Kidnap Victim Visible Via Xbox Community Site

Via Joystiq comes the confusing tale of Shawn Hornbeck. Shawn was kidnapped more than four years ago, and his absence has made his parents worry and left a hole in his friends' lives. He's been returned safely home, so there's a happy ending to this tale. Strangely, though, he has been publicly visible for over a year now - via Xbox Live. From the Joystiq post: "The GamerTagPics profile for Xbox Live user 'DevilDevlin' shows the kidnapped Hornbeck outside what appear to be [alleged kidnapper Michael] Devlin's apartment. The profile was created Sept. 4, 2005 but hasn't been accessed since early 2006. DevilDevlin's Gamertag reveals that someone played Saints Row on the account as recently as Friday. It seems likely that Hornbeck used the account -- a Washington Post story reveals Devlin's neighbors 'often spotted Shawn out and about, visiting friends on his bicycle or playing video games with the apartment door open.'"

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Was is good.

[MikeFM]

You mean the guy that actually has the balls to stick out an entire war without whining and giving up because we could be hurting the bad guys' feelings? Or the guy that listened to the American people screaming for vengence after 9/11 and actually did something about it?

I'm not a Bush fan. His domestic policies tend to really suck. But at least he'll follow through with what he starts and not listen to all the wusses out there who have the retarded belief that the bad guys are just like us and can be reasoned with over coffee and donuts. The same people totally disregard what the civilians in the areas we're freeing tell them, namely had much they appreciate us, so that they can listen to the professional pull-it-out-of-your-ass opinions of their choice political ranting jerk off tell them that we're hurting these people. Sure pull out of the war effort so that thousands of innocent civilians are left to sort out a civil war for themselves while trying to keep any other evil dictators from taking over. We're Americans so we don't give a damn right? Just let the innocents die so that we don't have to hurt the feelings of the bad guys or take any kind of a moral position.

The war is the number one issue for me in the next election. I will not vote for anyone that is going to pull the troops out or otherwise undermine the war effort. We've spent time, money, and lives on this effort and I want to actually see results and not giving up. If anything, we need to step up and do something about Iran next. Clean that whole area out and occupy them for the next fifty years until we've finished resocializing their children and grandchildren.

A President that had the balls to win the war and the brains to create good domestic policy would be awesome. If any party can produce such a canidate I'll probably vote for them. Manage to find a canidate that is a good natural leader that can pull the parties together to get good things done and you'd have something pretty damn good. To bad the chances of that happening are almost nil. It seems only very polarized people can make it very high in office. People like me that are center don't have many options we like.