Yet another busy day leads to be missing out on the events of the world, let us jump in on a few things that came out today..

Treasure thinks Congress will raise the U.S. Debt Ceiling

Just stop!  Really.

The debt levels in the United States are growing to the point where they will become unsupportable by the Government.  Literally.  The CBO has already reported that, in a few short years (8-ish) the Government may be in a position where paying interest on the debt outstanding will be impossible.

Translation – the country will be bankrupt.

Someone needs to remind Geithner (and Congress) why the debt ceiling is in place.

One more thought on Swine Flu and the Ukraine

Yesterday I had written about the Ukrainian Swine Flu response – it seemed a bit drastic to me for roughly 4% of the population. What I had thought about but didn’t express was, due to the economic conditions of the country,  the Ukraine doesn’t have necessarily have the technology, education and/or to treat and react to an unknown outbreak let alone the swine flu.

Thanks for taking me to task on that.

And this is sad – U.S. Army Suicides reach a new high

The aftermath of the Vietnam war wasn’t the political change, it was the thousands of troops that ended up with untreated mental illness and substance abuse issues.  After putting their lives on the line for a war that, in a number of cases, they did not believe in their government simply left them to fight for themselves when returning to the ‘real world’.

When I see that the Army Suicide rate is higher than the general population I have to wonder if the government is not providing the support the troops deserve – regardless of the active status of the person.

Really, just call it the Titanic

This is one of those stories you read and simply say – “Oh, you know, this isn’t going to end well.”

The largest cruise ship in the world, the 16-deck Oasis of the Seas, found a port of call  in Ft. Lauderdale today.  I know we live in a world of excess but, really, this ship is 40% larger than any other ship on the high seas today.

While I haven’t heard anyone say the ship is unsinkable, with a capacity for 6,300 passengers and 2,100 crew this is almost like a bad made for TV moving waiting to happen.

First India, now NASA

In case you missed it, NASA has confirmed they have found large amounts of water beneath the Moon’s surface.  The first report issued by the Indian space agency stated water was “locked in the soil” and would come and go during the course of a day.  It is interesting to see NASA specifically say beneath…

Without a doubt life is out there, I’m just waiting for the day when NASA (or another space agency) finds life off earth.  I’m not saying aliens, just the very basic definition of life.

For a long time I had little to no pity for an individual who decided to take his or her life but then life decided to throw me a curve ball and introduce me to this little thing called depression.  Then, suddenly, the concept of suicide seemed very real – very understandable – to me.  In a rush it all made sense.

While the desire is now understandable to me, I cannot understand how an individual would want to take his or her own life in an incredibly painful manner, such as the case in Connecticut where a mans body was found inside the shell of a burned out car.

What the article fails to mention is the cause of death.  It is possible this individual took his life in another manner and set the car on fire right before he took his life, but assuming burning was the cause it seems a rather painful way to go.