Lack of Personal Space

The front page of the Richmond Times Dispatch yesterday had a huge full front page photo of the earth from space bearing the news that the population of the United States of America has reached 300 million. Holy crap. Canada has something like 35-36 million? In 2004 Japan had 127.5 million. Don't really get the .5 but ok. My Mom later own showed me an article from the same paper about a KKK rally that's going to take place in the southern part of the state. The article began, "It's that time of year again...". It's that time of year again? What? How messed up is it that this is an annual event, let alone something that still happens. How very sad. I know this picture isn't of the states, it's of Tokyo, but it's the biggest city I've ever been in with a population of 12 million. Think about it. That's a lot of rice people.