Water Shortage

        Everyone has experienced being thirsty. The physically active have experienced dehydration. But nothing could compare with whats going on in China. I was hit by feelings of disbelief, anger, and i don't know what else after reading a CNN news story about their water shortage. (http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/13/china.water.crisis/index.html?iref=allsearch) Just imagine how terrible it must be not knowing if you will have enough water the simply drink. China's rapidly increasing population and increase in factories and power plants are too much for it's limited resources. Hundreds of thousands of people don't have enough water.  But because of China’s problem they are starving their neighbors to the South. People in those countries are going without water because china is building dams on rivers that provide water to those people. This is causing some poor farmers and other people who depend on the water to lose their livelihood. I would not only be worried about the shortage of water, but I would be angry at Chinese officials for cutting off my water.  But anger and worry would also be grouped with helplessness. Because China is building more damns and reservoirs everywhere they can despite the large number of people opposing it. But to be completely honest I don’t know how those people can just sit there while they slowly run out of water. When someone does something that they know will hurt someone else that bad I get so angry. But then i get frustrated because i know there’s nothing i can do...
          I worry about little things that have nothing to do with life. Almost none of it is necessary to live. But hundreds of thousands in China and other countries that rely on those rivers are worried about how to survive. Even if they manage to have enough drinking water they might not have enough water to grow enough food. For now though, all they can do is hope someone can find a way before the entire country runs out of water.

I Hear America Singing

After reading I Hear America Singing tones of admiration and contentment jumped out at me.  Walt Whitman speaks of the hard work that everyone in America does without complaint. About how they almost enjoy working.  He says all of this as if he's someone looking over the country admiring all the things that people do and how they live.