Okay … was it any mystery that Time Magazine bestowed its prestigious Man Of The Year award (and front cover) on President-elect Barack Obama?
Yes, he does deserve it — and for three very good reasons:
- Sen. Obama has accomplished something that no other Presidential hopeful has done: He broke the racial barrier separating African-Americans from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue! That, in and of itself, is worthy of front-page Time, right?
- He’s to be inaugurated at a time when the country is at its lowest economic point since the Great Depression of 1929 — and there’s a war going on! These alone make for one of the heaviest loads to bear since FDR was elected in 1933.
- But he’s already addressing these issues actively … and he’s not even in office yet! The President-elect had told America that he expected to hit the ground running when he entered the White House — and if the way he’s sizing up the socioeconomic scene now is any indication, there’s a very strong chance he’ll keep his word!
Man Of The Year? If he handles everything with the same verve and determination he’s promised, he could end up Man Of The Decade!
The investigation into little Adam Walsh’s kidnapping and murder has closed, and the murder solved. The murderer, Ottis Toole, passed away years ago.
While we feel a sense of relief, and sympathy for his dad John Walsh, mom Reve and their family, there’s still something that doesn’t set right about all this:
How could so-called “competent” investigators have botched this case as they did?
The blood-soaked carpet in the car: missing. The car ITSELF: missing. Adam’s green shorts and single sandal found at Toole’s home: inconsequential. The week it took for the FBI to get involved.
Today, another young cherub is in the front-lines of investigatory news: Caylee Anthony. While skeletal remains have been found, and sent off for DNA sampling and autopsy, are other investigators dragging their feet now? Will it be decades before this one’s fully solved?
Maybe not, but, in the light of these mistakes made by those searching for little Adam, it’s just a new concern as the public’s sitting on proverbial “pins and needles”, waiting for action!
COUPLA QUICK-NOTES
Chrysler closes plants for at least a month. No big deal … who drives them now anyway??
Woman received face transplant. I just looked in the mirror this morning after gettin’ up. Where do I sign up for one of those?
(EagleScratch: This procedure is only to be used in situations of severe face deformity or accident. As proud as we are that this can now be accomplished, we should be doubly proud of the fact that the physicians are now offering this procedure to veterans of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars, whose faces have been maimed or disfigured in combat!)
Okay … time for this bird to get some shut-eye. But remember:
When you see the shadow crossing … The Eagle’s in the air …”
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