May 21, 2005
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Topic: FA Cup Final
So, there’s not a single newspaper that has even mentioned that today is the FA Cup Final, between 2 of the most dominanat football (soccer) clubs in England, Manchester United and my club, Arsenal. I’m stuck watching 2 min. written updates on BBC. It’s 0-0 in added time, and Man U. seems to be dominating this one. I’m not sure how long added time might be, or if there would be a shoot-out. Just need to keep refreshing the page…argh!!!
In other news, the Times reported that Zimbabwe’s economy has gone into nearly complete collapse. $1 can buy 20,000Zim dollars, whereas only 3 years ago it was about $1 to 120Zim. People are likely to begin starving there soon, this problem isn’t new, but it’s clearly accelerating. Not much was mentioned in the article about the role of the gov’t in causing this economic collapse. Zimbabwe was once a strong tobacco exporter, but since the gov’t essentially stole the land from mostly white landowners, and has given it to the natives, production has dwindled significantly. Meanwhile, the president Mugabe lives like a king, while his people starve. Apparently one business person needed new computer software to handle all the zero’s that come up from the hyper-inflated currency, I thought that was worth a laugh.
Ahhh…but it’s just one of many uplifting news articles, and at the same time, I can appreciate that the world is not reflected in what you read in the news. Just think, if you were a foreigner reading about the US, all your impressions would be of our gov’t and our entertainment. But…life in America is a million different things, so it is, I think, that while problems and images of doom and gloom line our headlines, I would imagine there is still some amount of vibrant life even in a place like Zimbabwe.
Mets looked sloppy yesturday, in the first baseball game I’ve watched, probably since college.
