The World Today

Oh I am tired. Long day today and at 5pm I want to finish up - alas i have to stay here another half an hour. So, blog time.

I saw this comic on the left on digg today. Kind of funny - the best part is the name of the comic - ctrl-alt-del! I don't know why they are singling out sony though - it is not as if MS has done a better job - although it IS cheaper so... anyway it's all speculation. It ain't over till the fat lady sings.
Hmm I wonder where that saying came from. Lets do a google on that. Oooh! it is in the context of opera! Here is what they said:

The outcome of any contest isn't known until the final results are in. Thus, don't make premature judgments or give up too soon. Often associated with Wagnerian opera, specifically Brunhilde's 'Fire Song,' in 'Die Walkure,' and the fact that Wagner may seem interminable to nonaficionados. Thus one's impatience would be relieved when 'the fat lady sings.

Anyway. On the news of the day. I read on BBC today that the death toll of iraqis since 2003 has risen to 655,000 based on a US-Iraq survey. It is so crazy when you think of it how the americans simply attacked a country and they have left it in such a disarray. the worst part is that they are not admitting they did wrong. I wonder how many people have to die before Bush et al admit that maybe they were wrong. Once again lets compare the 3000 people who died on sept 11th and the 655k who died because.. well because they didn't have anything to do with sept 11th.
Whoever said the life is unfair spoke an understatement.

Anyway the politics of the world today is such a joke. I am not even going to mention Australia with its racist and america-loving prime minister. I haven't paid detailed attention to what has been going on there. But in US - it is a joke that the republicans have the vote that they have right now. By all rights, they shouldn't have any and yet they still have support. I wonder what will happen election time.

It is a depressing world we live in.

You need more proof? Since N.Korea claimed it tested its nuclear bomb this week, most nations have agreed that they must impose very harsh sanctions on it. N.Korea very much depends on donation to feed its starving masses and starving the masses will have little effect on the power of the dictatorship. This article, which my uncle sent, highlights how at the end of the day, the sanctions that are talked about won't hurt anyone but the innocent.