Recently there was another bombing in the middle east, killing eight US troops and several Afghan civilians. It really is sad to see that these men and women are getting blown up by cowardly radicalists in the middle east. The article said that October has been the deadliest month this year for US troops with a total of 53 casusalties.

I read the article on the NY times website, and saw it on Fox news, the only bummer about the article is that they don't specify what type of bomb it was, they don't say if there was any confrontation between the troops and insurgents, or if the bomb was triggered by anything. I just would have liked some detail about the specific incident instead of stats about deaths in the middle east.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/world/asia/28afghan.html?_r=1&hp

My only problem with the article and with most of the news on casualties in the middle east is that we seem to be forgetting that this isn't the first time we have lost american lives overseas. Don't get me wrong, i'm not trying to downplay the sacrifice of these brave young men and women who deserve our respect. I'm simply saying that does no one remember World War 2, World War 1, the Civil War even, Korea, Vietnam, where 53 casualties could happen in one day let alone a month. We have a long military history in my family and i understand sacrifice, and i also understand that men and women who enlist know full well what they are getting themselves into, people in America don't seem to understand that being in harms way is what the military does, we are all like " we need to get our troops out of harms way"...well if you didn't know thats what military is for, they put themselves in harms way to keep us here at home out of harms way. anyways...I'm done ranting. Bottom line is i would still have liked to known if this was a car bomb, suicice bomb, or some other type of bomb. and what do you think about sending more troops to Iraq, or bringing some home??

UConn School Stabbing

This weekend, a cornerback for UConn (University of Connecticut) was stabbed and died from his wound after a football game. if you haven't heard or read about the story here is a link for it:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,568547,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a4:g4:r4:c0.000000:b0:z5

Apparently after their game which they won there was a school sponsored dance and party going on in the student center, from what the story said an alarm went off and the students were forced to evacuate the building, i guess during the evacuation the altercation broke out resulting in the death of sophomore cornerback Jasper Howard and the wounding of Brian Parker.

My only issue with the story is that there was not much at all about the details of the altercation, even teammates who witnessed it and were by Howard's side when he died seemed to say nothing about who or what started the fight, who was involved (obviously the attacker had to be strong to overpower and stab a D-I football player) but there was nothing.

However, this is a very serious subject and this incident should not be taken lightly. UConn is not considered a dangerous school, in fact Howard evidently went there to escape the violence of Miami. it just goes to show you that no place is really any more safe than another, not that we should be paranoid, but simply more aware.

fml i'm behind two blogs.

Let the players play

So, i'm not sure if this really qualifies as the type of news deserving national or local attention, but seeing as how football is popular news on both local and national levels, i decided to blog about it anyways. 

Today an article on fox news wast posted about Ben Roethlisberger, the quarterback for the Pittsburg Steelers.  Here is the full article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,559842,00.html  

But basically there is yet another lawsuit against someone involving and NFL player. The gist of it is that an assistant manager at a restaurant has been fired for requesting to see ID for a young lady sitting at Roethlisberger's table. Apparently the employee was fired, and there was some sort of drama ensuing the situation. 

Anyways, thats not important, what is important is - why is there another controversy and/or lawsuit involving an NFL player everytime you turn around. Being a huge football fan it really bothers me how far the sport has come. What happened to the days when the football players were just, football players? Too often the athletes get caught up in scandal, they are always getting shot, sued, or thrown in jail for something. We've lost the essence of football at the professional level. All these young highschool athletes look up to professional players and desire to play at the professional level but it seems like every time you turn around its getting more and more about fame, greed, money, and drama, than the football itself.