News

There are a lot of worthless "news" out there. Buried in stupid articles about Halo 3 and iPhones, were these two stories that made me sad. It's difficult have faith in a world filled with so many evil and heartless people.

More Deaths in Myanmar, and Defiance (NY Times - 9/28/2007)
There is a picture of a Japanese journalist down on the ground; photo taken immediately after he was shot through the heart by a soldier. It was originally reported as an accidental shooting but there was a video that proved otherwise. He was quite a famous journalist in Japan.

Mistake costs dishwasher $59,000 (CNN.com - 9/28/2007)
An illegal immigrant from Guatemala worked for 11 years as a dishwasher in the US only to have his life savings taken at a way at the airport because he didn't know that he had to declare the cash to customs...

I'm sure people have opinions about these two stories. But guess what, I don't care to hear them so I'm turning off the comment option for this post! My only point is that the frickin' articles made me sad. You can't argue with that.