Friday, June 29, 2007
Wishing we were more aware
The other day I found myself thinking how far we've come from the reflective and generally kind atmosphere in the aftermath of 9/11. I wasn't going to write about it because I didn't want anyone thinking I was wishing for another attack in this country. But then this morning's incident in London (horrifyingly, right where I spent many days among shops, theaters and restaurants). I work in NYC and it's been peaceful and pleasant for a long time (thanks to Rudy G., in the first place, and, unfortunately, to 9/11 in the second). In the last few months, people seem to have resumed the pre-9/11 level of rudeness and loudness, pushing each other in the street without any hesitation, chattering on cellphones, blaring iPods (instead of Walkmen). Laura at Wide Awake Café is remarking, too, on the political disunity that seems to have overtaken some of our elected officials, the latest example of which is their demand for White House papers with regard to warrantless wiretapping. She says that for a while after September 11th, "we could see ourselves as a nation clearly. We knew we had a battle to fight. We had the chance to unite and defend our land." She points out that "average Americans are not being listened to by the Political class. Our attempts to express our opinions [are] met with arrogance and derision." I have to say it seems she is correct. It's very puzzling. It's one thing for them to hate the person of the executive, quite another to abdicate the responsibilities of their own offices.
Should this administration have allowed all the events they prevented? Perhaps that would have made it evident that there is an ongoing situation - a war, in fact. It's be a shame to think that was necessary. I'd hate to think so many of us are so foolish or looking through such heavily tinted glasses that we need to have our hands shoved into the wound before we see it and believe there really is one.
Should this administration have allowed all the events they prevented? Perhaps that would have made it evident that there is an ongoing situation - a war, in fact. It's be a shame to think that was necessary. I'd hate to think so many of us are so foolish or looking through such heavily tinted glasses that we need to have our hands shoved into the wound before we see it and believe there really is one.
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| posted by jau at 9:16 AM
Dick Stanley — at 10:11 PM, June 29, 2007:
jau — at 2:25 AM, June 30, 2007:
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| posted by jau at 9:16 AM
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Dick Stanley — at 10:11 PM, June 29, 2007:
I certainly can't speak for Nu Yawk, but as for the rest of the country, we are a lot more conservative than the media or the people they write about. It still feels like a war out here in flyover country. BTW, I finally figured out how to get your comments to work: use IE. My Firefox wasn't picking up the word verification stuff, so I was locked out.
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jau — at 2:25 AM, June 30, 2007:
I guess I'm glad to know the rest of the country is still on alert. It's quite disconcerting here, to me.
See, Firefox has issues I guess, witness my security problems and your commenting abilities. Yet they're very cool. Must be a metaphor for something if only I could figure out what.
See, Firefox has issues I guess, witness my security problems and your commenting abilities. Yet they're very cool. Must be a metaphor for something if only I could figure out what.
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— at 3:36 PM, June 30, 2007:
It must have something to do with the incessant carping from the MSM and the Dhimmicrats. Which itself follows from the leftification of the universities and the teaching 'profession'.
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