I’m Nervous
Saddam Hussein’s lifespan is now being measured in hours (maybe even minutes by now) and I’m very nervous about this. He’s an evil bastard and needs to be removed from this world. I’m fully in favor of his execution, and hanging is very appropriate. I think the firing squad would be better, but that’s too honorable for that son of a bitch.
The reason that I’m nervous is that he will become a martyr for his particular sect of Islam, and that will just incite more violence against the other Islamic branches. It will also make things much worse for our troops that are over there trying to keep these people from killing each other.
I think his execution is a good thing, but there are going to be so many bad things come from it. We’ll just have to struggle through it, and make the best of it. Of course, I’m not sure why I just said “we.” I’m here in my house in the United States of America. I’m pretty much in one of the safest places in the world. Personally, I’m not going to see any violence or problems out of this. However, the troops (and a few of my friends that are over there) that I pray for will see more than their fair share of problems. I just hope for the best out of all of this.
Prisoner
This is the second blizzard that we’ve had in the past two weeks. This is the third storm that we’ve had since we moved into the new house. Each time has been about two days of heavy snow, then another four days of waiting to be dug out. We have neighbors that have tractors and snow blowers, so we’re not totally screwed. It takes the neighbors a day or two to make a decent trail through the snow, and to clear out our driveway. However, the county takes four days to get to us to make a real trail through the snow.
The main road (two blocks from here) gets plowed out the day after the storm, but it takes them another two days to somehow get through to our road. There is a road that connects us to the main road. That road is about two blocks long. Our road is about two blocks long. If they just turned left on to the connecting road and did these four blocks, that would be great. It would take them about 30 minutes to go through and do all four blocks. I realize that this 30 minutes only frees 7-8 households, but we’re all really tired of being stuck for four days after a storm waiting for freedom.
I haven’t managed to get out of the house in the past two weeks to do anything fun. I haven’t played D&D in over 2 weeks. I haven’t seen my friends (other than that ones that I work with) in almost 3 weeks. I want to be able to go into town to order a meal. I want to be able to drive around. I simply want to get out of my house. I love my house. My house is great, but I just hate being trapped somewhere.
Now that I think about it, I better not commit any crimes. I don’t think that I’d handle prison life very well. It wouldn’t be the gangs, the shivs, or the gang rapes in the showers. Sure. That would all suck. I think the main thing that would get to me would be the fact that I would not be able to go out and do anything. Gnah. What a horrible thought.
