This past week, Yahoo! has posted its odd share of headlines. On Tuesday, before leaving work in the late afternoon, there was “Middle age is depressing, study says.” Right on. Meant just for me.

Today, it’s “Humans blamed for water woes in West, study finds.” I’m not sure what Einstein was needed to commission this study, led by climate expert Tim P. Barnett at the University of California.

“Building is just going crazy,” is just one quote from the story that made me wonder if we really need more evidence to prove our stupidity.

Did we need a study to tell us this? Did we need a study to tell us about water woes out West? Maybe it’s just a nice way to create a paper trail, so we can go back to those in power and remind them we were told this was going to happen all along, but no one listened.

Growth is out of control. Building is part of that. Global warming is here. Economics is part of the issues we wrestle. Why not spend the money on a study that shows how we can meld our money-loving ways with the sacrifices needed to turn things around?

Americans haven’t had to sacrifice since World War II. Somehow, I don’t see us coming together to change our evil ways any time soon. My mother’s generation remembers Victory Gardens and ration coupons. But aren’t we beyond the capability of making sacrifices like those made during that war?

This article appears in Jan 31 – Feb 6, 2008.

7 replies on “Yahoo! Yahoos”

  1. No doubt you’ve heard/read now that Microsoft, with nothing better to do, has tendered an offer for Yahoo! Salon’s technology worrier, Farhad Manjoo (no, Red Star didn’t make up that name) relaxes a bit with, “Will they call it Microhoo? Yahosoft?” See, silly is as silly does.

  2. ANYTHING that brings more attention to the problem with over-growth and water resources being sucked dry in the Southwest is a good thing.

    Even a dorky Yahoo headline.

    “I took my straw all the way over here and drank all your milkshake!” indeed.

  3. Of course I agree with you, but I’m growing tired of our pretending everything is just FINE. I remember someone once telling me that FINE is an accronym for somethng just the opposite that begins with my favorte naughty word.

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