It's not like PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) doesn't regularly post disturbing stories about what's going on in America, but this one really takes the cake:
Washington, DC - The Bush Administration has decided that it will stand by its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noahs flood rather than by geologic forces.
It's as if the Bush administration's goal is singularly to make the United States some bizarre feared laughing stock of the world, as if it were Emperor Commodus being ridiculed by those living in terror of his insane wrath. What a strange, strange world religion and power have built.
Other than that I see that the US Congress is expecting a $100 billion war request for 2005 (on top of the current $420 billion Pentagon budget). Let's put that number into context by pointing out that the cost of “curing” hunger and disease (creating sustainable solutions that ensure everyone on the planet has food and good living conditions — sanitation, clean water, food, universal education and healthcare, and so on) is about $30 billion if you use the UNDP numbers or $80 billion if you use the more conservative (and corporate profit oriented) World Bank numbers (more, more).
That is, the cost of a non-military solution to all of the world's core problems is a tiny fraction of what we currently spent on war. Conclusion: We're a bunch of murdering idiots.
Oh, and I haven't got Internet access at the house yet so I think I'm going to have to upload a BME/HARD update from here at the hotel's business center. Expect that this afternoon…
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