Pay-Per-View Execution / A Looming Crisis


A national telephone poll of more than 1,000 people aged 18 or older, done for TRIO cable network, asked respondents who they would most likely pay to watch executed if executions were shown on pay-per-view television. One in five Americans would likely pay to watch a televised execution of Osama bin Laden. Thirty-seven percent of those polled said they did not think executions should be televised. (link Yahoo News)


We have been following news of the events in Haiti closely but haven't posted anything about it here. Haiti's turned upside down as rebels seized control Cap-Haitien, Haiti's second largest city. Their goal is to ultimately get rid of President Aristide and his supporters. Ten years ago, the United States sent 20,000 troops to end a military dictatorship that had ousted Aristide in 1991, a year after he became Haiti's first freely elected leader. Aristide made lots of promises he couldn't keep which prompted these recent events according to the rebels. In Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, 50 marines arrived Monday afternoon to secure the United States Embassy. Louis-Jodel Chamblain, leader of the rebel troops, said "This fight is to liberate the Haitian people under the regime of Jean-Bertrand Aristide." This disillusionment has cause much chaos in Haiti. The rebels now have until 5pm today to consider a peace plan presented by the Bush administration and its allies. A good site that's been doing a much better job at this than we are is Haiti Pundit.


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