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My Current Mood: CuriousAs I was driving down my street this afternoon I noticed three young boys place something in the middle of the road and then run away. I pulled up next to this object, got out of my car and investigated it. It looked like one of those two liter plastic coke bottles, and it was beginning to swell up like a balloon. I thought to myself "Oh Hell, this doesn't look good", and I jumped back in my car and drove away. A few seconds later, there was a large explosion. Some of my neighbors ran out of their houses. After I parked my car, I walked over and joined the neighbors and we all started talking about this "bomb" that just exploded in the middle of our street.
The police showed up, took some notes, asked us some questions and left. I spoke with a policeman for a few minutes and asked him if he has ever seen anything like this before. He told me that he has seen this many times before and this is something kids are doing more and more these days.
Apparently they get a large plastic coke bottle, partially fill it with toilet cleaner, drop some balls of aluminum foil into the bottle and tightly screw the cap back on. The toilet cleaner (which is an acid) begins to dissolve the foil and creates a gas. Since the bottlecap is screwed on the bottle, pressure begins to build up inside the bottle and eventually the bottle explodes.
Clever, isn't it? A home made bomb, created with ordinary household items. If I had pulled up to that "bomb" several seconds later than I did, I probably wouldn't be sitting here right now typing this.... unless they have Internet connections in Heaven.
It's really scary. I can't believe what some of our kids are doing in their spare time these days. We never did anything like this when I was a child. The worst thing we did was play "ding dong ditch" at night (ring a neighbor's doorbell and then run and hide) or make crank calls on the telephone. And we didn't do it all that often.
I sometimes wonder what has happened to our youth in this country, and if there is any way to fix the problem.
I also wonder what kids will be doing in their spare time 20 years from now.
It's a scary thought, isn't it?
Let's all stop, relax, and meditate on some cute puppies for a minute.....
Awwwww. Cute, isn't he?
Don't you just want to kiss and cuddle this little guy?
Ahhh. That's better!
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In other news, President Bush has been a busy boy today, hasn't he? He's working hard to make our lives even more miserable than they already are. Apparently he has eliminated "habeas corpus" when it comes to arresting and prosecuting terror suspects. According to experts, this means the president can arrest and prosecute anyone he wants anytime he wants, and he doesn't have to explain anything to those people he has arrested. I guess it also means if he doesn't like me (for any reason) he can have me arrested and thrown into Guantanamo Bay and call me a terrorist. It looks like President Bush has just given himself even more power. He loves that, doesn't he?
He also approved more severe and frequent torture of terror suspects.
He also privately met with 5 Republican radio hosts today hoping to raise his ever sagging approval ratings. He wants them to speak positively of him to their over 30 million radio listeners. He sounds pretty desperate to me.
I can't believe his approval rating is at 37 percent. This means 37 percent of the American people approve of what he is doing! How can anyone approve of what he is doing? His approval rating should be at zero percent.
I may not have all the facts straight. If I don't, please enlighten me. Because I sure don't like what I have heard. And who knows? Tomorrow I may be posting to you all from Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
*Sigh*
Hmmmm... That's better!
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