January 9, 2007

So here we sit in Cape Canaveral... awaiting delivery of a drilled prop
shaft. No space shuttles to light the sky ... no dropping humans from
the space between the stars. A time to observe the basics of life. Why
are folks so interested in the daily specials from the various fast
grease outlets? Why is there a pervasive sense that ones spouse is the
enemy? Why are guns more accessible than a good bottle of scotch? Why
are the Americans so paranoid? An interesting ... at least to me ...
observation ... Florida is a centre of war-vets from the Vietnam war.
They are easily identified by their pony tails ... tattoos ... skinny
frames ... and tendency to over indulge. These are folks that have
never re-entered the social stream and live on the periphery of society.
I wonder what will happen with the troops that come back from Iraq. The
US is not interested in vets regardless of the fuss and blunder of
public display. I only shutter at the number of trained killers that
will be walking the streets of the US once the Iraq fiasco is
terminated. Then again they may be sent to Sudan to continue the war out
of Iraq. It is only mid January and it appears that the US is headed
into another decade long quagmire. I have yet to hear anything from the
Canadian Government in support of Kyoto or against the latest US
stupidity. Have a great 2007. Brian.