Closing Time
At the risk of being ex-communicated from the Church for our views on the execution of Saddam Hussein, we are continuing to accept entries in the Hugh Hewitt inspired pool to pick the day, time, and year for Saddam to be shuffling off this mortal coil. The most optimistic entries see Saddam being whacked within a year, while Mitch Berg doesn't think it will occur until January 2007, "if at all".
A couple of other bloggers have also submitted their best estimates including Ed from Captain's Quarters, Miller's Time, and one of our progeny, Luke Duke from Puzzlestud (it figures that we would inspire a guy named Luke Duke and not a gal named Daisy-sigh).
Entries will be collected until the end of the week. Really lame prizes will be awarded to the person/persons coming the closest to nailing down Saddam's departure time. All decisions by the judges are final.
My favorite entry so far was submitted by Spacekicker who suggested midnight on 9/11/04.
UPDATE: Another good entry is from JD, who suggests that Saddam assume room temperature on Thanksgiving Day 2004 and that the execution should be televised at halftime of the day's first NFL game. He also commented that, "You do not deserve the abuse that Hugh heaps upon your venerable head." A wise man indeed.
UPDATE II: Joe from Mr. Cranky thinks that January 20th, 2005 is the date. I have to admit that he's got a point when he says it would be a perfect addition to the inagural ball.
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