High Ground!

Massive earthquake in Chile today with a tsunami now rolling across the pacific.

Stay safe, everybody.

That County Ain't Got No Luck

Haitian earthquake has destroyed most of the capital city of Port-au-Prince.

God Hates Us

Big earthquake in China, thosands dead.

Tornados hit Oklahoma.

Wildfires burn up Florida.

Tragedy Overload

A massive earthquake has struck South Asia. The latest death toll now stands at 20,000. I'm wondering if the world and the nation will pay the attention to this event. This earthquake doesn't have the size of the Tsunami and lacks the local, America First impact of 9/11 or Katrina. This one is just going to get lost in the shuffle.

One World

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other

U2 "One"

The Tsunami Death Toll is rising.

It will get even worse.

Please do what you can. Even a little bit.

We all get the flu,
We all get AIDS
We've got to stick together.
After all, everybody's good enough for some change,
SOME FUCKING CHANGE!!!
Live "Waitress"

God's eye view of the destruction

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More satellite images of the tsunami's aftermath.

One World

Everyone talks about globalization. They protest it, hype it, debate it. The Tsunamis are showing us what globalization is. It means one world. Instant communication - cable TV, the web and so on means everyone knows about it, sees it, feels it, live and in color. It moves people to help. It lets people help with two clicks and a credit card. The institutions that the anti-global protest like the world bank are already putting money in to rebuild. Global tourism means every country in the world has lost people. Globalization means that the countries affected are not alone in this. The whole world is watching and the whole world will help. I don't mean to be pollyanna here, globalization hurts plenty of people, but it will also save a lot of people as well. There are no backwaters any more. Everyplace is as close as the TV or computer so everyplace is a neighbor. And we help our neighbors.

Time to Face the Horror

The death toll from the Indian Ocean Earthquake just keeps going up. Latest figures put the total at over 58,000, which makes 9/11 look like children fighting in a sandbox. Tragedy like this is enough to start someone questioning God.

There seems to be a little spat going on about the level of generosity of the United States. Everyone has stats on their side. In terms of absolute numbers the US gives more than anybody, however if you calculate the amount per capita or per GDP then...not so generous. Let's put it this way, US initial pledge of aid 15 million. Cost of Bush inauguration 30-40 million. We are going to give more, but come on.

I really total have to back up Slate's Surfer Girl that CNN is the place to go to get real news on the quake. They have real reporter who live in the area and know what the hell they are talking about. They by far have the best real stuff to B.S. ratio of any cable network.