NEWS!

Journalists have been pretty busy the last couple of weeks with a buttload of natural disasters, the biggest death of the 21st century and the Royal Wedding.

The catalyst of all this was the HUGE earthquake in Japan. The earthquake hit the tiny island all the way back on March 11 (which is ironically my sisters birthday). While being hit with 9.0 magnitude earthquake isn't something to be thrilled about, Japan is a global power and they will jump back from this faster than other places. The only reason I argue this point is because they are a global power and therefore, are more likely to have access to the resources that will help them rebuild faster. By comparison, Haiti got hit with a 7.0 earthquake more than a year ago and the chances of the country rebuilding are slim. Let me put this in perspective for you.


Haiti's GDP for 2010 was $6.593 billion, which means the average person will make only $1,200 a year. That means the average Haitian is only making $100 a month. However, most Haitians probably don't see that much because of the corruption. In 2009, the country received debt-forgiveness of $1 billion.

Japan's GDP for 2010 was $5.391 trillion! The average person in Japan made over $30,000! That's almost 300 times as much.

But don't misunderstand me. The catastrophe in Japan was terrible and it will take them many years to recover fully. The loss of any life due to a natural disaster is horrible. I just think in the scheme of things Japan is in a very good position to recover and move on.

Next in my timeline of notable journalistic events would be the royal wedding but I'll save that for last and talk about bin Laden.

I really have mixed feelings about his death. Was he a bad man who led to the death of thousands of people? Yes. Am I glad that all the people affected by 9/11 and the following conflicts got closure? Yes. Lots of people died because of this man but I can't find in my soul to celebrate his death. I don't know what his punishment should have been but he was essentially murdered. And I truly believe that murder, even if it's the bad guys, is wrong. It's not me or any of us that he has to answer too. And there's one person who will decide the appropriate punishment, it's God. I will say this much, I doubt he's enjoying his time in the afterlife.

And last but certainly not least: THE ROYAL WEDDING!!!!! I didn't watch the nuptials because I was too lazy to get out of bed. However, I do have to give congrats to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. I wish you the best and I hope you have lots of cute children. And yes, maybe covering the wedding is a bunch of fluff reporting and maybe the press did forget the bigger issues but think about this: What's so wrong with finding joy in the marriage of royalty when the rest of the world is falling apart at the seams? At least the British gave us something to truly celebrate. So if you disapprove of all the coverage, I hope you enjoy sulking in all the miserable news of the world, I'm going to enjoy the momentary ray of sunshine.

And my video of the day doesn't come from Youtube but rather CNN. If I was at the wedding, I would be doing this: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/04/29/vo.royal.verger.cartwheel.itn?iref=allsearch