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Golden Globes

"Brokeback Mountain" did very well at the Golden Globes. This film won three of the awards...even though the contents of the movie can be quite controversial. Obviously, the common theme of love is enough to make any movie good.

"Walk the Line" also did very well. Winning three honors, "Walk the Line" also won the honor of being the best musical or comedy, which is quite an accomplishment.

I particularly liked the ending of the article, in which it stated that having a woman president in America is inevitable. This makes me think that America is finally learning that the gender roles of Americans has truly changed from the concepts of just a hundred years ago.

Execution
Clarence Ray Allen,76, became the 2nd oldest man to executed since 1976. He had been convicted of arranging the deaths of 4 people, so he had served 23 years in prison.

His lawyers claimed that he was being cruelly and unusually punished by being sentenced to death. He was mostly death and blind, so he had obviously suffered a great deal while in prison.

Right before he was executed, he announced that it was a good day to die, and declared his love for those who actually cared about him.

Personally, I don't believe that he deserved to die...then again...I don't believe in capital punishment.

Drought
Several regions of the country are going through one of the worst droughts in decades. The crops are failing, and ponds have been drying up. The rainfall has been about 20 inches less than average, which is doing considerable damage to the farmers in the dry regions of the drought.

Wildfires are ravaging the lands, and even the homes of average people are cracking, due to the lack of moisture in the air.

Many farmers are being forced to sell off entire herds of cattle because they cannot afford to take care of them. Luckily, the cattle are fetching good prices.

Overall, the midwest is in a heap of trouble. We need a lot of rain, as soon as possible.


KU loses again (haha)
Thomas Gardner set a personal high of 40 points. This lead to Missouri beating Kansas 89 to 86. The lead changed teams several times, and there were a lot of close calls.

This game was the first time since 1991 that neither team playing was ranked.

That's about all. (hehe).