It's official: East will travel to Clarksburg to face Robert C. Byrd in their first playoff appearance in 30 years. Thankfully, the Bees were given the choice as to when to play the game and chose 7:30 p.m. on Friday over a Saturday game...so no interference with the Mountaineer game on Saturday. I honestly don't know a whole lot about RCB except they whipped Fairmont Senior in the first game of the season and lost to Bridgeport toward the end of the season. If the Bees advance, they will face the winner of the Morgantown/Huntington matchup.
Fairmont Senior, thanks to their victory over East, will get to host Wheeling Park at East/West Stadium for the second time this year. The Polar Bears easily defeated Wheeling Park a few weeks ago at East/West. The Bears will likely face Nitro in the second round if they are able to advance, barring an upset by Princeton.
In case you haven't heard, Saddam Hussein has been convicted of crimes against humanity and will likely hang. Basically, the tribunal found him guilty of ordering the murder of the deaths of 148 Shai men and teenage boys in the town of Dujail in 1982. The former dictator could now be charged with genocide and war crimes.
For some reason, there's a growing sentiment that Iraq was better off with Saddam. That is obviously not the case. The man killed thousands upon thousands during his tenure as leader and I believe the deaths today pale in comparison to what had been occuring there over the years he was in charge. Granted, there is still much work to do but I do not believe the Iraqi people were better off with Saddam...it's just a very difficult process for democracy to take hold in a land where it is so rare.
Oh, and elections are only 2 days away. I encourage everyone to vote -- I'll give my rundown tomorrow.
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