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Wednesday, March 17, 2004

In the News

One day I am going to look back on this and wonder what was happening in the news. All of this is major so, I'm sure you have already read all of this.
Charles A. McCoy Jr., who was wanted in 23 highway shootings, got caught in a Las Vegas Hotel. The man who turned him in noticed that he was reading an article about himself printed by USA today. That was not very bright. If he knew he was in the paper, it seemed like he would have taken it to his room to read. He was schizophrenic though. That prolly explains why he gave the hotel clerk his real name.
A car bomb in Bagdad killed 26 people and injured 40-something. The US keeps telling us that there will be an increase in violence in Bagdad. I just think these people are psychotic and it is only a matter of time before they do something else to America. How many troops are we going to have to loose before they realize that we cannot save everyone. How many people are you going to pull from college campuses and jobs before we pull out of Iraq. I think the situation is under more control than it was a year ago, but I don't understand why our troops are there. Why can't we let them fight their own battles. It's really amazing how we HELP certain people, then let others destroy an entire nation before we INTERVENE.
Susan Lindauer said she is misunderstood and being punished because she got involved in U.S. foreign policy. She said she was trying to persuade Iraq to allow weapons inspections before the war and to get it to cooperate with the war on terror. Supposedly she met with an undercover FBI agent to discuss resistance in Ieaq. She alledgedly met with people trying to kill Bush as well. I think I remember hearing O'Reilly mention something about her working in the White House and saying the government was trying to kill her. I think; I am not certain.
Jason Williams's trial is still going, even though the prosecution rests. The defense says it was accidental and he was trying to close the gun ( I don't know what that means bc I know nothing about guns) and it fired. Mysteriously, the limo driver was hit with twelve blasts. Forensics says it was a single blast, but 12 pellets hit the man. If I knew more about guns, perhaps I would better understand this.
I don't completely follow what is going on in Haiti. This is what I do know. Aristide won the election by a landslide in 1990, but within a year he was forced into exile in the US. The US intervenes to put him back in office. Aristide wins again. Foreigner halt all aid to Haiti until they can investigate the electoral process. This was in 2000. Last summer, protestors and government officials went at it. Revolts sprang up everywhere and hundreds of people killed. Last month, uprisings happened across the country. The people are really fed up with government. Foreigners, US included, insisted that Aristide step down. Aristide eventually flees. That's just the basics. I don't know what the real problem is. What has this man actually done?
A man is accused of killing nine people, all either his children or grandchildren. It seems like some of his grandchildren were his children as well. WTH? After he killed them, he buried them under a pile of clothes, but they were in coffins. What's even more odd is someone called the house because of a custody dispute.
(The grown student/man who was at one time messing with my dorm coordinator is now flirting with the grown woman who ran for Miss (Mrs.) Tougaloo. She does not seem in the least bit interested. He keeps asking her what time she is going to her room and she is going all around the question.)
The lady who refused the C-section was charged with murder when one of her twins died. (Something Rowlandson) The baby supposedly died two days before delivery and would have survived if she had the c-section. I think it was purely selfish for her not to have it, but I don't know if I think she should be charged with murder. I think so because the only reason she would not do it is because of the cosmetics. The other baby had cocaine in his system, so she obviously wasn't worried about the children. I don't understand why she just didn't have an abortion if she didn't want the children. She really should have been doing something to prevent herself from getting pregnant, but once she realized she was pregnant and didn't care about the well being of the fetuses, she should have had an abortion. This situation could and should have been avoided.
I have been in here too long. It is hot as hell and I feel moisture on my forehead.

Posted by Nik :: 3/17/2004 :: 0 Comments: