There have always been natural disasters throughout history. So what happened last week in Myanmar and today in China should not surprise anyone. Cyclones are naturally occurring events as are earthquakes. The problem facing the world in 2008 is that many of our countries are over populated. This means when natural disasters hit they bring more death than necessary. The earthquake that hit China today has already killed over 10,000 in a country of over 1.3 Billion people. China makes up 20% of the world's population and the world's population has doubled since 1960. I really think nature is continuing about its normal sequence of events but its storms are more deadly because there are more of us. Global Warming might play a factor in contributing to more freak storms but this is also because there are more of us warming up our planet. I would never want to sound unsympathetic but these events are nature's way of controlling our planet. There will be another major plague in the next 100 years and it will get our population down to sustainable levels. It is unfortunate but it is necessary.
"Oh If I was a train, I would never slow down with my head in the sky and the world going by, every nowhere town..."
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3BoLqe8wJPM
After the rain and before the rain, I wrote the following piece. It is basically a continuation of my opinions above. It is called Population Control.
Population Control
We are not doing a good job
Controlling our planet’s population
Therefore nature is rescuing herself
With cyclones and earthquakes
Myanmar last week and China today
The poorest people always die
Because there are too many of them
It might not be right to say
But it is correct and necessary
They reproduce above their subsistence level
Barely able to look after themselves
They have too many children
Who never stand a chance
When crisis situations arrive
I watch the television, CNN
Between campaigns and wars
There are stories of world devastation
My eyes barely blink for them
Not because I do not care
But I know it is only natural
Nature will control our population
If we cannot do its ourselves
I live in a beautifully large country
With a birth rate of slightly over 1.5
Our equally beautiful women
Know it is a privilege to be a mother
Children here are not over worked
Before they reach the age of ten
Sure we are not perfect or claim to be
Though when disaster strikes us
We are not overcrowded with people
Perhaps this is why nature is kind to us
Allowing us to live happily and healthy
As long as we stay within our means
The sadness of tragedy is powerful
I do not mean to diminish it at all
But there are too many people living
This is a simple fact of this planet
Until every society recognizes this reality
There will be too many deaths
Coming from unavoidable disasters
05/12/08
"It would be great to be so strong, never needing anybody else to get along but we're so scared of the silence and the tricks that we use, oh we're careful and we're cunning, but we're easily bruised, I don't want to lie about it, I'm not bulletproof...."
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GUB9F0VCigI
None of us are bulletproof, this much I believe. The State of Israel turned 60 this week and below is an opinion column from the New York Times about this occasional and what it signifies. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/opinion/12kristol.html?em&ex=1210737600&en=34abbd6161d1d55d&ei=5087%0A
"I been hangin' around this town on the corner, I been bummin' around this old town so long..."
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uR6U5Bt3zog
Well it happened again during the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia hockey game last night. They played Hanging Around by Counting Crows when Braydon Coburn of Philadelphia was hit in the face the puck and needed attention. Perhaps they play the song in Pittsburgh during delays, I still think it is cool and since he was down for a couple of minutes, I got to hear most of the song. Unfortunately for Coburn and the Flyers he never returned. Pittsburgh won the game 4-2 again, this time with Crosby leading the way with a goal and an assist, along with 3 assists from Gonchar. Malkin was non-existent but with Crosby stepping up it wasn't a problem. They now lead the series 2-0 heading east to Philadelphia for game 3.
I think it is very possible to be plagued by bad timing and I think it is especially true regarding circumstances of love.
Blue Rodeo is a great Canadian band, check them out.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=o5I242rof2o
jr.
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