The Iraqi who threw his shoe at former President George Bush in December of 2008 was sentenced to 3 years in prison today. Muntadhar al-Zeidi, 30, was a correspondent for a small Iraqi-owned television station based in Cairo, Egypt. It was the minimum sentence he could receive. He could have gotten up to 15 years. There has been mild protest in Iraq over his sentencing. I think what he did was hilarious. Bush deserved it. There are many, many worse things that could have and probably should have been thrown at Bush.
This financial crisis continues to bring out the best in people. Three executives from a car dealership in Nebraska were arrested. Recently, 81 cars worth $2.5 million and the 3 executives had gone missing. Legacy Auto Sales owner Allen Patch, controller Rachel Fait and general manager Rick Covello were all arrested separately on Thursday.
Alabama man who committed the worst massacre in state history owned DVDs on how to commit acts of violence. Michael McLendon, 28, killed five family members and five other people before fatally shotting himself Tuesday. He started at his house by setting his mom on fire and then proceeded to reign bullets over the town of Samson until he took his own life after a shootout with police in nearby Geneva at Reliable Products, the metals plant where he worked until 2003.
As if I needed more reasons to loathe the Republican party. They are getting their undies in a twist over the Chairman of the GOP, Michael Steele, telling GQ in a Feb. 24 interview that abortion was an "individual choice" and opposed a constitutional ban on abortion. All of the GOP "pillars" are lining up to say that abortion is not a choice (for women at least). They are also upset that in the same interview he said that homosexuals can't just stop being gay. That it is genetic. This kind of crap gets my undies in a bunch. How dare these people have the audacity to think that they can mandate what is right for everyone. A minority of people get to choose what is right for the majority. And don't even get me started on their push for a Constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage. Once again, a minority of people think that they can choose what is right for everyone. Homosexuals pay taxes, abide by the law, and live and breathe just like everyone else, yet they are constantly derided, bullied, discriminated against, and they can't get married, adopt children or have any of the benefits those things entitle them to. The Republican party is the party of hypocrites and traitors to the ideals of the US where everyone is entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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