My Apologies

I haven't posted in the last two days and I am very sorry for that. School has been keeping me busy with the deadlines and exam time coming up all too soon. Excuses aside, I may not be able post everyday for this month due to...well, the reasons mentioned above. But let's start the news informing.

I'd like to start with some stuff from yesterday, January 10th. It was the 1 year anniversary of the 'surge', which sent 30,000 more troops to Iraq. Opinions are divided though about whether it's been a success or not. But the new news about the day is that 40,000 lbs. of bombs were dropped South of Baghdad by the American soldiers targeting Al Qaeda. It really doesn't sound appealing to me even though it's an act to suppress the enemy, but 40,000 lbs is A LOT.

Moving on to something much lighter. I actually don't have a lot of heavy news today so I'll have to do some fills. Mr. Bill O'Reilly is doing what he does best. Since the puppet show of him pushing a member of Obama's campaign [courtesy of the lovely Keith Olbermann from Msnbc], he's been expected the act rashly about it. The call has been answered because recently, he targeted not NBC, but its owner, General Electric. He sent one of his goons to harass one of the people who work at GE while he was having a meal with a group of people. I seriously think O'Reilly could get into some deep trouble with this one.

This may not be surprising for many, but O.J. Simpson is back in jail. He had apparently violated terms of his bail and sits in jail now waiting for a court hearing on Wednesday.

I just read this piece of news. Even with the growing attacks by Al Qaeda in Pakistan, President Musharraf is prohibiting U.S. troops from helping. He is not just refusing help, but he is not allowing the troops to set foot on his land at all. It has long been speculated that Osama bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan but it appears that Musharraf has not done much to find him. Much of the billions of dollars that the U.S. had sent to Pakistan to aid in fighting terrorists has been wasted and not used well. It is unfortunate that Musharraf is being stubborn and not accepting aid from a willing ally.

That's all from Franny tonight. Good night.