a single tear for mankind

It happens. What shit? Yeh that too. (c) Forrest Gump

Wasn't that a great movie. A simple man in a complicated world somes it all up.
Shit happens.

That's how I feel about recent events in the world: the tsunami, Katrina, and any other freak accident you hear on the news. It happens all the time all over the world and most of the time goes unnoticed. For instance when Haiti was flooded with mud and thousands died. Where was the "George Bush doesn't like black people" folks or the constant images of dying poor people in the news? No where to be found. It happened didn't it. Another natural disaster in this crumbling world. But no one showed any care.

Which leads me to think does anyone really care? If it isn't effecting you directly do you care? Maybe you talk about it during your lunch break and say poor people, but are you still going to buy a new outfit to go out that night for drinks? (Your answer here); (let me help you YES). No one really cares, so either put everything that happens on the news or stop the shananagans. I know what your saying, "Greg, you can't fit every natural disaster on the news, what about the local news?"

Well dang it, there's a weather channel, why can't there be a natural disaster channel? All natural disasters all the time with telethons, celebrities, and the Red Cross (aka lets put all your money in a box and throw it down a whole). Because if we really cared about the world we should know what's happening everywhere. Also if there is a storm coming wouldn't you want to be able to know what's going on at all times. The news covers it for two minutes, but with natural disasters you get 24 hour coverage. You know what, this sounds like a good idea.

There will be no more further discussion due to legal issues.
Natural Disaster Channel (c) copyright 2005 by Greg Milard.

But back to the real problem: we all need to stop faking the single tear for mankind and just admit that we are only trying to keep this world from falling apart for as long as we're alive and maybe the next generation of kids, who are going to end up leaving this world of smog and waste to live on some other planet three rocks from the sun.

Where's captain planet when you need him. "Looting and palooting is not the way. Hear what captian planet has to say, "The power is yours."