Development

It seems like the whole world has forgotten about development. They have forgotten about development of poor countries, from a mainly economic standpoint. And, they have forgotten about how the developed world is developing, in total. It is hard to simplify arguments from around the world, gathered from mass media, but I will try a little.

America-So embroiled in partisan politics and the fight against protecting "me" that is never looks around at the "us" that is the country. (will explain more later)

Asia-A mixed bag of countries, but ultimately concerned with growth at any cost. I say this because of the attention China gets and its impact on the region. Japan is obsessed with growing again, but has many more issues that it is slowly dealing with (maybe will explain later...or tomorrow)

Europe-Well, the only news comes from France, but the people are obsessed what they feel they have a right to, for some reason. Focused on the past basically.

Africa-Does anyone care anymore? Most countries are going down the crapper. There is no good news. They have truly been forgotten, largely because of the Iraq war/insurrection.

South America-Venezuela is crazy and obsessed with its oil. The other countries have been forgotten...what is going on in these countries?

My initial concern with this post is to see how everyone has lost the big picture, as my brother mentioned in an email. Nobody cares where the world is going...unless it relates to oil prices. The oil companies don't deserve to be making record profits, but people shouldn't care that they are somewhat approaching appropriate prices for gas. The one thing that is outrageous is that prices are not driven by any real supply side factors. It is mainly the perception of scarcity where adequate supplies exist. People should be worried about oil use in the present and future. But, only oil companies/oil rich countries are profiting off of this.

Other than stopping McMansions, does anyone in America really care about creating a sustainable future...no. People should truly shut up and get to work. Bush is a horrible President, but ultimately it is the people who control the future.

Sorry about the things not yet covered, I will get to them in the future.