hey...

it has been awhile...

i have not published my thoughts in a while...

my thoughts have been unpublishable...

the last few years have been highly disruptive to my life journey...

i am only now beginning to internalize all the new insights i have discovered about myself and the world...

maybe i will share the process... maybe not...


i am mournful for the past... anxious for the present... and hopeful for the future...

-blair

100,000 and counting...

New numbers reported by CNN state that 100,000 have been killed in Burma. The aid situation is not looking good either. Both the government of Burma and the U.S. government are not making it any easier.

The government of Myanmar does not want to let outsiders from the west into their country and Bush says that he wants to send in U.S. Navy ships. Maybe we should delver our food supplies to Thailand and let the Burma government pick them up there.

With 1 million people homeless and the country's rice crop wiped out, leading to critical food shortages, this is no time to further the Bush Doctrine.

22,500-40,000 and counting...

The New York Times has updated its numbers on the Burma disaster. At the present time 22,500 are reported dead with another 40,000 still missing. It is hard to imagine the magnitude of this situation. Apparently the majority of the deaths have come from a 12 foot storm surge.

12 feet... That is how much the sea level will rise when the greenland ice sheet melts.

Warmer seas lead to stronger hurricanes and cyclones.

How many people will have to die before we see that the way we are living is killing us?

100,000...

500,000...

1,000,000...

1,000,000,000...

We will either be the greatest generation or the worst...

Up to 10,000 dead...

The New York Times is reporting that anywhere from 4,000 to 10,000 people have been killed in the wake of the catastrophic cyclone that swept Burma over the weekend. I guess not even Rambo can save us from the global climate crisis.

"Live for nothing, die for something" What?

Rambo has gone to a few hot spots over the years, Veitnam, Afganastain, Oregon? but now he is having an effect on an ongoing crisis, the 60 year long civil war in Burma.

According to an ABC News Report, “In Rangoon, the banned Rambo film has become one of the most sought-after DVDs, creating underground buzz among movie fans.”

In a country where hollywood films are ripped before they even come out in theaters, anyone caught with a copy of Rambo is rounded up and sent "away".

And the controlling government has reason for concern.

Another report says,"a paraphrased line from the movie, 'Live for nothing, die for something,' has become a rallying cry within the country and has buoyed the resolve of opponents of the military regime."

Rambo II & III were banned in Vietnam but the new Rambo opened in Hanoi on Friday, could a fictional action hero make a difference?

If not Rambo then who?