Random Thoughts From Marybeth

Catching Up

This picture is for everyone who laughs when I say we have "watch cats" guarding our home. Our cats don't have many opportunities to meet up with bears but they are territorial and don't like strangers.

A man who tried robbing a store is now suing for emotional distress. Those mean store employees hit him with a pipe and took his gun away from him. One good thing about our court system is that anyone with a complaint can sue. The bad thing is that "anyone" includes idiots like this guy.

Marine says the rules of engagement were followed in Haditha. The marines say one thing, the neighbors say another and regardless of whom you believe, both sides have a reason to mislead investigators. Either way, I believe that the ones that are ultimately responsible for the deaths of civilians are the terrorists who use these people's homes to launch attacks. When terrorists attack, they choose the time and place and they are the ones trying to hide behind women and children. When our troops are fighting enemies like that the truly amazing thing is that events like Haditha don't happen more often. That this isn't a daily occurrence shows that our troops are well-trained and act with restraint even if they overreacted this time (and I'm not yet convinced that they did).

Castro calls the killing of Zarqawi a barbarity.

Castro said if Cuba used the same logic, it could bomb the United States to kill its No. 1 enemy, Luis Posada Carriles, who is being held in El Paso, Texas on immigration charges.

Yes, it's exactly the same because Zarqawi was being held in prison...oh, wait....