I am preparing for my trip oversees. I am leaving Monday. I can’t wait. Hopefully this war will be over soon.
Just some interesting stats I got this from a friend of mine.
Q: What percentage of the world’s population does the U.S. have?
A: 6%
Q: What percentage of the world’s wealth does the U.S. have?
A: 50%
Q: Which country has the largest oil reserves?
A: Saudi Arabia
Q: Which country has the second largest oil reserves?
A: Iraq
Q: How much is spent on military budgets a year worldwide?
A: $900+ billion
Q: How much of this is spent by the U.S.?
A: 50%
Q: What percent of U.S. military spending would ensure the
essentials of life to everyone in the world, according to the U.N.?
A: 10% (that’s about $40 billion, the amount of funding initially
requested to fund the U.S. retaliatory attack on Afghanistan).
Q: How many people have died in wars since World War II?
A: 86 million
‘Nuff said
Check it out….
How To Take Back America by Thom Hartmann
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0324-12.htm
A very interesting article by a friend of mine. This article has inspired me to rethink some of my political ideas.
My mistake. It is the war in Iraq. They are fighting back. Well at least some of them are. May peace prevail on earth.
When a war is only being fought by one side, isn’t that called an attack or an invasion? Perhaps the “War in Iraq” should be called the “Attack of Iraq”
What is a pre-emptive strike? We attack them before they attack us. If I would do that because I thought my neighbor was thinking about mugging me, I would be arrested. But when a country, our country, does that it is acceptable. I don’t understand that.
On a school playground, a boy is teasing a smaller student. The other kids think it is funny. At least they are laughing on the outside, perhaps they are too scared to say what they really feel. This boy goes through this teasing ritual every day. Day in and day out. He becomes withdrawn at school and at home. His parents are working and assume it is a phase. After a while he gets the label of a loner.
This loner, once a “normal” kid, now always feels alone. This was his defense mechanism, avoid the teasing and torment. Now he feels disconnected from everyone. What happens if as he gets older and starts becoming a man, he wants retribution. What if he finds a gun at his house or knows where to buy one.
This is not such an implausible thought. I am quite sure things like this have happened. Most do not find their way to a tragic end. Some do.
So no matter your age or status in life, if you see something you know is wrong say something. Do something. When someone hurts you they hurt me. We are not as disconnected from each other as we imagine ourselves to be. I believe that we are all part of a greater whole. We are all connected in ways we cannot comprehend…. yet. Someday we will. We are getting closer everyday.
