It's my bloggy and I'll rant if I want to...

Apologies to my good friend Cynthia 'cause I know she checks over here and if she read my comments at her blog, she's heard most of this rant already... I just felt that I needed to blow off some more steam so I brought my opinions over here where they belong... ^_~

Hurricane stories abound in the news today... but the thing I found interesting in my daily search for what's happening in the world of news was that many people seemed to be more concerned that Fats Domino might have been found alive, that Lucy Lawless survived with her new movie's film intact... and that other countries seem to care more about what has actually happened than the USA does... o_O

I also hear that the "battle-trained" troops that are being sent into the south have shoot-to-kill orders on anyone who looks hostile... which, in my humble and blatantly honest opinion, could easily be everyone in the region because, let's face it, if you were devastated by a massive natural disaster and had nothing left, you'd be pretty hostile to anyone who isn't helping out...

There's hardly any mention of any sort of aid at all getting to other people who need it (beyond the help already being given by courageous local rescuers who also survived the situation and are getting too worn out to do much anymore)... I heard more about destroyed chicken farms than what anyone is going to do to help the people who live in the south...

Current U.S. President Bush is supposed to tour the devastated areas of the Gulf Coast today, hoping to bring "support and compassion for the victims"... I'm sure George is a really nice guy once you get to know him and I love to think he'll actually do something to aid survivors, but knowing what I know about spin-doctoring I read this statement to mean that he's going to be a tourist... he'll look around at people suffering, make a few speeches about how he'll try to do whatever he can to get the government to agree to get money to the area, shake a few hands, kiss a few dying babies, and then he'll get the hell out as fast as he can... and somehow I doubt anyone can truly blame the man that is George Bush... because humans, as a rule, don't like to be uncomfortable or around the rotting dead and dying... the President that is George Bush, however, will be blamed and thus he'd better do his damndest to make a difference... otherwise he'll be remembered for this failing for a very long time... it's a sad sad truth that historians just love to write about people that make wrong decisions...

As I said over at Cyn's blog, this whole situation is like America's very own Tsunami and, sad to say it, I highly doubt relief from it is going to come any time soon... especially since Asia had theirs first and is still reeling and picking up pieces... and there you have it... ranting's done for now... next time I blog, I think I'll try to find something happier to chat about... -_-