Can the world be fixed?

Or do we have our heads too far up our asses to care?

Zero Boss brought this to my attention and being that I voted for Doctors Without Borders PSA's on our BlogHer ad network....we all should think about this.

How can we get excited about iPhone's and the new season of 24 when this is the state of our planet.

Not only should we be horrified by the tragedy that is going on right now all around the world. We need to be horrified by our media and our short attention spans.

It shouldn't need stupid things like Live 8 and some rock stars and celebrities telling us to think about our planet and the people living on it.

We need to rethink how we live our lives. How the luxury we exist in is partly due to the squalor and horror that others survive in.

We need to think about how not only our governments deal with each other on the global platform but how and what controls the power and corruption of the of the megacorporations out there. Who is calling the shots? Why can't things be 'fixed?'

We can't keep just sending paltry charity to these countries. We can't keep with bandaid approaches to such ENORMOUS problems.

More has to be done.

We need to start asking the right people the right questions and demanding answers.

Creeping up to 2007

It is not even quite 8 pm yet.

The kids have had one glass of pop and are climbing the walls.

Otherwise...it is very subdued at the house of crunch.

And I mean should ANYONE really celebrate the New Year these days?
Or is it more of a "we survived the previous year" kind of party...seeing the old year out with style.

Maybe that is it.

World wise it has not been a good year.
Global politics are a mess.
People are dying.
The environment seems to be crumbling around us.

On the home front....locally, we have a city in denial over the homeless situation. Nobody can afford to buy a home in Vancouver anymore. Apparently a home can suck up to 64% of your income and that is ok according to the money lenders.

Our whole city is focused on the 2010 Olympics...apparently there is no existence for us after that.

I worry about the world our children will face. I mean, in all probability it won't be much worse than it is today and they will be grumbling and worrying the same as we do.

We can hope.

On a personal level 2006 wasn't that bad. Our family has had fun. We have done ok.
Our kids are happy. We muddle along. We accomplished some goals and others are tantilizingly dangling oooh so close.

I have enjoyed blogging and meeting all the amazing bloggers out there.

I will hopefully continue to do so!

So.....raise a glass to us all.

Happy New Year.