It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

I am never sure where to begin with this blog, so that is why I haven't done it in over a year. But with the latest series of events punctuated by a 10-ton asteroid exploding over Russia this morning, I had to take another stab at it.

In my view, this goes back to Superstorm Sandy and our ill-preparedness for her. As the Frankenstorm of the Century lashed the Eastern Seaboard and exposed the fact that NYC is below Sea Level, we finally realized we are up sh!@# creek with out a paddle- Really? A 16-foot wall of water made us as a Nation finally examine the possibility that our infrastructure is out of date and the arrogance we have showed in the face of Mother Nature is going to in the long run kill us? 

Or could it go back to the Halloween NorEaster or Irene? Both exposed our Electrical grid to be little more than an erector set at the hands of a fourth grade science class. The softness of the system, combined with the mismanagement of the industry threatens not just out dairy products in the fridge when the lights go out- it threatens our National Security and peace of mind. 

And then this last week, when the snow fell so hard our dainty little New England Panties froze in a bunch. We melted at the sight of covered cars and stranded buses on the highways. Our forefathers clear cut 1000-mile tracts of land by candlelight and horse drawn wagon, but we cant get a Prius out of a snow drift without the National Guard and a declared State of Emergency? 

If all that mismanagement, poor judgement, lack of planning and imbecilic response weren't enough to shake the faith of even the most ardent sheeple, today's events take the taco in that its not just that we are ill-prepared, we don't have the guts to prepare in the first place. 

Why is it that I know more about the breeding habits of a person named Snooki, but I wasnt briefed that a potentially life altering asteroid was making way for the center of one the world's most dominant nations? Not that it would be any better if it landed in middle of some  abandoned Middle Eastern Dessert, but people were hurt. Did they know it was coming and decide,  "well it wont be that bad,  we don't want a stampede, keep it under wraps." Or was it more " This could either rattle in someone's gutter over a morning dose of black bread and vodka or wipe out all of Poland. Lets let this one go until we are sure." 

Either way, the silence about this shows one thing, there are monsters out there. That thing that goes bump in the night can kill you. And yes your Government wants you to be safe, but if it cant do its job, you will be the last to know about it. 

 As a child of the cold war, I feel some sort of ease with that concept. My parents knew a nuclear explosion might happen at any minute. But they felt prepared some how to stop it. Much like the emergency procedures on a doomed 747, they will not save your life, but you will feel better in the offing. So maybe the illusion that we are safe is all we can hope for, cause be clear, the realty is we are no safer than those pioneers that risked their lives to head west. Its just they encountered their mortality with a lot more class and a boat load more character. 

That's all I have to say about that. (Not really, I plan on updating this thing once a week if I can think to do it- please let me know what you think if you want me to keep it up)