Hello again everyone!! I know, I know..no new postings since late Wed, early Thursday. Sorry about that. Things got kinda crazy and I wasnt able to go online and post. It wont become a regular thing though. Lets begin...
-Free elections were held in Iraq this weekend for the first time since before Saddam Hussien came to power. Its a victory for democracy and for our brave soldiers over there who fought hard and sacrificed to make this thing happen. It will be weeks before the actual results of the election are known. (Why should their election be any different than ours?? hehehe) But lets hope the outcome is clear and there is no controversy.
-The day was not without bloodshed though. At least 28 Iraqi's were killed by insurgents as they made their way to the polls in various attacks throughout the country. Despite the threats and fear the Iraqi people still turned out in large numbers to cast their ballots. Kudos to them for not being intimidated and not allowing a group of terrorists thugs decide what they should and should not do.
-Micheal Jackson released a video tape Sunday defending himself from Child Molestation charges brought against him. In the tape Jackson talks about all the news leaks surronding the trial and reaffirming his innocence. Jury selection for the trial begins this week and Jackson talked about how much he loved the community and how he has faith in that the judicial system will find him innocent of all charges. In talking about the news leaks, he wants people to keep an open mind and not to rush to judgement. Its hard not to judge him when this isnt the first time he has been accused of improper behavior towards children. There are a lot of doubts on the side of the accuser's story however, and the prosecution apparenlty does not have a strong case against him.(Thats according to court room insiders and legal experts. Not my personal opionion) Whether or not that is enough to find him innocent only time will tell. Get ready for the media circus though. Its going to be the OJ trail all over again.
-Weekend Box Office: This weekends #1 movie was "Hide and Seek" starring Dakota Fanning and Robert DeNiro. Last weekends number one film "Are We There Yet?" dropped to #2 followed by "Million Dollar Baby". That film's Oscar buzz helped propell it into the top 3 for the first time. Films usually get a nice bump in ticket sales when they are nominated for Oscars which is why you will see commercials hyping up the "nominated for x amount of awards" angle up until Oscar night. Then the "nominated" turns into "Winner of". Gotta love marketing folks!
-By this time next week we will know the winner of Super Bowl XXXIX. I'm still not going to make any predictions. All I'm going to say is that the Patriots are 7 point favorites going into the big game. Terrel Owens has still not decided whether or not he is going to play. If he is healthy he can change the outcome of the game. If he is not 100% however, he would just be a distraction and should sit. We'll know more as it gets closer to game time. I'll make my pick later this week as well.
Well, that will do it for this positng. The first month of 2005 is almost in the books. Hope you all have survived this year good so far! Have a great week and come back again for more postings during the week. Til we see each other again...
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