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When I heard about Sadaam's hanging, I didn't even bat an eye. His being executed wasn't important to me. He could hat sat in a lonely prison cell until the day he died for all that I cared. Therefore, I won't remember what I was doing WHENEVER the hanging occurred.
posted by
Joe_Love
on December 31, 2006 at 5:50 PM
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bel
such a good post. Thank you!
posted by
Justi
on December 31, 2006 at 3:09 PM
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Rumored
*sigh* I have a friend stationed in Korea right now...I sure wish something would happen to make me feel better about him being there.
posted by
bel_1965
on December 31, 2006 at 10:35 AM
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bel, I remember when JFK was assasinated I was in Grade 11 History class
(ironic, eh?) and we were writing an exam..I didnt really know much about the man, but I did know he stood up to the Ruskies when they attempted to put missiles in Cuba....where would this world be if he hadn't?.
...
now if someone would stand up to North Korea.....
posted by
Rumor
on December 31, 2006 at 10:31 AM
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Whinge
It's hard to not feel something for anyone who dies in such a fashion and I admit even I felt a twinge of something for a second. Then I remember the stories Carl has told about the people and how they spent their lives being terrified. Saddam was a barbaric man and I believe he died in the fashion that he lived his life.
posted by
bel_1965
on December 31, 2006 at 8:30 AM
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It's odd, I bought The Sunday Times today & they did the year in review
complete with photographs of various events.
It ended with an article of the things that Saddam had done, and that had happened under his reign. Incidents like a pregnant villager's legs being tied together when she was in labour. Both she & her baby died. Her six year old son sent to the male prisoner camp died also. The only one who remains to tell this story is a heartbroken mother-in-law/grandmother who survived this whole ordeal.
I said on Justi's post that hanging was barbaric, having spent most of my morning crying over various things in the Times, including that last article, I'm not so sure that I had any right to say that from so removed a perspective.
Shouldn't a man have to fear something in view of the destruction he has done to so much lives? I feel conflicted, but relieved this year is over for me, and for so many others it is a new beginning in more ways than I can ever understand.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on December 31, 2006 at 8:26 AM
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William
I was 4 when we made our moon landing. Oddly enough I remember it...not because it seemed like a huge deal to me at the time but the grown up's wanted me to be quiet and watch it and I wanted to play.
posted by
bel_1965
on December 31, 2006 at 8:23 AM
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bel
You and Carl are always romping in the hay! Has Pam returned home yet? When she has, maybe we can get you to pay attention to world events and other points of interest. hahaha
posted by
MaggieMae
on December 31, 2006 at 8:23 AM
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bel_ I always think of time, people and history. It seems as though
famous or(infamous) people die in 3's. I didn't know Mike Douglas died until just reading this years obits last week. My Mom and I used to watch his show every afternoon. We have incidents take place in our lives where history is being made. A few of the events in my life are in history books and I'm only 55. (LOL) for example The assasination of JFK in 1963,and the first man on the moon in 1969. I could name more, but for brevity sake I won't. I did not realize it at the time, but history was being made.
posted by
I-R-William
on December 31, 2006 at 8:22 AM
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Shelly
That is what is really important.
posted by
bel_1965
on December 31, 2006 at 8:17 AM
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hahahahaha....the important thing is that we will remember each other..
I hope. LOL
posted by
shelly_b
on December 31, 2006 at 8:16 AM
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It is sad Shelly
Hmmm I wonder if we will become famous after we are gone? We will be the crazy blogit bloggers that nobody ever heard of LOL!
posted by
bel_1965
on December 31, 2006 at 8:14 AM
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bel, isn't it weird how you never hear of these people or
get interested in them until they die? It's awful, isn't it?
posted by
shelly_b
on December 31, 2006 at 8:13 AM
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Ruth Brown was such an amazing talent
I had never heard of her until her death. Now I have her on my IPOD.
posted by
bel_1965
on December 31, 2006 at 8:07 AM
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bel, don't feel bad. On the program Sunday Morning they were talking
about all the people that died this year. Half of them I forgot about.
posted by
shelly_b
on December 31, 2006 at 8:04 AM
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Scratch that Shelly
Douglas passed in August. I heard something on the news the other day and thought he just passed. So, I didn't know he died...that isn't so great either.
posted by
bel_1965
on December 31, 2006 at 8:02 AM
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Dang! I didn't know that either!
I was just saying in another post how I lost three immediate family members within three months of each other. Two of them died the month of my bday...so weird.
posted by
shelly_b
on December 31, 2006 at 8:00 AM
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Look at this week Shelly
James Brown, Gerald Ford and Mike Douglass...though most didn't even notice that Douglas is gone.
posted by
bel_1965
on December 31, 2006 at 7:58 AM
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I know, I thought that was so weird losing the both of them
within a week.
posted by
shelly_b
on December 31, 2006 at 7:57 AM
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Corbin
we can
always hope.
posted by
bel_1965
on December 31, 2006 at 7:52 AM
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Shelly
I remember that so vividly. I was working in a country club at the time and I had seen her face flash across the TV but the place was too loud to hear what was going on. I figured it was just another usual who she was dating, whatever. It wasn't until I got in my car and turned on the radio did I realize she was gone.
We then lost Mother Theresa only a few days later.
posted by
bel_1965
on December 31, 2006 at 7:52 AM
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Holy Grail
That tuesday morning is embedded upon the soul of the entire world I believe.
Sorry you weren't having as much fun as we were LOL!
posted by
bel_1965
on December 31, 2006 at 7:49 AM
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Bel.....
If only more cared about history.......we, as a country, would then be smart enough to learn from it.....
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on December 31, 2006 at 7:44 AM
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With me, it was Princess Diana, she was my hero even though
she wasn't perfect. I woke up in the middle of the night and turned on the tv and heard the news. I never went back to bed, I cried a lot. I also kept thinking about her sons and felt sorry for them. Now, even though Harry has had his problems, I'm happy with the way both boys have turned out considering they lost they're mom tragically at a young age.
posted by
shelly_b
on December 31, 2006 at 7:39 AM
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It's amazing how signficant events leave an indeible imprint on our memory. Something as mundane as my drive to work on a Tuesday was turned into a day I'll never forget when I heard that a plane had hit the World Trade Center....I wasn't having as much fun as you, though, when Sadamm was executed! I was just reading a post from scoop about it on Blogit.
posted by
Holy_Grail
on December 31, 2006 at 7:37 AM
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