tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post5914414471972060563..comments2023-11-05T03:29:20.511-05:00Comments on Mr Furious: 9/11Mr Furioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03781439243585972721noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-73445249076968716852007-09-13T14:32:00.000-05:002007-09-13T14:32:00.000-05:00That Salon article summed things up perfectly:"The...That Salon article summed things up perfectly:<BR/><BR/>"The Democrats will flail their puny arms, the zombie Republicans will keep following orders, and the troops will stay."Rickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05773465359487671887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-62897021136051108612007-09-12T21:24:00.000-05:002007-09-12T21:24:00.000-05:00Hmm...I do hate so much how 9-11 is used/misused b...Hmm...I do hate so much how 9-11 is used/misused by politicians. They let Rudy Guliani speak at Ground Zero the other morning. Puke. But I don't want to say that I am numb to it, either, though I know what you mean. Mr. Furious--I followed your links. First, to salon, Gary Kamiya's article. So good. Printed it and now wish I could hand copies out all over town. Then to crank's post. Oy. I just don't get it. How so many people buy into this shit. But I loved the post at the end--I forget the guy's name (Richard?) The list of what the Clinton Administration DID do to combat terrorism. Not that reason and facts penetrate with these knuckleheads, but...We are fucked. Everything about invading Iraq was wrong and we have sucked all along. But what the hell is gonna take over when we leave? Are Iraqis really "better off" now? What a fucked up mess.E. Broderick Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885689928800846073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-83790199006951774522007-09-12T20:50:00.000-05:002007-09-12T20:50:00.000-05:00It is endlessly sad for me that I can't reflect on...It is endlessly sad for me that I can't reflect on 9-11 the way I want to. It has become such an...excuse. Such a hammer. 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11 beat into our heads so much that I am numb to it. That is heart-breaking.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313509.post-454710893848107902007-09-12T17:02:00.000-05:002007-09-12T17:02:00.000-05:00I was thinking something similar yesterday. In a ...I was thinking something similar yesterday. In a sane world, 9-11 <I>should</I> be something where every American can quietly reflect on the anniversary of a national tragedy and feel appropriately melancholy. Instead, I feel like I have to protect myself by creating a buffer of cynical distance, because all the date really stands for now is the start of the right wing's final, monstrous push to demonize and scapegoat their fellow citizens on the left.<BR/><BR/>BTW, on a related note, Atrios <A HREF="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/bRuz/~3/155108343/2007_09_09_archive.html" REL="nofollow">dug up</A> that old chestnut from Andy Sullivan yesterday. This was Sully five days after 9-11:<BR/><BR/><I>"The middle part of the country - the great red zone that voted for Bush - is clearly ready for war. The decadent Left in its enclaves on the coasts is not dead - and may well mount a fifth column."</I><BR/><BR/>And <I>that</I> is why even if he were to morph into the most impassioned voice of justice and reason the media's ever seen, he will <I>always</I> be welcome to eat my shit and die.Toasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418826323088878609noreply@blogger.com