There's just been so many things going on that it's hard to get an essay-length discussion going on any of them:
1) In the foreign news: there's the earthquake in Japan. The earthquake alone proved survivable - all those regulations for construction pay off - but nothing seemed to prepare people for the tsunami that followed. What's worse, the tsunami caused damage at two different nuclear reactors (reactors have to be near water sources for coolant), one of which had a hydrogen gas explosion... which kinda leaves one with the feeling of OH F----CCCCCCKKKKKKKKK!
2) In the Middle East: most of the peoples' uprisings have led to what is happening now in Libya. Because Qaddafi was not the kind of dictator to run for it when the going got good, it basically exploded into a civil war... which is going badly for the rebel forces that had existed for some time there because of two things. The rebels were never that well-organized and the pro-Qaddafi forces have airplanes as an advantage. The push to enforce a No-Fly zone as a way for the Western and Arab League nations to level the playing field against a hated dictator (without the loss of our own forces in the deal) has been debated but not resolved. Because enforcing the No-Fly requires risk, and the Western powers that would have to pay that risk are still a bit squeamish about it. No one is going to actually do it until a nation (uh, France? England?) ups and volunteers their own air force to do the job. (Guess what, everyone's waiting on the U.S. to do it... again...)
3) Here at home: the Republican-held state governments are still screwing us over. Going after the unions won't fix state deficits. Cutting our schools' funding won't help families. And gaining the power to take control of city governments you "claim" as "bankrupt" just so you can have privatized forces seize the towns and remove legally elected officials doesn't help the economy, it only destroys our rights as voters and citizens.
4) And the Republicans' budget plans at the federal level? A new study released today from Moody's - not the most reliable source ever since their ratings scandals from a few years back, but trusted when it comes to gauging honest-to-God economic impacts - reveals that the GOP plan of spending cuts would cost this nation about 700,000 jobs. They are the third professional or "qualified" source - including Goldman Sachs (not a librul institution), and the GAO - that has determined the GOP plan as a "job-killer".
Considering our unemployment woes are at CRISIS level in this country - in both depth of unemployment and its' prolonged negative impact - the last thing we need are MORE UNEMPLOYED. Remember how the Republicans campaigned that they were gonna create jobs?! THEY LIED.
5) Also, sports. The NFL players and owners failed to agree on a CBA, so they went into Decertified Union/Lockout mode. Thing is, because of the Lockout the owners can't hire "replacement" players, so both sides have incentive to get a deal done. Let's just hope the third party in all this - the FANS - don't get screwed with higher ticket prices.
6) Oh, and Breitbart and his protegee O'Keefe are total jerks. How bad are they? GLENN BECK's people are calling bullsh-t on O'Keefe's "expose" on NPR. When the batsh-t crazy guy is calling you out for lying... and proving it... you have got serious issues.
Breitbart Delendus Est.
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