Tears...

I am sitting here is tears. No, Junior and Bella have not successfully injured me this time. Rather, George Bush just did something very right. I have not been his biggest fan and I am far from his worst critic. I have though been very disappointed by many of his decisions. Today, he made me cry.
When presidents leave office, they typically pardon a ton of people. Sadly, many of these pardons are for the wrong and/or shady reasons. Google "FALN terrorists" or "Marc Rich" if you are a conservative or consider pardons for those involved with Iran Contra and Richard Nixon if you are a liberal.
Today, President Bush commuted the sentences of border guards Ramos and Compean. Who are they? They are two US border guards who bravely did their jobs and fought off an attack from a mexican drug lord. However, our border guards are not allowed to do their jobs and are restricted from defending themselves let alone our country due to the bureaucratic BS that they have to put up with. So, they were sent to prison for not following the bureaucratic BS. The drug lord? Read what happened to him here...and the whole incident as well.
So, today they are free men. Well, not entirely free. They will be let out of prison in March. They are not pardoned and thus will keep their felon label with them. Had they been pardoned they would be free to work in law enforcement again. Something is better than nothing.
So I sit, well now...sat, here in tears. Two heroes will be back with their wives and families. For a moment, this country worked the way it should...or at least didn't work the way it usually does (as in what happened to them originally). There is hope...which bring me to....not now, not yet.

By the way, what do you call 51 guys watching the super bowl eating nachos alongside 2 guys watching the super bowl eating nachos through a straw? The Baltimore Ravens.