Nukes to the left of me! Nukes to the right of me!

I am back. This is one of those "What the Fuck?!!!" days. Here we have the North Koreans launching ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear payloads. It is nice to belong to the nuclear club but it seems rather unconsionable to spend all your money (where the fuck does North Korea get any of its money as they are so insular and do not really trade with the world anyway?) on the military and let your people starve to death, slowly. Is it just me or something really fucked up here!? What is the fear there, other than a regime crumbling and a lot of military dudes, who live well especially compared to their own people, losing their good life?

The worst part of this is that the South Koreans are scared shitless of an attack, nuclear or otherwise. I mean the North Koreans can overrun them. Then what? North Korea takes South Korea back to the economic stone age with them. I guess stone age is not realistic since they have stones (which the people are forced to eat) and nukes. The Japanese are pissed but given their history in the region, will have trouble making a claim really be heard by the Koreans or the Chinese. It is funny how that works. I mean assert your "superiority" as a race on region and when you back off and join the world, those subjugted by you keep throwing that history back in your face and use it to justify present transgressions.

You also have the Chinese that do nothing and are afraid to assert themselves. They do not see it as their problem. It would be if North Korean refugees over ran their borders. Appeasing Kim Jong-Il and the North Koreans prevents that. Well prevents it until the North Koreans feel the need to rattle their sabres at the Chinese and point the nukes their way, which could happen.

You have the Iranians claiming it as their "right" to possess nukes. When the fuck did that become a "right"? What of the responsibility that goes along with that right? I have not heard those corrupt theocrats speak of responsibility. Rights, I hear. What the fuck!!!!!!!

Has this world gone screwy or has it just remained so? I was nuclear arms rep of my fraternity back in 1984. I kind of made up the position. It was in the midst of the Cold War and tensions were great between the Chernynko/Andropov Soviets and Reagan's Americans. At least, these old, crusty dudes knew that they could destroy each other, so there was some form of nuclear deterence. With the Iranians and the North Koreans, you could bomb them back to the stone age and they would not give a shit. In fact, I defy you to show me the difference between Iran or North Korea pre and post nuclear attack.

That is the difference here. The West has much to lose. The rogue nuclear states have nothing to lose and that makes them most dangerous. I am really fearful for our futures. Then again, global warming and environmental degradation may get us all first. See there is hope.

Another thing is that Ken Lay died. Yes, he of Enron fame and conviction. Houston's own Kenny boy Lay dies of a heart attack without serving any real prison time. That is some good timing for him. I would bet that his family will collect some big bucks from life insurance. It all seems to work out for the Lay family. Yes, Ken is dead but he leaves his family in decent shape, better than if he were alive and rotting in prison. The world works in mysterious ways. Karma is a bitch! Ciao!