Trying to catch up...

Freeloading Slicers,

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So what did you miss?

Khadaffi is dead (footage here). You may recall that I predicted, not once but twice, that he was very close to taking a deal to live out the remainder of his days in exile. While I don't like being wrong, I'm glad that he didn't, but I bet he wishes he would've. I was proud to see that the gentleman who executed him was wearing a NY Yankees hat. Further, I was relieved that it wasn't ARod tasked with making the fatal shot, as it is well documented how he performs (chokes) in October.

I was also glad to see that he spent his last moments on Earth begging for his life. I take a sadistic joy in thinking about the terror he must've felt. Finally, while his body might be room temperature his soul is almost certainly quite hotter, his clothes are rent, and his teeth are gnashed. And well they should be...

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Occupy Something

Much has been written about the Occupy protesters that have set up camp at Zuccotti Park in New York City. So much in fact, that I have little to add.

However, I thought it might be useful to compare and contrast the present protests with a similar situation that occurred in NY in 1873. The United States was going through a mini-depression and there were a great many unemployed people who were restless and decided to demonstrate at Tomkins Square Park in NYC. (About 4 miles from Zuccotti, if you were wondering).

These unreasonable scoundrels were not demanding charity, nor were they demanding that the wealth of the rich be redistributed to the poor. Their demands were quite simple. They wanted the Government to fund public works projects to provide them employment opportunities. They didn't want to take something that wasn't theirs. They didn't want something for free. They wanted the Government to hire them to do various public works jobs. Sadly, there was nothing shovel-ready...

Are you interested to know how the situation resolved itself? From Wikipedia: As unemployed workers demonstrated in New York City's Tompkins Square Park, a detachment of mounted police charged into the crowd, beating men, women and children indiscriminately with billy clubs and leaving hundreds of casualties in their wake.

In the aftermath, the NYC Police Commissioner said, "It was the most glorious sight I ever saw..."

We've come along way baby!