Well the Bin Laden tape has finally been released. Seeing it for the first time yesterday was chilling. While having dinner Bin Laden is laughing about the September 11th attacks. He even said that some of the terrorists didn’t know it was a suicide mission until they boarded the plane. I have got to wonder what kind of person laughs about this type of stuff. What I saw on the television yesterday was the face of pure evil. I’m sure many of these terrorists living in their caves in Afghanistan have never met a non-Muslim before and probably never journeyed outside of the region. Many Middle Easterners in the region are saying it is fake. So I guess even if Bin Laden got on Al Jezeera TV and said undoubtedly that he was behind the Sept 11th attacks, some people would still not believe him and continue to worship him as some type of freedom fighter. Or either they would somehow try to justify Bin Laden’s actions in their warped little minds. I guess there are some people you just can’t reach.
I’ve added another section to this ever expanding website…..a complete list of concerts that I’ve been to. I know many of you have been dying for this type of groundshaking information and I apologize for keeping it from you for so long. But seriously the weird thing that I noticed was that I attended a R.E.M. concert on September 11, 1995.
There is a commercial that is shown frequently on the local cable channel. It is for Midsouth Hyperbaric Chambers. Obviously they are advertising their services of providing irons lungs for people to breath pure oxygen. Anyways there is one particular endorsement in the commercial. This lady says “Thanks to Midsouth Hyperbarics, I’ve got my daddy back!”…all the while her dad is sitting beside her looking dumbfounded into the camera. Not to be mean or anything, but I have to wonder what her dad was like before the iron lung treatment. And I’m really not trying to be mean or anything. My heart goes out to people who have to go into these hyperbaric chambers in order to lead a more normal life. I just think that the commercial should have been scripted differently so as not to provide for such awkward moments.
Given the choice between a station wagon and a minivan, I’d have to go with the station wagon as my grocery-getter. Minivans are literally everywhere. In this sense they have become uncool. I’d pass on the minivan and go for a Caprice Classic station wagon instead, if not just for the retro purposes. There is nothing like the memories many of us have of loading up the station wagon and heading to Florida on vacation.
Still no Christmas shopping for me…yet. Family, if you are reading this, let me assure you that I still plan on going out. I hate shopping. It is such a hassle to fight the crowds. Christmas has become so commercialized lately it has become disgusting.

Let me get this off of my chest…. The point at which followers of a legitiment religion make the conscientious decision to support suicide bombers who target civilians for political gain, they no longer are followers of that religion. Instead they have become savages. I usually don’t follow whatever is happening in the Middle East simply because I really could care less. I mean the Jews and Palestinians are fighting over some desert territory that is the size of New Jersey, but that is beside the point. However recent world events have made me watch the Middle East situation much more closely. If I were Muslim, I would be highly upset that suicide bombers have justified murder in their own minds for the sake of Islam. However, the expected outcry of religious leaders condemning the slaughter of innocent civilians hasn’t made its appearance in the Arab Islamic World. Instead they continue with the same old song and dance routine of “get the Jews out.” Hey Ahab, the Jews were there in the Holy Land way before the Arabs were. Why don’t you give them a chance to live in peace?
The photo of Yassir Arafat giving blood immediately after the September 11th attacks is silly. The photo was done simply for political show. Yassir himself supported terrorism way back in the day. What now? Has Arafat turned over a new leaf? Nope, he was just kissing up to the USA in hopes that we wouldn’t turn our backs on the Palestinians. Arafat was very mindful of the fact that most Americans saw the images of Palestinians celebrating after hearing of the September 11th attacks. If Arafat was serious about being against terrorism, he should arrest and prosecute the terrorists who are living in his territory.
Ok enough of this political stuff. I got an email yesterday telling me that Mike Spann, the CIA agent recently killed in Afghanistan, was a member of a Church of Christ in Alabama. I haven’t verified this story, however the sources would tend to indicate that this is true. I feel for his family during this difficult time.