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Happenings

New day, new week, new world.

--Yesterday, I was the lucky recipient of a phone call from Michelle - everyone's favorite Harvard Law student! We hadn't conversed in AGES (I'm horrid like that... SIGH). It felt so relaxing to hear her voice. Michelle and I go way back... to high school (that's "way back" for me)... We even did the Prom Thing ("Do the Dawn!!!!!"). She and I have grown together to appreciate the finer things in life: Chinese-foodings, running-very-slow-across-large-fields, Pop Rocks, BAG, Babylon, bowling, washing it off... and I'm not even going to mention the Wicked Stepmother! Love you, Michelle. Mwaaaahhhhh!

--Saturday night, I again became Dorkus. Zach, Travis, and I saw the extended version of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at the Seattle Cinerama. Two words: rock on! (Three words: "Stupid, fat hobbit!") 'Twas indeed an awesome gathering... and I forgot how gorgeous Faramir looks on screen. Wo-hoo!

Beautious, scruffy Faramir.

--I've managed to work my way through J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. What book do I sleep with now, you ask? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. Report later.

--SIGH. Well, I suppose I can evade this topic no longer. Dorkness and books and relaxing weekends aside, it is time to talk about The Topic That Everyone Is Talking About. Barely had I woken up yesterday when about five friends IMed or phoned me bantering, "Turn on the TV!" Just in time for the President's brief address to the nation. Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is in custody.

So what can Jamesthought contribute to this unexpected turn of events? Very little, I'm affraid. The atrocities he and his regime orchestrated are blatant; we've evidence and survivors and eye-witness accounts and so-on... What should be done with him? I've some Preliminary Ideas; but it is not yet suitable to speculate. At this moment, he's in custody - and thank God. What happens to him next is (hopefully) up to the Iraqi Government - and ultimately the Iraqis themselves. I won't decide what will happen to him - they will. Thus, my ideas at this point are rather inconsequential. I might throw in my two cents after his trial, though.

Is the world a safer place now that Hussein is in custody? Probably. The Iraqi Republic may not seem any more cohesive and steady now than it was a few days ago; but hopefully this turn of events will usher in long-term stability. The political ramifications in the U.S.A. of Hussein's capture are, to me, fairly obvious. No doubt, his apprehension will have Far-Reaching Consequences in this country for decades to come. But, that said, I will again refrain from elaborating in more detail. I've my ideas - but now is not the time. Plus, as many of you know, politics is a passion for me... but a largely private passion indeed. Jamesthoughts will pour out over this website someday. But not today. For now, I shall sit back and see how the chess game unfolds.

Posted by James at December 15, 2003 10:36 PM