Solutions...Everyone

I watched part of a program on CNN tonight, during which Christianne Amanpour (spelling?) interviewed President Clinton, the Queen of Jordan, and various others who are involved in a summit organized by Clinton to talk about...and make commitments to help solve...poverty in the world. I was impressed...I felt a glimmer of hope that the human race might, possibly, have a future. I felt dismal, though, thinking that the only way to make a global effort work is to get companies, individuals, AND governments to deal with the problems. The only way if for all of us to contribute, to sacrifice, to make a difference. But I don't think we will. The shareholders won't stand for it. The spouses won't stand for it. The employer won't stand for it. The governments won't stand for it. The solutions to world poverty are in the hands of every individual on earth, but we won't reach them because most of us will wait for someone else to make the sacrifice. Our governments won't ask us to sacrifice, for fear of political backlash. Companies won't sacrifice because their shareholders want money, not global equity.


Who is to blame? I am. You are. Bush is. Putin is. Bin Laden is. We're all appallingly to blame. Look at your bank account. There is too much money there. Look at your home. There are too few people basking in its luxury. If we really cared, we would do something.

I admire Clinton and his guests. I am just feeling hopeless, knowing the Bush is in the White House and no one seems to be trying to eject him. Democrats have no one to replace him. When Republicans...anyone other than Bush...look appealing, we have lost all hope.