I'm lost

I can't figure out what this trial is about:

A judge held pretrial hearings for Omar Khadr, who was 15 when he allegedly killed a U.S. soldier, Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer of Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a grenade during a battle in Afghanistan in 2002.

This guy has been held for 6 years, and is finally an adult (21 years old now). He finally comes to trial for killing an enemy during war? Where does that lead us? Does every American soldier who kills an enemy during war now have to face trial also? Seems to me if you put this young man on trial, then every American in Iraq and Afghanistan needs to go on trial too.

Something's not computing in my brain.

Prison time!

This just in:

Obama repeated his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, but suggested it might not happen within his first 100 days in office.

100 days? What? Sheesh. Give me the job. I can close it in one day. Send the drivers and cooks back home on a transport, and put the Americans who are torturing people in a military prison in the US. Let the Cubans keep all the jeeps and cameras. Done. 24 hours. Sheesh - let Keifer Sutherland do the job. Look at all he can accomplish in 24 hours!

Billions

I didn't a good way of figuring out how much $700 billion dollars is. All I know is it sounded like a heck of a lot of money. So I sat down and figured it out with a pencil and paper. This "bail-out" to the rich will cost each American citizen $3,500. For a family of 4 that's only $14,000. That's a full six months of my pay. So, I will work for a full six months to keep some rich man rich while my family subsists on our hard-earned savings, including our cashed-in-IRAS, which are worth 1/7 of what they were worth a year ago. At least the 10% cash-in tax will be 1/7 of what it was a year ago.

I heard our new prez talk about a 4 TRILLION dollar economy boost. That amounts to $20,000 for each citizen of the US. For a family of 4 that's $80,000. 3.3 years of my labor to pay off some rich folks. Add that to the already famous bail-out, I will be working 3.8 years of my life just for this bail-out. I don't mind helping my neighbor, in fact, I believe in that. By why does it always have to be my rich neighbors? Wouldn't it be nice if I could decide which neighbor got it? And, perhaps, some so my family could afford sheets, underwear, towels, etc.

I did splurge last week and bought 4 pillows for $40. First new pillows we've had in 10 years. Also, the new diet won't be bad for me, I am overweight by some 40 pounds. There's good comes out of everything. Only thing is, my wife isn't overweight. That's not a real prob, I can simply eat less and be sure she gets more. She doesn't like that - she's used to me eating much more than her, and she's balking at my scheme. We'll see who wins. At least the government has given us new things to discuss.

The only really bad thing is I sat and figured out that I won't be able to pay off my new debts to the rich before I die if I live even 10 years beyond 'average'. That means my children and grandchildren will incur my share of the government debt spent by the government this year. That saddens me. Oh well, nothing I can do about it except compalin, and Lord knows I'm tired enough of that.

I know that Obama didn't create the problem, but I do know he could choose to be radical and simply let all the rich go bankrupt. Wouldn't hurt the rest of us any, and the average family will be $94,000 less poor. Sheesh, that's enough to GIVE each family a nice brand-new home instead of buying yachts and mansions for the rich. Why is NO ONE talking about THAT in the media?