Bullet Point Round Up!

Good morning!

Tomato here. I've been getting over a terrible, awful chest cold, As a result, many of the blog posts I'd planned for this week would've been scrapped. WE CAN'T HAVE THAT! So, instead of letting them all die, I'm combining them into one big Frankenpost, via some bullet points! Let's begin!

1. Fort Hood

Photo from the New York Times

When I heard about the shootings at Fort Hood, I was horrified. Now, I was horrified for all the dead victims and their families, who I hope are in a better place, but two things horrified me even more.

1. Our military's psychological condition

2. Coke fanatics are going to have a field day.

Let's start with the first one. The gunman at Fort Hood, Nadal Malik Hasan, was an Army psychiatrist. He was about to be deployed to Afghanistan.

Can you imagine the mental stresses somebody with his job, or any other person in the army, must go through? Just to explore the depths of minds as traumatized as some in our Armed Forces must go through must be extremely disturbing. This doesn't excuse his actions, but it's something to consider, Who's the psychiatrist's psychitrist?

Now, let's tackle the second part.

This was not a act of terrorism. This was a single person going on an unorganized shooting rampage. It was a terrible, unthinkable thing to do, but it was NOT terrorism. Terrorism is organized, terrorism is meticulous and planned. And, despite how much Glenn Beck and Fox News will preach this, this does not mean all Muslims are terrorists. My heart goes out to all who died and all who were injured at Fort Hood. Rest in peace.

2. Let's Talk About My Wii

My Wii is gonna be busy in upcoming years.

First off, Nintendo just announced the long-coveted Kirby Wii for a 2009 Japanese release. We'll see if it even gets out of development there, let alone stateside. 2009 seems a little soon for a just-announced Japan release. We've only got another month. I'm predicting a delay pushing the Japanese release back to Spring 2010, which means it would be stateside byFall/Winter 2010.

Next game!

Back in the days of Steamboat Willy, Mickey Mouse was not the sugary pre-school icon we know today. He was nore like a scheming, crass, cheeky Bugs Bunny, with antics aplenty. From developer Warren Spector comes Epic Mickey, a Wii game taking the character back to his toony roots. You know what hooked me on this game? These:

Wow. This is on the Wii, people. The Wii, graphically, is the weakest console of this batch. That's on the Wii.

3. Health Care Bill

RANT WANING!

I'm so happy it passed. What gets me is people saying this is a "victory for the Democrats". It's not ABOUT a "victory" for any one party. If anything, it's a victory for people with ulcerative colitis who have to pay for their expensive pills or poo blood, or for people with pre-existing conditions who can't afford to pay for their open-heart surgeries. Oppenants of the bill say it's too expensive. You can't put a price on a life.

This isn't a partisan issue. It's an issue of people dying or not dying. I thought we were ALL against the latter.

With that, I bid you, and this extremely rushed post, adeau.

Tomato