Thursday, February 21, 2008

Depressed by the news......

Haven't blogged in a while, but I'm still here.

I try to keep up with what is going on locally by watching at least one newscast a day. Also since I don't have cable there really isn't much other choice. It's not like I can watch CNN or MSNBC. Lately I've been shocked and disgusted by the amount of violence that occurs in Las Vegas on a daily basis. This past week a 16 year old high school student was shot and killed in an apparent random drive by shooting. This happened in Summerlin which is known as an upscale area of Vegas. Apparently the boy was walking with a large group of students and it looks like he may not have been the intended target. The shooter and the driver of the car were eventually caught and both are awaiting charges.

Yesterday a man in his 20's was murdered during a home invasion robbery. He and his wife came home late and night and were ambushed by two men wearing bandanas. A struggle broke out and the man, who has a young daughter, was shot and killed in front of his wife. The suspects are still at large. This happened in the Southwest part of the valley, a couple miles from where I live.

I know that stuff like this occurs every day in the large cities of our nation, and the truth is that senseless violence can occur anywhere. Just look at the latest college massacre in a tranquil part of Illinois. I guess it's all a bit new to me given the fact that I lived in New Hampshire for 7 years where stuff like this was very rare. Here it seems like you turn on the news and there's someone getting killed everyday. In New Hampshire you had robberies and the occasional rape or what not, but it was very rare that somebody was murdered in cold blood during the commission of a crime or, in the case of the high school student, for no reason whatsoever. I do remember going home to San Diego to visit and being shocked when watching the local news at how much violence occurred every day. I guess living in Nashua was like living in a bubble for all those years.

Sorry for the depressing blog entry. The next one should be better. I'll give an update on how things have been going poker-wise as well as the ongoing job hunt.

2 comments:

amy said...

Living in Nashua was like living in a bubble. We were in a large enough city, close enough to Boston, but it was different. It had the same population as San Leandro, and I think my hometown has more violent crime than Nashua. I felt safe depite you living so close to that corner of the Rite Aid and the Brazilian restaurant we never went to. I guess that is why you were so much more relaxed about security than I.

Cat Shipman said...

Dan and I were just as horrified by all the madness out there as well. Especially the Hit and Runs. Its unreal. Remember we told you about that murder at Suncoast on opening day? insanity.