Priorities.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/ts_nm/us_libya

If any of you read the information contained in the link, I want to know your thoughts. Why do we continue to make this a priority? What do I mean by that? Well, dont get me wrong, I understand that 1) the U.S. is not the only country with intersests to protect, as many countries are involved in this now under the powers of NATO. 2) Something has to be done to get this piece of garbage out of power. And then I look at the footage of Japan, the live streaming videos of people residing in school gyms with little to no food. Many without shelter. Trains and buses and cars on top of what is left of homes, the aerial views of the forever geographic change to the shape of the country itself and farm fields that were their lively hood now, most likely, permanantly under the ocean...and people crying for help!

The Aftermath...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake

Taking Life for Granted

What a week right? Waking up to the news Friday morning and viewing the devestation on the television of the aftermath of the 8.9 earthquake and tsunami that followed in Japan, I just sat there in shock. Why? These natural disasters occur all the time right? I watched the warnings and read the urgent texts from my mother about the potential of a tsunami hitting Hawaii where my Marine brother who just turned 22, survived two deployments to Afghanistan and celebrated his 2nd wedding anniversary lives and I watched and watched and watched. I was overjoyed when I found that he was safe, the heightened sense of danger was over and then my focus redirected to Japan. I watched from home, from the car wash, from the restaurant, from my phone and felt myself drift back to 9/11.