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2007 is here.  Whatever shall I do?

I am not certain about all of you, but New Year's resolutions come and go so quickly.

Thanksgiving was nice, b ut marked the beginning of a slip in mood for me.  I still haven't been able to pinpoint what occured within me.  Over the last few weeks I have done a lot of reading and listening to what Americans are saying about different topics. 

Take the topic of Saddam's execution.  People's views on whether or not the Iraqis were doing the right thing didn't bother me.  I wasn't affected by the reports about when this would take place, regarding their holy week.  It was the discussions that seemed to be happening everywhere across the states, newspapers, periodicals, radio broadcasts, tv news, etc, discussing the viewing of the event.

The most popular opinion was, "I'd pay to see that?"  What's wrong in America?  Isn't it enough to know that he is being executed?  Why would any human being want to watch an execution.  What is gained? 

I agreed with different methods of documenting the event.  Why were some people so against this?  I didn't find that cruel or inhumane.  However, I do find that in an age where some influential people are trying to say that the Holocaust never happened, many forms of documentation are necessary.  We may not need this in the next 10 years, but we need it recorded beyond a shadow of a doubt so when the day comes in the future when most people involved in the event have passed on, there are more than one set of proof. 

At any rate, I am finding these type of news lines to be ones that have me deeply pensive.  It is these daily occurences that turn people off and have them begin to stop reading newspapers and periodicals and discontinuing their news watching and listening.  Can this be detrimental?

I believe so.  Ya know, December 7, I heard a broadcast asking random people if they knew what day in history this was.  Normal Americans, mind you.  Most of them did not.  When the clue was given, "Day of Infamy" most still had no idea what was being asked of them.  I came home and asked my children if they knew what the date was.  They looked at the calendar and asked recent or past.  I said past.  Silence.  Then was asked if I would give one clue.  I said, "Day of Infamy".  The response, D Day.  I was shaken a bit at first when they didn't remember, but felt better afterward.  Then I had begun thinking of those who were interviewed.  Assuming all had been educated in the public system or in the private school system, I was amazed that the day was almost "erased" from history by our citizens. 

All of these types of occurences has fed my pensive mode.  What will come in 2007?  While I do not know the outcome as of yet, I know this, I will continue to endeavor to teach my children truth.  It is truth that will set us free.

These are my thoughts.