New Year, New Blog

I'm so glad 2004 is finally over - not a good year for the world I must say, taking in to consideration all of the violence and death that resulted from the escalating war in Iraq and the realization that the war is not going to be the easy victory that we were hoping for, the loss of life and personal property caused by the hurricanes in Florida, and the total devastation of those countries that were hit by the tsunami. What a horrible end to an already abysmal year.
You know what makes it even worse is that Monday morning, three of my co-workers were actually talking about the fact that the U.S. simply can not afford to contribute money to the countries affected by the tsunami. One of the ladies, who will remain nameless, actually said the words, "we have a war to fight and we can't be throwing our money out at every country that needs help" and then in the same breath she went on to say, "we just can't be the world police." Does anybody else see the irony in the positioning of those two statements??? I know she's entitled to her opinion, but at the same time, it's so disappointing to hear somebody that I work with and respect say something like that. I'm just glad that the U.S. has now pledged ongoing support to those countries affected by the tragedy. Let's pray that 2005 will be a much better year.