~~Rants del Nicoleta~~

That’s the title to an article on the MSN website:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25311529/&GT1=43001

I’m SO glad they’re upbeat.  So I’ll tackle the 1st paragraph.

“Midwestern levee’s are bursting.”- Blame Congress for not giving the Army Corp the money to fix it.

“Polar bears are adrift.”- If you mean floating, then okay.  Those things can kill you easily.  And there’s plenty of ice.

“Gas prices are skyrocketing.”-Maybe they have on a monthly/yearly basis, but right now, it’s stabilizing.

“Air fares, college tuition, and health care border on unaffordable.”- Haven’t been on a plane for 4 years, my tuition will be about $7,000 for 2 semesters, and there are Health Savings Accounts (Which are tax-free, high-deductible, health insurance plans for individuals/families under 65; Thank you George Bush.)

“Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afganistan, and against terrorism.”- Well these terrorists do want us dead, so I say kill them before they kill us.

Another paragraph:

“It hardly matters to those in the path. Just ask the people of New Orleans who survived Hurricane Katrina. They are living in a city where, 1,000 days after the storm, entire neighborhoods remain abandoned, a national embarrassment that evokes disbelief from visitors.”

Well, I don’t think the government will force people to move back.  And maybe it’s a wake-up call, that kind of says: Don’t build cities below sea-level, and not expect rare powerful Hurricanes to come through.

Yeah I could go on and on, but really:  If this is the worst, then we should have all died during the Great Depression.  Nature does what it wants, it’s only magnified by the media with headlines: “Wildfires rage in CA” or “5 (emphasis on 5) home destroyed by fire.”  Well you knew the risk of living there and there are tips for living there; like cleaning out brush, trimming dead branches…….