There are more big changes on this year’s list of the ugliest cars. Two models featured on last year’s list (Honda Insight [#4 TIE] and Chevrolet SSR [#1]) have been discontinued, while several newly-introduced ugly cars have managed to push two more (Toyota Matrix [#10] and Honda Element [#9]) off the list. Additionally, my style tastes have changed as some models become less offensive with age (and others grow more so).
Cats and Christmas and So On . . .
So it’s been a little while since I’ve written a life entry, and something very odd has happened in that time. We have a cat. Those of you who know me well are probably aware that, on average, I’m not a cat person. I traditionally prefer the campany of dogs (over cats or people, lol), but this feline won us over somehow and has since become a member of the family.
Saddam Hussain Executed by Hanging
Saddam Hussein, former dictator of Iraq, was executed by hanging at about 10:00 p.m. EST this evening (6:00 a.m. 12/30, Iraq time), reports senior U.S. officials and Hussein’s lawyers. The U.S. military in Iraq is on alert for possible reprisals by Baathist insurgents and other terrorist forces operating in the middle-eastern nation. Hussein was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court for crimes against humanity during his twenty-five year rule.
President Gerald Ford Dead at 93
President Gerald R. Ford (R), 93, died yesterday at his home in California. No cause of death has been reported, however Ford has recently suffered from pneumonia and heart ailments. Ford was appointed Vice President in 1973 following the resignation of Spiro Agnew (R), and then rose to the office of president in 1974 following the resignation of Richard Nixon (R)—the only president in U.S. history never elected to either office.
Rep. Goode Makes a Fool of Himself
Representative Virgil Goode (R-VA 5th) has made a fool of himself, insinuating in constituent letters that the recent election of Kieth Ellison (D-MN) is somehow a threat to American culture. Why? Because Ellison is the first Muslim to be elected to Congress, and is planning to use the Qur’an in his swearing-in rather than the traditional Christian Bible.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.