A sinking feeling

Welcome to North America, the greatest place on Earth. We have a well fed citizenship, suffering only from a global recession set off by...well, rich men from the first world (primarily North America). Welcome to the great nations of aging populations (with the exception of immigrants of course) and young over educated idiots (I use it in it's ancient Greek sense). In Canada we are lucky to have such a strong economy. I know ours is strong because our Minister of Finance has assured us that it is, and he must qualified if the prime minister felt he deserved that appointment.

We, the lucky inhabitants of this continent, are sailing on the worlds largest ship of dreams; we are the new Titanic. Our voyage has started out so well and we have properly separated the classes of individuals from one another, to avoid the rich mingling with the poor and getting dirty or infected. We have successfully travelled these dangerous waters, wallowing in the luxury of being the biggest and the best for decades. In recent years though we have been hearing noise coming from the captain and his mates. There seems to be an issue with our direction and the speed in which we are travelling in that direction. Luckily we are reassured by the soft voices of the crew that all is fine and that we should stay in our section of the ship. Meanwhile those upper class members, who have been enjoying the exclusive lounge, the fine champagne, and the best food are heading for the life boats, just a drill says a crewman to me. When asked where all these people would go if a disaster occurred on this ship it was hinted that many would go to Asia, it seems like the place to be now.

As I observe this "drill" taking place I have come to the start realization that if there every was a catastrophe, there would not even be a tenth of the boats or other safety precautions necessary to protect even a 10th of the people on this voyage. It is starting to seem like those who built this ship and set us on course never considered that we would hit a rough patch. Even if this was considered it appears that after decades of successfully sailing the oceans of success and prosperity we felt so comfortable and sure, and have picked up so many new passengers that we have done away with safety to make room for everyone to fit. With the final stages of the "drill" being carried out, I notice that they are actually lower these "VIPs" down into the ocean and our ship seems to be gaining a slight tilt. I don't know about you but I am starting to have a sinking feeling about this, if only I could remember what happened to the first Titanic, maybe that would give me the answer I so desperately need to understand the situation we are in now.