Farewell to a President...

Gerald R. Ford

Tonight, as regular Americans watch a former President lay in state I am reminded of a good man and a good President. Arguable one of the greatest from "The Great Generation," President Ford was a great football player(Michigan), an athlete, a coach, a veteran, a lawyer, and a husband. He was elected Vice-President and later, following the impeachment of President Nixon, confirmed as our 38th United States President. He took the helm in a time where our system of government was a run away train, and like a good engineer he slowed the train down and, in a easy-going manner, guided our country back on the right tracks. In my humble opinion, President Ford never got his deserving measure of respect because he chose to pardon his predecessor....But even in that act of forgiveness, I see humanity. President Ford, I pray that you rest in peace with the assurance that you served your country when it desperately needed you.


-A

Now What?

The man we once knew as Saddam Hussein is no more......now what?
I know Hussein was a bad man, maybe even evil but I can't feel good about his death or the way he died. Although, I hope the people most affected by Saddams vicious reign find some solace in his demise, I cannot join them. To be honest, when I heard the news last night I was filled with a sense of dread. We are living in trying times and the implication of a man being put to death as a result of our waging war with no provocation and phantom WMD's leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I do believe the world is safer and justice was carried out but I wish American fingerprints were not all over this verdict and Hussein's death. I will say this, I appreciate the swiftness with which the court saw about the carrying out of its verdict.

Now will someone please point us in the direction of Osama Bin Laden? If anyone out there still remembers.....he's the person we were looking for when we found Hussein. I yearn to awaken to the news that Bin Laden was delivered a dose of JUSTICE. That's what this is all about, isn't it?

-A