I got home a few hours ago from a long weekend of motorcycling and just flipped on the computer for the first time this weekend. And the big story of the day is that Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death by hanging.

An already great weekend just got better.

If they handed out sticks at Saddam’s hanging, I’d take a few whacks at the despotic pinanta. That line would probably be pretty damn long though, and there are far too many others who deserve a whack at Saddam more than I do.

John at PowerLine is skeptical as to whether or not Saddam will actually ever swing from the end of a knot:

Saddam should have been shot years ago. A commission of inquiry, not a court, should have been established to interview witnesses and make an official record off Saddam’s reign. Keeping Saddam alive, more or less forever, contributes to keeping the Sunni insurgency alive, more or less forever. At this point, dispensing with Saddam is far more important than treating the Iraqis to “numerous” additional prosecutions.

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OTHERS:

These people have much, much more on the good news:

• Captain Ed — Swingin’ Saddam — The Iraqi tribunal has convicted Saddam Hussein
• Pamela Geller Oshry at Atlas Shruggs — SADDAM TO DIE! A VICTORY FOR GOOD
• Smash at The Indepundit — Saddam Sentenced to Hang by the Neck Until Dead
• Maha at the Mahablog is questioning the timing of the sentence…because he’s a BDS-suffering barking moonbat.