National Security?
It began to rain here at about 5:00 p.m. today.
In fact since that time until now (just before 8:00 p.m.) we’ve had 1.40”.
That’s good, cos we need every drop in rain-starved Florida. It’s unusual because we are not in the rainy season (June through November). The rain was preceded by strongish winds which reached 28 mph.
At just about 5:00 p.m. even though he lives less than half a mile away, I drove over to visit with my friend Ben, preferring not to be soaked in the heavy rain.
At about 5:30 p.m. our mutual friend Bob arrived. He announced that our County was under a tornado watch. That was a bit of “news” that I’d missed, since I do not watch T.V., and rarely listen to the “wireless” at home.
But it did not matter. After all, what could I have done even if I had heard about the tornado watch?
Our nations spend countless dollars, euros, and pounds in the quest for the illusion and obsession of what is called “national security”.
And yet, even with the semi-fascistic apparatuses of “security”, which we have come to accept as a norm, we are ever vulnerable to powerful and uncontrollable forces.
The mortifying floods in Australia, Brasil and Sri Lanka; and the dangerous and bitterly cold weather in New England remind us of two things:
Thus if we are wise we shall learn to live “one day at a time”.
Or as the Bible puts it in Proverbs 27 verse 1. "Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring".
That is a somber bit of wisdom.
In fact since that time until now (just before 8:00 p.m.) we’ve had 1.40”.
That’s good, cos we need every drop in rain-starved Florida. It’s unusual because we are not in the rainy season (June through November). The rain was preceded by strongish winds which reached 28 mph.
At just about 5:00 p.m. even though he lives less than half a mile away, I drove over to visit with my friend Ben, preferring not to be soaked in the heavy rain.
At about 5:30 p.m. our mutual friend Bob arrived. He announced that our County was under a tornado watch. That was a bit of “news” that I’d missed, since I do not watch T.V., and rarely listen to the “wireless” at home.
But it did not matter. After all, what could I have done even if I had heard about the tornado watch?
The correct answer is “not a damn thing!”.
Our nations spend countless dollars, euros, and pounds in the quest for the illusion and obsession of what is called “national security”.
And yet, even with the semi-fascistic apparatuses of “security”, which we have come to accept as a norm, we are ever vulnerable to powerful and uncontrollable forces.
The mortifying floods in Australia, Brasil and Sri Lanka; and the dangerous and bitterly cold weather in New England remind us of two things:
1. We are not in control.
2. “Security” cannot be guaranteed.
2. “Security” cannot be guaranteed.
Thus if we are wise we shall learn to live “one day at a time”.
Or as the Bible puts it in Proverbs 27 verse 1. "Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring".
That is a somber bit of wisdom.
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