Go Figure

Go figure, another drunk driver killed someone. Kevin O'Hagan has been charged and convicted of 5 other DUI's in the past. Sunday morning, Kevin was pulled over for swerving. When the police officer asked him for his license, O'Hagan spead off, then hit another car head on. The victim was a preacher going home from participating in a local church's fall harvest hayride, where he played Jesus. His wife, being the nice person she is commented saying her husband would not want ill will felt toward O'Hagan, but she doesn't believe he should go free. Well I have no problem saying he should get a life sentence at the least, if not the death sentence. I don't usually believe in killing someone, but come on, 5 DUI's prior! I would think someone would have caught that. When was he allowed to get near a car, or even in a bar for that matter! I get mistakes happen, and one DUI I am willing to over look. It does not make you a bad person. What makes you a bad person is when your not willing to learn from your mistakes, and take action to not let it happen again. We live in a world with taxi's, friends and family. There really is no longer an excuse to drink and drive. When the consequences are as dire as literally life and death, you would think people would be willing to make that phone call for a ride. Maybe I should be looking at this from the religous stand point. Will God send O'Hagan straight to Hell for killing a preacher? This might be harsh, but I hope God isn't too forgiving.

Finally Some Good News

Finally some good news, buried at the bottem of the news page, but I found it! A 5 year old boy was rescued from a retention pond in Indianapolis earlier today. The autistic young boy went missing while his mother was asleep. When she awoke and realized he was gone, with the front door wide open, she called the police frantic and upset. At the same time this was happening, a retired newsman was driving when he noticed a confused looking boy wearing a diaper walking along the retention pond. The man, Mort, decided to follow the boy to make sure he was ok. The neighbors in the area had already called the police, and it wasn't very long before a policeman showed up. The policeman, Officer Larry, and Mort started to approach the boy, who became scared and fell into the retention pond. Officer Larry jumped in and was able to pull the boy over to the side of the pond, even as the boy was thrashing wildly. Mort helped the boy out of the pond, gave him to a postal lady who had also happened by, then helped Officer Larry out of the pond. The boys mother arrived shortly thereafter, and all ended well. Thank goodness for the people that take notice of their surroundings, and upon realized something doesn't look right, decides to check things out, or in this case, save a child's life. The mother was quoted as saying Officer Larry and Mort are angels to her for saving her son's life. I would agree with her. There are a lot of "angels" out there, we just need to remember to thank them when we get the chance.

In the News

Looking over some of the top stories in the local papers, and on line, only one thing continues to come to mind. Our world is falling apart. For every good and heart-warming story, there are a million horrible stories. Florida seems to be the state where kids think is it ok to torture and kill other human beings. In North Carolina, a child is believed dead, quite possibly killed by her dad and or stepmother. In yet another state, a fireman, one of our nations hero's, released a video of a 23 year old girl dying in a car crash. The list goes on. What is happening to our human decency? Our ability to feel compassion for others? Is human life so expendable? Not that I blame parents for their childrens choices in life, but I must ask: Where were you? How is it possible that kids are growing up without the respect for human life. Is it the video games? The movies? Not having a stay at home parent? How did we get to this point in society, where you get a pat on the back if you don't end up in jail at least once before your 25th birthday? Even in small towns, where crime is usually non-existent, it is on the rise. Locally, here in LaCrosse, sexual assault has been the big story, the small town of Nodine, population less than 80, there has been cases of vandalism reported. The one thing I know for sure is there is no way one person can fix this problem. We must all choose to stand up for justice. It might be as simple as letting the kids down the street know that your watching them, and you have no problem "tattling" on them. It might be as hard as telling your friends that you can't hang out with them tonight if they insist on egging the uncool teacher's house. Criminals start small, so we must stand up to the little things. Maybe in 50 years the effort will pay off, and people will revert back to "normalcy", of respecting other people, their property, and their right to live life peacfully.