Some positive notes from Christmases past, according to the 2005 Freedom Calendar produced by the Ludwig von Mises Institute:
1989 - Romanian dictator Nicolai Ceausescu and his wife shot
1991 - Dissolution of the Soviet Union, ending 72 years of Communist terror
I remember seeing the news from Romania on televsion that Christmas, but I'd forgotten that the USSR died on a Christmas Day as well. But it seems appropriate to me.
UPDATE: You know what? I remember being happy at the news that Ceausescu and his wife were shot. I remember the television images of the two of them -- humbled, confused, frightened -- and I felt no mercy, nor do I now. I'm glad they were shot as they were, and I'd have been happy to pull the triggers myself.
And no, I'm not Romanian, nor have I ever even been there. But I can be happy for those people to have been delivered from such evil.
Posted by Craig Ceely at December 25, 2004 03:29 PM